Democratic Handover?

Letter from Neil Jones, Whitefield, Manchester - Daily Mail, May 10, 2006

It's now clear that the suspicion held by many of the real substance of Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party is becoming frighteningly obvious. Blair's devastating vision of a socially engineered, liberal Utopia has been nothing more than a smokescreen to distract from his real objective - to seize and retain power at any cost.

From his cynical dismissal of those who point out the tawdry and corrupt behaviour of the people around him (including his own family) to the ultimate in 'bought-and-paid-for' friends in high places, Blair has finally shown his true colours in frantic efforts to retain credibility via the Cabinet reshuffle.

None of this is about the New Labour project. None of it is for the common good of the nation and people he represents. This is all about a man who is obsessed with vanity and is desperate to cling to power at whatever cost to anyone who might get in his way.

Anybody believing that Gordon Brown will offer a refreshing alternative is deluded. The New Labour machine has been built on the principle of having no principles at all when it comes to carrying out the responsibilities of public office. Whether it be by sleaze or the continued raiding of every aspect of our livelihoods by taxation to support the monster of 'big government', Brown will, no doubt, continue to exact a spiteful, Old Labour punishment on the middle-class working families who put New Labour in power.

We should not just accept that Brown will assume power - who voted for him? Blair was voted in, and if he is to stand aside, then his replacement should be decided by the electoratee - not by the cosiest deal they can agree on in the privacy of Downing Street.

Great Britain deserves better.

Letter from Neil Jones, Whitefield, Manchester - Daily Mail, May 10, 2006

Blind arrogance

Tony Blair would invade Iraq again, would he? The man is a buffoon! He and his U.S. cronies invaded Iraq illegally on falsified evidence, killing thousands of innocent men, women and children. Blair boasts that he was right, even though it has been proven there were no weapons of mass destruction, as was claimed in the d002 'dodgy' dossier. - the fall-out over which subsequently led to the suicide of government scientist David Kelly, another innocent to die on the altar of Blair's arrogance.

Iraq has been reduced from a relatively stable country to the state of civil war by their actions. The faill-out from this will have long repercussions not just in Iraq, but throughout the rest of the Middle East.

Blair and Bush should be indicted for their war crimes.

Letter to the Daily Mail from Roger Kimberley , Dunchurch, Warks. , June 1, 2006

Bloody Iraq chaos is a resigning matter, Tony

Tony Blair is totally out of his depth in Iraq. The invasion went wrong from the first day when the Iraqi people failed to rise as one person changing 'saviour, saviour'. How could he have expected an occupying force to be revered?

He saw only the glory, never the pitfalls. And he never had a coherent plan to effecting the peace. He was warned repeatedly that invasion was the easy part, but vanity prevailed and Iraq now faces worse turmoil than the aftermath of Vietnam.

The latest deteriorati0n in Iraq leaves both our troops and the Iraq people in an untenable position. To be seen in outright battle with Iraqis will only be taken as confirmation that the war is over the control of oil.

The responsibility for this bloody mess lies only with blair. His judgement is no longer trustworthy, and the Labour Party must now remove him from offi e. Whatever convoluted method is used this cannot happen too soon.

Peter Thorndyke, Diss, Norfolk. Letter to the Daily Mail, June 1, 2006

The Guardian's Polly Toynbee says 'a profoundly nasty streak' among voters worried about poverty, crime and immigration might cause them to vote against the Government. Isn't it time we replaced the present electorate with one more to Polly's liking? Ephraim Hardcastle, Daily Mail, February 24, 2005

Come back Gilligan, all is forgiven. Penny Young, Diss, Norfolk, to The Guardian, February 24, 2005

Labour MP Stephen Pound, who has called for the monarchy to be abolished when the Queen dies is a great democrat. When Lila Tait, 47, a civil servant and lifelong Labour voter left a message on his 'election hotline' saying she was worried about the party's position on tuition fees, Mr Pound's return message on her answering machine said: "Can I say, if there is one thing that really p***** me off, it is middle-class whingers going on about f****** tuition fees and as far as I am concerned if that's your attitude you can shove your vote up your a***. Cheers now." Ephraim Hardcastle - Daily Mail - January 4, 2005

Spin, not face-to-face confrontations with the voters, is the Government's chosen method of communication. Ordinary people are dangerous. Ordinary people might ask a question which throws a politician 'off message'; the Cabinet member might reveal himself or herself to be a human being like us, and not a programmed android. Worse still, he or she might tell the truth. Ann Leslie - Daily Mail, September 16, 2004

HAIL, BLAIR! He of the bread and circuses. Unlimited access to sex, drugs, drink, tobacco and gambling will ensure an easy transformation from democracy to dictatorship.

HAIL CAESAR! Those who are about to abandon morality, salute you.

P. Bates, Urmston, Manchester - Letter to the Daily Mail, October 22, 2004

Perhaps hospitals should adopt the motto: TOUGH ON GRIME. TOUGH ON THE CAUSES OF GRIME. Phil Musk, Godalming, Surrey - Letter to the Daily Mail, February 28, 2005

Hold the front page

Further to BBC bias (Mail), very often on BBC Breakfast and Breakfast With Frost, coverage of the morning papers is censored. If the front page of the Daily Mail is critical of Tony Blair and his Soviet-style Government, it is not shown, although the front pages of all the other newspapers are shown. A supposedly independent broadcasting body is acting as censor for this Government - an absolute disgrace. Letter from Peter Fish, Chippenham, Wilts. .- Daily Mail, February 17, 2005

More BBC bias?

It was mentioned that the Daily Mail wasn't shown on the morning Frost show (see letter above). This is nothing new., For several years on the BBC1 morning programme, the Mail's front page is excluded from the newspaper review if it has any headline that puts Labour in a bad light. And if any Mail report is reviewed, it's generally some innocuous article towards the back of the paper.

This, coupled with other glaring discrepancies and biased reporting, or non-reporting, has ruined my trust in the BBC. Letter from Margo Walsh, Radstock, Bath.- Daily Mail, February 23, 2005

"More people are dying each year from infections they pick up in dirty hospitals than the number who die on our roads. ..... During the first parliament we will increase the amount spent on the NHS by £34 billion - from £1,450/ head to £2,000 / head. This will be investment for reform, not the failed 'spend and waste' approach of the last eight years", writes Michael Howard in the Conservative Manifesto on Health. Download the whole manifesto here.

ID cards, introduced during World War Two, were abolished by the Tories under Winston Churchill on February 21, 1952. The war had ended in 1945 but Labour's Clement Attlee retained them throughout his six years in power, ending in 1951.

ODD, THAT

Former Met Police chief Sir John Stevens, now fast-tracked to Lord Stevens, warns us that there are about 200 Al Queda fanatics here in Britain.

Is it just me, as a retired, cynical anti-terrorist and Special Branch officer, or do his remarks have anything at all to do with his present association with a company specialising in - you guessed it - terrorism? Letter (Name and Address supplied) to the Daily Mail, March 10, 2005

Back to the future

'Forward not Back' is quite wrong: we must go back - back to clean hospitals with more medical staff and fewer managers; back to education with proven standards.

Back to police on the street and solving crime; back to increased employment in industry, back to ministers who stand up for this country and back to democratic government. Then, perhaps, we can move forward. Letter from S. M. Butler, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex - Daily Mail, March 23, 2005

Tactical Voting

As a UKIP member for several years, I believe the gretest threat facing the British is the potential loss of our independence to govern ourselves. Once Brussels gains complete control, everything else we are voting for in the coming election is academic. The real decisions will be made in Brussels by people we can't vote out.

Much as I support UKIP's aims, I now believe the single most important goal for British voters is to remove Blair and his rotten Government before they complete the process of removing our sovereignty. Only a vote for Michael Howard will do this - Letter to the Daily Mail from Tony Beverley, London SW10 - April 7, 2005

I know I'm me - why do I need an ID card?

"Sorry, officers, I don't have an ID card. I never applied for one. It seemed a bit steep at 300 quid. I do have my free passport, my driving licence and my London freedom travel pass, each with my photograph. I have my NHS medical card, with its lengthy number, given me at birth, my RAF service book with my Armed Forces number, and a chit authorising me to wear a few gongs -including a General Service Medal with Malaya bar, for fighting communist terrorists on behalf of my country, or so they told me.

"I've also got various credit cards and store cards, all with my signature on the back, generally good for buying the everyday requrements for life as well as the odd luxury. If you decide to arrest me, I suppose I'll have to be photographed and given another number, besides my PINs.

"I'm afraid I haven't got a pension book; it was taken away."

"By thieves, sir?"

"No .. well, not exactly. By the Government. By the way, may I see your warrant cards, gentlemen?" Oh dear, they've disappeared." From E. Harry Gumer, Romford, ESSEX - Daily Mail, June 1, 2005

NO means NO

When does NO mean MAYBE? When it's not the answeer the EU wants. With courageous French NON resounding in their ears, the shabby, undemocratic self-interested leaders of Europe propose ignoring the part of their precious constitution requiring ratification by all members and continuing without one of the biggest founder members to prevent derailing the gravy train.

As in Ireland, they refuse to accept any NO votes, ignoring the will of the people, and re-stage votes until they can engineer the 'correct' answer. Sadly, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw dances to their tune like a puppet on a string. With tactics such as these, how can anyone really believe the EU has our interests at heart. Letter from Steve Penny, Kingsnorth, Kent - Daily Mail, June1, 2005

Surely the French result makes the £1million the EU recently spent on a treaty signing ceremony seem a trifle premature and extravagant. Keith Wiseman, Bury, Lancs. - Daily Mail, June 1, 2005

Origins of Political Correctness (PC)

I can't agree with Ruth Dudley Edwards' view that 'political correctness' has its roots in 'a benign desire to be nice to everyone' (Mail). It has its roots in Marxism and the cult-like adherence to the standard social science model dominating the thinking of our political class for two generations.

It has its roots in Marxism and the cult-like adherence to the standard social science model which has sominated the thinking of our political class for two generations. We should recognise political correctness for what it is: a fascist concept which doesn't allow any deviation from a prescribed set of doctins laid down by a political 'elite'. James Staunton, Dagenham, Essex. - Daily Mail, Nov.16, 2005

July 26, 2007 (1517 days since war ended)

Death Toll: 3643 US - 163 UK - >1,000,000? civilians - 25 media

Octiber 15, 2007 (1567days since war ended)

Death Toll: 3829 US - 170 UK - >1,000,000? civilians - 25 media

STOP PRESS

Brown the frown - now Brown the clown

Maestro of self-delusion Welcome to BlairWorld

Bloody Iraq chaos is resigning matter, Tony

We knew he was lying, but did he?

Head-in-the-sand election 2005

BLAIR rules out another NI tax rise

Give Blair a bloody nose with your vote

BLAIR LIED AND LIED AGAIN

Blair is a stomach-turning liar

'Liar' taunts haunt Blair

More lies, and more reasons to vote Blair out

Could this cover-up finish Blair? - Blair's duty to publish

Why should Gordon Brown believe anything that Tony Blair says when no one else does - Letter to Daily Mail - Sunday, January 23, 2005, from Vic Croft, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

Some pledges, Tony

Here are the six General Election pledges Labour might like to adopt:

1. No more lying.

2. No more dodgy donations.

3. No more freebees.

4. No more cronies.

5. No more spin.

6. No more Blair.

Letter to Mail from Steve Willis, Bristol, February 16, 2005.

Will Blair be counted out?

All day TV stunt backfires on Blair

Labour increasingly seen as ruthless & squalid.

Don't blame Campbell, blame his boss (William Rees-Mogg - The Times, Feb. 7, 2005) -

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Yes, we've all been turned into zombies

"There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe."

Who are the 'silent majority'?

You, of course! And you and you and you. All of you. All of us law-abiding citizens. We are the new super-power, Public Opinion, which can match, even defeat, the one remaining superpower, the United States of America. If you don't believe that, just look at how effectively Iraqi and world public opinion is frustrating, if not defeating, the armed forces of that nation. It may even turn newly-elected President Bush's attention towards solving the Israeli-Palestine deadlock.

We have grown up under the ancient assumption of English Common law, that the law exists to defend the liberties of the citizens rather than impose the will of the sovereign State; that it is the State, not the citizen, that needs permission for what it does.

We speak our voices anonymously in Public Opinion Polls on every topic you can imagine and exercise our power every three, four or five years in elections which call our leaders, politicians, to account for their actions.

Guardian/ICM polls for October and November 2004

This is your site, your weapon and your platform. You may have protested against the war with Iraq. So if you are British go here to register your vote or here to get your local MP to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Blair, or pay the price of your precious vote in the next election. Do it NOW.

Howard savages 'grubby Government' - 21/12/04

Tory leader Michael Howard has accused Tony Blair of leading a "grubby Government" in the wake of the David Blunkett affair.

Speaking at Conservative Campaign Headquarters in central London following publication of Sir Alan Budd's report into 'nannygate', Mr Howard told journalists: "He (Mr Blair) leads a grubby government, that gives favour for finance.

"A grubby Government that is a stranger to the truth. A grubby Government that intimidates people who don't agree with it. In short a grubby Government low on integrity, light on honesty and lacking in all humility."

Give Blair a bloody nose with your vote

Write this letter to your Labour MP to get rid of Blair

Totalitarian Britain - no longer a democracy

The hollow man of British politics

Less talk, more action

Now it's admitted Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and the Government's dossier was wrong, can BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, Director-General Greg Dyke and Radio 4 reporter Andrew Gilligan have their jobs back? Of course not. Neither can poor hounded-to-death Government scientist Dr David Kelly have his life back. Bowever, it's reported that Tony Blair's propagandist, Alistair Campbell, whose hissy fit cause this, whole squalid row, has been re-hired. Isn't democracy grand? ....................................Ephraim Hardcastle, Daily Mail, October 14, 2004

Shameful 'top ten'

The Conservatives have published ten excellent points for the electorate to consider before casting their votes at the forth-coming General Election. The electorate may also like to consider ten points of current Government's greatest 'achievements'.

* Committing the country to war on false information

* Allowing troops to go into battle without suitable and adequate equipment.

* Accepting two 'whitewash' inquiries over responsibility for the war.

* Causing a pensions crisis by robbing pension funds of tax credits.

* Introducing more than 60 stealth taxes.

* Allowing council tax to run out of control.

* Failing to provide a viable National Health Service.

* Failing to combat crime and hampering the police with politically correct bureaucracy.

*Allowing immigration to run out of control.

*Introducing social engineering over entrance to universities at the expense of academic achievement.

This list is by no means complete. I'm sure others could easily add many more examples of deceit and broken promises to be taken into account before casting a vote.

John Northover, Derby - Letter to the Daily Mail, October 13, 2004

Blair 'doctored' Butler Report

It has been reported that Downing Street toned down direct criticism of Tony Blair in last weeks Butler Report. The original draft placed responsibility for misleading the nation on the threat from Saddam Hussein firmly on the Prime Minister.

A member of the inquiry team has told the Sunday Telegraph: "The whole thing points straight to the man in charge ... absolutely to where responsibility belongs, which is the Prime Minister, which is what we could not say." Read more about Blair's despicable self-serving actions here.

"As a very junior local councillor I had an opportunity of seeing how New Labour operates," Anne Hughes, from Crediton, Devon, writes in her letter to the Daily Mail, May 18, 2004. "I soon discovered that there's no room for anyone with an opinion that differs from the Party line," she adds. "I mistakenly thought I was there to serve my constituents - wrong. I was there to lick the boots of the local party hierarchy." Read Anne Hughes' letter here.A day after the June 2004 EU election results were announced, Melanie Phillips wrote:

"For the overwhelming message of these elections is that people feel that no main-stream party now speaks for them. This is because, although the public has fallen badly out of love with Labour, the Tories have so far failed to deliver a positive reason for voting for them. To win public attention and support, a political party has to articulate the galvanising issue of the moment. That issue is nothing less than the threat to the democratic nation itself. This threat takes a variety of forms.

"There is the increasing threat posed by the EU to the power of self-government. There is the threat of unlimited mass immigration and multiculturism, which, left unchecked, will destroy national identity. And there is the threat to the moral values underpinning this nation, as the Government shatters our bedrock norms of respectability and responsibility."

Following the debate on the Butler Report in Parliament on Tuesday, July 20, 2004, Andrew Alexander wrote in the Daily Mail: "The Tories are limping away from Westminster like the survivors of a shipwreck. What should have been a disastrous week for Tony Blair has been his triumph. How could it all have gone so wrong, they groan. With the evidence of the Butler report digested, collated and tabulated, and ample time to prepare a devastating case, there had seemed no chance that the great wriggler could get away with it again. At stake was the PM's honesty, competence, and his readiness to accept real responsibility for monstrous errors. Yet Blair, on tremendous fighting form, did not just wriggle free, he soared. ....... If Blair was at his smartest with a masterly collection of half truths and evasions, Howard was at his worst. It was a truly awful performance."

Quentin Letts painted this eloquent picture of the gruesome occasion in the Daily Mail.

"They think it's all over. As far as Tony Blair and his ministers and, most openly, his legions of sweaty-lipped loyalists reckon, the next General Election is seized. The next ten years are in the bag. It's Labour for ever, jobs for life! They're sure of it. And they're swaggering.

"Mr Howard, you see, had an awful afternoon in the Chamber. Using theatrical parlance, the Tory leader dried, he died, he shrivelled like a punctured birthday balloon. The event was the post-Butler debate on Iraq. More than half the country now thinks Mr Blair lied. Amazing.

"Naturally the PM dived into the small print. Mr Howard, also being a lawyer, was unable to resist the detail of the argument. What a pity he did not concentrate on broad, animal disgust at the PM's ways and wiles.

"Speaker Martin lost control of the House. In particular, old Mick proved unequal to the task of disciplining a well-drilled heckle-and-intervention tactic on the Labour benches. Every time Mr Howard tried to start a new sentence he was faced with as many as 15 Labour opponents jumped to their feet, shouting: 'will the Rt Hon Gentleman permit me?' A couple were cut down but others sprang up in their place, warring skeletons arising from a ploughed field.

"Mr Howard was thrown by this mob. His speech yesterday was a disaster. More than once he had to turn, desperation in his eyes, and search his own benches for reinforcements. Was there no one on the Tory side who could come up with some confected question to buy a few seconds of relief?

"Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe), one of the few Tories to oppose the war from the start, stroked his nose slowly as he watched the sorry spectacle. Could he yet have his day? Ann Taylor (Labour, Dewsbury) supposedly such a senior Rt Hon member of the House, rolled her jacket sleeves high up her forearms and waved a copy of the Butler report at Mr Howard. She becomes more disgusting by the day.

"Mike Gapes(Lab, Ilford S), mouth as wide as a Space invader's, slapped his thigh and turned bright red, so hard did he overdo his 'hilarity' when Mr Howard tried to answer another inter-vention. Around him grinned a claque of no-hopers.

"The Prime Minister has never sounded so arrogant as he did at 3.03 pm, when Bob Marshall-Andrews (Lab, Medway) tried to rise. Mr Blair, on hearing his voice behind him, turned to see who it was. The moment his eyes clapped on the eloquent Old Labour, anti-war Mr Marshall-Andrews, contempt and impatience crossed that normally sunny facade. Mr Blair turned his head away and flung his arms to either side in a gesture that said: 'I've had enough of these turbulent priests.' He indicated that he could not give a turnip for Mr Marshall-Andrews or his views.

"So there you have it, Britain. There may be millions of you who dislike the way this sexer-upper, this topspinning ticket-of-leave man, this dissembler, tarnisher, trasher of parliamentary propriety, took us to war. Well, he could not care less for your views, just as he spurned the views of a Labour MP brave enough to withstand pressure from the Whips. Blair's refusal even to let Mr Marshall-Andrews speak pushed us into elective dictatorship territory. And yet, naturally, his snubbing of the Medway man generated titters and cheers from acolytes.

'Let us rejoice!' said Mr Blair a few moments later. Remember who else said 'rejoice'? They said she was mad. Maybe we'll one day say the same about Mr Blair. Junior Blairites David Milliband, an education minister, and James Purnell (Stalybridge) watched from a distance with broad smiles. A nodding squadron started, from Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port) to Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton SE) to defence minister, Ivor Caplin. All nodding to every-thing Mr Blair said. Not a group to trouble Mensa.

"By the time Robin Cook spoke, not one Cabinet minister was still in the Chamber. Why bother to listen? Accountability? NAH!"

So do it , Sedgefield. Do it for Tom Keys (by voting for his father Reg). Do it for David Kelly. Do it, as the man said, for a government that will restore trust in politics in this country.

In late July 2004, a poll told us that most Britons are convinced that Mr Blair lied over Iraq. It should have led to his resignation because most Labour MPs know it is true, yet haven't the guts to oust him as leader of their party. The Daily Mail comments: "Questions about No. 10's relationship with the truth grow murkier by the day".

In late August, 2004, the Mail's Editor commented: "Not since 1848, when Lord Palmerston was arraigned on charges of concluding a secret treaty with Russia, has any British Minister been impeached. Now that awesome procedure, rooted deep in our constitutional history, is being employed against Tony Blair for his 'high crimes and misdemeanours' over Iraq.

"Of course it won't work. .... Labour backbenchers would never allow it. But Mr Blair won't find it so easy to shrug off the devastating details in the indictment prepared by serious academic researchers to support the case for impeachment.

"Forget the Hutton whitewash and the timid conclusions of the Butler inquiry. A Case to Answer, published yesterday, is packed with evidence of the systematic deceit practised on Parliament and public by a Prime Minister hell-bent on war. Using a mass of background information, including intelligence documents published by Lord Butler, Glen Rangwala of Cambridge and Dan Plesch of Birkbeck College show beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Blair never came close to telling the truth.

"Again and again he insisted that Saddam's weapons of mass destruction were a real and worsening threat, citing intelligence information to back his apocalyptic claims. 'This is what they are telling me, the British Prime Minister ...... '

"Yet at every turn, as the documents starkly illustrate, he distorted that information to promote a war which 'strong evidence' suggests he had already decided to launch in cahoots with George Bush - a war that has cost thousands of lives, including those of 65 British soldiers.

"And still we are paying the price. The violence in and around Najaf yesterday reveals a nation on the edge of anarchy. The sabotage of 20 oil pipelines in the south threatens a new surge in fuel prices. The longer coalition forces stay, the more they are hated. Yet if they leave, the region will plunge into chaos.

"And from Mr Blair? Not a word of apology. He is safe. Untouchable. However powerful the evidence of his duplicity, impeachment will never happen. In its appalling inability to hold the Prime Minister properly to account, our impotent Parliament has become another victim of this misbegotten war."

Damning verdict on Blair's war

Comment - Daily Mail, October 7, 2004

Even now, when the truth is laid out for all to see, this Government just can't resist trying to spin its way out of culpability for a wretchedly misbegotten war.

While the Iraq Survey Group confirms it has found no weapons of mass destruction, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw ludicrously pretends the threat from Saddam, in terms of his intentions, was 'starker than we had seen before'.

But Britain wasn't dragged into this conflict because a vile dictator had malign 'intentions'. We were assured again and again that Saddam not only possessed these weapons, but could deploy them within 45 minutes. Now, once again, those assurances are exposed as rubbish.

The implications are deeply disturbing. Britain is threatened as never before by terrorists. Iran is close to an atom bomb. North Korea's nuclear ambitions are well advanced. Rogue regimes every-where are encouraged by the debacle in Iraq.

So, what happens if - God forbid - our intelligence services discover plans for an attack on these shores? Could this Prime Minister convince the public of the need for an armed response. Or, as Michael Howard asked this week: "Could the British people trust him a second time?"

The answer is that - like the boy who cried 'wolf' - Mr Blair won't be believed, whatever the danger. The tragedy is that a war that was supposed to make Britain more secure has left us more vulnerable than ever.

IRAQ BRIEFING

September 11, 2004 (500 days since war ended)

Death Toll: 1,003 US - 65 UK - 5,595 Iraqi - 1390 civilians - 21 media

December 20, 2004 (599 days since war ended)

Death Toll: 1,305 US - 75 UK - 5,920 Iraqi - 15,122 civilians - 25 media

January 17, 2005 (627 days since war ended)

Death Toll: 1,362 US - 76 UK - 6,008 Iraqi - 15,257 civilians - 25 media

March 1, 2005 (670 days since war ended)

Death Toll: 1,490 US - 86 UK - 6,164? Iraqi - 15,782 civilians - 25 media

For the health of our democracy, we, the people of the United Kingdom, must find a way to force Mr Blair to resign.

Mr Blair has lied and deceived us over Iraq. He must resign at once. Do you agree?

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Such defiance of the democratic process and the will of the majority of we people of the UK, must be exposed by voters as a matter or urgency, and not just in the two by-elections we have had this July and the European elections in June 2004. But how can this be done?

The most effective way of getting our deceitful PM to resign would be to mobilise the army of Labour MPs currently in the House of Commons and get them to demand it, the loss of their seat to be a penalty if they did not. All voters in Labour-held constituencies need to write a letter along these lines to their local Labour MPs:

Dear

Despite his absolute and unequivocal assurances over the past year of the serious risk to our security of Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction', Prime Minister Blair has admitted, that the threat was non-existent. For that critical error of judgement and for his gross incompetence in handling this very important issue, I ask you to take immediate steps to ensure that Tony Blair does the honourable thing and resign without delay..

I would therefore be much obliged if you would propose and help mobilise a Parliamentary vote of 'No Confidence' in Mr Blair which, despite Labour's huge majority, would leave the PM with no option but to resign.

If I get no reply to this letter, I shall assume you will continue to support Mr Blair as our Prime Minister. In such circumstances I shall not vote for you in the forthcoming General Election.

Signed:

Simple, non-violent, protest letters along these lines on a variety of issues could be the basis for re-vitalising our democracy and increasing voters' interest and participation in politics. Download a printable copy of the above letter here.

There is another way for the voice of the silent majority to be heard, a voice that made sure broken promises would not only be revealed, but punished in subsequent elections.

In the year available before the General Election expected in 2005, many topics are available as ammunition, each one asking questions. A weapon for our purpose will be the results of Opinion Polls in individual constituencies using ICM, NOP, Gallop, Mori or YouGov.

Questions suggested for this purpose are listed here.

CAST YOUR VOTE ON A VARIETY OF OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES HERE.

Current and prospective Parliamentary candidates of all Parties running for election could share a platform at public forums in every constituency. They would be presented with the results of polls with answers to these questions expressed by the majority of voters in that constituency.

The candidates could be asked if their own views and that of their Party manifesto corresponded with the polls, and if not, how they intended to represent the will of the majority of local voters. Local and National Press, Radio and TV coverage would be arranged and the results published on this web site.

Another powerful strategy for using your vote effectively in the General Electionexpected in 2005 is to send your sitting and prospective MPs a letter defining your requirements if they want your vote. This example deals with the proposed EU Constitutional Treaty.

Your letters would end: "If you do not answer this letter, I shall take it that you intend to follow the Government line or the Party Manifesto and act accordingly in the forthcoming General Election.

Or create a questionnaire to send to all candidates in your constituency, asking for yes/no answers to questions of your choice, and ending it with the paragraph above.

It is high time for the people of this United Kingdom to stop allowing themselves to be manipulated by politicians. We need our representatives in Parliament to genuinely reflect the view of the majority in their own constituency, even if this means going against their personal and/or their party's policy. While they may argue their case, hoping to change the minds of the majority in their constituency, they should ultimately be obliged to reflect the majority view of those who elect them.

It will be argued by politicians of all parties that most voters don't have the knowledge necessary to express an opinion on important subjects at issue, and that our vote is a form of delegated democracy. We should argue that it is their duty to ensure that we voters do have ready access to such information as is necessary to form an intelligent opinion. That, after all, is one main purpose of Opposition Parties in our Parliamentary Democracy.

Most important of all, such proceedings would rekindle in voters their latent interest and obligation to cast their vote, knowing that the candidate of their choice would be more likely to act in accordance with their wishes. A much higher turnout in elections would be the result.

Contact your local Party Chairman. Gain his support for setting up public forums in your constituency on these, as well as any other relevant topics, well before the next General Election expected in 2005. You should then, depending on the integrity of the candidate of your choice, feel fairly certain that your view on any subject being debated in Parliament will more accurately be reflected by your representative in that assembly.

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