Silent Majority Speaks

Rescuing Democracy in the United Kingdom from our current Elected Dictatorship

The REAL NASTY PARTY- How Labour is the true home of spite, bigotry and contempt for the public

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

Come back Gilligan, all is forgiven. Penny Young, Diss, Norfolk, to The Guardian, February 24, 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 Power cut, please Labour's pollsters have Tony Blair running scared, because they have informed him that if turnout at the next election is below 50%, the result will be a hung parliament. This would be good news for those of us who, viewing the damage inflicted by recent governments, would like nothing better than a Parliament powerless to do anything. Letter from Ron Phillips, London W14 - Daily Mail 17/2/05

Tony Blair's pledge cards made no mention of pensioners. Perhaps they're the jokers. Letter to the Daily Mail from Brian Green, Daventry, Northants - February 22, 2005 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

 

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The Silent Majority speaks on waste in the N H S

Far too many cooks Having worked in the NHS for 20 years, I can see where the money has been wasted. Twenty years ago, there was one NHS employer for the whole mid-Essex area, meaning one chief executive, one Board, administration, human resources department, etc. Then Conservatives introduced GP fundholders and created the Mid-Essex Health Authority, Mid-Essex Community and Mental Health Trust and Mid-Essex Hospital Trust - three chief executives, Boards, administrations, HR departments, etc. Now Labour has introduced primary care trusts, we have, in the same area, Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT, Chelmsford PCT, Witham Braintree and Halsted PCT, Mid-Essex Hospital Trust, Essex Ambulance Trust, Mid-Essex Mental Health Trust, Mid-Essex Shared Services and Essex Regional Health Authority - no fewer than eight chief executives, boards, administrations, HR departments, etc. Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT employs the equivalent of 330 full-time staff and its managerial costs alone for the past year were £1.3 million with 60 staff based in its head office. The costs of PCTs and other health trusts nationally should be examined and exposed. Letter from Linda Milburn, Chelmsford, ESSEX - Daily Mail, March 11, 2005 £6 billion wasted James Bartholomew asks where all the money goes in the NHS (Mail), and this week's independent analysis of NHS expenditure promises some extraordinary answers: £6 billion a year is spent on 'students' bursaries, redundancy payments, auditors' and things headed 'miscellaneous'. This annual expenditure surely requires further investigation. Why are we spending huge sums of redundancies when the NHS is crying out for staff? And how much is the Government paying its auditors? Letter from J. Toba, London W14 - Daily Mail, March 11, 2005 Nice Number A friend runs a local primary care trust call centre on a 37-hour week for £33,000 a year. I wonder how many nurses or beds £33,000 would provide. I work 45 hours a week for £20,00o. Letter from David Gordon, Manchester - Daily Mail, March 11, 2005

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Perhaps Ann Widdecombe was right about Michael Howard, but it should have been KNIGHT with a K, and he could have saved us from the monsters Blair and Campbell - Letter to the Dail Mayil from Les Fletcher, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, Wales - February 18, 2005 After a clear vote against them, we still got eight non-elected Regional Assemblies. When we vote against the EU Constitution, we'll get them anyway. Letter from P.Cove, Aylesbury, BUCKS.- Daily Mail, January 31, 2005 THE TIMES slavish support for the Government worries some members of the paper's staff, not to mention any perspicacious readers who are left. Political editor Philip Webster was questioned about this when he addressed colleagues as part of an in-house 'masterclass' exercise. Small wonder. One of his Blair-worshipping subordinates wrote a news story yesterday poo-pooing the row over Labours anti-semitic poster mocking Michael Howard, saying it was merely £5million worth of 'free publicity' for the party. Ephraim Hardcastle - Daily Mail, Febrauary 2, 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

 

The REAL NASTY PARTY- How Labour is the true home of spite, bigotry and contempt for the public

 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? Agree strongly Agree Disagree Disagree strongly Don't know Don't care Please click one of the links above to cast your vote Current results

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 on this issue 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.

Here is another powerful strategy for using your vote effectively in the forthcoming General Election. 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. I shall act accordingly in the forthcoming General Election.

Or why not create a questionnaire that you send to all the candidates in your constituency, getting them to give yes/no answers to questions of your choice, and ending it with the same paragraph(above).

Download a printable example of the questionnaire.

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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