Silent
Majority Speaks
Rescuing
Democracy in the United Kingdom from our current Elected Dictatorship
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You will
notice that, since New Labour came to power, not a single
leading Cabinet member or party 'heavy hitter' has appeared
on the programme (BBC's Question Time). 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
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Car-tax
dodgers nine times more likely to crash (and kill)
"The
lives of innocent road users are being put at risk by rogue drivers
with no car tax, MPs warned yesterday," writes Ray Massey,
Transport Editor of the Daily Mail, on July 1, 2004.
"Government
research has also shown," Mr Massey continues, "that
drivers of untaxed vehicles are nine times more likely to be involved
in a crash." Read his
full article.
Rogue
drivers, who include criminals and asylum seekers, can get hold
of salvaged wrecks from auctions without showing their driving
license. Even when they get caught, their fines are 'derisory',
their hands tied by the law which said six months was the maximum
jail term that could be imposed for the offence, even when they
run over and kill innocent people.
This
situation is wholly unacceptable. The law has to be changed to
increase the penalty dramatically for British nationals - the
fine for evasion of car-tax increased ten-fold.
Every
foreigner found guilty - be he (or she) asylum seeker, student,
work-permit holder or visitor, should be deported immediately
rather than spend a few months in a British jail and then remain
in this country. Immediate deportation would be a far greater
punishment for such individuals than a brief stay in one of our
prisons.
Nana
Kemajou, an illegal immigrant from Cameroon, was driving at 90
mph when his Mazda 626 smashed into the back of a car driven by
Paul Fritchley. The father of two was killed.
Yesterday
(July 2, 2004) Kemajou was jailed for two and a half years and
could be free within a year, and then deported. Why carry the
costs of his prison upkeep before deporting this man? DEPORT HIM
NOW!
Callum
Oakford, nine, died in a crash involving a failed asylum seeker
who had no license or insurance. He was crossing the road near
his home when a car being driven at speed by Kamel Kadri, a 38-year-old
Algerian who entered Britain on a stolen passport, fled as the
boy lay dying, then abandoned his car following the tragedy in
Ferring, West Sussex, on New Years Day.
He
disposed of documents relating to the vehicle and threw away the
keys. But neighbours who had seen his poor driving alerted police.
Kadri was found to have bought his car under a false name, registering
it at an unoccupied address to avoid parking fines. He was arrested
for causing death by dangerous driving, which carries a maximum
14-year jail sentence, but was charged only with minor driving
offences and jailed for six months.
Why
was he not deported immediately back to his homeland - Algeria?
One
in five motorists stopped by police in random checks had no insurance
cover, writes David Williams and Olinka Koster in the Daily Mail,
July 31, 2004. Read their full story here.
Uninsured
drivers are 'behind surge in hit and run horror'. Read this horror
story here.
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Do
you agree that every foreigner found guilty of driving uninsured
and untaxed vehicles, or of causing fatal accidents on our
roads, must be deported immediately before they kill or
injure more innocent people?
Agree
strongly
Agree
Disagree
Disagree
strongly
Don't
know
Don't
care
Please
click one of the above links to cast your vote
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In
the last week of June 2004, the Government adopted a car-sharing
scheme to cut down congestion on our roads that was originally
suggested by the Conservatives.
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."
Blair's
defiance of the will of the majority of we, the people of the UK,
over the invasion of Iraq 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:
Here's
one to get Tony Blair to resign:
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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:
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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.
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.
If you have suggestions
for additional subjects, or material to include in the pages linked
to the subjects listed, please contact
the webmaster.
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