Having been part of the 38Degrees team who went into the Wokingham town centre building awareness of TTIP I was interested when Stan Hetherington told one of us, who has put out a table and poster, that he was no allowed to do so in market place. He seemed also to think that even talking to people there was forbidden as the publicly owned area was managed in a private manner.
I personally felt that it may well be the case for the stand and likely not the case for talking, but agreed that it was only fair not to talk to potential customers while they browsed in shops.
The other chap did a bit of research with the council and the present logic is this.
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Hi xxxxxxxxx
I followed up on your being "moved on" by the Councillor and what we can and can't do in future.
WDC told me the market square in Wokingham is private land owned by
the Town Council, so I spoke with Rob Vincent of Wokingham TC. His
advice is as follows. There is no requirement for any licence as long as
we do not collect money. A small table with a small poster is fine. The
most important thing is not to harrass members of the public in any
way. His suggestion is that we give him a phone call on xxxxxx a few
days in advance and discuss our plans with him. That way, if any stall
holders complain, we can say we have permission.
So, if you're not taking money and wish to protest / inform in the market square. Have at it.
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Be considerate though.
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Monday, 20 October 2014
Solar farms on green belt? No thanks.
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I'm an environmentalist. That's why I'm not a fan of Solar installations on farm land.
I'll review my view of this once most of us have solar on well insulated home and office roofs, heat reclaim, heat stores and and wood chip burners or gasifiers.
The ROI on farm land is doing the wrong thing. Subsidising old money with council connections making money out of a policy designed to incentivise the public and businesses to make use of wasted roof space.
Wait fro the next phase when the same land owning families to use their solar farms as a launch pad for land owners to argue they should get planning permission for housing developments.
I don't have a problem with that, but the profit should be only in a mark up on construction. Not land value changes for planning permission, that should be completely realised as infrastructure contributions with a % for overpriced areas to invest in making low value areas more valuable.
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Should Charlotte Haitham Taylor stand down?
Should Charlotte Haitham Taylor stand down as a Wokingham Borough Councillor, who is also on the executive for children's services, for running for the conservative MP for Durham?
It's even in the BBC news.
I did not realise that this volunteer member of our community (odd kind of volunteering because it pays £15k pre tax) was of that level of establishment connection to make it into the BBC news. She certainly is not the first hopeful career politician to cut her teeth as a Tory councillor only to find the present MP unlikely to move.
The thing I find maddening in all of this is that the argument is that she can not perform the role for time constraints.
Mrs Taylor who's family own several companies that sell IT services, including into government, does not need to work a 40 hour week along with her husband to maintain a family home.
Since someone who is representative of the community is supposed form the voice of the public, those people should ideally include a representative proportion of the population that makes up the constituents, including the majority who do both have to work 40 hours / week to support a home. That is why borough councillors are mandated to be able to perform their duties in what is reasonable spare time for an employed adult. They do not take the minutes, or do the paper work. They direct those who are paid to do so.
Time is not something she has a problem with compared those workers who are capable of being the most important thing, truly representative.
My conclusion is that she should not stand down from her post in Wokingham on the basis of time constraint. The family business is based locally, as is the family home.
My question is, should she stand as the MP for Durham?
It sickens me the lack of respect we have for the measures our forebears designed to ensure that the country is governed for the people by the people.
The wife of a successful business family based around Bracknell is clearly not representative of the median person in Durham.
A fair constitution would warrant that she is not eligible to stand as the ministerial representative for that constituency.
Shame on anyone who votes for a power craver from out of town who suggests they are better than everyone their own community can offer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-29326786
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tories-accused-being-deeply-patronising-7820404
Now with a facebook page claiming her being a Durham local, and telling the locals here she is a member of this community, the only thing we do have a genuine answer to is will she say and do anything for her political career?
Either that or she believes she is genuinely better than the combined best of working people from both communities?
It's even in the BBC news.
I did not realise that this volunteer member of our community (odd kind of volunteering because it pays £15k pre tax) was of that level of establishment connection to make it into the BBC news. She certainly is not the first hopeful career politician to cut her teeth as a Tory councillor only to find the present MP unlikely to move.
The thing I find maddening in all of this is that the argument is that she can not perform the role for time constraints.
Mrs Taylor who's family own several companies that sell IT services, including into government, does not need to work a 40 hour week along with her husband to maintain a family home.
Since someone who is representative of the community is supposed form the voice of the public, those people should ideally include a representative proportion of the population that makes up the constituents, including the majority who do both have to work 40 hours / week to support a home. That is why borough councillors are mandated to be able to perform their duties in what is reasonable spare time for an employed adult. They do not take the minutes, or do the paper work. They direct those who are paid to do so.
Time is not something she has a problem with compared those workers who are capable of being the most important thing, truly representative.
My conclusion is that she should not stand down from her post in Wokingham on the basis of time constraint. The family business is based locally, as is the family home.
My question is, should she stand as the MP for Durham?
It sickens me the lack of respect we have for the measures our forebears designed to ensure that the country is governed for the people by the people.
The wife of a successful business family based around Bracknell is clearly not representative of the median person in Durham.
A fair constitution would warrant that she is not eligible to stand as the ministerial representative for that constituency.
Shame on anyone who votes for a power craver from out of town who suggests they are better than everyone their own community can offer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-29326786
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tories-accused-being-deeply-patronising-7820404
Now with a facebook page claiming her being a Durham local, and telling the locals here she is a member of this community, the only thing we do have a genuine answer to is will she say and do anything for her political career?
Either that or she believes she is genuinely better than the combined best of working people from both communities?
Sunday, 10 August 2014
Is boycotting Israel fair?
Like most western, non Jewish people, the whole Israel / Palestine thing for me was filed under third world extremists for a long time. So I decided to do what little research I could from my cosy armchair.
One picture for me was a bit of a show stopper that needed little in the way of explanation.
But there are two sides to every argument.
When research into the sides of an argument there are two paths.
1. You read through everything you can get your hands on.
2. You draw conclusions with the information you have on the fly, and vocalise them, but keeping an open mind to the responses you might get back.
I find the second approach more efficient, if not more confrontational.
Please to fill me in if you have any fair arguments for why in 1947 one of the greatest travesties in the history of mankind was committed. Palestinian land split in such a way that Israel became 3 territories, which it then quickly joined and expanded.
Throughout all this time western powers have been funding and arming Israel in such a way that the western public effectively fund an aggressor in the middle east and arm it, which in turn spends that money on arms from the west. Effectively taking the benefits of the productive economy and directing it towards the destructive economy.
I fully accept the destructive side of human nature when it has nothing better to do and a sense of entitlement and can respect that certain people with a grander belief have come to the conclusion that a destabilising the east is an essential part of keeping the west safe.
I would like to tell a related story that might not seem to be in its telling.
I remember a startling moment when myself and an English born man of Pakistani decent were chatting in one of the many waiting areas while our wives were going through labour at Reading hospital.
We were both clearly interested in politics and religion (me being agnostic).
At some point he spoke of there being an almighty Christian Muslim war, and that when the call comes he and his brothers to band together and fight.
It was the perfect place for me to do my speech about a brotherhood, that he is my brother and who should be able to call him to murder me or our children to murder one another. I spoke of how if I was commanded on pain of death to me and my family to commit murder in another country I would turn on those who saw fit to command it.
But I was surprised by the event.
I have through marriage a Moroccan Muslim family and feel there is no risk of them baring arms on the whim of a religious figurehead. Perhaps because their figure head appears to be a good and caring man. I found this fanaticism coming from the mouth of a 2nd Generation Brit, in the maternity ward of all places.
Condemning our children to bloody murder with a sense of pride.
I hope my points had some impact.
So how does this story relate to Gaza and the West Bank?
I would like to use it to answer the several trains of thought that might be used to justify the Israel Gaza offensive.
- We destabilise the East driving it towards sectarian violence to keep it from becoming organised enough to form a stable group that might one date conker the west.
I will not deny that, at some time long gone, a poorly educated, impoverished Muslim majority could be convinced by fanatical figureheads to do bloody revenge on the evil of the Crusading Christians. The rise of the computer and international relation however suggest to me that we have long been at the point where the educated wish to enter a global peace. Yes there are small groups. But they are hopeless groups with a poor quality of life. But what creates those groups and how can we help them
- Israel will have it's own land according to Bible.
Who is the fanatic. Almost all of the developed world has a charter that forbids restrictions and punishments on religious grounds alone. The democratic population surely would not warrant taking 80% of another country, paid only in violence.
- Quality of life is the difference between expectation and reality. Sympathy with a well documented extreme poor quality of life results in a happier working majority.
I agree. Lets have mandatory historic atrocities and their causes on TV for 1 hour a day. No need to cause it.
- We sell spy tech they don't understand and keep them from developing the building blocks themselves
That is a good reason, and would work fine if we could trust ourselves. But since each of our past prime ministers establishes a trust using an offshore company to own £m's unregistered investments, we are in no position to ensure our leaders have that purpose in mind, even if they suggest it.
My fear is that the real cause is something more sinister, and at the same not sinister at all.
Vested interests.
Take a company like BAE Bowing and Airbus they needs to sell fighter jets to stay afloat. There is a lot of money flying around at the air shows and while the companies may not be complicit directly, there is rarely a big investigation into where the large bonuses go.
Where I say it is not sinister is that we all know that 1 in 100 people is narcissistic, a crook. they would sell their own mother for £10k. Where this becomes sinister is that the most intelligent, organised and analytical of these people are able to the occupy positions of power and, unlike the selfless or modest they seek them out.
Lets say 1 in 100 of our narcissists is a genius. We have now one in 10,000 who is able to manipulate those around them in the most efficient manner using the tools they have. Lets say one
In the UK that would mean we have, of business age, 2000 leaders who will do anything to get rich, are vengeful and are extremely clever about it.
That's a lot of people who are willing to grow their offshore trust fund by investing in £36b/year arms contracts and then stimulating this without a care.
Remember, these 2000 people in the UK alone do not need to do the work. They need only set up a hedge fund and offer a generous bonus. It just takes a few of the 1 in 2000 to go after the bonus in the resulting country. £100k will go a long way in many developing countries.
So how does this relate to the title?
Simply this. Our large press outlets, our governments positions, and the map at the top of the page.
Our press has boycotted this information. They do not speak about the fact that the Gaza strip is the most densely populated place in the world, where do we expect these people to go, how will they feed themselves without land to grow food on?
Not one conservative politician seems willing to condemn Israel and agree that Palestine needs to have a lot of land given back before they can become a people who have the land they need to build hope for a quality life for their children. It's that hope that places value on life.
If their reasons are:
- Blindly towing the line for hope of future political position.
- Deluded by personal profit / arms investments.
- Accepted lack of knowledge and no motivation to expand it.
- Fear or retribution.
Then they are surely not worthy of the office they command.
If they have good reason for not only allowing but assisting the continued occupation.
- Justification beyond the map.
- An unknown honourable motive.
Then as a democracy we should expect to hear it. Not demanding the justification make life much easier for the 2000 genius narcissistic leaders in the UK.
I have yet to hear it. 'It's complicated' is not enough reason for the US to hand $3b a year to a country that does not run at a deficit.
The silence is deafening. Not only that but those in the public eye who speak out, are being boycotted by industry leaders.
And this is why I support a boycott, though I would like to see more focus on celebrities, especially those who normally use their profile to influence public sentiment.
I do not blame Jews for the Israel occupation of Palestine the same was as I do not blame you or I for dividing the land and providing financial support and arms to the Israel government. While we must accept a blame of complacency, we did not act, and nor have most Jews.
Money is currently boycotting those who speak out against the Israel occupation of Palestine, especially in Hollywood and the UK and US governments.
Our leading figures are proving themselves again to having some hidden agenda.
Yes, boycott the Israel products, I fear however we will find that out governments will simply provide bigger financial aid to ensure the region remains.
Boycott those celebrities who refuse to speak openly on the issue the way they should. They hold the key to public opinion and the resulting political change.
Where is all started 2000 years ago.
http://history-of-israel.org/history/chronological_presentation11.php
Balfour Declaration (Where Rothschild's money started meddling in Wars again)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
Where is all started 2000 years ago.
http://history-of-israel.org/history/chronological_presentation11.php
Balfour Declaration (Where Rothschild's money started meddling in Wars again)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
Ex Rothschild Employee Redwood fails to condemn Israel
Israel drone engines manufactured in Staffordshire
Hamas government fanatasism.
How much value would we place on your life, and the life of your children if we were crammed into Gaza with nowhere to go? Value of life is proportional to quality of life.
2013 £12b military exports to oppressive regimes.
Palestine / Gaza population
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Post Election Analysis. Feeble 71 as an independent as opposed to 281 Green in 2012.
I stood in the local election because not one of my candidates was willing to commit to the things I care about, and things that most people you speak to agree with whole heartedly when it comes to transparency in contracts.
I spent most of my time preparing a SMART-voter.org promise list and the platform so that other honest / democratic candidates can stand in the future off of the same pedestal.
I also printed and put up 8 posters which I was well aware were being taken down. I'll note that I only found three after the election. Posters can only work if the competition believe in your right to an informed decision.
If someone took the time to write my name and Evendons into Google the first link would be to my campaign page. If they followed the link on the poster they would have come to an identical blog page. This way I was able to see how many people took the time to type loku.co.uk/kaz into their browser having read the poster or put Kaz Evendons into Google.
The stats were always buffed up when I put something into Facebook or Twitter with as many as 40 views in 1 day. I was well aware though that those views were more likely from fellow activists from all sides.
What I was most interested in seeing was if members of the public would spontaneously research their candidates online in the run up t the election. For this reason I did not promote the links in the final days.
By the time the election came I had 100 views of the poster link, which I has also been promoting prior to the posters. There were perhaps 10 views from when the posters went up. I typically divide by four to get real human figures so I'll call that 2 researching stimulated by the posters.
At the same time I had 150 views of the google search page over the week. Again, dividing by 4 you get 50. If you take into account how many of those were people researching their candidate in the last few days running up to the election, that was a mear 50. Divide that by 4 that's 12.5 people out of 8000 who googled their candidates name in the run up to the election.
Were I to have to put money on how many genuine voters looked into my online presence I'd say 50 people out of 8000. Less than 0.65%
It would appear that the only way presently to get elected is to go door to door for the month prior.
Candidates can lie on the doorstep. They are also advertising the fact that they are not representative of the public who simple can not afford to invest the time. It may well be that they have a vested interest outside the £8k-22k they are paid but strangely not advertised when the chance to stand for election is poorly advertised.
Had I received 2000 views and I concluded that 500 genuine voters has seen my information then I would have been disappointed that the commitments I was offering were not important to voters.
As it happened, only 50 people looked and 71 people voted. I therefore received 21 votes from people who were too lazy to treat their democracy with the respect it deserves.
My motivation in all of this is not Wokingham. I would like to see people all over the world voting out corrupt bankers, war mongers and land owning trusts.
As long as people vote for the most attentive person, real honest people will not be able to compete with vested interests.
I spent most of my time preparing a SMART-voter.org promise list and the platform so that other honest / democratic candidates can stand in the future off of the same pedestal.
I also printed and put up 8 posters which I was well aware were being taken down. I'll note that I only found three after the election. Posters can only work if the competition believe in your right to an informed decision.
If someone took the time to write my name and Evendons into Google the first link would be to my campaign page. If they followed the link on the poster they would have come to an identical blog page. This way I was able to see how many people took the time to type loku.co.uk/kaz into their browser having read the poster or put Kaz Evendons into Google.
The stats were always buffed up when I put something into Facebook or Twitter with as many as 40 views in 1 day. I was well aware though that those views were more likely from fellow activists from all sides.
What I was most interested in seeing was if members of the public would spontaneously research their candidates online in the run up t the election. For this reason I did not promote the links in the final days.
By the time the election came I had 100 views of the poster link, which I has also been promoting prior to the posters. There were perhaps 10 views from when the posters went up. I typically divide by four to get real human figures so I'll call that 2 researching stimulated by the posters.
At the same time I had 150 views of the google search page over the week. Again, dividing by 4 you get 50. If you take into account how many of those were people researching their candidate in the last few days running up to the election, that was a mear 50. Divide that by 4 that's 12.5 people out of 8000 who googled their candidates name in the run up to the election.
Were I to have to put money on how many genuine voters looked into my online presence I'd say 50 people out of 8000. Less than 0.65%
It would appear that the only way presently to get elected is to go door to door for the month prior.
Candidates can lie on the doorstep. They are also advertising the fact that they are not representative of the public who simple can not afford to invest the time. It may well be that they have a vested interest outside the £8k-22k they are paid but strangely not advertised when the chance to stand for election is poorly advertised.
Had I received 2000 views and I concluded that 500 genuine voters has seen my information then I would have been disappointed that the commitments I was offering were not important to voters.
As it happened, only 50 people looked and 71 people voted. I therefore received 21 votes from people who were too lazy to treat their democracy with the respect it deserves.
My motivation in all of this is not Wokingham. I would like to see people all over the world voting out corrupt bankers, war mongers and land owning trusts.
As long as people vote for the most attentive person, real honest people will not be able to compete with vested interests.
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Wokingham Borough Council Elections. Weasil out the Crooks. Chance to win £50.
Update. It would appear that only I bothered. I have a handful of responses from non mainstream parties, which I will do a little vlog on. I have spent the £50 on some new trainers, two tank tops and some grey shorts.
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Most current politicians are odd slippery characters with two imperatives.
1. Commit to nothing.
2. Don't say no to you (that will lose your vote)
Send an e-mail to a / some local borough councillor candidates(s) asking them to commit transparency and accountability as per the SMART-voter.org terms. You are allowed follow up communications.
Try to get them to;
1. Do it.
2. Refuse to do it.
3. Give a good reason why they can't.
You will likely get none of the above. What we are interested in is the way they get out of answering your question.
Send a copy of the communications to ask@SMART-voter.org.
Entries close Midnight Friday 16th of May.
On Saturday we will have a video panel going through the answers and picking our favourites for whatever reasons come to mind at the time for example comic effect and dialogue between a voter and their candidate.
The addresses below are for generic local political party leaders or administrative contacts.
If you wish to try to get a response from your actual local candidates then this link might help to find our who your candidate are so you can google their names.
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council/elections/boroughelection/?categoryesctl6284731=3321
Happy hunting.
P.S Please do e-mail this to your friends. The candidate research is hopefully more important than the reward.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
E-mail 2: Tory. You will have to send via their online form.
http://www.wokinghamconservatives.org.uk/contact
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Sir / Madam
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing a candidate in every ward.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Email 3: Labour
http://www.readinglabour.org.uk/contact.html
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Sir / Madam
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing some candidates.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Email 4: UKIP
http://ukipbracknell.webs.com/contactus.htm
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Sir / Madam
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing some candidates.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Email 5: Green
info@readingGreenParty.org.uk
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Mr White
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing some candidates.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Most current politicians are odd slippery characters with two imperatives.
1. Commit to nothing.
2. Don't say no to you (that will lose your vote)
This game is simple.
Send an e-mail to a / some local borough councillor candidates(s) asking them to commit transparency and accountability as per the SMART-voter.org terms. You are allowed follow up communications.
Try to get them to;
1. Do it.
2. Refuse to do it.
3. Give a good reason why they can't.
You will likely get none of the above. What we are interested in is the way they get out of answering your question.
Send a copy of the communications to ask@SMART-voter.org.
Entries close Midnight Friday 16th of May.
On Saturday we will have a video panel going through the answers and picking our favourites for whatever reasons come to mind at the time for example comic effect and dialogue between a voter and their candidate.
The addresses below are for generic local political party leaders or administrative contacts.
If you wish to try to get a response from your actual local candidates then this link might help to find our who your candidate are so you can google their names.
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council/elections/boroughelection/?categoryesctl6284731=3321
Happy hunting.
P.S Please do e-mail this to your friends. The candidate research is hopefully more important than the reward.
Subject. Borough Elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Mr Scarrot
I am involved in the Wokingham Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing candidates for the Liberal democrats.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I am involved in the Wokingham Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing candidates for the Liberal democrats.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please
can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org
contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise
manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies
that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank
promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you
can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what
they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething
problems
Kind Regards
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http://www.wokinghamconservatives.org.uk/contact
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Sir / Madam
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing a candidate in every ward.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Email 3: Labour
http://www.readinglabour.org.uk/contact.html
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Sir / Madam
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing some candidates.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Email 4: UKIP
http://ukipbracknell.webs.com/contactus.htm
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Sir / Madam
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing some candidates.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Email 5: Green
info@readingGreenParty.org.uk
Subject. Borough elections. Commitment to democracy.
Dear Mr White
I am due to vote in the Borough Elections and have been made aware that you are standing some candidates.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can arrange for each of your candidates to sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public their obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider their candidacy. If they have no policies that you are willing to commit to they need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Wokingham, Evendons May 22 2014. Some text to check if your candidate respects your right to an informed decision?
Lib Dem
Communication Channel. Nothing direct. Try his wife Prue.
Dear Mr Bray
I am due to vote in the Evendons Election on the 22nd of May and have been made aware that you are my local candidate for the Liberal democrats.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I am due to vote in the Evendons Election on the 22nd of May and have been made aware that you are my local candidate for the Liberal democrats.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can you sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public your obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider your candidacy. If you have no policies that you are willing to commit to you need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Please can you sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public your obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider your candidacy. If you have no policies that you are willing to commit to you need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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Conservative
Communication channel.
Dear Mr Ashwell
I am due to vote in the Evendons Election on the 22nd of May and have been made aware that you are my local candidate for the Liberal democrats.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I am due to vote in the Evendons Election on the 22nd of May and have been made aware that you are my local candidate for the Liberal democrats.
I have become increasingly disenfranchised with politicians over recent years and have decided to join a public movement that ensures we have the facts we need to make an informed decision.
I hope you can respect how important it is that people can not be misled by those with vested interests.
Please can you sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public your obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider your candidacy. If you have no policies that you are willing to commit to you need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Please can you sign the SMART-voter.org contract and make public your obligations in a simple and concise manner so that I may consider your candidacy. If you have no policies that you are willing to commit to you need only provide a blank promise list.
If there are reasons why you feel that you can not provide this level of transparency, please do let me know what they are. The movement is young and will no doubt have some teething problems
Kind Regards
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The first step to finding out who your candidates are.
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council/elections/boroughelection/?categoryesctl6284731=3321
The first step to finding out who your candidates are.
http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council/elections/boroughelection/?categoryesctl6284731=3321
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