Running as a General Election candidate I keep coming across a definite "them-and-us" 2-Tier democratic process. There is Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem and then there are "the others" of which I am a member. A kind of "Elite" party and "Plebian" party divide if you like.
The latest incident was last week when I discovered that the Stevenage Comet local newspaper was hosting an election candidate hustings for a business forum but had only thought it necessary to invite half the candidates. I will leave it to you to guess which half? To make matters worse, when I pressed them on the matter the reason given was lack time available for the number of questions. It struck me that halving the number of questions was the easy solution.
If we are not careful we will end up with a democratic system along the lines of nations like Iran where anyone can set up a party as long as it is Conservative, Labour or Lib Dem!
Steve of Stevenage
Stevenage candidate for No Candidate Deserves My Vote!
No Candidate Deserves My Vote!
NCDMV! aims to put a "None of the above" option on every ballot paper of the future.
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- Steve of Stevenage
- Stevenage, Herts, United Kingdom
- I was born in London in 1963 but spent most of my formative early years in Essex. I joined the Air Force when I was 18 for a brief spell as a General Duties Pilot, however I left to get married and then followed a career in IT after that. I am now in my silver wedding year married to Margaret and we have 3 sons. We moved to Stevenage in 1986 after meeting at Southampton University. I am a Software Developer by trade and jointly ran a small Software House with a business partner for 5 years from Southgate House in Stevenage.
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