Archive for April, 2010

Unhappy at UK being broken int…

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Unhappy at UK being broken into 12 micro states? get your candidate to pledge for EU Referendum http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6 #ge2010

Want to put the EU back on #le…

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Want to put the EU back on #leadersdebate tonight? Then read this http://tinyurl.com/37dzhlh #ge2010 #ukelection

#ukelection Who can you trust?…

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

#ukelection Who can you trust? http://daniel1979blog.blogspot.com/2010/04/who-can-you-trust.html #ge2010

It is up to us, the voters, no…

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

It is up to us, the voters, not the idiots that are politicians! http://witteringsfromwitney.blogspot.com/2010/04/who-can-you-trust.html

RT: @PJCJournal: Election Camp…

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

RT: @PJCJournal: Election Campaign: The politics of fear: http://wp.me/pETjd-pz #ge2010 #ukelection

We sent David Phipps to repres…

Monday, April 26th, 2010

We sent David Phipps to represent the Albion Alliance at an interview on Bristol radio http://tinyurl.com/yjsq4gq #ge2010 #ukelection

Arthur Thackeray UKIP Candidat…

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Arthur Thackeray UKIP Candidate Glasgow East signs EU referendum Pledge http://tinyurl.com/2wl2efa

Want to get your candidate to …

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Want to get your candidate to sign the @Albion_Alliance EU referendum pledge. Download here http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6

Following the #leadersdebate l…

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Following the #leadersdebate last night where all 3 parties showed themselves pro-EU, more candidates sign the @Albion_Alliance pledge #ge10

RT: @PJCJournal: Election: Loo…

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

RT: @PJCJournal: Election: Look a little closer at the small print: http://wp.me/pETjd-pp #ge2010

Libdems who back Clegg on in/o…

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Libdems who back Clegg on in/out EU ref should get candidate to sign Albion Alliance pledge if want our votes http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6

LibDems – if you want to prove…

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

LibDems – if you want to prove Clegg honest on this http://bit.ly/bFMIgx sign the @Albion_Alliance pledge! or is it too much commitment?

European Commission document c…

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

European Commission document calls UK justice system an unjustifiable difference. British Justice unjustifiable?? http://tinyurl.com/y32duht

Nick Clegg Tries to Hide Liber…

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Nick Clegg Tries to Hide Liberal Democrat Euro-federalism http://tinyurl.com/y39oojf

Caroline Bovey, UKIP PPC West …

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Caroline Bovey, UKIP PPC West Worcestershire signs EU Referendum Pledge. #ge2010 #democracy

John Tennant UKIP PPC Gateshea…

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

John Tennant UKIP PPC Gateshead signs the EU Referendum Pledge. #ge2010 #democracy

RT: @PJCJournal: Iceland could…

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

RT: @PJCJournal: Iceland could be our savour: http://wp.me/pETjd-pg #ge2010

How to get candidates to sign …

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

How to get candidates to sign an EU Referendum pledge before you vote? Put this in front of them http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6 #ge2010

David Wilson UKIP PPC Doncaste…

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

David Wilson UKIP PPC Doncaster North signs the EU Referendum pledge. http://bit.ly/au8o7t

Rohen Kapur Ind PPC Hornsey & …

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Rohen Kapur Ind PPC Hornsey & Wood Green signs EU referendum pledge http://candidatedb.albionalliance.org.uk/DB_Display_Record.php?P1=2488

@edwestonline: TV election deb…

Friday, April 16th, 2010

@edwestonline: TV election debate: is there that much difference between them? http://bit.ly/aFryss > No, perhaps we can make the change..

RT: @TelegraphBlogs: TV electi…

Friday, April 16th, 2010

RT: @TelegraphBlogs: TV election debate: is there that much difference between them? http://bit.ly/aFryss > perhaps we can make the change..

Doorstep campaign gains tracti…

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Doorstep campaign gains traction as downloads of pledge form overnight reach 338. http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6 #leadersdebate #ge2010

Clegg, I do judge by what you …

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Clegg, I do judge by what you do, that why you lost votes when you blocked EU Referendum http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6 #leadersdebate

Do you want your candidates to…

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Do you want your candidates to sign an EU Referendum pledge before you vote? Put this in front of them http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6 #ge2010

Michael Ford UKIP PPC Braintre…

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Michael Ford UKIP PPC Braintree signs EU referendum pledge. Where are the Lib/Lab/Con? Don’t wish to listen to voters? #ge2010

Martyn Aiken UKIP PPC Easingto…

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Martyn Aiken UKIP PPC Easington signs EU referendum pledge – Lib/Lab/Con wont put country before party! Shame! #ge2010

Lies, damned lies and statistics

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Witterings from Witney puts it well:

FactCheck with Cathy Newman on Channel 4 does a good job ‘fisking’ the manifestos of the Lib/Lab/Con and all three have been shown to have ‘twisted’ statistics – so they have, in effect, lied to the electorate.

Quelle Surprise!

Check out her findings on the Conservatives here, Labour here and the LibDems here.

Why do the political parties attempt to hoodwink the electorate? Do they not realize that someone will take the time and trouble to validate the claims they make?

So why do what they do and ‘spin’ the statistics?

To be blunt – why lie?

Speaking of lying, The Mail gets stuck into Gordon Brown:

Gordon Brown has shamelessly defended signing the despised Lisbon Treaty – by claiming he has protected British sovereignty. He claimed it was not a power transfer to the European Union and that it had not led to ‘major constitutional changes’.

Instead, the Prime Minister boasted that Labour had actually ‘watered down’ the controversial EU Constitution which surrendered a raft of laws to Brussels. But at a question-and-answer session in Leeds, voters told Mr Brown that his failure to keep a manifesto pledge to hold a referendum meant he could not be trusted.

Good.

Good that he made such easily rebutted statements so that people can see a man who is either so unprincipled he’ll lie, barefaced, to the electorate or else he’s away in a cloud cuckoo land of his own dreaming.

This is now so far beyond a joke that we’d like to suggest to you patient, long-suffering citizens that you take this url [one page pdf]:

http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6

… print out the page, a pledge form to support a referendum on the issue of EU membership and present it to the first politician who comes-a-calling on your doorstep. Perhaps you could print off more than one copy and have them in your bag in case you meet any politicos in the street or at a public meeting.

Remember, as The Englishman noted:

More voters are now hoping for a hung Parliament than either a Tory or a Labour outright victory. A mere 4 per cent think that the parties are being completely honest with voters about their tax plans and only 6 per cent about their approaches to cutting the deficit. 43 per cent were unconvinced by any party.

[James Higham - h/t IPJ]

Brown claims was no need for L…

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Brown claims was no need for Lisbon referendum http://bit.ly/9PD7hK > We need EU referendum instead http://tinyurl.com/y6pgeb6 #ukelection

Virtually 100 downloads of the…

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Virtually 100 downloads of the Albion Alliance Candidates pledge form in 24hours http://bit.ly/aTlgQG #ukelection #ge2010 #euvote

Meet Jackie Ashley, John Harri…

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Meet Jackie Ashley, John Harris and Nick Cohen http://is.gd/b58BG > and present them with Albion Alliance pledge http://tinyurl.com/y3pt3lt

Antipathy, apathy and this faux election

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

The Englishman:

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg go into tomorrow’s historic televised debate facing a wall of public antipathy amid a tightening race. A new Populus poll for The Times reveals deep disenchantment with the campaign so far and high levels of scepticism about manifesto pledges and the parties’ honesty.

More voters are now hoping for a hung Parliament than either a Tory or a Labour outright victory. A mere 4 per cent think that the parties are being completely honest with voters about their tax plans and only 6 per cent about their approaches to cutting the deficit. 43 per cent were unconvinced by any party.

Very, very poor result by any of the Big Three. And meanwhile, a massive suppressive effort to keep the EU Referendum off the agenda by any means possible.

We’d like to ask you to download THIS PDF and print yourself some copies to take around with you. Then, if you meet any political campaigners, you can hand it to them and ask them to sign it.

Doorstep democracy.

[James Higham]

RT: @PJCJournal: Viviane Redin…

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

RT: @PJCJournal: Viviane Reding vs William Hague: http://wp.me/pETjd-p3 #ukelection #ge2010

Taking the EU to the streets

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Taking the EU to the streets – AA can help in this http://tinyurl.com/y3eopok

Europe is a “Rechtsgemeinschaf…

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Europe is a “Rechtsgemeinschaft” says Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission http://tinyurl.com/y836n6w I ask whose law?

Robert Brown UKIP PPC N.W.Camb…

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Robert Brown UKIP PPC N.W.Cambridgeshire has signed pledge for EU referendum. http://tinyurl.com/yfax2fw

Martin Cullip LPUK PPC Sutton …

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Martin Cullip LPUK PPC Sutton & Cheam signs EU referendum pledge http://candidatedb.albionalliance.org.uk/DB_Display_Record.php?P1=2448

Download a Pledge form today, …

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Download a Pledge form today, and confront your candidate over EU – No Pledge, No Vote http://tinyurl.com/yey5pct #ge2010 #ukelection

Download a Pledge form today, …

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Download a Pledge form today, and present your candidate with it at the doorstep. No Pledge, No Vote http://tinyurl.com/yey5pct #ge2010

Albion Alliance takes the camp…

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Albion Alliance takes the campaign to the doorstep: http://wp.me/pETjd-oW #ge2010 #euvote

Albion Alliance takes the camp…

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Albion Alliance takes the campaign to the doorstep: http://wp.me/pETjd-oW #ge2010

Watch for the new Albion Allia…

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Watch for the new Albion Alliance EU referendum strategy, to be announced tomorrow morning. #ge2010

Douglas Denny UKIP PPC Bognor …

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Douglas Denny UKIP PPC Bognor Regis signs Albion Alliance pledge. http://tinyurl.com/yajn44q #ge2010

Douglas Denny UKIP PPC signs A…

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Douglas Denny UKIP PPC signs Albion Alliance pledge. No new Lib/Lab/Con signups today. Do they not understand democracy?

RT: @PJCJournal: Digital Econo…

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

RT: @PJCJournal: Digital Economy Act & the ACTA – it stinks of rotten fish: http://wp.me/pETjd-oO

Ben Weald English Democrat PPC…

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Ben Weald English Democrat PPC Ealing, Southall signs the Albion Alliance pledge. Paucity of Lib/Lab/Con signatories speaks volumes #ge2010

a further #ge2010 candidate ha…

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

a further #ge2010 candidate has just signed the pledge using the secret pledge system. http://tinyurl.com/yjmdnnz

Another #ge2010 candidate has …

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Another #ge2010 candidate has signed using the secret pledge system. http://candidatedb.albionalliance.org.uk/Candidate_Pledge.php

And the winner is….the Europ…

Friday, April 9th, 2010

And the winner is….the European Commission http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/and-winner-isthe-european-commission.html

RT: @PJCJournal: Party Electio…

Friday, April 9th, 2010

RT: @PJCJournal: Party Election Manifestos #ge2010 http://wp.me/pETjd-oH

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