By-Elections

Haltemprice and Howden Candidates and their websites

2008-07-10T21:33:00.000+01:00

The full list of candidates and their websites:

Grace Christine Astley (Ind)

David Laurence Bishop (Church of the Militant Elvis Party)

Ronnie Carroll (Make Politicians History)

Mad Cow-Girl (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)

David Craig (Ind)

Herbert Winford Crossman (Ind)

Tess Culnane (National Front Britain for the British)

Thomas Faithful Darwood (Ind)

David Michael Davis (The Conservative Party Candidate)

Tony Farnon (Ind)

Eamonn Fitzy Fitzpatrick (Ind)

Christopher Mark Foren (Ind)

Gemma Dawn Garrett (Miss Great Britain Party)

George Hargreaves (Christian party)

Hamish Howitt (Freedom 4 Choice)

David Icke (no description given)

John Nicholson (Ind)

Shan Oakes (Green Party)

David Pinder (The New Party)

Joanne Robinson (English Democrats - Putting England First)

Jill Saward (Ind)

Norman Scarth (Ind)

Walter Edward Sweeney (Ind)

Christopher John Talbot (Socialist Equality Party)

John Randale Upex (Ind)

Greg Wood (Ind)

Crossman in the race for the Davies seat

2008-07-05T00:30:00.000+01:00

Rayners Lane resident Herbert Crossman has thrown his name into the hat to contest the controversial by-election in Haltemprice and Howden next Thursday.

The election was triggered by the sitting Conservative MP, and former shadow Home Secretary, David Davies, as a protest against anti-terrorism laws allowing 42 days suspension of terror suspects.

Now Mr Crossman and 25 others are vying for the seat in what is believed to be the highest number of candidates to stand in a by-election.

The 60-year-old, of Alexandra Avenue, said: "There are more important things in life than the 42 day terror law, and there are better ways of going about making a point than wasting the electorate's time and money.

"People are struggling to live, what with the ever rising cost of living, petrol prices and the credit crunch.

"I agree that 42 days is too long. Two days is too long to hold someone who is innocent, but this is not what people are most concerned about.

"I will listen to the people's views; I'm not bound by the strings of party politics that determines what you care about. I care about the people."

Mr Crossman, who ran most recently as an independent in the Marlborough ward by-election, also said he would fight to improve protection against flooding.

This area of Humberside was badly affected last year.

Having hit the canvassing trail already he said he was alredy encouraged by some positive feedback.

He added: "A lot of the people I have spoken to have heard nothing from any of the other candidates and I think it is pretty clear the majority are running on a gimmick.

"People are just tired of MPs doing the job to feather their own nests.

"The only time you ever hear from them is when they are fighting an election, then that's it.

"I'm not interested in doing it for publicity or money I just want to make a difference."

From: Harrow Observer

Grace Astley - Teacher challenges David Davis

2008-07-04T23:42:00.000+01:00

A TEACHER from Sabden is standing in the by-election sparked by the resignation of senior Tory MP David Davis.

Grace Astley (49) is standing as an Independent candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election on July 10th with a manifesto of "common sense and values especially in education".

Mrs Astley, who has taught at Sabden Primary School and Witton Park High School, Blackburn, as a specialist dyslexia teacher, said she had always been interested in politics and referred to the infamous Ribble Valley by-election of 1991 when Liberal Democrat Michael Carr overturned a Tory majority of 20,000 to win the seat.

If she wins, committed Christian Mrs Astley plans to live in the constituency and would appreciate any help people could offer with canvassing, financial support or prayers.
From: Clitheroe Advertiser

David Davis - for Freedom

2008-07-01T02:27:00.000+01:00

Welcome to my campaign against the government’s assault on British liberty.

On 12 June, I announced my intention to resign from Parliament, in disgust and dismay at the manner in which Gordon Brown bought and bullied his way to forcing through the vote on 42 days pre-charge detention.

42 days imprisonment - without knowing the charges you face - is a draconian measure that both undermines our fundamental freedoms, and jeopardises our security. But the issue runs far deeper. Whether it is talking tough on terror, the rise of the database state or the growth of a surveillance society, the size, role and reach of government is now out of control. This government increasingly treats our fundamental freedoms with disdain. I believe it is time to take a stand.

In the few days since I announced my resignation, I have been overwhelmed by the public response. I have received thousands of communications, from across the country. I set up this website to provide a focal point for my campaign. I hope you can let me know your views on these important issues.

I look forward to hearing from you.

David Davis
From: David Davis

John Upex - Independent (UKIP)

2008-07-01T01:58:00.000+01:00

John Upex was born and raised in Leeds; progressing through the engineering industry from design to general management, he started his own manufacturing company now employing 200 people. He has also funded and aided several small business start-ups in West Yorkshire, creating employment for a number of people.Age 58, married, with 2 grown children.

Contested Wakefield for UKIP in 2005 and was a UKIP candidate for the 2008 local elections in Harrogate.

Chris Talbot - Socialist Equality Party

2008-07-01T01:37:00.000+01:00

Vote Chris Talbot
The Socialist Equality Party is standing Chris Talbot as its candidate in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election to advance a socialist programme in defence of civil liberties.

The by-election was forced by the resignation of Conservative MP David Davis in protest at the Labour government’s legislation enabling people to be detained for 42 days without charge.

This latest measure stands at the apex of a mountain of anti-democratic legislation which, in the name of the “war on terror”, has effectively established the apparatus of a police state in Britain. Yet, despite the fundamental issues raised by measures that do away with the right of habeas corpus, Labour has refused to stand a candidate in the election.

The government’s hostility to any form of democratic accountability is of piece with its decision to support the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq in defiance of popular opinion.

Labour is incapable of publicly defending its actions because it is the political representative of big business and the super-rich. It cannot secure a popular mandate for policies based on militarism, colonial conquest and the systematic destruction of the living standards and civil liberties of the broad mass of working people.

It is vital that workers and youth reject Labour’s draconian measures and mobilise against this government. But this cannot be done by lending any support to David Davis in his claim to be the champion of civil liberties.

Labour and the Tories are both right-wing parties of big business. And though he now balks at 42 days detention without charge, Davis and his party agreed to 28 days detention. Moreover, the Tories share in Labour’s crime of supporting the US-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, which are directly responsible for any terrorist threat against Britain.

The fact that Davis can set himself up as an opponent of the government on this issue is testimony to how far to the right Labour now stands. Not a single Labourite has been prepared to break with the government on this or any other issue.

Instead, a handful of supposed Labour “lefts”, together with the Liberal Democrats, are supporting Davis’s campaign on the spurious grounds that this is an issue that stands above politics. By throwing their lot in with Davis they have relinquished any right to speak on behalf of working people.

The erosion of civil liberties, the stepping up of surveillance and attacks on free-speech are ultimately made necessary by the extreme social polarisation in Britain between a fabulously wealthy elite and the broad mass of working people. Living conditions are being constantly eroded, wages cut, schools and hospitals run into the ground.

With Britain and the world standing on the edge of an economic precipice, the raft of legislation passed in the name of opposing terrorism will be available for use against workers seeking to defend their livelihoods against the major corporations and the government.

The Socialist Equality Party insists that the struggle to defend democratic rights can only be waged by the working class in an independent political struggle against all the parties of big business. It must be the spearhead of a broader political defence of the class interests of working people in Britain and internationally against militarism, social inequality and the profit system which give rise to them.
From: Socialist Equality Party

Walter Sweeney - (Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty)

2008-07-01T01:21:00.000+01:00

FORMER Vale MP Walter Sweeney is mounting a surprise political comeback in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election.

The poll, to be held on July 10, was called by Tory David Davis, who said he wanted to draw attention to the erosion of civil liberties under Labour.

But neither Labour nor the Liberal Democrats are putting up candidates, leaving Mr Davis to fight a motley collection of 25 other hopefuls for the Yorkshire seat, including Mad Cow Girl from the Monster Raving Loony Party and David Bishop from the Church of the Militant Elvis Party – and Mr Sweeney.

Mr Sweeney, 59, said he was standing in the by-election because he was “incensed” at the Government’s failure to grant a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. He now wants a referendum on whether Britain should pull out of the EU altogether.

He said: “Mr Davis and others need to wake up, and stand up for the freedoms of law abiding people who want to restore our national sovereignty before it is too late.

“If I am elected I promise to campaign at every opportunity for a referendum on whether we should continue as an increasingly subservient and servile part of the European Union or cast off our shackles and become a free and independent nation state.”

Mr Sweeney was the MP for the Vale of Glamorgan between 1992 and 1997, holding the seat with the smallest majority in Westminster, just 19.

Always on the Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative Party, Mr Sweeney was one of the MPs who rebelled against the 1992 Maastricht Treaty.

His time in the Commons was also noteworthy for his frequent calls for John Redwood to be promoted to Chancellor, and his failed private members’ bill to give legal protection to homeowners who shot burglars.

He left the Conservatives in 2004 in protest at their European policy.

Supporting Mr Sweeney’s campaign is one of his former constituents, “Flying Vet” Maurice Kirk, who recently hit the headlines for getting arrested after he landed his plane near President Bush’s Texas ranch.

Mr Davis said last night other candidates had a “democratic right” to stand but the real issue was the failure of Labour to put up their own candidate.
From: South Wales Echo

Norman Scarth - (Anti-Crime Party)

2008-07-01T00:50:00.000+01:00

As a World War 2 Veteran, I stand at the Haltemprice & Howden By-election in memory of all those who gave their lives in World War 2. They ALL died in vain, betrayed by the treachery of those like David Davis. He PRETENDS concern about Magna Carta, & about people being locked up without charge for 42 days, but he is COMPLETELY false. HE knows (even if you don't) that far WORSE is going on behind the scenes in the '1984' Police State which is Britain today.

Whistle-blowers, ‘dissidents’, & writers are locked up without charge for much longer – & being tortured & murdered! You know that these things happened in Hitler's Germany & Stalin's Russia: they are happening in Britain - NOW!
Davis not only knows this, but is party to the cover-up of the torture & murder. His ‘Principles’ are those of Hitler, who said, "When you tell a lie, make it a big one!"

I was proud to British until the age of 70, proud to have 'Done My Bit' to keep the Nazis from our shores.

Then came a succession of shocks, all my lifelong beliefs shattered, as I learned that Britain was not the land I believed it to be. I became (& am again) a whistle-blower, a writer, a dissident & a human rights activist.

In 1997 I stood for Parliament as an INDEPENDENT OLD AGE PENSIONER, & published the book CAUSE FOR CONCERN (with evidence of the corruption which is rampant in our courts).

In 1998/99 I won a case in the European Court of Human Rights - SINGLE-HANDED! (33745/96). It brought an important change in British law, incorporated into the 1998 Human Rights Act.

The change is much hated by lawyers & judges - & I am hated for it.
In consequence of these activities I was locked up without charge, NOT for 42 days, but for TWO YEARS (& that is only part of it!).

During this time I managed to send a desperate S.O.S message to David Davis, telling him not only about myself, but about Andy McCardle. He contemptuously ignored it. He might as well have spat in my face.

He was certainly spitting on Andy's grave, & the graves of those who gave their lives in World War 2. I never expected to be allowed out alive, but by some miracle I did manage to escape.

NOT SO THE VERY BRAVE WHISTLE-BLOWER ANDY McCARDLE!

The story of the fiendish torture & brutal murder inflicted on him is told in my websites
http://www.anticrimeparty.com/
&
http://www.normanscarth.com/
(though both need updating).

Davis purports to be disappointed that he does not have an opponent of substance. Though it was delayed action, I DID end the Parliamentary career of that other Arch-hypocrite Tony Benn. Does that make me an opponent of substance?
From: Norman Scarth blogspot

Vote Jill Saward

2008-07-01T00:35:00.000+01:00

David Davis, the former Shadow Home Secretary, resigned from the House of Commons in protest at a vote by MPs to support a new law which would allow, in an emergency situation, the detention of certain suspected terrorists for up to 42 days while the police and security services continue their investigations.

And yet, despite this principled stand, he now seeks to win the subsequent by-election - a by-election which will cost the citizens of the East Riding of Yorkshire tens of thousands of pounds.

Neither the Labour Party nor the Liberal Democrats are putting up a candidate; but 25 people are challenging David Davis to be the next MP for Haltemprice and Howden.

I am one of them - and with your help, I can win.

I am standing in this by-election to give victims a voice.

Too often we hear politicians and criminal justice experts talk about the rights of the accused, the rights of prisoners, and the rights of ex-offenders - even the rights of suspected terrorists not to be deported for trial overseas.

And while it is important that everybody has a fair trial, and that all prisoners are treated fairly; nobody is speaking out for victims.

I'm a victim. I was raped in my own home on 6th March 1986 by a gang of men who broke in at lunchtime - in broad daylight.

The publicity surrounding that case shone a light on the otherwise hidden way victims of crime - and sexual violence in particular - were treated by the criminal justice system. Many laws were changed as a direct result of my case.

Things have got better for victims. But they are still not good enough. I've met thousands of victims in the past 22 years and many of them have stories to tell about the way their case was handled by the criminal justice system; or about how they are too frightened to report their attack to the police.

Please support my campaign to be the next Member of Parliament for Haltemprice and Howden and together we can make a stand for victims of crime.

From: True Liberty

David Pinder - A New Party for Britain

2008-07-01T00:23:00.000+01:00

"Read my lips: what David Davis is actually saying is that Britain needs a new political party."

David Pinder, Parliamentary Candidate

David Davis struck a chord when he called for the power of the state to be curtailed. However, as a back bench Tory MP he will be virtually powerless. If we are to roll back the state and return to traditional British values, then we must be brave enough to confront the problems which have caused our decline.

The New Party proposes:

Low, fair and simple taxation

Funding the individual to access the best education and healthcare possible

Trusting people to control their own communities

Stimulating the economy by reducing the burden on business

Stimulating democracy by reducing the power of the EU over our lives

These simple measures would provide a much needed antidote to the destruction wrought by New Labour. They are policies which David Davis might have adopted, if he had become the Tory leader. However, David Cameron has abandoned visionary policies, along with Mr. Davis, in his unprincipled quest for power. If the people of Haltemprice and Howden return David Pinder to the House of Commons, they will have sent a clear signal that they are no longer willing to tolerate an uninterrupted flow of spin from cheapskate political parties.
From: The New Party

Shan Oakes - The real civil liberties candidate

2008-06-30T23:54:00.000+01:00

The Green Party had to stand. Someone had to stand up for civil liberties

The Green Party have today launched their Haltemprice and Howden by-election campaign.

Green Party Principal Speaker Derek Wall has backed local education and environment activist Shan Oakes to contest the election. Shan has lived in East Riding since 1975, where she was an English teacher for many years and is one of the founders of Voice International, an organisation working to promote sustainability through education and is Chair of the Trustees of the Development Education Centre.

Leading Greens will be joining the Shan on the campaign trial in the next few weeks, including Dr. Wall, human rights spokesperson Peter Tatchell, target Parliamentary candidates Darren Johnson AM and Cllr. Adrian Ramsay, and prospective MEP candidates Peter Cranie and Cllr. Rupert Read.

Dr. Wall said

"This by-election was supposed to be about civil liberties.

"But it's been called by a man - David Davis - who thinks it's okay for the government to lock you up for four weeks without even telling you what you're supposed to have done.

"David Davis also believes that you should have no right to criticise the government within a mile of Parliament.

"He believes that if a child is being bullied for being gay, his school should not have a policy to protect him.

"And he believes that a judge should be allowed to kill you if he thinks you've committed a serious crime.

"So the Green Party had to stand. Someone had to stand up for civil liberties."
From: Shan Oakes blogspot

John Nicholson - Independent (Conservative)

2008-06-30T22:52:00.000+01:00

Why I am looking to challenge David Davis in Howden & Haltemprise.

In standing as an independent conservative, I believe I have more to offer East Yorkshire then a petulant far right conservative, a newspaper’s man, or any other member of one or other of the extremist political parties.

I am independent because that is the only way I can act, I am a conservative because I believe only controlled capitalism will secure future world prosperity.

I was born in East Yorkshire, and from twenty three years of age built up a farming business from ten acres until I was farming seven hundred acres of my own land, with a livestock enterprise of three thousand breeding pigs.

The reason why I am not now farming, as I would want to be, is because in a severe downturn in one of the very many unprofitable periods so regularly endured by the pig industry, Unilever, my animal feed supplier in pig production, prevailed on the Midland bank to prevent me taking action to sustain my business, by reducing my herd, and my selling of an airfield pig unit near York, which had a high value for industrial development. Unilever demanded the appointing of a receiver on my business when I had in no way failed to comply with my lending terms. The Midland bank complied, and in so doing, destroyed both my business and my business credibility.

From that moment on, I have sought justice both for myself and for many others, I formed the Farmers Bank Action Group, to assist other farmers in difficult financial circumstances. I firmly believe that I clearly affected the way the banks have acted, and now act, towards farmers nationally. Receiverships have been virtually eliminated in respect of agricultural holdings.

Politics like business is both fascinating and vital, both consist of dealing with the present and preparing for the future, Unfortunately the pressures of the day too often affect the vital preparations for the future.

Free choice of leadership is the basis of all democracy, an individual Member of Parliament owes his duty to his party and his constituents. I am well placed to assist constituents with their problems of government and financial matters.

The banks and the government work closely together. I however owe no allegiance to any party or any bank I fully understand the problems of agriculture and the difficulties the third world has in feeding itself.

The likes of fuel food and mineral resources, will become an ever growing world problem. Only democracy can prevent countries becoming over run by dictatorships such as Zimbabwe. Only true democracies should have any voting rights within the United Nations.

I also have an overriding interest in the early teaching of our own young children and those in the greater world.For over thirteen years I have studied our personal abilities as to thinking and reasoning, Chinese children guided me to the realisation that the abacus was the best natural maths teacher.

I am at the present time working in conjunction with Emeritus Professor of theoretical physics, Winston Hagston. We are developing a world standard mathematics teaching program that can be adopted for teaching by parents or older children, so ensuring the possibilities of equality in education. Once any child is perfect in mathematics, and can read its own language well, with the use of a computer and internet, and provided with an older mentor or teacher, it can educate itself to any level its natural ability and determination strive for.My thinking is for the future, our children and Grand children.

The problems we all face are democracy, world food supplies, energy sources, and education.

“ THE POSSABILITY OF EQUALITY FOR EVERY CHILD NOW TODAY WITHIN EDUCATION “

we (man) will not survive without the concept of equality

it begins with education

I want to explain to the world that we can begin to create equality this morning.

John Nicholson
http://abacusone.net/

http://www.abacusandalphabet.com/abacus.htm

http://www.teach-the-brain.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=23

http://www.teach-the-brain.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcb8nT0QC6o

From: TRYING POLITICS FORUMS

Glasgow East - Another By-Election?

2008-06-30T02:33:00.000+01:00

A Labour MP is set to resign forcing another potentially embarrassing by-election for Gordon Brown in the wake of his fifth place humiliation in Henley.
The Telegraph can reveal that David Marshall, the East Glasgow MP, will stand down because of ill-health on Monday.

The seat, with a 13,507 Labour majority, would normally be considered safe.

However, the Scottish National Party will target the seat and Labour sources told the Telegraph that they believed the seat was "vulnerable."

Another test of Mr Brown's popularity was the last thing the Prime Minister needed this summer.

The fact that it will be in his homeland will add to the pressure.

Last year Mr Brown suffered the embarrassment of losing the Scottish Parliament to Alex Salmond's SNP.

And the year before Labour lost a by-election in Dunfermline, where Mr Brown has his Scottish home.

The Lib Dems, having fought two poor campaigns in recent months, will also try to upset Labour in the by-election which is likely to take place later this summer.

Labour fears that the SNP will select Scottish comedienne Elaine C Smith as their candidate. She lives in the constituency and is very popular locally.

Mr Marshall has been ill for some time. It is understood that the illness may be related to depression.

However, party sources have also revealed that he felt under pressure because he had employed his wife and daughter on his Commons payroll. They add that there is no suggestion he did not abide by all the Commons rules governing expenses however.

Labour was able to claim that it put little effort into the Henley by-election because they knew it was unwinnable. However, in Glasgow they will have to launch a full blown campaign to try and hang on to the seat.

From: Telegraph

Hamish Howitt (Freedom 4 Choice)

2008-06-30T02:14:00.000+01:00

14 MILLION ADULT SMOKERS CONFINED TO THE CLOSET
COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS

FREEZE YOUR BUTT OFF IN OUR OUTSIDE BUTANE GAS CHAMBERS

CIG HEIL!!
LIVE AND LET LIVE

HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CURFEW HOUSE ARREST, IMAGINE A COUNTRY THAT ABUSED LAWFUL ADULTS BY STRIPPING THEM OF THEIR DIGNITY, HUMILIATING THEM, DEGRADING THEM, A COUNTRY WHO HERDS 14 MILLION BRITISH CITIZENS TO BE SNEERED AT, TO BE FROWNED ON, TO HAVE ALL THEIR RIGHTS ABUSED, TO BE PUT IN THE SHOP WINDOW, ONLY THERE’S NO GLASS TO KEEP THEM WARM, THERE’S NO SHELTER FROM THE RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, ICE, GALE FORCE WINDS, THERE’S NO SHELTER FROM FELLOW SO CALLED HUMAN BEINGS PRYING EYES, NO PRIVACY, TOTAL DEPRIVATION OF THEIR RIGHTS, LAUGHED AT, MOCKED, EXCLUDED FROM POLITICAL FREEDOM AND DEBATE, EXCLUDED FROM FOOTIE, SOCIAL LIFE, 14 MILLION ( £4 PER PACKET ) TAX PAYING LAWFUL CITIZENS WHO ARE MAINLY WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES.

From: Hamish Howitt

Christian Party Leader to Stand

2008-06-30T01:21:00.000+01:00

Christian Party leader and former Campsfield House Detention Centre associate chaplain, Revd George Hargreaves is standing in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election.

Revd Hargreaves who was also Chair of the Metropolitan Police Service?s Stop and Search Community Consultative Committee in the wake of 7/7 is asking the Haltemprice and Howden electorate to use their vote to demand a referendum on the European Union, which he believes in the greatest threat to our civil liberties.
The decision to stand came after a telephone poll of over 4,000 electors in the constituency. ?Almost three out of four respondents voted for the Christian Party to stand in the by-election.?, noted Revd Hargreaves. The poll took place all day Saturday and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

Revd Hargreaves added, ?I started in politics with Sir James Goldsmith?s Referendum Party back in 1996. Twelve years later we still have not had a referendum on Europe. Now with the Lisbon Treaty ratified by the Labour Government, and only the Irish ?No Vote.? saving us, we must make our voice heard. Haltemprice and Howden by-election is the place for such a noble endeavour.?

Revd Hargreaves has posted an address on You Tube explaining why he is standing.
From: Christian Party

Miss Great Britain Will Stand Against David Davis

2008-06-30T00:56:00.001+01:00

Reigning Miss Great Britain, Gemma Garrett, is to stand against David Davis in the forthcoming Haltemprice and Howden by-election, the Miss Great Britain Party announces today.

In the absence of either a Labour or a Lib Dem candidate Miss Great Britain will provide the main opposition to David Davis and offer an alternative to thousands of voters who believe that there are far more important issues than whether or not to extend by 14 days the amount of time terror suspects can be detained.

Party founder and leader, Robert de Keyser, said: “We have completed our selection process and are delighted to have Gemma standing as a credible and serious candidate.

“We are already getting clear indications that many traditional Labour and Lib Dem voters will rally to her because they want to register a positive vote against Mr Davis rather than simply abstaining and allowing him to be returned unopposed in a by-election caused by political vanity.”

Gemma Garrett said: “I am delighted to be fighting this by-election on the issues which really matter to the British people rather than Mr Davis’s trivial obsession over detaining terror suspects for an extra 14 days.

“As we will be the only party fighting on a full manifesto rather than a single issue, I look forward to debating policy with Mr Davis on things like tax relief of childcare, proper pay for our armed forces and better deals for pensioners, homebuyers and home owners, and mothers.

“The Miss Great Britain Party believes that these issues are not being properly debated because politics is seen as being sleazy, cynical and male dominated. By getting more beautiful women to Westminster we believe that we can re-engage voters and bring about the changes they really want to see.”

Gemma has already stood in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election where her campaign to make politics sexy not sleazy attracted widespread publicity. The Miss Great Britain Party also has two candidates, louise Cole and Amanda Harrington, standing in the Henley by-election where voting takes place next week.Key

Miss Great Britain manifesto points include:

Securing proper pay and frontline increments for British soldiers as well as rights to substantial guaranteed compensation in the event of injury or death

Ensuring that all necessarily incurred child care costs are fully tax deductible

A better deal for home buyers by abolishing stamp duties for first time buyers and making family homes exempt from inheritance tax

A better deal for pensioners by indexing annual pension increases against the true rise in the cost of energy, food etc rather than using the RPI and by increasing tax allowances for women under the age of 65

A better deal for mothers who take time off to work to have children
Compulsory health and beauty education to improve the looks of Britons

A British Bank Holiday which encourages people to look fabulous for the day

Help motorists by capping increases in fuel duties against the rising price of oil

Higher tax for higher earners with a 45 per cent rate for those on £100,000 pa rising to 50 per cent on earnings above £200,000 pa.
From: miss GB website

Eamonn "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick, Independent Candidate

2008-06-30T00:24:00.000+01:00

An Open Letter to the People of Haltemprice and Howden

Many of you will be wondering why I am contesting this by-election, and what I stand for. I am here because I believe strongly in the traditional common-sense of the British people, and particularly in the common-sense of Yorkshire folk.

Like you I was surprised when Mr David Davis resigned from Parliament over the matter of the 42-day detention. I believe he did his own Conservative party no good at all over this issue, and it is obvious that even the most liberal of Liberal-Democrats were surprised at his behaviour. I believe that Mr Davis is an honourable man who has taken a disastrous decision. It was probably one of the biggest political blunders since Iraq. It is a waste of public money and an exercise in personal vanity. It was not the conduct expected of a Shadow Home Secretary, and such petulance calls into question his suitability for this office. A Shadow Home Secretary should be able to accurately gauge the mood of the British people.

Forty-two days detention is a reasonable act for unreasonable people.

Like most people I am in favour of the 42-day detention period for terrorist suspects because it does give the police more time to complete the tricky job of gathering sufficient evidence. In this country a great deal of evidence is necessary to even bring a terrorist case to court; often more than the amount which, in many countries, would put someone behind bars for a very long time.

I believe that in Britain the honest man has nothing to fear. I love my liberty; perhaps I appreciate it more than Mr Davis does. You can read my blog at:

www.fitzynorthampton.co.uk

I am of the opinion that the people of this country, considering the present state of affairs, would welcome a General Election rather than the occasional by-election. I enjoy being involved in politics, and have stood in two elections, including a General Election. I would welcome a face-to-face debate with David Davis and the other candidates in this by-election. I want to bring a bit of humour, and although I'm doing this election to a very tight budget I look forward to enjoying every minute of it.

In the market trade we associate Yorkshire with some of the best produce in the world, grown by people who know what they're doing. I have a great respect for Yorkshire folk, and I look forward to meeting the people of Haltemprice and Howden in the near future.
From: fitzynorthampton.co.uk

Chris Foren - Independent - Work for Progress

2008-06-29T23:40:00.000+01:00

Work for Progress founder Chris Foren is standing as an independent candidate in the forthcoming by-election at Haltemprice and Howden.

Work For Progress is an embryonic political party. It is dedicated to creating a greener, healthier, happier and more democratic society in the United Kingdom. We believe that the key to building such a society is to establish far greater equality of income and wealth.

Why is equality so important?

More equal societies are healthier - life expectancy is longer in societies that are not divided by large disparities in wealth and income.

More equal societies are less violent and have lower crime rates.

Work for Progress believes that some sacrifices are necessary in our material standard of living if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change and other environmental damage. We cannot expect these sacrifices to be borne only by the poorest in our society.

What about economic growth? Work for Progress believes that the price we pay for economic growth is often too high: We destroy the beauty of our natural landscape and the individuality of our towns and cities. We sacrifice family life by having some of the longest working hours in Europe. Our foreign policy is distorted in order to support corporate economic interests located in other parts of the world.

Why do we continue to pay such a high price for growth? The UK is much richer than it was 50 years ago yet, in common with other Western countries, we have not become any happier.
From: Work For Progress

Vote Tom Darwood - Independent

2008-06-29T23:23:00.000+01:00

Dear Electorate,

Your constituency MP David Davis seeks a new mandate for the cause that he so passionately believes in and I acknowledge how important he is to your concerns. I am entering this contest with no understanding of your presiding concerns, but I respect them enormously and understand how precious a constitutional action this is to you all. I appeal to your sense of faith towards what you believe in, duty to implement those beliefs and honour its sweet reward.

My appeal is that you may consider diverting these great aspirations towards an unexpected and perhaps a disturbing and complex perspective presented to you at this time. Your minds will be focused I know towards the prevailing election and of its obvious agenda, your sense of duty and loyalty will not diminish with the apparent clamour of candidates vying for your attention and vote and I cannot dismiss this inclusion in myself. What I do hope for is to stimulate this election into fresh thinking, and I know there is little time to fully consider my presentation, but perhaps sufficient data has been rendered by which to attract your minds in which such devotions can achieve universal leadership.

We all understand what is meant when America catches a cold and the world animates outwardly. I like to see in this a much deeper association which reflects the ‘ Special relationship’ between Britain and America in a role reversal in this wise. I like to believe that Britain and Europe is the spiritual heart and soul of a figure transfigured into a robust and dynamic mortality. This mortality and ours in recent years has suffered severe wounds being placed in harms way and both its pride and peoples lay in recession and its spirit argues for both restoration and recovery.

Where nations once gathered up surplus wealth wrought of their own endeavour find the world’s resources ever extending further from their reach and lament the purchasing power of former labours to be insufficient, both peoples and custom idle behind the emergence of rising nations whom now stride with the vigour which once was the custom of this great nation. ‘ A man’s reach should be beyond his grasp, or what else is heaven for ?’ When America strides towards the highest aspiration her stature grows. This aspiration must be within her reach but beyond her grasp, for in so striding towards the highest, she will uplift the entire free world to a new promontory and secure a vast new wealth creating process underwritten by the reform of the United Nations into a World Parliament.

Your constitutional act can seize the moment and turn a local by-election into universal acclaim and render a VISION we can all hope for to UNITE with the CHANGE that America believes in.

Your vote can inspire this vision into reality.

Vote Tom Darwood, Independent
From: Tom Darwood website

David Craig stands on a single issue

2008-06-29T21:24:00.000+01:00

David Craig has decided that he too will fight Haltemprice and Howden on a single issue.

Having researched and written my book Squandered: How Gordon Brown is wasting over one trillion pounds of our money, which was published in April, I am so incensed at how our leaders have lost touch with the lives of ordinary voters that I have decided to stand as a candidate against David Davis in Haltemprice and Howden.

My message is that the 42 days issue is not important to most people as we are unlikely to be affected by it. However, living on the national average salary as I do, I believe that what is important to taxpayers is how MPs have become overpaid, out of touch and are wasting billions of pounds of our money when the cost of living is spiralling out of control.

Instead of seeing their role as public service, too many MPs think it is self-service; instead of helping voters, they help themselves; instead of spending our money wisely they waste it on worthless schemes promoting their own legacy - £14bn-plus on the Olympics, £12bn-plus on the NHS IT system, £5bn-plus on identity cards, and so on.

As taxes shoot ever higher, the Government has squandered over one trillion pounds on failed schemes to improve public services. As fuel prices rocket, MPs think only about increasing their own petrol allowances. While the average family must live on about £24,000 a year, MPs want a pay increase of about £40,000 - taking them to £100,000 for just 30 weeks' work. As private pension schemes wither away, MPs get the equivalent of £50,000 a year paid into their pension funds.

Because I believe our leaders are overpaid, I commit to giving half my MP's salary to charity if I am elected. The ten people who propose, second and sign supporting my candidature can choose the ten charities. It's time for a 'people's revolt' against our wasteful, self-serving rulers.
From: The First Post

ELECTION STATEMENT From Madcow

2008-06-29T21:09:00.000+01:00

To quote DouglasAdams's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy........

"All right," said Deep Thought. "The Answer to the Great Question..."
"Yes...!"
"Of Life, the Universe and Everything..." said Deep Thought.
"Yes...!"
"Is..." said Deep Thought, and paused.
"Yes...!"
"Is..."
"Yes...!!!...?"
"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.

The answer is 42!!! Now we just need to figure out the real question!!!

A vote for the Mad Cow-Girl is a vote for a return to real law & order.

I may be a Loony, but I'm not mad enough to want dangerous people walking free in the name of political correctness.

Suspected terrorists should be held until proved safe.
Sex offenders should be held in asylums until considered safe (if ever).
Antisocial yobs can rot in prison if they can't be sociable.

Why don't decent citizens have a "Human Right" not to be assaulted, blown up or harassed, when the criminals can scream human rights if their handcuffs hurt?

From: OMRLP

Ronnie Carroll - Make Politicians History

2008-06-29T20:56:00.000+01:00

David Davis will be challenged in his by-election stand against the government's terror bill by Hamp-stead crooner Ronnie Carroll.

The two-times Eurovision contender and sixties icon has decided to give the Tory politician a run for his money in his Howden and Haltemprice seat.

Mr Davis stood down as MP to call a by-election in protest against the government's 42-day detention laws for suspected terrorists.

Despite disagreeing with Mr Davis over the issue Mr Carroll, whose real name is Ronnie Cleghorn, has not quite decided which one of them should end up with 'nul points.'

"I am up for the challenge - why not?" said the 73-year-old. "It's a bit of fun and it's good to stand for Parliament when you're in your dotage because you fit the bill.

"I can't make up my mind about David Davis. I think he's doing it for the right reasons and I can't believe he'd just do it for his ego, but maybe it's to make a play for the leadership. I think if 42 days is confined to terrorists, why not change it? They're doing their best to keep us out of trouble and I'm all for that.

"I'll probably get 114 votes or something like that - it'll be business as usual. I may campaign to get no votes. I did that in the Uxbridge by-election to try to get into the Guinness Book of Records but 40 people still voted for me."
From: Ham & High

Church of the Militant Elvis Party

2008-06-29T02:56:00.000+01:00

Howden Manifesto

June 27, 2008 — Lord Biro

Our candidate if elected will do his best to stop Ayatollah Brown terrorising Magna Carta, single mothers and the disabled.

If elected our candidate would like to see Cherie Blair detained indefinitely in a Convent to stop her having sex with Tony and telling us all the boring details.

If elected our candidate would like to see Butler Paul Burrell banged up in the Tower for 42 years for bonking Princess Di and catching the Queen “Starkers” (News of the World, June 16th)

If elected our candidate would like to see Abu Hamza sent to Ulster instead of the USA, so he can build a mosque next to Ian Paisley’s house, then they can rant at each other to their heart’s content.

If elected our candidate would like to see hell-fire preacher, the Rev. Ian Paisley put in our Party’s solar powered electric chair & given a good roasting for his party’s (DUP) disgraceful support of Brown’s 42 day Detention Bill.

If elected our candidate would like to see CCTV cameras placed in Nick “Cleggover’s” bedroom to prove how useless he is !
From: Church of the Militant Elvis Party

Haltemprice and Howden Candidates

2008-06-29T02:43:00.000+01:00

The full list of candidates is:

Grace Christine Astley (Ind)

David Laurence Bishop (Church of the Militant Elvis Party)

Ronnie Carroll (Make Politicians History)

Mad Cow-Girl (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)

David Craig (Ind)

Herbert Winford Crossman (Ind)

Tess Culnane (National Front Britain for the British)

Thomas Faithful Darwood (Ind)

David Michael Davis (The Conservative Party Candidate)

Tony Farnon (Ind)

Eamonn Fitzy Fitzpatrick (Ind)

Christopher Mark Foren (Ind)

Gemma Dawn Garrett (Miss Great Britain Party)

George Hargreaves (Christian party)

Hamish Howitt (Freedom 4 Choice)

David Icke (no description given)

John Nicholson (Ind)

Shan Oakes (Green Party)

David Pinder (The New Party)

Joanne Robinson (English Democrats - Putting England First)

Jill Saward (Ind)

Norman Scarth (Ind)

Walter Edward Sweeney (Ind)

Christopher John Talbot (Socialist Equality Party)

John Randale Upex (Ind)

Greg Wood (Ind)

English Democrats' candidate

2008-06-29T02:19:00.000+01:00

Haltemprice & Howden By-election The English Democrats are pleased to announce that Joanne Robinson has been nominated for the forthcoming by-election in Haltemprice and Howden, under the slogan "Putting England First!".

Joanne was born on 2nd February 1957 in Hull. She has been married since 1977 to the same man! She has 6 ‘O’ Levels. She has a HNC in Canine Behaviour and Training at Bishop Burton in 2004. After a variety of jobs, including as a Civil Servant, Joanne went into book-keeping specialising in petrol stations and was a sole proprietor from 1992 to 1998 at the Forth Service Station on Spring Bank. Since then Joanne has worked as a legal cashier, service station manager and for the last 3 years part-time Office Manager for an Event Management Company.

Politically Joanne had been a Conservative voter but she became active in the Referendum Party. Joanne was the UKIP Parliamentary candidate in the General Election in 2001, when she got 945 votes. In 2003 Joanne was a UKIP local candidate but she became increasingly disappointed by UKIP’s leadership failure to capitalize on their momentum. Joanne now thinks that UKIP is “dead but not yet buried”, and that it is also insufficiently concerned about England, so she joined the English Democrats.

Joanne stood for the English Democrats in 2007 in Tranby Ward in the local elections within this constituency and got 544 votes (18.82%) easily beating Labour and close to the Conservatives. Also this year, although there were no local elections within the constituency, the English Democrats stood in 4 adjoining wards, in Hull, and beat the Conservative candidates 3 out of 4 times.

Joanne says: “The English Democrats are offering a fresh start and reject the cliché ridden and spin politics of the past. We offer the politics of a common national identity and common values. Our politics are riddled with spin and political correctness, a vote for the English Democrats is a vote for honest and plain speaking”.

Joanne says: “There should be an immediate referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty. It is wholly wrong for Labour to try to impose this Treaty on us, contrary to their own specific manifesto commitment that there should be a referendum. The people of the Republic of Ireland have said NO – WE WANT OUR SAY”.

Joanne says: “There should be free residential care for the elderly, as is available in Scotland. It is wrong that pensioners’ homes in England are being seized to pay for this”.

Joanne says: “We also demand access to all NHS drugs – not a “postcode lottery”, which means that English patients cannot receive some expensive drugs which are freely available in Scotland.”

Joanne says: “There should be an end to the unjustified subsidies to other parts of the UK – We want a fair system for all.”

Joanne says: “England can no longer sustain uncontrolled mass immigration. It should be stopped. It places an unacceptable strain on all our services. All previous governments have allowed this situation to get out of control”.

Joanne says: “The Government should seek to protect society and not the criminals”.

Joanne says: “There should be an English Parliament, with an English Prime Minister and Government with at least the same powers as the Scottish ones”.

Joanne also says: “The voters of Haltemprice and Howden have the chance to send a clear message to the government and the rest of the stale political Establishment that the people of England are no longer prepared to be treated as second class citizens within the UK. Let us put England’s interests first”

Robin Tilbrook, Chairman of the English Democrats, said: “I am delighted to welcome Joanne’s nomination. It is a clear sign of the speed with which the English Democrats are growing. Even Labour’s Derek Wyatt MP a few days ago said, at Westminster, (on the 18th June) “..I am convinced that standing still is not an option. The present arrangements are producing growing resentment all over the United Kingdom, particularly in England..”.

Robin Tilbrook also said that: “A vote for Joanne and the English Democrats is a positive vote for the people of Haltemprice and Howden. It is a vote for ENGLAND and for an English Parliament, First Minister and Government for England”.
From: English Democrats