[patriots] Fwd: Re: Who will you vote for?
- From: Jack Lewis <ukpatriot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Patriots <patriots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 10:07:01 +0100
For your information from Dave Barnby.
Jack
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Subject: Re: Who will you vote for?
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 00:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: "" <dmarc-noreply-outsider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender
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To: hedleylester@xxxxxxxxx
*WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU IGNORANT - WHERE'S THE MAIN CONTENDER?*
In a message dated 21/05/2014 22:35:07 GMT Daylight Time,
hedleylester@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Proof that 38 Degrees is establishment?
Notice that their chart does not even mention the party that tops
the polls for the European elections.
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From: *Megan Bentall - 38 Degrees* <action@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Date: 21 May 2014 21:58
Subject: Who will you vote for?
To: Hedley Lester <hedleylester@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:hedleylester@xxxxxxxxx>>
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Dear Hedley,
*In under 12 hours polling stations across the UK will open for the
European election.* But it’s really hard to cut through the party
political bickering to get to the real facts about where the parties
stand on actual issues!
No matter what your politics are - *the European election gives us*
*a chance to spread the news on where political parties stand on the
issues 38 Degrees members care about. * [1]
What will the Tories or Labour do in the EU to crack down on tax
dodging? What will the Lib Dems do to protect our bees? Where do the
Greens stand on international trade deals like TTIP? This week,
thousands of *38 Degrees members have pulled together to make
scorecards which rank where the parties stand on the issues we all
care about.* [2]
*Please have a look at the results below.* All political parties
standing in the EU election were asked to respond to the issues 38
Degrees members prioritised as the most important. Not all of them
responded. [3] But the ones that did then had their answers rated
out of 5 by thousands of us. And to help make sure it was impartial,
the political parties’ names weren’t linked to any of their answers.
So, 38 Degrees members didn’t know who they were scoring.
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/m/74c047d0/2d47cbe0/49c99bf2/4658592d/3605185296/VEsE/
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*Can you share the results with your friends and family? It'll help
them cast their votes based on the issues - not on party politics.*
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*Or simply press forward on this email.*
Only 35% of the UK electorate voted in the 2009 European election.
[4] But *groups like 38 Degrees prove that we’re not apathetic and
we do care about the issues that affect us all.* So hopefully these
results will help lots more people cast their vote on the issues,
not on personalities.
If you’re still unsure who to vote for, you can also decide to spoil
your ballot paper - it shows that people do care, but don’t agree
with the choices on the ballot. [5]
And remember, you might need your umbrella to get to the polling
station tomorrow.
Thanks for everything you do,
Megan, James, Becky, Maddy & the 38 Degrees team
PS: If you’d like a bit more information about the European election
- whether that’s what voting system it uses, what the parties said
in full, or other tools you can use to match your views with the
parties, there are a bunch of helpful links in the notes. [6]
NOTES
[1] Your Medway: European Election: Why you should vote on May 22
http://www.yourmedway.co.uk/news/european_elections_why_you_should_vote_on_may_22_1_3541624
[2] 38 Degrees: European Election Issues Poll:
http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/05/16/european-election-issues-poll/
[3] The questions were sent to all parties standing in the EU
election for which contact details could be found, in order to
represent as many parties as possible whatever their size.
The parties that responded with answers that met the guidelines sent
are: the Animal Welfare Party, the Christian People’s Alliance, the
Conservative Party, the European People’s Party, the Green Party,
the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, the National Health Action
Party, the Pirate Party UK, and the Yorkshire First party. UKIP
unfortunately were the only party standing in every region that
didn't respond to the questions, which is why they aren't shown on
this card.
The following parties were messaged through their websites, asking
for an email address to send the questions to, but they did not
respond: We Demand A Referendum Now, Traditional Unionist Voice, The
Socialist Party of Great Britain, National Liberal Party - True
Liberalism and the English Democrats.
The Your Voice party did not have an email address on their site, or
a contact box to ask for an email address. The Roman Party .ave did
not have a site or any way of contacting them.
All other parties standing in any region received, at the very
least, an email asking for responses to the questions.
[4] UK Political Info: European Parliament election turnout 1979 - 2009:
http://www.ukpolitical.info/european-parliament-election-turnout.htm
[5] Guardian: Spoiling your ballot: the third way:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/nov/05/police-and-crime-commissioners-police-spoilt-ballot-paper-north-yorkshire
[6] For more information about the EU election itself, including why
the voting system used is fairer than in the general election you
can read this blog:
38 Degrees: EU election how does it all work:
http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/05/21/eu-elections-how-does-it-all-work/
And to read the parties statements in full, you can go here:
38 Degrees: Where UK parties stand on issues important to 38 Degrees:
http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/05/21/where-uk-political-parties-stand-on-issues-important-to-38-degrees/
More information about how this scorecard was put together is up on
the 38 Degrees blog:
http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/05/21/eu-elections-where-the-parties-stand
You could check out Votematch, made by Unlock Democracy. It’s a
handy tool that asks you what you think about issues, then matches
your answers with the political parties:
www.votematch.org.uk <http://www.votematch.org.uk/>
And if environmental issues are what you care about the most, this
tool just rates parties for where they stand on the environment and
climate change:
http://score-ep.org/
Lastly, if you want more information about elections in your area,
like where to go vote and who is standing in your region, you should
go to About My Vote:
http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk <http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/>
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