The LPUK AGM, my thoughts..

My thoughts to follow, in the meantime;-



It feels real now, no longer just names on a screen.

Trying to do a bit more.

Just sent this to The York Press via email. It's not much, but I suppose every little helps.

Hello,

Just wondering if you were aware of the fact that the UK Libertarian Party will be holding their Annual General Meeting in York tomorrow, just around the corner from your offices at the National Centre For Early Music (Part of St. Margaret's Church.), on Walmgate.

I thought it might make an interesting story for your readers, to hear more about the political party that plans to abolish Income Tax as one of their primary policies, and were responsible for sending every one of the 646 MP's in the country at least one copy of George Orwell's '1984', to remind them that the book was a warning, not a blueprint.

If you want any more information, please either contact me, or visit their website at http://www.lpuk.org .

Kind Regards,

[Bemused Wolf].

More legendary Old Holborn...

From the blog of Kerry McCarthy, MP:

Little Tyson WON’T be strutting around the playground in £90 trainers this year. He will be wearing Primark plastic trainers that you bought for £6. He WILL survive, trust me. Most of the other kids will be wearing them as well. 99.99% of the kids in the world wear nothing on their feet at all. David Beckham may feel the pinch as his earnings from the mongs who buy his endorsed shit goes down a million or two, but his wife still has her career. He’ll get by.

You will not be able to take the entire family and Nanna to Disneyland twice a year and put it on the plastic. Trust me, this is a good thing. Eventually, your children are going to have to earn their own money and if you have been teaching them that spunking every penny you have up the wall is a good policy, they have been ill advised and are in for a large shock later in life. 99.99% of the worlds children do not know what a Disneyland is or have any need to know. Spend the money paying back a bit of last years lager fuelled bender to Benidorm before you start spending even more of other peoples money.

You will have to sell your Saxo wiv da big exhaust and get the bus. Yep. Tragic isn’t it? No more wheelspins away from the lights wiv ya crew in da back, trying to get that bird with the tattoo on her tits to shag you. If you want her to shag you, be nice to her, be attentive to her needs and show her you care. Handbrake turns are not romantic.

You may have to cook some food. This is a hard one. 99.99% of the world has managed it but somehow, life without the “ding dong” of the Dominoes Pizza man (with free Cola) arriving at your abode everynight, spilling out utter shite for you to eat on your laps whilst watching the Simpsons is actually not a bad thing. If you can save up £100 (without immediately spending it on a PS3 game or a handbag) you could buy a dining table and some chairs. Then, you could sit as a family and eat together. Maybe some of you could talk about stuff. Decide things as a family, plan days out together and get to know the other people who live in your house. You can buy food in markets. Those shouty blokes waving green stuff in your face as you head to the Bingo are actually selling fresh food. All you have to do is cover it in salt and sugar and boil it for an hour. Then sit down at your table and eat it. Topped with lard for all I care

Your house. This is a hard one, because some of you saw stuff on Sky and thought you had to have it. So that hot tub you bought on the Barclaycard and have used twice (both times to invite your wife’s mates over, although you weren’t so keen when they brought their slimmer hubbies and your missus whipped her tits out, were you?) and was a snip at £4K didn’t actually ADD £4K to the value of your house. In fact, it turns out that spending £20K on patio heaters, a ride on lawn mower, a “chiminea” and koi carp has actually brought no return at all. Apart from more letters offering “consolidation loans” secured on your foreskin.

A recession means you will have to live within your means. It means that you can no longer spend money you have not earned. Just like the rest of the planet in fact. It can be done. The rest of the planet manages to do it, so can you

OH’s 10 money saving tips for poor people who don’t realise they are poor yet (but fucking will, soon enough)



1.Stop spending money
2.Cook and eat food yourself
3.Don’t go to Menorca with Nanna on shit holidays you cannot afford
4.Stop trying to keep up with the fucking Joneses who are just as fucking skint as you
5.Get the bus
6.Life is short. Do stuff that doesn’t cost money. A walk with the kids for example
7.Put a jumper on
8.Get a bike
9.Stop pretending to be rich. There is no shame in poor but honest. Even if you lost everything, you still have more than most of the planet. Which is why half the bastard planet is trying to get here in the back of lorries.
10.Tanning/nail studios are the work of the devil. Stay away from them
Go and look at some really poor people (the Scottish or Welsh is a good place to start) and you may just understand that it doesn’t matter what other people think. Including me. You've been sold fools gold and it ain't the end of the world. Anyway, serves you right for voting Labour, you tossers.

Seriously, Old Holborn for PM!

Edit: Just seen that this was an old post from OH, but it's a bloody good one, so it shall remain here.

Thanks to the unique way that the BBC is funded,

I mean, seriously??

You're the BBC for heaven's sake!

This is disgraceful.. Words fail me.

Now Hold On A Minute..

This doesn't seem fair..

Proposed legal tax on spouses of accused 'will force couples to divorce'

The wives of men facing criminal charges will have their wages docked by the Government to pay for their defence.

And they could even be forced to remortgage the family home to settle the bill for legal fees.

Critics say women will be forced to divorce their husbands to avoid the new ‘legal tax’, which is being proposed by Justice Secretary Jack Straw to save £50million a year in legal aid payouts.

Under the scheme, revealed last week, families with annual incomes between £20,000 and £40,000 are likely to have to contribute to defence costs. Those earning more than £40,000 will probably have to pay the full cost.

So, the average wage is around £20,000. That would mean that all 'average' families would be within the outlined band for payment? So, everyone, except the CHAVs, you know, the ones responsible for the most cowardly crimes, like knocking old ladies on the head, and nicking their handbags? The scum of modern British society. (Excluding our political class of course.)

And wait..

Only defendants who are completely acquitted will get their money back. People charged with serious offences who see their cases downgraded will still have to pay towards the cost.

Now let's say that I had given my details to Mr. Bayley's representitive in the LPUK 1984 campain as requested, and they then decide to use new terrorism laws, say, the 28 day detention law, to see if I am in fact a closet terrorist, instead of an ordinary bloke, who's pissed off with where his Country is heading and want's to try and stop it. My Solicitor, trying to get me out all along.

Now lets say that they decide to charge me for thought crimes, like, I don't know, how about 'daring to disagree with Government interests' or something equally ridiculous, but taking what? 18 Months to get the case downgraded to a slapped hand for looking at blogs that are, in their eyes, "a dangerous corrosion in our political culture."

18 Months of legal fees, to get me from being a suspected terrorist, to being a naughty boy getting his hand slapped with a warning, all because I sent my MP a copy of a book, reflecting the shameful direction my Government is leading my Country.

Ironic, no?

And so it will probably end.

I sent my response, which will probably spell the end of my part of the 1984 campaign..

Dear Lesley,

Thank you for your response to my email, but I have to wonder why my personal details are required for Mr. Bayley to offer his comments, and opinions on the issue I have raised.

With all due respect, given this government's apparent scant regard to privacy, nor the rule of law in order to protect the individual from the wrath of the state, I am unwilling to supply the details you have requested, and am very surprised that they are deemed necessary for a simple email from my local MP.

If Mr. Bayley has nothing to say, no opinion, nor reassurance to offer me on this matter, that is fair enough, I am sorry to have had the audacity to contact my MP about an issue that concerns me, my family, and millions of other Britons right now.

Yours Sincerely,

A concerned, and somewhat surprised, constituent.

I must say however, this has really whetted my appetite for politics, and can't wait for the LPUK AGM at the end of the Month, to meet all these like-minded people.

A reply.. Conditionally..

Received today, in response to my email yesterday...

Could you please provide us with your name and address so that Hugh Bayley can reply to you. Thank you.

Lesley Dellagana
Office Manager - Hugh Bayley MP
Tel. [Omitted by Bemused Wolf]

I must say, I'm not inclined to give them my details, so have asked members of the LPUK for any advice they might have. I'd still like to see what he has to say..

More of my bit.

Dear Mr. Bayley,

I was just wondering if you had received your copy of the book, 'Nineteen eighty-four', by George Orwell that I sent to you at the Houses Of Parliament without any problems, as I worry that Royal Mail may have let me down.

If you did, splendid, and have you given any thought to reading it, or indeed, re-reading it?
I would love to hear any comments you have on it's relation to modern day life, because, as a voter, and one of your own constituents in York, I am genuinely worried as to the direction that my Country is heading under it's current government.

Perhaps you feel the same way as your fellow party member Mr. Tom Harris, who was, rather disappointingly, somewhat dismissive, and even contemptuous in his response.
Mr Bayley, despite the fact that I am not a Labour supporter, I do believe that you are a better, and fairer man than Mr. Harris showed himself to be, in fact, you seem like a decent chap on the whole, so any comments you have regarding your gift are eagerly anticipated, and welcomed by me.

If nothing else, at least you will be tempted to read, or re-read, a jolly good book again!

Yours Sincerely,

A concerned constituent.

The Email I just sent to bayleyh@parliament.uk

Here's more Old Holborn for you..

After his little stroll through London, Old Holborn decided to pay a visit to Hazel Blears, who, at the time, was in a closed discussion suite at Millbank, regarding internet bloggers, and the possibility of silencing them.

This man is in danger of becoming a modern day hero!!

He probably wouldn't like this,

Remember, Remember..

Well, he did it, and he got precisely what many of us half expected, but hoped would not happen.

Old Holborn went for his walk, from Trafalger Square, to Parliament Square, wearing a V for Vendetta Guy outfit and mask, and was stopped by the ploice, along with around ten others with him..

Here.

Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.

Banksy's latest work?


And just around the corner..

Today is the day that 646 MP's will receive at least one copy of 1984, and a large number of V's shall be innocently walking from Trafalger Square, to Parliament Square, in London.

Press releases have been issued, my worry is that it will be overshadowed by the amazing news that the United States has it's first black President. Astonishing.

November the 5th, a day of change for the whole world once again.

UKLP Press Release on 1984 Campaign.

"++++ PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ++++

November 4th 2008

A COPY OF ORWELL'S 'NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR' SENT TO EVERY MP

An Internet grass-roots campaign will this week deliver a copy of George Orwell's prophetic novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' to every Member of Parliament.

The books will be inscribed with the words, 'This book was a warning, not a blueprint', and will arrive at Parliament on or before November 5th -- a date of well known historical significance for that building.

---------------

Outraged by the continual attack upon civil liberties within our nation, a fortnight ago the Libertarian Party proposed reminding those in Westminster who they were elected to serve, and in whose interests the laws that they pass are meant to function.

Spread purely by word of mouth, a campaign to send each Member of Parliament their own copy of Orwell's dystopian classic met with overwhelming support on the Internet, with many more books pledged than the 646 required to ensure that every one of our elected representatives receive a personal copy. The Libertarian Party contributed just 75 books itself, with the remainder coming (directly, or via campaign donations) from people of all political parties, and of none.

The UK Libertarian Party leader, Ian Parker-Joseph, explained, "As the people of Britain become ever more spied upon and ever more heavily taxed, as the government attempts to control how much we should smoke, eat and drink, as the state legislates to regulate ever more the minutiae of our lives, the Libertarian Party want to remind people that we have the power, and that our elected representatives work for us.

"The Libertarian Party would like the people of Britain to remember that the state is the servant of the people, and not our master. Moreover, we wish to remind those in Westminster of this fact.

"Many constituents of these MPs will be adding their own personal messages to the books that they are sending," added Mr Parker-Joseph, "and it is a sad reflection of how far towards Orwell's vision our country has already slipped that some members of the public have expressed fear at the potential consequences of simply sending their MP a 60 year old novel. One correspondent wrote to me:

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"What sort of society are we living in where people are so afraid of their government? Something is very, very wrong here" concluded Mr Parker-Joseph.



NOTES FOR EDITORS

1) The Libertarian Party was founded on November 21st 2007 and officially launched on January 1st 2008. The party's website can be found at:
http://www.lpuk.org
2) Further details of the party's policies can be found in our manifesto:
http://www.lpuk.org/pages/manifesto.php
3) Libertarianism is a political philosophy based on support for individual liberty.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism
4) The Party's blog regularly examines how the UK is slipping into the totalitarian vision portrayed by Orwell. See, for example, here:
http://lpuk.blogspot.com/2008/10/1984-arrogant-tom-harris-mp-just-doesnt.html

Doing my bit..

So I will be doing my bit for the LPUK 1984 campaign, and by the looks of it, so will hundreds more people.

We have had enough pledges to be almost certain that each, and every one of our 646 MP's will be receiveing at least one copy of George Orwell's 1984 on the 5th November.

Coinciding, will be Old Holborn's healthy walk through London, and I believe there might happen to be a few other people walking along that same route, on that same day. Strangely, I couldn't find a V for Vendetta mask anywhere, they're sold out!