That is a tough question of course, but the way to find out is to get those people who want to represent you in Parliament to acknowledge and pledge that they will do what they say they will. It is in this mindset and fed up of again being betrayed by our political class that James, Ian and David got together set up the Albion Alliance.
It is because the Albion Alliance exists that I am able to publish the 95 names of the candidates that has had the courage and the conviction to make a simple pledge on this side of the election that if they are elected, they have all declared:
I pledge to work tirelessly to give the voters of my constituency a democratic and direct voice in the United Kingdom’s continued relationship with the EU.
I pledge that I will sponsor a Private Members Bill, written in clear concise terms, calling for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union – and/or support any motion for such a referendum – and to vote positively for any Bill that may call for such a referendum, irrespective of Party Whip, with a view to the successful outcome of this pledge within 1 year of a new Parliament or sooner.
As someone else who feels let down by our continued submersion into the EU leviathian the Albion Alliance has provided me with a mechanism by which look at the candidates running in my area and press my local candidates to get them to state unequivocally whether they feel the same way as I do, and if so to offer more than mere words. Words alone that one day things will all come good have stranded the UK without the means of real self-determination. It is time we got serious about what is at stake and how to correct it.
Thus far, just ninety-five candidates out of thousands have been willing and/or able to make this very simple pledge. Thus these are the only ninety-five candidates that can really be trusted to work for a referendum. I have included their contact info where I have it, as there is no such thing as an election candidate who could not use a bit more support, or a bit more cash.
Here they are:
Constituency Candidate Party
Aberconwy Mike Wietska UKIP
Aylesbury Chris Adams UKIP
Banbury David Fairweather UKIP
Barnsley East Mark Watson UKIP
Bermondsey & Loanna Morrison Conservative Party
Old Southwark
Bishop Auckland David Brothers UKIP
Bognor Regis & Douglas Denny UKIP
Littlehampton
Boston & Skegness Christopher Pain UKIP
Bournemouth West Philip Glover UKIP
Bradford West Jason Smith UKIP
Braintree Michael Ford UKIP
Bristol West Chris Lees UKIP
Camborne & Redruth Derek Elliot UKIP
Cambridge Old Holborn Independent
Cardiff Central Susan Davies UKIP
Carmarthen East & John Atkinson UKIP
Dinefwr
Chatham |& Aylesford Sean Varnham English Democrats
Chatham & Aylesford Steve Newton UKIP
Chelsea & Fulham Tim Gittos UKIP
Chesham & Amersham Alan Stevens UKIP
Chippenham Michael Simpkins BNP
Christchurch David Williams UKIP
Clwyd West Warwick Nicholson UKIP
Colchester John Pitts UKIP
Colne Valley Nicola Turner Liberal Democrats
Congleton Lee Slaughter UKIP
Crawley Chris French UKIP
Croydon Central Ralph Atkinson UKIP
Croydon South Jeffrey Bolter UKIP
Devizes Nic Coome Libertarian Party UK
Doncaster North David Wilson UKIP
Dover Victor Matcham UKIP
Dudley North Malcom Davis UKIP
Ealing, Southall Ben Weald English Democrats
East Devon Mike Amor UKIP
East Lothian Jonathan Lloyd UKIP
East Surrey Helena Windsor UKIP
Epping Forest Andrew Smith UKIP
Exeter Keith Crawford UKIP
Fareham Steve Richards UKIP
Gateshead John Tennant UKIP
Gillingham & Dean Lacey English Democrats
Rainham
Gillingham & Robert Oakley UKIP
Rainham
Glasgow Central Ramsey Ewan Urquhart UKIP
Glasgow East Arthur Thackeray UKIP
Hampstead & Kilburn Magnus Nielsen UKIP
Hastings & Rye Rod Bridger English Democrats
Hastings & Rye Tony Smith UKIP
Hornsey & Wood Dr Rohen Kapur Independent
Green
Horsham Harry Aldridge UKIP
Huntington Ian Curtis UKIP
Isle of Wight Mike Tarrant UKIP
Kenilworth & John Moore UKIP
Southam
Kingston Upon Mike Hookem UKIP
Hull East
Leeds North East Warren Hendon UKIP
Lincoln Nick Smith UKIP
Liverpool, Walton Joe Nugent UKIP
Liverpool, Wavertree Neil Miney UKIP
Maidenhead Kenneth Wight UKIP
Mid Bedfordshire Bill Hall UKIP
Mid Sussex Marc Montgomery UKIP
Middlesbrough Stewart Lightwing UKIP
South & East Cleveland
Monmouth Derek Rowe UKIP
Newbury David Black UKIP
Newton Abbott Jackie Hooper UKIP
North Antrim Jim Allister Traditional Unionist
North Cornwall Ivor Masters UKIP
North Dorset Jeremy Nieboer UKIP
North Swindon Steven Halden UKIP
North West Robert Brown UKIP
Cambridgeshire
North Wiltshire Charles Bennett UKIP
Oxford West & Paul Williams UKIP
Abingdon
Rochester & Strood Ron Sands English Democrats
Rochford & James Moyies UKIP
Southend East
Sevenoakes Alan Bullion Liberal Democrats
Slough Diana Coad Conservative Party
Somerton & Frome Barry Harding UKIP
South East Cornwall Stephanie McWilliam UKIP
St Austell & Newquay Clive Medway UKIP
St Austell & Newquay Stephen Gilbert Liberal Democrat
St Ives Mick Faulkner UKIP
Sutton & Cheam Martin Cullip Libertarian Party UK
Tiverton & Honiton Daryl Stanbury UKIP
Tonbridge & Malling David Waller UKIP
Truro & Falmouth Harry Blakeley UKIP
Uxbridge & South Mark Wadsworth UKIP
Ruislip
Weaver Vale Paul Remfry UKIP
Wentworth & Dearne John Wilkinson UKIP
West Suffolk Ian Smith UKIP
West Worcestershire Caroline Bovey UKIP
Westmorland & John Mander UKIP
Lonsdale
Wirral West David Kirwan Independent
Witney Nikolai Tolstoy UKIP
Witney Paul Wesson Independent
Wythenshawe & Christopher Cassidy UKIP
Sale East
It is NOT too late to pledge, it is not too late to contact your local candidates to ask them to pledge.
It WILL be too late to do anything about our EU Membership when the final controls are soon ceded to Brussels - Do something about it today!
2 comments:
Thanks Daniel, have tweeted this.
Daniel,
Thank you very much for publishing this list.
You are quite right, it is not too late for a candidate to pledge, and to make it simple they can do this online here
http://candidatedb.albionalliance.org.uk/Candidate_Pledge.php
Alternatively voters can present their candidates with the pledge form to sign (and return to The Albion Alliance)
http://downloads.albionalliance.org.uk/Pledge_form_2010.pdf?submit=Pledge+Form
Democracy should not be sidelined for party interests.
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