The BNP and the Christian Choice are running candidates for London mayor for the May 1st election.
Subvert - vote Green Party (Sian Berry), or Ken as London mayor, with Sian Berry as second
Subvert - vote Green Party (Sian Berry), or Ken as London mayor, with Sian Berry as second
The BNP is floating Richard Barnbrook as a candidate for the London mayoral election on May 1st. The key policies include "housing British people first", "stop immigration" (we assume immigration of persons of colour?), "build a better NHS", "zero tolerance on crime and yobs" (even though this has absolutely no practical value and is dubious even as a political rhetorical device - does this include the old lady who drops a sweet wrapper, and how does one ever enforce such a policy?). Also "British jobs for British workers" (who really is British ... or is that the whole point? white British only!), "scrap the congestion charge" (very good environmental thinking there guys), "lower council tax" (which means who pays for zero tolerance policing?), and "better education for all our people" (just who constitutes "our" people?).
The Christian Choice priorities promote marriage (yes folks, heterosexism, not "civil partnerships", sorry!), stopping other religions ("stop the mega-mosque at West Ham near 2012 Olympics proposed by a controversial Islamic sect") which is always a good example of Christian brotherly love, "champion[ing] London's most vulnerable - the unborn, the elderly, the refugee" (sorry ladies - no more abortions in London), and reducing the poverty gap between "the capital's inner-city poverty and City-bonus wealth", and to "End the (alleged) corruption at City Hall" (?) which means what, exactly?
I'm sorry. Aside from the obvious restrictions promised on immigrants and abortions, the shameless promotion of white-ness and Christian "family values", these people offer London what exactly?
Far better to vote for Sian Berry (Greens). At least the Greens have a manifesto that is worth getting interested in and excited about. Moreover, as Ken's second party, they have had reasonable exposure to the cut and thrust of London politics ... and evidently have the ear of Ken himself.
If the Greens don't cut it, then vote for Ken with the Greens as your second choice and GLA member. For all of our sake - please keep the BNP, the Christian Choice, the Tories out of London.
Thanks for listening.
The Christian Choice priorities promote marriage (yes folks, heterosexism, not "civil partnerships", sorry!), stopping other religions ("stop the mega-mosque at West Ham near 2012 Olympics proposed by a controversial Islamic sect") which is always a good example of Christian brotherly love, "champion[ing] London's most vulnerable - the unborn, the elderly, the refugee" (sorry ladies - no more abortions in London), and reducing the poverty gap between "the capital's inner-city poverty and City-bonus wealth", and to "End the (alleged) corruption at City Hall" (?) which means what, exactly?
I'm sorry. Aside from the obvious restrictions promised on immigrants and abortions, the shameless promotion of white-ness and Christian "family values", these people offer London what exactly?
Far better to vote for Sian Berry (Greens). At least the Greens have a manifesto that is worth getting interested in and excited about. Moreover, as Ken's second party, they have had reasonable exposure to the cut and thrust of London politics ... and evidently have the ear of Ken himself.
If the Greens don't cut it, then vote for Ken with the Greens as your second choice and GLA member. For all of our sake - please keep the BNP, the Christian Choice, the Tories out of London.
Thanks for listening.
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