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Do NOT elect politicians AGAIN! Elect people...

Help launch a PEOPLE PARTY where you live! We have launched EDINBURGH PEOPLE? Initial target it to inspire 1000 members. Feedback so far is fabulous. Far more are subscribing to being informed on the doorstep with their email address than expected.

Firstly, can you please possibly email or message me letting me know if this leaflet contains enough information to allow you to decide whether to join a PEOPLE PARTY?

We need as much feedback and criticism as possible. Indeed, this idea of has already significantly journeyed and evolved thanks to many people’s feedback.

The idea is a new structure for politics with new city or region-specific political parties.

BIRMINGHAM PEOPLE, EDINBURGH PEOPLE, CUMBRIA PEOPLE, LONDON PEOPLE…

…new political parties created by The People for The People.

These parties will avoid our reliance on career politicians whose loyalties to their own career and their party are greater than their loyalty to the people that they are meant to represent.

Key is that each party would belong to a single city or region with the role first & foremost to represent the people from that city or region. Candidates would not be career politicians.

I have spoken to so many people now and almost all DO NOT TRUST THEIR POLITICIANS!

Initially, EDINBURGH PEOPLE will be a single-issue party primarily focused on bringing people from all walks of Edinburgh together to fight for their city and their people. The single issue is:

The members of EDINBURGH PEOPLE believe that successful people from Edinburgh who have already had established careers in Accademia, Business, Journalism, Manufacturing Sports, etc. are better qualified to represent the interests of Edinburgh’s people than career politicians who have become compromised even if they began with the best intentions.

These new city-specific parties would be very democratic with one member one vote. Membership fees from £2 per month would maximise membership. The membership would vote on the party’s policies and would vote to select their candidates.

The over-riding principle is that once elected Councillors, MSPs and MPs would have greater loyalty to their membership and constituents compared to those from other parties.

On national issues, the different People Parties’ MPs/MSPs could align and create a voting bloc which could become part of a coalition government in the event of a hung parliament.

POLICY FRAMEWORK

United we stand divided we fall… This is the over-riding principle which dictates the policy framework for EDINBURGH PEOPLE. Initially, the strategy is to have no policies apart from our single-issue platform that successful people can run Edinburgh and run the country better for the benefit of the people of Edinburgh than can compromised career politicians.

Before we have too many policies these are the priorities for EDINBURGH PEOPLE:

a) Inspire as many people as possible to join EDINBURGH PEOPLE.

b) Field as many candidates as possible in Westminster, Holyrood & Local Council elections.

c) Win seats.

In due course the party’s policies will be proposed by members. Policy proposals will need to be actively seconded by 50 or so members (or 5% of the membership). Policy proposals will be voted on by the members and there will be a high bar whereby 60% have to vote in favour before a policy is adopted by the party. There will also need to be a minimum turnout of 30% of the members. These measures will avoid minority groups within the party securing policy. These percentages will be adjusted by vote as the party evolves.

DIVISIVE ISSUES & POLICIES

EDINBURGH PEOPLE will avoid voting on divisive issues and policies which risk the unity of the members and their commitment to our overriding single-issue as per our slogan:

Do NOT elect Politicians AGAIN!

Elect People…

The strategy for divisive issues will be for the members to first vote on whether we should or should not have a policy position. For example, on the question of Scottish Independence the initial policy proposal to be voted on by the members would be:

“EDINBURGH PEOPLE has a policy of not having a policy on Scottish Independence”.

The rationale for this approach is so that EDINBURGH PEOPLE can focus on the main objectives of the party which are a) to attract the largest possible number of members; b) candidates and c) win votes and seats. Remaining united and focussed on our single issue is the key.

Let’s make sure the people of Edinburgh are no longer subjected to the tried and tested tactic of Divide and Rule as so many have for millennia before us.

£125K CROWDFUNDER FOR PEOPLE PARTIES LTD (scan QR below marked JUST GIVING)

Our initial proposal is to attempt to crowd fund a £125,000 seed to create PEOPLE PARTIES LTD. This will be a not-for-profit company whose purpose is to support and facilitate the creation of over 100 city or region-specific parties. PEOPLE PARTIES LTD will provide these parties with design, print, distribution, marketing, web building, database management, emailing members and public relations services as well as help local party leaders, treasurers and officers come together to create a constitution and register with the Electoral Commission.

The £125K Seed Fund will be used to employ a team of people. We will be on hand to travel anywhere to support, campaign and canvass with whichever local party can benefit the most.

Hopefully together we can find enough people from the UK who are sufficiently aware and realise the urgency with which a serious viable alternative to the current political parties is required. We need 1000 people to donate £100 each and a further 25 to donate £1000 each.

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR – Rochdale Byelection (scan QR below marked ROCHDALE)

The recent results of the Rochdale byelection have driven us to progress with our plan which hatched a few months ago. David Tully, owner of a Car Repair Garage, stood as an independent on the simple platform of ‘wanting to represent the people of his town and to make it a better place for the people of Rochdale’. People trusted his motivation as genuine and 6,638 voted for him compared to 3,731 voting Conservative and 2,402 voting Labour.

This proves there is an appetite for a new approach to politics. Very soon I will go to Rochdale and try to persuade David Tully to create ROCHDALE PEOPLE or if more appropriate create GREATER MANCHESTER PEOPLE which includes 27 Westminster constituencies.

David Tully should really inspire us. QR-code below links to an article reporting his campaign.

Many thanks for taking the time to read this far, I appreciate it. Just because we do really need to come together locally and make real change happen. Ultimately, this can only happen at the ballot box in my opinion with different Parties and different candidates.

Will you help launch a PEOPLE PARTY where you live? Can you please possibly email or message me letting me know if this leaflet contains enough information to allow you to decide whether to join a PEOPLE PARTY? I look forward to hearing from you.

In the current climate of distrust, there is sufficient reason why thousands of people in the UK could be inspired to create a new political party for their town or region. The time is ripe.

Yours sincerely, Marc

Marc Wilkinson t/a People-to-People.com A Not-for-Profit-Person

2/F1 Bruntsfield Crescent Edinburgh | +44 7791 843 702 | marc@people-to-people.com