Matthias Kirschner wrote:
Sid Dabster wrote:
Not trying to start a flame war, but will people please stop saying "We do not want a multi-issue party" when the proposal was for a"single issue party"
Why do you think that a "single issue party" makes sense? And what do you think will be better with a "single issue party" then with a interest group??? Can you give me one example of a successful "single issue party"?
The Legalise Cannabis Alliance/Party was started in Norwichin 1997, where I live, by a few ex-Labour party members. I would like to say that while I am completely against the use of Cannabis even I have to admit how successful they have been. For over 15 years the Green Party (and some in the Liberal Democrats) have wanted to legalisation but it made no difference. After LCP was formed they stood in a handful of seats (five) and within a few years the government had reduce the criminal offence of carrying it to virtual nothing and started trials of Cannabis for medical use. The turn around was so big that the LCA candidate at the Ipswich byelection was asked why are you still standing when you have got what you want? LCA could also used joint candidates, anybody already in a party could support them and their own party. All this happened in spite of the fact opersition to legalise is large. Today I have managed to get Steve Ballmer's office fax number, if we had group we could on mass fax that number at particular day. I will not give out the number until I have been able to use it, I will see if one of the other posters here is right and I get sued. It maybe decided wether to start a new party in the UK on the 20th March at a meeting in Norwich. In summary LCA candidates who got 1.5% or less of the votes (where they stood), but had power far out weighing their support, thanks to standing as a single issue party. People who have not stood for election are naturally reluctent to stand through fear of the unknown, but this is why politicians taking them more seriously if they do because it shows how strongly they feel about their issue. I did not want to use the LCA example but it seemed the only way to explain my case. I hope have not upset anyone, but I feel compeled to do something because I feel so strongly about this issue. This month I have been trying to by a Mac Mini to run Linux on but have gone to three Mac Dealers, two are bust and the third does not sell computers anymore and is sticking to other parts of it's business.
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