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There's such a strong local base for Greenery that there's nobody who has offered him a bed for the night?
How can we get Shan Oakes elected as the first Green MP in Haltemprice and Howden?
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There's such a strong local base for Greenery that there's nobody who has offered him a bed for the night?
What do you want - a Travelodge climate camp???
A tipi (also teepee, tepee) is a conical tent originally made of animal skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans of the Great Plains. Tipis are stereotypically associated with Native Americans in general, but Native Americans from places other than the Great Plains used different types of dwellings. The term wigwam is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a dwelling of this type.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipi
A tipi (also teepee, tepee) is a conical tent originally made of animal skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans of the Great Plains. Tipis are stereotypically associated with Native Americans in general, but Native Americans from places other than the Great Plains used different types of dwellings. The term wigwam is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a dwelling of this type.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipi
You'd need the help of Robert Mugabe to achieve that
Looks like the wonderful, glittering, gleaming Potemkin/Westminster Village 'New Conservative' party has plenty of help from, and provides plenty of help to, Mr.Mugabe.
Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve has defended his decision not to give up shares in major firms still operating in Zimbabwe:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7479634.stm
As a Green, I can assure you that I'm not propping up a £60,000+ basic MP salary (with second home allowance trimmings) with a Zimbabwean share portfolio.
liampreston
Spend time, not money
This election gives the best chance of a Green 2nd place, which should do well not just for this seat in the future but the Greens in next year's Euros in the Yorkshire and Humberside reason).
Good luck, I wish you well in this very unusual election!
Good luck, I wish you well in this very unusual election!
Any campaign ideas?
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
I sincerely hope you're not using nonsensical language like that to your electorate.
Why nonsensical? Aren't the shape-shifting reptilian doctrines of independent candidate David Icke nonsensical? Or do you subscribe to them?
As for lateral thinking, why do you claim it is nonsensical? Have you ever played chess? If so, have you ever made a knight move?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_de_Bono
Kasparov versus Deep Blue:
http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Let's not beat about the bush. If I was one of the Haltemprice and Howden electorate, and I asked you that question, and you came up with that answer, I probably wouldn't vote for you.
These people may be helpful to your campaign
:http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/
BTW, on a less flippant note, speaking as someone who lives in an area where there are quite a few Green councillors (not my own ward) I think there biggest problem is still that they are seen as middle-class and single issue.
They do, however, seem hard-working and in touch with the local community.
(In local rather than national terms) I think they will be really going for it in our ward at the next council elections. I'm keen to see them get in, TBH, but they will really need to show that they are in touch with what matters to local people.
Someone on here did a very scathing critique of the Green party a while ago (a few months?). As someone who'd had a pretty positive view of the Greens, it was an interesting eye-opener, though I didn't necessarily agree.
Can anyone remember who it was or find it? Know thine enemy & all that - if someone can dig it up it could be a useful indicator of the reasons why some people don't vote for you.
I do wish you luck, BTW.
the GP people are basically very decent people, but i do think many of them are just not cogniscant of how many people live their lives: inequality, the problems with housing, welfare, the NHS, crime, etc.At our local Green Fair, all the speakers were as usual all from global groups like papua new guinea, global justice campaigns or refugees, this is despite us going into one of the biggest recessions for many years.
though I will say some of the newish GP councillors in inner city wards are learning fast..
though I will say some of the newish GP councillors in inner city wards are learning fast..
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Yeah, Plain English. Communication with all levels of people. Thought I'd made that clear.
Sure, absolutely. Is this plain English?
"It struck me that if you mix red and blue and yellow – it makes brown! So, “the brown parties”, as I’ll call them, now have great difficulty making policies appeal to most people. And it’s because they are committed to a system that no longer works. If it ever did. We just cannot have endless growth. Full stop."
By Shan Oakes (http://shanoakes.blogspot.com)
Our legislation certainly needs a big input of plain English:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/magazine/5054940.stm
It would be interesting to see that critique of the Green Party - and to know precisely who wrote it, and for what purpose.
"It struck me that if you mix red and blue and yellow – it makes brown! So, “the brown parties”, as I’ll call them, now have great difficulty making policies appeal to most people. And it’s because they are committed to a system that no longer works. If it ever did. We just cannot have endless growth. Full stop."
By Shan Oakes (http://shanoakes.blogspot.com)
Our legislation certainly needs a big input of plain English:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/magazine/5054940.stm
It would be interesting to see that critique of the Green Party - and to know precisely who wrote it, and for what purpose.
Absolutely.
This is the era of the squeeze:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7457886.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4563499.stm
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Yes, I'll try & find it - it's on here (i.e. posted on here) but it was a while ago.
COME AND CROSS-EXAMINE DAVID DAVIS DIRECTLY
The Observer has decided to host an event entitled "Liberty in Peril" in Westminster on Thursday 3rd July at 7pm, including David Davis (former MP), Henry Porter, David Aaronovitch, and Denis MacShane (but, predictably, no Shan Oakes and no other Greens, let alone any of the 24 independents in the contest).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/27/daviddavis.haltemprice1?gusrc=rss&feed=politics
TO RESERVE FREE TICKETS FOR THE EVENT, PLEASE EMAIL:
[email protected]
The Observer has decided to host an event entitled "Liberty in Peril" in Westminster on Thursday 3rd July at 7pm, including David Davis (former MP), Henry Porter, David Aaronovitch, and Denis MacShane (but, predictably, no Shan Oakes and no other Greens, let alone any of the 24 independents in the contest).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/27/daviddavis.haltemprice1?gusrc=rss&feed=politics
TO RESERVE FREE TICKETS FOR THE EVENT, PLEASE EMAIL:
[email protected]
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