Every year when we submit our accounts to the Electoral Commission we are also required to provide a ‘Review of Political Activities’ covering the year just gone.The 2015 Review has recently been forwarded to the Commission and here is what it says: “The major event of the year was the General Election, which saw ourContinueContinue reading “Review of 2015”
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Onwards and Upwards
Defying expectations, David Cameron, far from being locked out of Downing Street, now has the full bunch of keys (with just 37% of the vote), at least until his slim Commons majority is whittled away over the next five years. He has promised a land of hope and glory, a Britain greater still and greater,ContinueContinue reading “Onwards and Upwards”
For the Record
Guest contribution by Colin Bex, Wessex Regionalist candidate for Witney The EditorThe Oxford TimesNewspaper HouseOsney MeadOxfordOX2 0EJSir,I refer to your report ‘One of the safest seats in Britain’ (Oxford Times 30 April 2015 p.7) by Luke Sproule.Under the caption ‘THE CANDIDATES’, there is no mention of four of the candidates standing for Witney including myselfContinueContinue reading “For the Record”
X for Bex for Witney
This is the five-word tweet Colin is suggesting to all those he meets who are too young to vote, to send amongst their friends in Witney, to provide them with input to influence their parents to benefit the Wessex cause – and which has produced an enthusiastic response. Meanwhile, Colin’s leaflet has been finalised forContinueContinue reading “X for Bex for Witney”
Raising the Standard
Concerning the reputed ‘hustings’ held at Witney by Churches Together recently, Colin Bex states that:”Of the twelve candidates nominated for Witney – all duly paid up to stand for Parliament – only five were chosen and just 1% of constituents were allowed to witness this 2015 travesty of democracy in a third millennium British generalContinueContinue reading “Raising the Standard”
Cameron’s Cocoon
Guest contribution by Colin Bex, Wessex Regionalist candidate for Witney It was a cynical charade of a hustings on Friday, organised by Churches Together against democracy, from which not only a majority of candidates was excluded, so too I learn were the local and national press, all of whom informed me they were not bestContinueContinue reading “Cameron’s Cocoon”
Familiar Territory
In his first report from the campaign trail, Colin Bex has highlighted some familiar territory for us, and for smaller parties generally, and that’s the refusal of those in authority to allow our case to be heard. Witney Churches Together have again arranged a hustings from which Colin – along with candidates from all theContinueContinue reading “Familiar Territory”
Witney Reloaded
Bex is back. Our President is taking on David Cameron, who this time is defending his Witney seat not as Leader of the Opposition but as Prime Minister, having presided over a government notable for its indifference to the suffering of ordinary folk, in Wessex and elsewhere across our Disunited Kingdom. A vote for CameronContinueContinue reading “Witney Reloaded”
Housing Whom?
Oxford professor Danny Dorling is the rising star of radical sociology. Some of us heard him speak in Witney during the 2010 election campaign. He has his critics, but he has an impressive grasp of statistics and deploys them with devastating effect. A review of his latest book, All That Is Solid: The Great HousingContinueContinue reading “Housing Whom?”
Attacks Evader
Chris Huhne’s unscheduled exit from the Westminster stage has created a vacancy we shall be delighted to fill, should sufficient of the disillusioned cast their votes in our direction. WR President Colin Bex heads the list of candidates in the Eastleigh by-election and today we forward his first despatch from the constituency:“Rumoured to have visitedContinueContinue reading “Attacks Evader”
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