Why Common Decency? What’s it all about?
Why Common Decency? What’s it all about?
Well, it’s not a political party.
It’s a plan to give us a Britain free of the corruption and inequality which is driving us all mad – a Britain in which our voice will truly be heard.
Many people have asked me why I decided not to stand as an MP in the coming election. I hope this will explain. I’m hoping to achieve something that could not be done by standing for election. I treasure my “colour blindness’ as regards political parties. I believe there are good, decent MPs in every party. But too many – a majority – of the current MPs are sitting there, arrogantly ignoring our wishes, following party lines, and blurring the edges of what is decent behaviour in an elected representative. Over the last five years lobbying in Portcullis House and in the Parliament building itself, we have seen close-up how Parliament really works. We have seen debates for which only a handful of MPs turn up, followed by a division bell signifying a vote, upon which hordes of MPs swarm out of the bar and the restaurant, or wherever they’ve been hanging out - with no idea of what they’re voting on, but obeying the party whips. This is democracy ? We have seen debates brought about by petitions on the Government’s own website, not least our own petition, eventually signed by over 300,000 people who were disgusted by David Cameron’s doomed badger cull. Following these debates we have seen votes carried against Government policy, yet the ministers involved openly showed their indifference and contempt, and carried on as if nothing had happened. We see inequality everywhere. We see the poor getting poorer - we see the rich, protected by Cameron’s clique, getting richer, through exemptions from taxes and even, shockingly, through government subsidies to their businesses - for instance the cruel bird-shooting industry. We see MPs voting on issues in which they have a financial interest, or family links - and this is democracy ? We hear ministers telling us the National Debt has been halved, when in fact it has increased over the last five years.
Outside in the street we meet people everywhere who are disgusted and disillusioned with the behaviour of MPs, but who feel that voting is a waste of time … since the ‘first past the post’ electoral system ensures that their single vote can make no difference if they live in a ‘safe seat’ constituency. There is an old saying that if you tell a lie often enough, people will believe it. Right now we are seeing thousands of billboards going up, shouting propaganda at us. They all cost money. The Green Party last time spent roughly 325 thousand pounds on their entire election campaign. The Conservative party spent … ? Guess ? Over 14 million pounds. That’s fair, is it ? That’s the kind of democracy we want ? And this funding was provided by obscenely rich sponsors - the very people whose riches are protected by Cameron’s gang. Surprise, surprise ! It’s going on as we speak. You and I have just 15 hours every five years to influence Government policy by our vote. Powerful business interests influence policy every day. There are so many abuses I am running out of space, but you can read more on the Common Decency website.
After you’ve realised how shocking the truth really is, and if you agree with our conclusion that things are desperate enough to warrant a radical change, read on! What do we do about it? I believe I have a scheme which could give us a better Parliament on May 7th, the first step towards eliminating the corruption which is depriving all of us of our voice and robbing us of the democracy we deserve. Here is a quick summary of the Common Decency plan:
1) Even if you think it’s a waste of time, VOTE! In the past, so many of us have not actually got as far as the polling booth because we perceived our constituency as a ‘safe seat’, and felt that our one vote would make no difference. I believe not just that we all ought to vote because people died to give us that right; more than that, I believe if we all adopt the Common Decent strategy on 7 May, even safe seats can be toppled, creating a new kind of parliament.
2) Vote colour-blind; ie don’t worry about which political party you’re voting for - look for the person who will actually listen to your views and represent you in parliament. Assess them on the basis of the ‘Pillars of Common Decency’ (listed on the Common Decency website home page). We are talking about a commitment from MPs to vote according to their constituents wishes and their moral conscience rather than what the whips tell them to do. Question your candidates. Ask them if they will protect the National Health Service from being sold off to businesses for profit. Ask them if they will support the Hunting Act to protect wild animals against sadistic blood sports. Ask them if they will support badger culling when all the evidence tells us it can only make the bovine TB problem worse. Ask them if they will work for reform in the House of Commons. If they have already been in the House, find out if they turned up for debates, and how they voted … for their own advancement in their party, or according to your wishes … you who put them there.
3) Then give us feedback via the Common Decency site … tell us your decision - who you think is most decent - and why.
4) Look at the pie chart for your constituency on our CD website (it’s in “May 7th 2015 – search constituencies to find your MP”). Notice what happened last time. Look at how many people DIDN’T vote last time – and realise that, of the power of the non-voters could be unleashed, no seat would really be safe, and no vote would wasted. But to achieve this, we need to coordinate our efforts.
4) LOOK FOR OUR ADVICE on May 7th to confirm the best strategy – we will be advising on the basis of the feedback we’ve received and what we think will produce the best result for a new compassionate order for people, and animals in Britain.
5) TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS (who also think their vote would be wasted) to do the same ! If EVERY former non-voter in Britain followed this course (including me!), we would definitely turn the whole system upside down. In reality we will not succeed in every case, but the more people that come on board, the more we will achieve - hopefully enough to secure a new standard of behaviour in Government.
How will this work? Breaking the vice-like grip of the outdated Two-Party system, and putting instead a mix of decent MPs of all 'colours' in that ancient House of Commons will make sure that issues have to be discussed honestly and fairly, according to what is best for the public, rather than what is best for one all-powerful political party. That’s how we get our VOICE back! Once this new order is in place, we can REALLY get to work reforming Britain … rooting out the rotten core of unfairness which dominates our whole lives.
JOIN US !
Further reading:
Caroline Lucas - Honorable Gentlemen?
Owen Jones
Russell Brand - Revolution
How corrupt is Britain
NHS for sale etc ..
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I agree with most things you say I really do..& think it is really important to vote. the thing is I really want this government out, so feel have to vote for labor, I know there is good & bad in all parties but to be honest I can see nothing good what has happened for the poor/working class in the last few years, I work with young people with learning difficulties & volunteer with homeless...and I see is cut backs that prevents the care people need & with the homeless total ignorance to how many there actually are firstly and not doing anything to prevent the numbers growing at the rate they are.
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WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON MASS IMMIGRATION ? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS,WHO WISH TO IMPOSE SHARIA LAW ON THE ENGLISH, WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON THE SO CALLED HONOUR KILLINGS AND GENITAL MUTILATION THAT IS OCCURRING IN ENGLAND ? THESE ARE HUGE PROBLEMS THAT THE ENGLISH PEOPLE,ARE FORCED TO CONTEND WITH,WHAT ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG ENGLISH GIRLS WHO ARE GROOMED AND RAPED BY PEOPLE WHO WE ALLOWED INTO OUR BEAUTIFUL HOME, THOSE ISSUES ARE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN THE COMING ELECTION, PRAY TELL WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS,ON THIS SUBJECT
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I have voted .. I voted labour I always do. Could not descide this ur though. New I wanted conservatives gone ( please God) & I have no interest at all in lib dems nor ukip. A friend and iced me not to vote for any of the main 4 & he said to vote for an I dependant. But I didn't have a clue so stuck with my usual choice. BUT my sons have not voted yet. They joke about voting for the loonies?!.. Let me know a good independent party (keeping the cons out) & I'll advise my boys & as many people as I can. It's too late for me but I can still try & do my bit
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We've just had an election here and kiwis voted in a slick talking ex-currency trader neo-liberal a-hole who loves handing out welfare to corporations and voting down Bills to feed hungry children .
That aside - even though our country is in much the same state as yours - huge debt, doing the bidding of the US ... wrecking the environment ..we still had about ONE MILLION people not bothering to get off their butts and vote .As usual these were young /unemployed people , in the main.
YOU MUST GET PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE !!!!
I can't impress this on you guys enough .
If you want Cameron and his henchmen gone .... GET PEOPLE OFF THEIR COUCHES !!
The wealthy and comfortable always vote ...it's the poor and disenfranchised who don't . -
You know I read an internal document once from a think tank in the UK. A well known editor from a major news paper referred to the UK as an "elective dictatorship". This certain think tank had well known politicians and many others present including a former Prime Minister. A former diplomat friend of mine stated to me quite clearly that it is all "organised" here regarding power and control over the masses, this isn't a democracy we were a former imperialist power at one time.
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We appreciate all your comments, please vote for your local candidates, go to https://www.commondecency.org.uk/may-7th-2015/2015-candidates-2
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We need to change to moral zeitgeist so that common decency becomes the norm; compassion, humanity, kindness and thoughtfulness become the norm. Anyine who does not adhere to this would be seen and shamed as NOT normal, NOT NORMAL! These values start from the basics, kindness to animals, the desire to lessen as much as possible any suffering to animal or people. A modern society where decency, not belief in the gods and superstitions, are acceptable and reasonable. Any thing else is seen as inhumane or silly.
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I agree with Christopher Thompson; what is your position on the invasion of the Third World onto our island?
I'm always suspicious when a political action group uses such descriptive language as 'colour blind'. (as if the colour of a person's skin is ever the issue)
The U.K. faces the very real prospect of being majority non-White in our grand children's lifetime. And while there are some who say 'Well, what's wrong with that?' it would behoove them to see how a majority black government is treating Whites in South Africa. Today's Whites who weren't even born during apartheid (or who opposed it if they were alive) are being subjected to the most I humane torture and execution. If the UK ever became majority non-White, how do we know that the same fate wouldn't happen to OUR grand children? Does anyone even care?
I respect Dr. May as both an astrophysicist and one of the greatest guitar virtuosi that ever melted my face off, but I'm also keenly aware that wealthy people often speak in benevolent verbiage such as 'fairness' and 'equality' in hopes of encouraging others to adopt their political/social agenda.
Mthen they trot off to their mansions in gated, guarded communities where they don't have to worry about the behaviour of 'those people' that their policies let into our once-great nation.
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