The Political Parties

[Ron 'The Hat' Clay]

We have a general election on the horizon.

All of us, as anglers, I am sure, will want to vote for the party where the future of our sport is ensured.

I would like this discussion to be as serious as possible as many of you know that my voiced opinion of the Labour Party and it's attitude to angling is in the negative.

But I do not want to be dogmatic.

What are the policies of the various political parties regarding our sport? I do know that the Conservative party if elected will overturn the hunting ban and that is a fact!

Yet is it possible to find out from the various parties just what their agendas are on angling?

Let's put our vote where it counts.

 

[ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)]

Why not e-mail all the parties headquarters and ask, if you really want to know Ron ......

 

[Homie]

Do you realy expect people to vote for a party just because they have a more sympathetic outlook towards country pursuits?

How about voting for the party that offers the best solutions towards

Policing
The NHS
The economy
Europe
Immigration etc.

Just a thought.

 

[Ergo]

In the local elections, we had two female waana be councillors. I listened to their policies with great interest, but there seemed to be a muddling of the party line somewhere. I found very little between them and their policies.

After weighing all of the relevant information up, I did the horonable thind and voted, for the one with the shortest skirt and biggest bust.

 

[Dave Mcadam 1]

Ron,I think you may be mistaken my freind.On the K.A phone in this morning,on radio 5 live,he stated that more than half the Conservatives voted for the ban.

 

[ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)]

of course they did ....

(There are none so blind as those who don't want to see ..................)

 

[Big Rik]

Dave and Ed,

yourselves, as well as Keith Arthur are all very much mistaken.

Now I know that the Conservative party don't hold many seats in parliment currently, but only 9 of their members have ever voted for a ban.
I don't class that as over 50%.

People should get that facts straight about who is trying to ban our passion.

Don't foget to vote on the ITV news site that I posted in another thread.

I'll post all the MP's that voted to ban hunting below.

 

[Big Rik]

Abbott, Diane Lab
Adams, Irene Lab
Ainger, Nick Lab
Ainsworth, Bob Lab
Alexander, Douglas Lab
Allan, Richard LD
Allen, Graham Lab
Amess, David Con
Anderson, Donald Lab
Anderson, Janet Lab
Armstrong, Hilary Lab
Atherton, Candy Lab
Atkins, Charlotte Lab
Atkinson, David Con
Austin, John Lab
Bailey, Adrian Lab/Co-op
Baird, Vera Lab
Baker, Norman LD
Banks, Tony Lab
Barnes, Harry Lab
Barrett, John LD
Barron, Kevin Lab
Battle, John Lab
Bayley, Hugh Lab
Beard, Nigel Lab
Beckett, Margaret Lab
Begg, Anne Lab
Beggs, Roy UU
Bell, Stuart Lab
Benn, Hilary Lab
Bennett, Andrew Lab
Benton, Joe Lab
Berry, Roger Lab
Best, Harold Lab
Betts, Clive Lab
Blackman, Liz Lab
Blears, Hazel Lab
Blizzard, Bob Lab
Blunkett, David Lab
Boateng, Paul Lab
Borrow, David Lab
Bradley, Keith Lab
Bradley, Peter Lab
Bradshaw, Ben Lab
Brake, Tom LD
Breed, Colin LD
Brennan, Kevin Lab
Brooke, Annette LD
Brown, Nick Lab
Brown, Russell Lab
Browne, Des Lab
Bryant, Chris Lab
Buck, Karen Lab
Burden, Richard Lab
Burgon, Colin Lab
Burnham, Andy Lab
Burstow, Paul LD
Byers, Stephen Lab
Cable, Vincent LD
Caborn, Richard Lab
Cairns, David Lab
Calton, Patsy LD
Campbell, Alan Lab
Campbell, Anne Lab
Campbell, Ronnie Lab
Caplin, Ivor Lab
Carmichael, Alistair LD
Casale, Roger Lab
Caton, Martin Lab
Cawsey, Ian Lab
Challen, Colin Lab
Chapman, Ben Lab
Chaytor, David Lab
Chidgey, David LD
Clapham, Michael Lab
Clark, Helen Lab
Clark, Lynda Lab
Clark, Paul Lab
Clarke, Charles Lab
Clarke, Tom Lab
Clarke, Tony Lab
Clelland, David Lab
Clwyd, Ann Lab
Coaker, Vernon Lab
Coffey, Ann Lab
Cohen, Harry Lab
Coleman, Iain Lab
Colman, Tony Lab
Connarty, Michael Lab
Cook, Frank Lab
Cooper, Yvette Lab
Corbyn, Jeremy Lab
Corston, Jean Lab
Cotter, Brian LD
Cousins, Jim Lab
Cox, Tom Lab
Cranston, Ross Lab
Crausby, David Lab
Cruddas, Jon Lab
Cryer, Ann Lab
Cryer, John Lab
Cummings, John Lab
Cunningham, Jack Lab
Cunningham, Jim Lab
Cunningham, Tony Lab
Curtis-Thomas, Claire Lab
Darling, Alistair Lab
Davey, Edward LD
Davey, Valerie Lab
David, Wayne Lab
Davidson, Ian Lab/Co-op
Davies, Denzil Lab
Davies, Geraint Lab
Davis, Terry Lab
Dawson, Hilton Lab
Dean, Janet Lab
Denham, John Lab
Dhanda, Parmjit Lab
Dismore, Andrew Lab
Dobbin, Jim Lab/Co-op
Dobson, Frank Lab
Donaldson, Jeffrey M. Ind U
Donohoe, Brian H. Lab
Doran, Frank Lab
Dowd, Jim Lab
Drew, David Lab/Co-op
Drown, Julia Lab

 

[Big Rik]

Eagle, Angela Lab
Eagle, Maria Lab
Edwards, Huw Lab
Efford, Clive Lab
Ellman, Louise Lab/Co-op
Ennis, Jeff Lab
Etherington, Bill Lab
Farrelly, Paul Lab
Field, Frank Lab
Fisher, Mark Lab
Fitzpatrick, Jim Lab
Fitzsimons, Lorna Lab
Flint, Caroline Lab
Flynn, Paul Lab
Follett, Barbara Lab
Foster, Derek Lab
Foster, Don LD
Foster, Michael Lab
Foster, Michael Jabez Lab
Foulkes, George Lab/Co-op
Francis, Hywel Lab
Gale, Roger Con
Galloway, George Lab
Gapes, Mike Lab/Co-op
Gardiner, Barry Lab
George, Andrew LD
Gerrard, Neil Lab
Gibson, Ian Lab
Gidley, Sandra LD
Gilroy, Linda Lab/Co-op
Godsiff, Roger Lab
Goggins, Paul Lab
Griffiths, Jane Lab
Griffiths, Nigel Lab
Griffiths, Win Lab
Grogan, John Lab
Hain, Peter Lab
Hall, Mike Lab
Hall, Patrick Lab
Hamilton, David Lab
Hamilton, Fabian Lab
Hancock, Mike LD
Hanson, David Lab
Harman, Harriet Lab
Harris, Evan LD
Harris, Tom Lab
Havard, Dai Lab
Healey, John Lab
Henderson, Doug Lab
Henderson, Ivan Lab
Hendrick, Mark Lab/Co-op
Hepburn, Stephen Lab
Heppell, John Lab
Hermon, Lady UU
Hesford, Stephen Lab
Hewitt, Patricia Lab
Heyes, David Lab
Hill, Keith Lab
Hinchliffe, David Lab
Hodge, Margaret Lab
Holmes, Paul LD
Hood, Jimmy Lab
Hoon, Geoff Lab
Hope, Phil Lab/Co-op
Hopkins, Kelvin Lab
Howarth, Alan Lab
Howarth, George Lab
Howarth, Gerald Con
Howells, Kim Lab
Hoyle, Lindsay Lab
Hughes, Beverley Lab
Hughes, Kevin Lab
Hughes, Simon LD
Humble, Joan Lab
Hurst, Alan Lab
Hutton, John Lab
Iddon, Brian Lab
Illsley, Eric Lab
Ingram, Adam Lab
Jackson, Glenda Lab
Jackson, Helen Lab
Jamieson, David Lab
Jenkins, Brian Lab
Johnson, Alan Lab
Johnson, Melanie Lab
Jones, Helen Lab
Jones, Jon Owen Lab/Co-op
Jones, Kevan Lab
Jones, Lynne Lab
Jones, Martyn Lab
Jones, Nigel LD
Jowell, Tessa Lab
Joyce, Eric Lab
Kaufman, Gerald Lab
Keeble, Sally Lab
Keen, Alan Lab/Co-op
Keen, Ann Lab
Kelly, Ruth Lab
Kemp, Fraser Lab
Kennedy, Charles LD
Kennedy, Jane Lab
Khabra, Piara S Lab
Kidney, David Lab
Kilfoyle, Peter Lab
King, Andy Lab
King, Oona Lab
Knight, Jim Lab
Kumar, Ashok Lab

 

[Big Rik]

Ladyman, Stephen Lab
Lammy, David Lab
Lawrence, Jackie Lab
Laws, David LD
Laxton, Bob Lab
Lazarowicz, Mark Lab/Co-op
Lepper, David Lab/Co-op
Leslie, Christopher Lab
Levitt, Tom Lab
Lewis, Ivan Lab
Lewis, Terry Lab
Liddell, Helen Lab
Linton, Martin Lab
Lloyd, Tony Lab
Love, Andrew Lab/Co-op
Lucas, Ian Lab
Luke, Iain Lab
Lyons, John Lab
MacDonald, Calum Lab
MacDougall, John Lab
Mackinlay, Andrew Lab
MacShane, Denis Lab
Mactaggart, Fiona Lab
Mahmood, Khalid Lab
Mahon, Alice Lab
Mallaber, Judy Lab
Marris, Rob Lab
Marsden, Gordon Lab
Marsden, Paul LD
Marshall, David Lab
Marshall, Jim Lab
Marshall-Andrews,Robert Lab
Martlew, Eric Lab
McAvoy, Thomas Lab/Co-op
McCabe, Stephen Lab
McCafferty, Chris Lab
McCartney, Ian Lab
McDonagh, Siobhain Lab
McDonnell, John Lab
McFall, John Lab/Co-op
McGuire, Anne Lab
McIsaac, Shona Lab
McKechin, Ann Lab
McKenna, Rosemary Lab
McNamara, Kevin Lab
McNulty, Tony Lab
McWalter, Tony Lab/Co-op
McWilliam, John Lab
Meacher, Michael Lab
Meale, Alan Lab
Merron, Gillian Lab
Michael, Alun Lab/Co-op
Milburn, Alan Lab
Miliband, David Lab
Miller, Andrew Lab
Moffatt, Laura Lab
Mole, Chris Lab
Moonie, Lewis Lab/Co-op
Moran, Margaret Lab
Morgan, Julie Lab
Morley, Elliot Lab
Morris, Estelle Lab
Mountford, Kali Lab
Mudie, George Lab
Mullin, Chris Lab
Munn, Meg Lab/Co-op
Murphy, Denis Lab
Murphy, Jim Lab
Murphy, Paul Lab
Naysmith, Doug Lab/Co-op
Norris, Dan Lab

 

[Big Rik]

Oaten, Mark LD
O'Brien, Bill Lab
O'Brien, Mike Lab
O'Hara, Edward Lab
Olner, Bill Lab
O'Neill, Martin Lab
Organ, Diana Lab
Osborne, Sandra Lab
Owen, Albert Lab
Palmer, Nick Lab
Pearson, Ian Lab
Perham, Linda Lab
Picking, Anne Lab
Pickthall, Colin Lab
Pike, Peter Lab
Plaskitt, James Lab
Pollard, Kerry Lab
Pond, Chris Lab
Pope, Greg Lab
Pound, Stephen Lab
Prentice, Bridget Lab
Prentice, Gordon Lab
Prescott, John Lab
Primarolo, Dawn Lab
Prosser, Gwyn Lab
Pugh, John LD
Purchase, Ken Lab/Co-op
Purnell, James Lab
Quin, Joyce Lab
Quinn, Lawrie Lab
Rammell, Bill Lab
Randall, John Con
Rapson, Syd Lab
Raynsford, Nick Lab
Reed, Andy Lab/Co-op
Rendel, David LD
Robertson, John Lab
Robinson, Geoffrey Lab
Roche, Barbara Lab
Rooney, Terry Lab
Ross, Ernie Lab
Roy, Frank Lab
Ruane, Chris Lab
Ruddock, Joan Lab
Russell, Bob LD
Russell, Christine Lab
Ryan, Joan Lab
Salmond, Alex SNP
Salter, Martin Lab
Sanders, Adrian LD
Sarwar, Mohammad Lab
Savidge, Malcolm Lab
Sawford, Phil Lab
Sedgemore, Brian Lab
Shaw, Jonathan R. Lab
Sheerman, Barry Lab/Co-op
Sheridan, Jim Lab
Shipley, Debra Lab
Short, Clare Lab
Simpson, Alan Lab
Singh, Marsha Lab
Skinner, Dennis Lab
Smith, Andrew Lab
Smith, Angela Lab/Co-op
Smith, Chris Lab
Smith, Geraldine Lab
Smith, Jacqui Lab
Smith, John Lab
Smith, Llew Lab
Smyth, Martin Ind U
Soley, Clive Lab
Southworth, Helen Lab
Spellar, John Lab
Spink, Bob Con
Squire, Rachel Lab
Starkey, Phyllis Lab
Steinberg, Gerry Lab
Stevenson, George Lab
Stewart, David Lab
Stewart, Ian Lab
Stinchcombe, Paul Lab
Stoate, Howard Lab
Strang, Gavin Lab
Stringer, Graham Lab
Stuart, Gisela Lab
Stunell, Andrew LD
Sutcliffe, Gerry Lab
Tami, Mark Lab
Taylor, Ann Lab
Taylor, Dari Lab
Taylor, David Lab/Co-op
Taylor, John Con
Taylor, Matthew LD
Taylor, Teddy Con
Thomas, Gareth Lab
Thomas, Gareth Lab
Timms, Stephen Lab
Tipping, Paddy Lab
Todd, Mark Lab
Tonge, Jenny LD
Touhig, Don Lab/Co-op
Trickett, Jon Lab
Truswell, Paul Lab
Turner, Dennis Lab/Co-op
Turner, Desmond Lab
Turner, Neil Lab
Twigg, Derek Lab
Twigg, Stephen Lab
Tynan, Bill Lab
Vaz, Keith Lab
Vis, Rudi Lab
Walley, Joan Lab
Ward, Claire Lab
Wareing, Robert Lab
Watson, Tom Lab
Watts, Dave Lab
Webb, Steve LD
White, Brian Lab
Whitehead, Alan Lab
Wicks, Malcolm Lab
Widdecombe, Ann Con
Williams, Alan Lab
Williams, Betty Lab
Willis, Phil LD
Wills, Michael Lab
Wilson, Brian Lab
Winnick, David Lab
Winterton, Rosie Lab
Wood, Mike Lab
Woodward, Shaun Lab
Woolas, Phil Lab
Worthington, Tony Lab
Wray, Jimmy Lab
Wright, Anthony D. Lab
Wright, David Lab
Wright, Tony Lab
Wyatt, Derek Lab
Younger-Ross, Richard LD

 

[Ron 'The Hat' Clay]

That's pretty convincing Rik. I only counted four or five Tories in that list.

No doubt in my mind which party will support angling.

It isn't the Lib Dems and it isn't Labour.

 

[Big Rik]

no, definitely 9.

Amess, David Con
Atkinson, David Con
Gale, Roger Con
Howarth, Gerald Con
Randall, John Con
Spink, Bob Con
Taylor, John Con
Taylor, Teddy Con
Widdecombe, Ann Con

 

[ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)]

Sorry Rik AND Ron --I stand corrected .....

 

[Ron 'The Hat' Clay]

Whoooo Hoooo!!

We've converted Ed.

Seriously the diference in the policies of Labour and Conservative are not much. Where they do differ is in the attitude towards country sports, and fishing is just another country sport is it not?

 

[Dave Mcadam 1]

Likewise Rik and Ron,I stand corrected.It just goes to show that you can't belive everything you see or hear.Martin Salters vote was a bit of a supprise though.

 

[Ron 'The Hat' Clay]

Martin Salter is in the wrong party.

 

[Woody (Cheeky Monkey)]

It would be interesting to take up Kevin Perkins' whacky (it seemed) idea and start up an "Anglers Party". Put an Angling candidate up in all those seat that Rik listed and just see how we upset the balance of power.

One policy - to preserve angling, nothing else.

Every angler is expected to vote where possible for and AP candidate and if possible to encourage his wife/girlfriend/family to vote for the AP also. We might not alter the power struggle too much, but it would certainly teach the main parties a severe lesson as to just who they're ******* about with.

 

[ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)]

at ?5,000 a go --I'm sure Graham could fund us all .....


Jane Kennedy(lab) never even had the decency to reply to an e-mail I sent about how she would vote if there was one to ban angling .....

 

[Ron 'The Hat' Clay]

Now you are learning something about the Labour Party Ed.