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James Crawford
The Countryside Party
Fighting for all rural issues
On the 1st May 2003, you will have the
opportunity to safeguard the future of our countryside and our rural way
of life. The Countryside Party is the only political party dedicated to
the defence of traditional rural Scotland.
Ask yourself the following � Are you satisfied with the performance of
your MSP�s over the past four years? Each MSP cost you the taxpayer about
�165,000 per year over the past four years � Did you get value for money?
Do you care about our countryside?
Do you care about the future of our fishing and farming industries?
Do you live work or just enjoy our beautiful countryside?
Do you want to see an end to the old failed political system?
SO DO WE
The Countryside Party is asking for your second
or list vote. We will fight to keep what is left of our rural traditions,
while promoting the countryside as a vibrant working environment. The
economic hardship currently imposed on our farmers and fishermen must be
reversed unless we are to see the Highlands and Islands become a massive
theme park where only the preservationists can stray from the well worn
paths.
Please Give The Countryside Party Your
SECOND VOTE Contact James Crawford
The Croft, Sunnyside, Culloden Moor, Inverness, IV2 5EE
Telephone 01463 790586
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.countrysideparty.org
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The Countryside Party - Fighting for rural issues
The Countryside Party - Highlands and Islands
4 March 03
YOUR SECOND VOTE - THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
On the 1st May 2003 The Countryside Party will be asking for your
second vote. When you arrive at the polling station you will have �Two�
votes, the first we would suggest you use as normal for the candidate
representing the Party which you think will best represent your views over
the next four years, as we will only be standing for the second vote. The
second or list vote we would like you to give to us, The Countryside
Party.
If you have always voted Conservative, Labour or Liberal
then we would encourage you to examine their performance over the past
four years and then use your vote wisely for the benefit of all of
Scotland. We have seen the current executive made up of a coalition
between Labour and the Liberal�Democrats waste the wonderful opportunity
it had to show that Scotland and the Scots had learned from the mistakes
of the various governments in Westminster over the past 300 years.
The ability of the current executive with its large urban
majority to rule for all in a democratic country has been blighted by laws
such as Section 28, two and a half years in futile debate on the question
of Hunting with Hounds, Land Reform, and Access to the countryside: laws
that were of no concern to the vast majority of Scots who are more
concerned about Law and Order, security of their homes, the Drug Epidemic,
University Fees for their children and the awful state of our Public
Transport.
The �Laberals� as this executive must now be called, as
there is no difference between the Labour and Lib-Dem�s anymore, could not
pass up the opportunity to indulge in politics of class, determined to
weaken the landowners and anyone associated with them. The loss of rural
jobs and the death of rural communities did not enter their mind as they
indulged themselves in political �payback�.
If you work, live or just enjoy our wonderful countryside
and our traditional rural way of life where the welfare of people and
rural diversity are the norm, then give The Countryside Party your second
vote.
Thurso Meeting
A crowd of over forty people assembled in the Town Hall Thurso to hear Jim
crawford from the countryside party give a presentation. Mr Crawford
started with the observation that the public`s voice is no longer listened
to. He cited over 400, 000 people marching on London in 2003 to protest
about all Rural issues and of the more recent millions of people who
protested over a possible war in Iraq which both had the same
outcome----ignored.
Mr Crawford then went on to emphasise the need to get a candidate inside
the parliament so that there would be a voice to represent them. He
claimed that, although he might not have the expertise to represent us on
all Rural issues, he would listen to the people in Rural areas and act
upon their concerns.
Mr Crawford went on to say that, for the past four years, the labour/lib-dems
executive has been trying to settle issues from the past which are based
on bigotry and class hatred and having them enshrined in law------he
quoted the recent compulsory purchase aspect of the land reform bill as an
example.The audience responded in a very positive way to these assertions.
Responding to a question from the audience about Pensioners having to open
bank accounts to receive their pensions Mr Crawford stated that the
Countryside party would take on any issue that had the concerns of the
people adding that the Party was a free spirit which was not weighed down
by the political baggage of other parties which would have to toe the line
on many issues. Mr Crawford ended by saying that he expected people to
vote as normal but he asked people to consider giving their SECOND vote to
the Countryside Party which would give them a voice INSIDE the parliament.
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