The British People’s Alliance is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-worker and anti-war party of economically social democratic, morally and socially conservative British and Commonwealth patriots.
We will be contesting every region at the 2009 European Elections, and we fully expect to contest every seat at the 2010 General Election. The former will be conducted according to a form of proportional representation, while at the latter we need only be the first past the post in any given constituency, both on very low turnouts, favouring those who organise locally to get out their votes.
Members must sign up as one or more of pro-life, pro-family, pro-worker, anti-war, an economic social democrat, a moral and social conservative, and a British and Commonwealth patriot. Each requires payment of one seventh of the membership fee, giving one vote in the party’s affairs. Candidates or officers above local level must subscribe on all seven counts.
We seek 14 membership organisations as partners: two pro-life, two pro-family, two pro-worker, two anti-war, two economically social democratic, two morally and socially conservative, and two of British and Commonwealth patriots. We hope that they will reflect their respective constituencies’ internal diversity.
In return for seven per cent of total permissible electoral expenses, each partner will maintain a list of approved candidates for Westminster, Strasbourg, Holyrood, Cardiff and Stormont. Local parties will only select candidates who are on one or more of those lists.
Eventually, we intend that each local party’s shortlist of two for Westminster, Strasbourg, Holyrood, Cardiff or Stormont will be put to a binding ballot of all registered voters in the constituency, while the whole party’s shortlist of two for Leader will be put to a binding ballot of all registered voters in the United Kingdom.
Potential members, candidates, partners and local organisers should contact (email only) info@britishpeoplesalliance.org.uk
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what test does one have to pass to prove one's "morally conservative" status?
ReplyDeleteIf you find a membership organisation that wants to affiliate but is (say) both pro-family and pro-worker, can they choose which capacity they act as partner organisations with you, or can they be both? If the latter, do you still need 14, or does the total required number drop?
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't your website work?
ReplyDeleteIt will be enormously expensive to fund a private UK-wide ballot of all registered voters. Who's bankrolling this? Can they pay for a web-designer too?
ReplyDeleteYou have to say that you are one, Richard. We've toyed with forms of words, and it might yet happen. But we'd really rather avoid them.
ReplyDeleteWho is pro-family, who is a social democrat, who is a British and Commonwealth patriot? We might not be able to say "You are if you say that you are". But we'd prefer to do it like that if at all possible.
Anonymous, we'd very much like to have 14 different ones. We want to reach as broad a base as possible. I mean, not that they'd ever do it, but there are churces which, as such, could sign up to all seven points. And they're not short of cash. But we don't want that sort of power in the hands of one organisation.
Why doesnt your website work?
ReplyDeleteThe site should be working within about a week. But the email address works, which is the main thing for now.
ReplyDeleteThe ballots that I set out are eventual intentions. Once we have the money, then we'll do it. In the next Parliament if possible. In the one after that, certainly.
I'm all seven. Honest. Admit me. Please.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure churches can sign up to political parties. Also, charities certainly can't - and the most obvious organisations of the kind that you're looking for are charities. Have you thought this through?
ReplyDeleteWould you let the BNP affiliate under the "British patriot" category? I reckon they'd be keen. And, whatever else you might think about them, they're certainly patriotic.
ReplyDeleteMy organisation is interested in becoming a partner. But I have a Trustee meeting on Monday morning, and I need some details now - I can't wait for the website to be up and a phone number to work. Could you let me know how much a partner would have to pay? And are there any restrictions on who we could approve as candidates?
ReplyDeleteNo of course not, Bulldog. They are a separate political party. The membership forms, when we come to have them, will feature the standard "I'm not in any other party" declaration. And if we find that people are, then we'll kick them out.
ReplyDeleteThe main organisations are charities, Anonymous? I can assure you that they are not. Anyway, registered charities do any amount of political stuff AGAINST everything that we stand for. So they and those whom they help out are not going to draw attention to that fact by complaining about us. Not that the situation will arise, anyway.
Well, Oliver, you have the email address.
Zanu-PF are economically social democratic. Can we join?
ReplyDeleteWhat would happen if someone started a joke that said they would put Tony Blair as the BPA leader? And that campaign got more votes than you. Would you stand aside for him?
ReplyDeleteI'm interested. I think this looks great. Plus I may be, er, looking for a new job soon. And to tell the truth, I'm not actually a party member of any party since I forgot to pay my subscription last year. I'll be in touch.
ReplyDeleteNo, Mugabist. Overeas donations are illegal.
ReplyDeleteBirth Matters, seven per cent of the permissible election expenses, which varies from year to year depending on which elections are held.
Candidates have to be members signed up on all seven points, and thus paying the full membership fee. Which category are you interested in?
And our email address certainly does work, by the way.
My understanding of Birth Matters, of which I am not a member, is that they are strongly pro-family, and also strongly pro-choice on abortion issues. But I may be thinking of someone else. Anyway, they'd certainly qualify to affiliate in the pro-family category, wouldn't they?
ReplyDeleteG Brown, as an MP you would have been expelled from Labour anyway for not paying by direct debit. You know the rules.
ReplyDeleteHelen, he'd have to join first. And he'll never get any more votes than anybody for anything again.
Anonymous, as long as being all seven parts of our identity was consistent with membership and office at every level. And remember that candidates have to be signed up on all seven points, and paying accordingly.
ReplyDeleteI think we probably qualify under all 7 groups. So pick whichever is least popular - we're not that fussed. And do we get to choose whether our candidates meet the task? And roughly how much is 1/7 of election expense going to be - I have no idea and I'm quite busy trying to get this proposal finished and tabled to the Board for tomorrow morning - swift response appreciated.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see which one we can't fill, then. There will be one.
ReplyDeleteSeven per cent, NOT one seventh.
In elections to Westminster (the big one, of course), a party's spending limit is the greater of two possibilities: £30,000 multiplied by the number of constituencies being contested; or £810,000 in England, £120,000 in Scotland, and £60,000 in Wales. The first system also gives a £54,000 figure for Northern Ireland.
So seven per cent of that.
Sorry - you can email us at birthmattersorg@googlemail.com
ReplyDeleteOh, and as to candidates, they have to be our fully paid up members in good standing and eligible for the election itself, that's all. Of course, they still have to be selected off the lists by local parties. The partners' role is to maintain the lists.
ReplyDeleteDavid - did you get my last message?
ReplyDeleteYes, and done as requested.
ReplyDeleteNow that I have emailed you, could you email me rather than posting comments here, if possible?
Very many thanks.
How many members approximately does the BPP have at the moment?
ReplyDeleteI don't know. What is the BPP?
ReplyDeleteYou'll never get this registered by the Electoral Commision you know. BNP, Commies, Trots, joke parties, strictly locals - no problem. But this is a proper threat the people they exist to serve. They'll come up with any excuse to say no, secure in the knowledge that you have no comeback. Look how they've destroyed Ukip.
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