The Long March to #Brexit: First opportunity to boot Parliament in the ballot box.

As I mentioned in the last installment of this series, as soon as I got home from the march on Parliament from Sunderland, I began preparation to stand in the local government elections on May 2nd. This will be voters’ first opportunity to give parliament a swift kick in the ballot box since the Brexit Betrayal on March 29th.

This is really important because a genuine electoral threat is the only thing the main parties take any notice of. They will carry on undermining our country’s democracy unless they become convinced they will lose significant numbers of seats at elections.

On monday I downloaded the Council Candidate Nomination Pack. On Tuesday I designed and ordered leaflets, and did the rounds to get my 10 supporting signatures, despite feeling a bit under the weather. On Wednesday I took in my nomination papers in and was accepted as a candidate. On thursday I woke up feeling really rough and went to the doctors. I’m on antibios and have been told to take it easy.

I got a quote from a leaflet distribution company and today I took 5000 of the 7500 leaflets to them, and also the last 5000 Let’s Go WTO leaflets I had in stock. Leave Means Leave have run out of ground campaign money and I’m redundant from the 10th April.

I’m going to need some help to cover costs. Some of my fellow marchers are coming to help get the other 2500 leaflets delivered, but the cost of delivering the 5000 +5000 is £500. I’ve also ordered a stencil to spray up a load of signboards and window posters with.

If you would like to support my candidacy and campaign for independence and democracy, please use the paypal button at the top left of the site. Thanks to anyone who can help. Who knows, I might find time to write up the Porto conference everyone helped with soon if the enforced rest continues…