Democracy Club: Photograph an election leaflet

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Photograph an election leaflet in Aldridge-Brownhills

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Please dig out of the bin any election leaflets you've recently received. Or ask friends or neighbours, or wait a few days until you get one through the door.

To complete this task you first need to photograph or scan the leaflet, transfer the image to your computer, and then click "start task" to upload them.

Leaflets normally get thrown away and the authorities do not have an official process for monitoring dodgy election leaflets, so it is down to you to make sure there is no funny business going on where you live!

We're doing things in partnership with our frields at http://www.TheStraightChoice.org/. They are creating a live online archive of election leafletsthroughout the campaign. There are 2 reasons why this is a helpful thing to be doing.

1) Promises that candidates make in their leaflets can be compared to what they promise to do elsewhere, for example in responses to the local issues you helped collect over the last few weeks. In the future we can also compare the voting record of MPs with what they promised on the campaign trail.

2) It helps catch parties or candidates who are breaking electoral law - 2 parties have been reported to the authorities based on leaflets uploaded to TheStraightChoice.org in the past couple of weeks.

Aldridge-Brownhills discussion

Anne Aldridge opposes the building of the new Manor Hospital, when there are not enough nurses and there is not enough CARE, which are the priorities. Mar 11

Anne Aldridge absolutely opposes any wave of hatred towards the sick, the disabled and the elderly. Mar 11

Anne Aldridge absolutely opposes the streaming of tax payers' money to the rich elites, away from those in need for whom it is intended. Mar 11

Anne Scenarios Under the New Legislation: Margaret is 49 years of age. She is crippled up with a very severe form of arthritis. She also lives alone. Her parents died in a car accident when she was just 21 years of age and she has suffered crippling illness since the age of 24. Margaret has also been awarded a very small amount of direct payment. Margaret’s small amount of cash is to help her to purchase special footwear for her deformed feet. She too has been forced to sign the same agreement as David, in that should she use this small amount of cash for anything else, she will have to repay every penny ever given to her. Margaret experiences an unusually long and heavy period. In her poverty, she struggles to find the money to buy the sanitary towels she needs and she decides to use some of the cash given to her for footwear. Margaret is now a criminal. DWP discover what Margaret has done and they demand that she repays to them £30,000. With the additional fears and pressures Margaret can no longer cope. She has a nervous breakdown and is hospitalised for 18 months. She has now progressed to a half way house. Margaret still needs constant supervision and is given lithium medication to keep her mood stable. As is often the case, the lithium destroys her thyroid gland and she is now given medication for this too. It is very unlikely that Margaret will ever feel sufficiently safe and confident to live independently again. She repays her debt to DWP at £2 per week (clearly for life), from the severely reduced income of a mental health inpatient. Mar 09

Anne Scenario Under the New Legislation: David is 22, deaf and in a wheelchair. He lives alone. He has always chosen to forsake eating meat twice per week to fund his Internet access, in which environment he is ‘equal’. This is the only contact David has with the outside world and he has made friends through some of the gaming websites he enjoys frequenting. Occasionally one of them visits him at home. Under the new system, David has been awarded a small portion of direct payment. A youngster (with no insight) from one of a variety of gvmnt authorities calls on David and dictates to David that he is to use this small amount of cash to buy meat, for his meals daily. David is ‘not allowed’ any funding for his use of the Internet and if he uses his small amount of direct payment for that, he has to repay every amount of cash ever given to him. David has had to sign an agreement to this effect. Afraid, David sits in front of the t.v. reading the subtitles from now on. He has lost his contact with the outside world, his friends and his interests. From day to day and week to week and year to year, David has no conversation with anyone. David becomes depressed and kills himself. Mar 09

Anne An ex-Labour health minister, Lord Warner has recently exposed that two thirds of the entire £127billion NHS budget went on wages. These of course wont be nurses wages, but absolutely gross executive and consultancy wages; mates of mates ;-). The NHS budget rose 60% under Gordon Brown. Where has it all gone, because to quote a voluntary hospital worker this Saturday “It hasn’t gone on ‘care’!”? Mar 09

Anne http://www.myspace.com/freebritain Mar 09

Anne http://www.myspace.com/523413351 Mar 09

Anne Care agencies charge £10/hr. They pay Carers £5/hr. 50% profit attracts Richard Branson! Mar 09

Anne Sickness & disability are now big business. Richard Branson now owns 30 G.P. practices. It pays the rich for us to all be sick. Beware! Mar 09

Anne Gvmnt is increasing its powers and control, to stream more funding to the rich elites & away from those in need. Mar 09

Anne http://www.youtube.com/user/FreeBritain1 Mar 09

Anne VERY dangerous new legislation is being introduced http://www.odi.gov.uk/docs/wor/rtc/rtc-consultation-trailblazer.pdf Mar 09

Anne I am campaigning for the protection of the sick, disabled & elderly. Mar 09

Anne Rents have increased AGAIN! Mar 09

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