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Pirate Edinburgh 2012 Leaflet
Pirate Edinburgh 2012 Leaflet
All of Edinburgh Council is up for election on May 3rd, using the Single Transferable Vote (STV). Meadows/Morningside ward is electing four councillors. Remember, EU and Commonwealth citizens can vote in this election; if youre not on the electoral roll, you have until the 18th of April to get on it by phoning the Electoral Registration Office on 0131 344 2500,
If you want to save the internet, you need to vote Pirate this May. Of course, Edinburgh Council cant fix this problem, but if the Pirate Party do well, it will make the other parties take notice.
How to contact us
For more detail on us and our policies, see http://edinburgh.pirateparty.org.uk/ Got any questions for our candidate? Want to joint the Pirate Party or deliver leaflets for us? Email edinburgh@pirateparty.org.uk or phone 07930 631730.
Published and printed by Phil Hunt, 14/1 Spottiswoode St, Edinburgh.
Its fair to say that the ruling Lib Dem and SNP coalition have presided over a complete fiasco. Are these really the people we want in change of Edinburgh Councils billionpound-a-year budget? The Council leader, Lib Dem Councillor Jenny Dawe, is standing for election in Meadows / Morningside ward. For some reason her leaflets dont mention the trams; obviously an oversight on her part. The Pirate Party wouldnt have built the tram line, but we realise its too late to scrap it now. Instead we must do everything we can to make sure it is successful. This means: Integrate the trams with other transport. A single ticket should be valid for all Edinburgh's buses, the tram, and train journeys within Edinburgh. And re-route buses so their stops are near tram stops. Give people lots of reasons to make tram journeys: build housing, workplaces, and leisure facilities alongside the tram route. This particularly applies to the western part of the tram line, between the airport and the bypass.
Open Edinburgh
Edinburgh needs to be governed more openly and democratically. all council meetings to be televised and downloadable from the internet; transcripts put online all information held by the council to be put online by default, including all council contracts above a certain value a liquid democracy system to make local democracy more responsive recall elections for all councillors
Proportional Representation
Because Westminster elections are held under First Past The Post, typically the voter only has a realistic choice between two parties. This prevents people from having a real choice. Incidentally, isnt it odd that the Conservative and Labour parties support competition in business, but do their best to stifle it in their own sphere? Just another example of how the big parties are self-serving hypocrites.
The Pirate Party will institute proportional representation for all elections, to give voters a real choice, and force politicians to take the voters seriously.
Votes at 16
16 and 17 year olds are affected by decisions that politicians make, so they should be entitled to an equal say in electing those politicians.