The message 200502232304.45327.ALUGlist@digimatic.plus.com from Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.plus.com contains these words:
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 10:20 pm, beb wrote:
But what are your policies towards the environment, health, crime, terrorism, transport, taxation and homelessness?
I think what Sid is proposing is a single-issue party. The aim of these is somewhat different to that of a full manifesto party that pretty much has to have a policy for every issue.
The whole point of a single-issue party is not to gain elected office, but to attract enough votes that a full manifesto party will start paying attention to that single issue and adopt the same policies to gain the single-issue parties votes, either that or some single-issue parties actually do manage to 'grow' to a full manifesto but it's quite rare.
That's the way I think I understand it anyway, somebody more versed in politics can correct me.
Sounds about right.
Of course, what we want is a politician to do the 'leading', and since (uncharacteristically) we haven't heard anything from the In Vino Veritas Party since its inception, there might be a spare one of those floating around.
More seriously though, it might be a good idea to interest someone like Michael Portillo or Brian Sedgmoor - both, after their fashion principled men, to front the mooted party.
A promise to address the problem of spam and virus propagation at a national level *MIGHT* even see a candidate elected...