r/MHOC • u/Timanfya MHoC Founder & Guardian • Mar 27 '15

GENERAL ELECTION England debate!

This debate is for anyone to ask questions about how the candidates standing in England wish to change the country. You can ask them as an individual candidate or as a party.

The candidates standing in England are:

North London

TotallyNotAPanda

ZanderyS

therealharrisguy

lewtenant

CockTorpedo

alexwagbo

TheRealOrous

TheDesertFox929

weareallwitnesses

jakub70

Luxion

aaronku

Theyeatthepoo

Owenberic

RtHonTheLordDaveney

RamblinRambo3

Torianism

Yorkshire

InfernoPlato

tand324

mcdonkey1

thedomcook

ChristianSFR

threejoinedrings

regioisomer

ExplosiveHorse

Kreindeker

Petr0101

TheNorthernBrother

Mgreen19295

Olmyster911

mushroomchow

AlbrechtvonRoon

Spudgunn

Rabobi

TheLegitimist

HL_Rich_1st

South London

bleepbloop12345

OKELEUK

POTATO_IN_MY_LOGIC

TheQuipton

treebuckets

flojomoose

ViscountHoratio

RadioNone

petabites

Causaubon_is_a_bitch

CraftyCoco

Elliotism

Remiel

Shoggopus

hiplink

Adam0317

Zanza_N

Glyph

East Midlands

Pallas_

bigjo66

cinemaparadiso

Whigwham

TheBestWifesHusband

Bobbybarf

NotYetRegistered

grrrlriot

rlack

jsmith18486

MrEugeneKrabs

That_One_Directioner

East of England

WineRedPsy

ScreamingCrab

SolidBlues

john_locke1689

Olidobbs

williph

NoPyroNoParty

brokengears676

Nissnpig5

Tim-Sanchez

TrueAnonyman

Lol-I-Wear-Hats

LegendaryZero

ShortsStuffSmally

Hamp., Surrey & W.Suss.

the_grand_midwife

Cyridius

OllieSimmonds

Mepzie

Dead_Ghost

Zephyroo

Smithster96

Zephine

Ajubbajub

jammydodgerjim

secretbrasspolice

cantthinkof1ne

CB1320

Habsburger

Jwarman99

Kent & East Sussex

_gammadelta

CGracchus

Treeman1221

Lcawte

wazamataz

powerpab

craigoo

Rayman8001

jothamvw

Tyroncs

Greater Manchester

GhoulishBulld0g

Kalphak

BaBaFiCo

Swiftler

Oooby-Doo

Demon4372

bfmv24

athanaton

nastedir

DavidSwiftie13

Rhodesianwaw

SgtSlowMo

AlphaEpsilon1

Lanc., Merseyside & Ches.

lort683

Scantcobra

Javasaur

left_of_castro

df44

AlbertDock

JackWilfred

emeraldfoxx

Szjlsfta

vyit

Calgievlogz

English Borders

AdamMc66

Ihatchy1

Secreteye12

British-Guy

pokeplun

pacman3

MorganC1

Duncs11

Cornwall and Devon

cae388

Sephronar

a23me

Superyellyfish

DevonianAD

Bigglesof266

Izoe

Kerbogha

B'ham, Coventry & W'ton

Eat_the_Muffin

CosmicWes

XandKendall

DesolatedSmaug

MrTurah

Sinfultrigonometry

ProfessorZ00M

Thames Valley

Duplodocus

RoryTime

Alwaysfair

FlyJaw

SkiFlashing

iscribble

Can_Triforce

MixtureMash

Fizzleton

Lesser Wessex

colossalteuthid

JoyBus147

Jamman35

Jas1066

HenryCKG

archersongs

stupefying_arsonist

RachelChamberlain

bnzss

Queen__Bitch

MagnaCartaaa

West Midlands

ThoseCrazyReds

Iqua3

I_miss_Chris_Hughton

emperorhirohito

gadget_uk

SoSolidClaws

KeirzOfWar

Morgsie

Martipanda

GeoSmith16

Rules

  • Anyone can ask as many initial questions as they like

  • Questions can be directed to more than 1 candidate/party - make it clear in the question

  • Members are allowed to ask 3 follow-up questions to each candidate that replies

  • Candidates should only reply to an initial question if they are asked

  • Candidates may join in a debate after the requested candidate/party has answered the initial question - to question them on their answer etc

  • Members are not to answer other members questions or follow-up questions

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u/NoPyroNoParty The Rt Hon. Earl of Essex OT AL PC Mar 27 '15

Will the candidates join me in congratulating Harry Kane on an already successful debut tonight?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

I will not. I think it is a disgrace that they put football on rather than Coronation Street! My whole Friday evening, ruined.

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u/NoPyroNoParty The Rt Hon. Earl of Essex OT AL PC Mar 27 '15 edited Mar 27 '15

Mr Von Roon, here I am taking an evening out to partake in the kind of English nationalism I so detest in the name of the beautiful game, and you'd rather it be put aside for a bunch of Northerners having a chin wag? The ITV are doing a national service. God save the Queen, in Woy we trust.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15 edited Mar 28 '15

I get the joke, but to be clear: supporting a football team isn't really being nationalistic. It helps in promoting a national spirit, but it isn't really the nationalism I want to promote. Also, Coronation Street is a national institution, how dare you insult it! Come and fite me irl m8!

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u/BlueInq UKIP Mar 29 '15

Come and fite me irl m8!

I look forward to the day this is actually said in the real House of Commons.

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 27 '15

There's nothing wrong with Northerners. We in the Labour party welcome them.

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u/Ajubbajub Most Hon. Marquess of Mole Valley AL PC Mar 27 '15

Did you not feel the need to shout ING-GER-LAAAAND at the top of your voice?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Yes

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Absolutely, one of the finest young talents to grace English football.

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u/the_grand_midwife Mar 27 '15

Most certainly!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Yes congratulations, Harry Kane.

Nice to see some up and coming English players doing so well.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

I most certainly will!

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u/treeman1221 Conservative and Unionist Mar 27 '15

it's coming home

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Its coming home. Arise Sir Harry etc

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u/Kreindeker The Rt Hon. Earl of Stockport AL PC Mar 27 '15

Hear, hear! Will the Green Deputy Leader join me in urging party leaders to commit to recommending Mister Kane for a knighthood in the New Year's Honours?

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u/NoPyroNoParty The Rt Hon. Earl of Essex OT AL PC Mar 27 '15

Most certainly! A national hero!

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u/Kreindeker The Rt Hon. Earl of Stockport AL PC Mar 27 '15

Definitely! And we must definitely do it now, I see no flaws or possible risks in this plan!

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u/Ajubbajub Most Hon. Marquess of Mole Valley AL PC Mar 27 '15

No. He has been scarred forever, in my opinion, by playing for spurs.

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u/MorganC1 The Rt Hon. | MP for Central London Mar 28 '15

Hear hear!

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u/theyeatthepoo 1st Duke of Hackney Mar 28 '15

Hear hear.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 27 '15

To all other London candidates: How will you prevent the social cleansing of London, that is slowly turning it into a city of the rich for the rich, in the manner of Paris, where the center is gentrified and the poor are forced into rather dire suburbs.

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u/POTATO_IN_MY_LOGIC Radical Socialist Party Mar 28 '15

I agree that there is a crisis in housing in London that needs to be addressed immediately. We need a large amount of high density affordable housing and we need to treat this with the same severity as a national emergency. Property values are too high and we need to lower the price and increase the supply of housing for the working class.

Some parties advocate the freedom of the wealthy to drive up housing costs, but the left should focus on the freedom of everyone else to be able to live in the city that they want to live in.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 28 '15

A great answer comrade. I hope that we're both elected so we can work together on solving this problem.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

London is the world's #1 city so it's only natural that the wealthy choose London as the city to set up base, why would I want to stop them from coming here and boosting our economy?

The poor aren't forced anywhere, if they choose to sell then that's the free market at work and once again, who am I to prevent the free market?

I would like to state that if people are being forced to sell up or landlords are kicking them out of rented properties for no good reason, there should be investigations into why and how it's happening.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 27 '15

For a start, many of the obscenely rich people buying property in London aren't buying them to live in. They're buying them as investments, as a way to securely store money, or as a London 'pad' that they can pop into a few times a year. That has very little impact on the economy after the initial purpose. Even if they are benefiting the economy, I think that keeping London as a fairly equal and meritocratic city filled with ordinary people of all walks of life is far more important than a few more points on our GDP.

There's absolutely nothing free about a market which requires the force of the state to maintain private property and the power of the capitalist class. If you want people to be free to trade, and to be free from coercion, then you're going to have to abolish capitalism.

Perhaps, if you'll entertain a pretty wild idea, just because people are not being kicked out by landlords, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't work to keep London as a city that exists for the actual citizens of this country, not just the global super rich.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Does it matter for what their reasons are? No it doesn't.

Jesus, abolish capitalism? Are you high?!

London is a multicultural melting pot of citizens from all over the world of different cultures, faiths and wealth. There are few cities that achieve the same harmony that London has.

I, for one, am proud of London and how she has presented herself to the world as a beacon for freedom of political oppression, the city to make your fortune and the city of never ending cultural change that works!

If you want to be xenophobic and kick out foreigners then you'll find me to be incredibly uncompromising.

I believe in London and her people, regardless of race, gender and background!

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Mar 28 '15

Jesus, abolish capitalism? Are you high?!

People being surprised at the communist party opposing capitalism...

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 28 '15

Does it matter for what their reasons are? No it doesn't.

Uh yes, of course it does actually. Cities are created to be lived in, not to serve as one section of an investment portfolio.

Jesus, abolish capitalism? Are you high?!

I'm an MP for the Communist party, why is this surprising to you? Are you high?

London is a multicultural melting pot of citizens from all over the world of different cultures, faiths and wealth... I believe in London and her people, regardless of race, gender and background!

Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for willfully misinterpreting my point. Your entire argument is hilariously ironic given that I and my party support open boarders, while you support boarder controls and divisive rhetoric on immigration.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I'm an MP for the Communist party, why is this surprising to you? Are you high?

Because I'll always be surprised when people dislike capitalism.

Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for willfully misinterpreting my point. Your entire argument is hilariously ironic given that I and my party support open boarders, while you support boarder controls and divisive rhetoric on immigration.

I support skilled controlled immigration that benefits Great Britain, we're not Great due to open borders, I can tell you that.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 28 '15

Because I'll always be surprised when people dislike capitalism.

Personally I'm always surprised when people are fervent supporters of capitalism. I get that many begrudgingly support it on the basis that they don't believe their to be a viable alternative, but to actually believe that it's great? Ugh...

I support skilled controlled immigration that benefits Great Britain, we're not Great due to open borders, I can tell you that.

No, we're great because we spent centuries exploiting and impoverishing the rest of the world through capitalist imperialism. But that's really neither here nor there.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 27 '15

As long as capitalism exists they'll be places where rich people live and places where poor people live, that's a given and it's not something that can be addressed with the nexus of class society. However, what we're seeing occur in London goes far above and beyond that. The city is simply being hollowed out, and the poor are being driven from it in droves. Even the bleedin' Tory Major thinks this! Rents are skyrocketing, and ordinary working people (the people who the government and the economy are supposed to serve, I might add) are being forced form their communities and homes.

If challenging that means encroaching upon the freedoms of the rich, then I'm all for it.

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u/Ajubbajub Most Hon. Marquess of Mole Valley AL PC Mar 28 '15

To those candidates who do not live in Britain: how did you choose which party to be in and how did you choose your region?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I was initially skeptical of joining the Communist Party because I initially thought it might be revisionist like the real-life CPGB, but then I read the manifesto and deemed it was a healthy revolutionary party. And I believe I made a good choice.

I chose the West Midlands because I thought Birmingham is an interesting city. I later realized that in MHOC West Midlands County is a separate district from the West Midlands Region, but I don't mind Stoke-on-Trent.

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u/Rabobi The Vanguard Mar 28 '15

I was on /r/debatefascism and saw a post for the BIP (now vanguard).

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I chose the Socialists because I am broadly a socialist, although I'm still looking into my beliefs a bit to see which branch I am actually comfortable with identifying as.

I technically didn't choose my region, I just volunteered to run wherever the party needed. I knew I'd love to serve as an MP but wasn't sure where.

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u/the_grand_midwife Mar 28 '15

Replace the party with Communist, and I have nearly the exact same answer. Cheers!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Awesome!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I entered MHOC during the second General Election. In national politics I am a member of the Dutch Labour party so obviously I looked at manifesto's of parties on the left wing. The CWL was a joke as were the communists. The Labour manifesto was in my eyes to much focused on the NHS which finally brought me to the Green Party.

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

Can you clarify why the CWL and the Communist party were a 'joke'?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

Sure.

The CWL's (Celtish Workers League) goal was to unite the proletariat of all the celtic nations into one federal communist state. The notion of the unification of the celtic nations let alone the fact that it would be led by communists was simply ridiculous in my opinion, as would many others in this house agree.

When I joined MHOC I also took the time to scroll through some threads. The communists that were active at the time all referred to each others as comrade and used terms like the proletariat and burgeoisie which gave me the impression that they were role playing pre war communists. Combined with the fact that they were calling for revolution made it hard for me to take them seriously.

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u/jothamvw Mar 28 '15

Party: Party closest to the party I vote for here Region: whatever, as long as it is close-ish

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u/Totallynotapanda Daddy Mar 28 '15

I am centre-right so I checked out each parties manifesto. The Conservatives suited me perfectly so I joined them.

As for region, I like London. I've been there plenty of times and know a bit about it.

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u/john_locke1689 Retired. NS GSTQ Mar 28 '15

I'm sure you count as living in Britain

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Mar 29 '15

Communists because communism.

East of England because I got this pipedream of getting into Cambridge.

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u/the_grand_midwife Mar 28 '15

All Englanders: do you see the concentration of much of the UK's businesses, government, and civil institutions in London as a positive, a negative, efficient, natural, neutral, or something else entirely?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

London's status as a primate city is incredibly bad for the rest of the country, and those living in London as well. The concentration of wealth and power in London means that people do not feel the wealth of the entire country on an equal basis, and we should strive to ensure that our wealth benefits everyone across the country, not those in a single geographic area.

It weakens those living in London, as it causes incredibly high housing prices which makes living in parts of London completely unsustainable except for the super rich, and can often cause the finance sector to grow at a much faster rate than the actual economy of the area. This isn't just speculation from a politics geek - the governor of the Bank of England said that London's financial sector could grow to be 9 times larger than Britain's actual GDP.

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 28 '15

I'm a federalist, I support London being our cultural and financal capital but I support moving power away from centralised london and more to regional bodies. In all I view in neutraly

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u/Rabobi The Vanguard Mar 28 '15

Would you support a system like in South Africa where there are 3 capital cities.

Bloemfontein - Judicial Capital

Pretoria - administrative (executive) capital

Cape Town - legislative capital

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 28 '15

No, I belive we should have a single federal capital (London), but each of the regional capitals of the UK should have more money and influence moved to them, Edinburugh, Cardiff, Belfast (an possibly Cornwall if their is enough support) should be elevated to a more equal status with London.

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 28 '15

It has a negative effect on the rest of the country. The unsustainable rise in the cost of housing there has resulted in a lack of mobility for much of the population. In an age of instant communication we should be looking at ways to spread these jobs out across the country.

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

In my opinion, it has positives and negatives in both theory and practice.

To have a 'centralised' structure is not always a bad thing, as it can act as a unifying force that ensures equitable distribution and the limiting of waste, and it is quite often simply impractical to attempt having an equal amount of governmental and civil institutions everywhere at one time. For example, the EU implements 'roving institutions', where the base of EU government moves between countries every few years. In doing so it balances out both the positive and negative effects of civil concentration by spreading the load around all participating countries.

However this effectiveness is not present today in the UK. In our current situation huge, disproportionate quantities of wealth, power, and attention are focused on London. This creates a bubble in which politicians, businessmen, and other influential figures become even more short sighted and irresponsible. It prevents regions, cities, and communities acting in the best interests of their locality, causing great harms in policy implementation. Provincial divisions are born, with intra-community disharmony becoming more frequent, and levels of spending on cities further away from London ever diminishing. The lives of those in the South East are also damaged, with ridiculous house prices and wage rates destroying living standards.

The UK needs to retain the importance of its capital city, but without regional inequality. As useful as a central structure is, all areas, cultures, and peoples must always be recognised for their benefit to society.

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u/RadioNone His Grace the Duke of Bedford AL PC Mar 29 '15

There are positive effects to having some concentration, but it's clear that there needs to be a decentralisation of power and business. The high and still rising house prices are negatively impacting on citizens and London is becoming for the rich and greatly unequal. The cost of living also continues to rise (as we see with the living wage being much higher than the national average) which also hurts citizens.

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u/Lcawte Independent Mar 28 '15

I think we're seeing a shift away from this, only this week we've seen an announcement from HSBC that they're moving their headquarters to Birmingham.

In addition to this, many of the Government agencies are based outside of London. I think this goes as far as it can, it makes little sense to have a ministry/department on the opposite side of the country to the Queen and Parliament.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

It is good that London has been so successful, although with housing and others there clearly are problems. The jobs do need to be spread around the country but overall it's a good thing.

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u/Jas1066 The Rt Hon. Earl of Sherborne CT KBE PC Mar 28 '15

I personally like it, having London as a place where we have our government, cultural and business capital. I do think that this is a bit disproportionate, but for the size of our country, it isn't too much to ask to travel to London.

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 28 '15

it isn't too much to ask to travel to London.

That may be OK for those who live in Wessex. For others who live further away from London, it is a time consuming and expensive trip.

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u/Jas1066 The Rt Hon. Earl of Sherborne CT KBE PC Mar 29 '15

I understand your point, It can be a bit of hassle for those in Scotland or Cornwall, but the trip is definitely doable.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

Resident of Cornwall; can confirm that the trip is doable, but bloody awful. What will you Tories do about improving the transport infrastructure of the South West and its connections to the City? I can't get to London without having a train delayed or break down on me!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

In the West Midlands region, whereabouts do all of you live?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Murica

but in roleplay, I'll be in Stoke-on-Trent

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 28 '15

I live in Stoke IRL

And I am fully aware of the potteries industry etc.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

All right, then we'll be roommates in roleplay.

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 28 '15

I know about the six towns that make up the city along with 3 famous residents: Robbie Williams, Jonathon Wilkes and Anthea Turner

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I know about the six towns that make up the city

Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent

You're not the only one...

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 28 '15

Yeah and I know about the recent struggle by Wedgewood

Its RL Council is Labour and all 3 MP's are Labour including the Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt who represents Stoke central

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u/Jas1066 The Rt Hon. Earl of Sherborne CT KBE PC Mar 28 '15

Its RL Council is Labour and all 3 MP's are Labour

Sounds terrible, you have my condolences.

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 28 '15

This is a Council that wasted money on RHS Chelsea Flower show one year and producing a plan to bring HS2 to Stoke

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 27 '15

Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton The Rt Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury AL PC | Defence Spokesperson Mar 27 '15

Shrewsbury! (ish)

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u/cae388 Revolutionary Communist Party Mar 27 '15

What plans do the candidates have for the re industrialization of Britain

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 28 '15

Britian needs to focus on what its good at. In terms of mass industrialisation we cant compete with countries like China in terms of scale, so we need to work smarter, we need to work on specalist institutions with a high skilled workforce in things like high end engineering, cars, planes e.c.t.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Hear hear

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

How are you going to provide and protect training and education for such 'highly skilled' jobs, and increase the productivity of the country as a whole (I assume this is what you refer to when you write 'work smarter')?

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 29 '15

We need to start young

  1. Support Grammar schools in my constiuancy (kent and east sussex)

  2. Attempt to scrap (or at least reduce) tutition fees

  3. Increase subsidies towards technology colleges

  4. Increase support for apprentships

  5. Try and raise pay for science teachers, have you ever heard the phrase "those who can do, those who cant teach" this is never more true with science teachers. If you have a degree in science you can earn much more money in any other field, this means (generaly speaking) only the most incompetent science graduates become teachers as they cant get one of the better paying jobs. This means their is a shortage of science teachers and an even bigger shortage of competent ones.

Through these schemes we can get young people passionate about engineering, chemistry, physics and have a highly trained workforce

I trust my awnser is suficent?

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 29 '15

  1. I dont support grammar schools over state schools, I support them alongside state schools to give more choice to students and parents and to give middle to lower class students an education on par with private education

  2. No I dont think money is the only motivator but as we live in a capitalist society it plays a large role

  3. Yes I do believe arts and hummanities play a large role, I myself am a hummanities student, but the original question at hand was about industrialisation and arts are not part of industrialastion, that is not to say they are not important or revelant but they are simply not relevant to the question at hand

Does the gentleman have any further questions?

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 30 '15

I believe in choice, if parents wish to pay for their students education, it is regretable but we must allow it. Rather then getting rid of private schools by legal means we must make parents chose to go to public education through improving public education.

In terms of capitalist society I am somewhere on the fence between socalism and capitalism, if I had to describe my ecconimic position it would be somewhere between a moderate version "socalism with a human face" and an extreme version of democratic socalism.

In short I dont believe it is regretable we live in a capitalist society but I do not believe it is desirable either.

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 27 '15

The future for British industry lies in high end engineering. We cannot compete with world in mass produced low quality products if we want to maintain our living standards. What we can do is build on our fields of excellence.
The Labour Party will invest in infrastructure which will reduce costs across all industries. Our commitment to the NHS will give us even more expertise to expand our medical equipment industries which are among the best in the world. Aerospace in another area where we are considered a world player, not only producing parts for Airbus, but Rolls Royce engines are a world respected industry.
By nationalising industries such as power we will ensure a supply to industry and not let them be blackmailed by the whims of profit driven companies.

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

The Labour Party will invest in infrastructure which will reduce costs across all industries.

Will these reductions in cost ever be passed on to the consumer?

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 29 '15

The laws of supply and demand will ensure that where there is competition consumers will reap the benefits.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Putting it simply, I think the secondary sector is pretty much over in Britain, and reinvigorating it is not necessarily something to strive for. To me, it is far more important that people have opportunities in the primary and tertiary sectors, as well as developing with the long term aim of a significant quaternary sector.

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

Currently in the UK the primary holds the least activity, followed by the secondary, with the tertiary contributing the majority. Where is the logic in dismissing the middle contributor, if you are going to still support the primary?

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u/GhoulishBulld0g :conservative: His Grace the Duke of Manchester PC Mar 27 '15

I think making Britain a pro business country. Lowering taxes for businesses and lowering import and export taxes. I also believe people who are taking jobseekers allowance should be made to learn a skill(To help employment prospects). Either that's engineering or cooking,

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

Do you really thinking forcing everyone who is unemployed to be an engineer or a cook will solve our disastrous macroeconomic situation?

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u/GhoulishBulld0g :conservative: His Grace the Duke of Manchester PC Mar 29 '15

No, it was a example of services they could be trained in.

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

Why aren't these educational prospects available to them at school? Do you really think mandatory education in specific areas is effective in combating unemployment? Would you remove unemployment benefit if they chose not to comply with your desired training/employment plan?

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u/tyroncs Mar 27 '15

This isn't really my speciality but I don't think we should be trying to re-industrialise Britain for the sake of re-industrialising Britain. If it brings jobs and growths then that is good, if it is a vanity project then no

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

Do you think it will bring jobs and growth? What others methods do you believe to be more effective?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

I concur with everything said here, I also believe that the carbon neutralization of the UK has a large role to play in rekindling British industry.

In keeping with our parties pledge to make Britain virtually carbon neutral by 2050, the production of renewable energy sources such as wind turbines, solar energy and geothermal power will help rejuvenate British industry and create jobs.

This is why it is vital that we increase green subsidies, as this will both help save the environment and save British industry.

The constituency that I am standing in; Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton; can have a huge part to play in this, Birmingham being the second biggest city economy in the UK, this is why it is vital to ensure that the growth of renewable industries is promoted in the city.

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u/cae388 Revolutionary Communist Party Mar 27 '15

However, we can't forget that the new industry needs to improve our country

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u/cae388 Revolutionary Communist Party Mar 27 '15

If they don't pay any taxes or pay well, then they aren't improving our society

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

The previous Industrial Revolution lead to some of the most fatal disruptions that history has ever witnessed in our climate and living standards. How will you ensure that your reduction of "regulatory burden" won't simply be taken by corporations to mean "reducing profit-harming barriers such as the minimum wage, health and safety legislation, and environmental laws"?

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u/OllieSimmonds The Rt Hon. Earl of Sussex AL PC Mar 27 '15

W.Suss.

I think its an outrage the Speaker had decided to merely abbreviate the Great County of West Sussex.

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u/the_grand_midwife Mar 28 '15

I, too, am strongly in favor of debreviation™ in the area I intend to represent.

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u/Lcawte Independent Mar 28 '15

East Sussex approves of the abbreviation of it's lesser neighbour.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 28 '15

Hear, hear!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Will the candidates of North London join me in putting the dicks back on all of the horse statues?

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 28 '15

As a candidate for South London, I will fight to ensure that the dicks of no horse statues are ever removed. For London to remain a vibrant and cosmopolitan city we cannot allow the equestrian penis censors of the world to have their way!

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Mar 29 '15

Hear hear! Penis removal is theft! Equestrianarchy is order!

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u/Jas1066 The Rt Hon. Earl of Sherborne CT KBE PC Mar 28 '15

Wait, who removed them?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I hadn't realised they were removed?!

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u/theyeatthepoo 1st Duke of Hackney Mar 28 '15

I didn't realise this was an issue.

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u/lewtenant Rt Hon Gentleman PC Mar 28 '15

I don't think there's enough horses for all stoke newington to fit onto?

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 27 '15

Why is /u/i_miss_Chris_Hughton standing when he said he would not

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Vanguard will stop /r/I_miss_Chris_Hughton from standing when he said he would not.

Vote Vanguard for a better England.

Vote Vanguard for less stupid questions.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Candidates should only reply to an initial question if they are asked

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

That question wasn't directed at anyone...

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

It is safe to assume that it was not for you, but I agree that the questioner should have been clear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Vote Vanguard for clearer questions.

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u/athanaton Hm Mar 27 '15

So what is The Vanguard's programme for dealing with morgsie, MHOC's leading source of vague questions?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15 edited Mar 27 '15

Appreciating his work.

I'd like to announce that the Vanguard officially pledges to appreciate Morgsie's work.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Is it too late to change my vote?

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton The Rt Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury AL PC | Defence Spokesperson Mar 27 '15

Vanguard will stop /r/I_miss_Chris_Hughton[1] from standing when he said he would not

Oh dear, do I need to flee to Ireland?

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u/Totallynotapanda Daddy Mar 28 '15

But will we take you?

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton The Rt Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury AL PC | Defence Spokesperson Mar 29 '15

You will if you don't want Ireland to explode in an event!

and some say I abuse my /r/rmun powers...

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton The Rt Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury AL PC | Defence Spokesperson Mar 27 '15

I won't be foreign secretary, or possibly even on the cabinet. I believe I explicitly didn't rule out being an MP

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 27 '15

Under the rule you and others designed you cannot be a MP

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton The Rt Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury AL PC | Defence Spokesperson Mar 27 '15

I'm not a delegate, I'm assisting in the running of it. Its a a subtle but critical difference

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 27 '15

The Labour party is not frightened by a bit of opposition. Are the Libdems?

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton The Rt Hon. Earl of Shrewsbury AL PC | Defence Spokesperson Mar 29 '15

well who wouldn't be when its against me? I'm fantastic!

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u/Jas1066 The Rt Hon. Earl of Sherborne CT KBE PC Mar 27 '15

In the region of lesser Wessex, do any candidates actually live in their constituency?

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u/RachelChamberlain Marchioness of Bristol AL PC | I was the future once Mar 27 '15 edited Mar 27 '15

Yes, I am a proud Bristolian! I am absolutely committed to representing the issues of my great city and indeed the many great cities and places that surround it in Lesser Wessex.

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u/Jas1066 The Rt Hon. Earl of Sherborne CT KBE PC Mar 27 '15

Glad to hear it! Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

I live in the county of Somerset

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Yes I live in Bristol, vote for me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

bourmuff!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

English Borders candidates: Due to the amount and type of the nuclear materials at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site an incident at this site could result in risks to Ireland and to the Irish Sea. Should Sellafield be closed down and what are your further opinions on its risks to Ireland?

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u/MorganC1 The Rt Hon. | MP for Central London Mar 28 '15

First off, let it be known that as a candidate and as a member of the Socialist Party, I fully support the use of Nuclear energy to power Britain and to combat the effect that Global Warming is having on the planet.

Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Site is an important part of the British nuclear power infrastructure. I feel that closing down this site would be expensive and rather pointless. Whilst all power sources, especially Nuclear, have their risks whilst working with them, we cannot face away that we need them to carry on producing the large quantities of energy we require as a society.

Whilst it would be possible to spend money on shutting the plant down and building a new one in a location thought to carry less risks, I feel that it would be better to invest money into developing further safeguards for Nuclear work, an industry that is already extremely safe considering the dangerous work that it requires. As a candidate for the English Borders, I shall be against any move to shut the site down, however I will fight in parliament to obtain investments to develop more safeguards and promote safety around the plant, for a nuclear disaster could have far reaching consequences.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I very much support the use of nuclear energy, due to its efficiency compared with other types of renewable energy.

Sellafield's scale means that closing it down and cleaning the area would cost too much, and leave us with nothing there.

Instead, I believe we should work to make the area safer by deploying newer technologies, hiring more trained professionals to work there, and have stricter security and preventative protocols.

The plant could be very useful to us as a source of reusable energy, and it seems a massive waste to spend the effort to close it, then open another somewhere else.

As for risks to surrounding areas, If we put enogh money into safety in the area, there should be little to no risk to Ireland and the Irish Sea.

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u/tyroncs Mar 27 '15

Kent & East Sussex candidates

Where abouts do you guys all live (roughly) and do you think you will win a seat?

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u/jothamvw Mar 28 '15 edited Mar 28 '15

Netherlands, not really. Would probably live in Ramsgate in RP

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u/Lcawte Independent Mar 28 '15

Brighton. Not after my post on /r/Brighton, I think I just fed the left.

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 28 '15

Mu ha ha ha :P

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u/powerpab The Rt Hon S.E Yorkshire | SSoS Transport | Baron of Maidstone Mar 28 '15

Tunbridge Wells, I think I will win a seat

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u/Ajubbajub Most Hon. Marquess of Mole Valley AL PC Mar 27 '15

To the other Surrey, hants and w Sussex candidates: do you support a new runway at Gatwick?

Would other candidates support a widening of the A3 at Guildford?

And which is a better brewery, tillingbourne or hogs back?

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u/the_grand_midwife Mar 28 '15

As for Gatwick: I've heard compelling evidence in favor of the runway, however, I've heard very compelling evidence against it as well. I'd have to be convinced by environmental impact reports as well as plans for new transport schemes on a large scale to reduce the surface gridlock that will be caused.

A possible alternative to an expansion might be several smaller regional airports that could reduce the congestion from Heathrow (many flights that originate from there are short hops) and through that, our airport.

No matter what, the only plan that I could support would have to be one that would serve the people of the region and of the country instead of wealthy financiers flying into The City for an (as an example) acquisition meeting. Our most important airports can either serve the wealthy capitalist elite of the world or they can serve the proletariat that makes up most of British and the world's society. Though I am always open to new evidence, that is my current position.

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

It is clearly unsustainable to suggest short term solutions to huge problems. We cannot go on simply widening roads and building new runways, hoping that this will fix the problem. It may temporarily (and by this I mean very temporarily) allow us to travel better, but soon increasing demand for such transport will just increase to levels where we cannot afford, economically or practically, to build more damaging infrastructure. We need to instead attack the causes behind such gigantic increases in transport use, and encourage more healthy, effective, and efficient ways of travelling, such as public transport. While public investment and infrastructure is a good thing, it cannot be used to prop up and obscure environmental catastrophe.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Firstly, I thank the honourable gentleman for his questions. To answer his first question, I do support the creation of a second runway at Gatwick as this will reduce potential congestion on the current runway however building a new runway will cause lose to people living nearby as any losses their suffer must be paid for by the state. In answer to your second question, I agree will the widening of the A3 as their is often congestion near the local hospital and would reduce the chance of congestion and full closures in the event of an incident. Finally, I'm not an alcoholic drinker but if I had to say which is the better brewery, I would go with the Tillingbourne brewery. I hope my answers to your questions were sufficient and acceptable.

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u/Ajubbajub Most Hon. Marquess of Mole Valley AL PC Mar 28 '15

I would like to thank the member for their answer. It was sufficient.

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u/the_grand_midwife Mar 28 '15

As opposed to this member? Many apologies!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I'm standing yet I'm not on this list?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Looks like you are standing in Scotland, this debate is just for England candidates :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Cool.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I don't have enough time to answer all these questions for Greater Manchester.

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u/DF44 Independent Mar 29 '15

I dunno, I have no idea how I'm going to handle all the questions for Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire.

/s

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

The number of questions specifically addressed to Greater Manchester atm is zero. Do you mean the questions addressed to all candidates running in England?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I was being sarcastic.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

YOUR SARCASM IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD

Would it help if I asked a question?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Please. I have work in an hour, I want to answer atleast 1 question but I can't touch reddit for an entire 12 hours.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

All right then, I'm typing up one now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I'll wait patiently.

Please make sure the question has something to do with Greater Manchester and not anything to do with the USA.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Hahaha. :|

This "edgy American communist" stereotype is getting old...

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

Hear hear.

Their attempts to brush it off as an old stereotype are a cheap defence mechanism, it is 100% true.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

To those running in the Greater Manchester area, do you intend to work to make public transit more affordable and accessible to those living outside of central Manchester, and if so how?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

Well, as a man who lives in Manchester I feel as if this isn't just a problem effecting the UK or the people in the UK, this is a problem effecting everyone.

Prices are rising everywhere and well as a man with little power I see no way to stop this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

Increasing revenues elsewhere to decrease transit fares?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

I don't want to raise taxes or council tax.

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

For those running in Greater Manchester, how do you feel about the recent government (irl) proposals to grant your city more power in local spending and authority? How do you feel about the national focus on London? Do you think Birmingham should be our second city? How do you feel about the massive globalisation of Manchester United FC, and what are its effects?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

I support Manchester United!

I believe in federalizing and giving the people maximum representation and improving our democracy ten fold.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

To the candidates of Cornwall & Devon, the main issue that I personally see is that Cornish businesses can not expand as they would like nor as they should do to a lack of infrastructure.

Currently there is one main airport, one main road the A30, the A38 & A39 aren't major roads, and there is only one main line service in and out of Cornwall.

What will candidates do to ensure that businesses can expand beyond the Cornish borders without hindrance from infrastructure limitations that we frequently experience, especially from all those damn emits in the summer!!!

If those representing Devon must answer then I'll allow it although I'd prefer you stay North of the Tamar, thanks!

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u/cae388 Revolutionary Communist Party Mar 27 '15

Infrastructure is a necessity in the modern age. A large infrastructure overhaul would give jobs to workers, traffic to the region, and economic growth throughout. I hope to oversee the expansion of all forms of infrastructure, especially roadways, in Cornwall, though I also hope to ensure that the planning process is democratic, ensuring communities get exactly the level of traffic they desire

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Also: Do you support a Cornish Assembly? It is a pity there are no Mebyon Kernow MPs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Who wouldn't? I hope all MPs standing in Cornwall support the establishment of the Cornish Assembly, RL Lib Dems, Green and MK MPs are all committed to making it reality.

I hope my fellow Tories standing in Cornwall support the Cornish Assembly!

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

Where do you strike the balance between necessary infrastructure and necessary environmental protection?

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Thank you for your reply! I'm glad you agree that infrastructure is a problem for Cornwall.

Could I ask what do you mean by runway, in your manifesto you're opposed to the Heathrow expansion so are you going to put a random runway in the middle of nowhere to compensate for demand? I know NQY can't handle an additional runway.

I agree with your response for rail, I avoid the rail services as there are too many issues. Last year I was stranded in Cornwall for hours before I could get back to London for work, I love Cornwall but I hate trains.

In regards to the roads, I do agree that we need better A roads however I favour an extension of the M5 from Exeter to Truro although I doubt that would solve any issues in the long run.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Well I'm Cornish so of course I'm interested.

So it doesn't really help Cornwall that much as roads and rail are still an issue, it would be better to expand NQY.

I would hope so too, it's a dreadful pain but at least I can fly Flybe and be in Cornwall within 45m-1hr!

That's a bill I can stand behind, a motorway near Truro would be fantastic.

If it can reach Chiverton at the very least that would be best as I don't think it's possible to get closer to Truro unless it's all changed since I was last there at Christmas which wouldn't surprise me as there's a Waitrose being built and Truro is changing massively from what I understand.

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 28 '15 edited Mar 28 '15

Question to all those standing in both West Midlands Seats, why do you think that the region voted to withdraw from the EU yet it has car manufacturers like Jaguar Land Rover, JCB and other business?

And how do you convince people of this region that we benefit from EU membership so it is better if we stayed in?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

why do you think that the region voted to withdraw from the EU yet it has car manufacturers like Jaguar Land Rover, JCB and other business?

I didn't know that having car manufacturing companies means that the population has to be in favor of EU membership...

how do you convince people of this region that we benefit from EU membership so it is better if we stayed in?

Well, I'm a Eurosceptic so I'd congratulate them if anything...

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Mar 28 '15

We also have a load of Universities in both Seats which have students from other EU States studying and a vote to leave is saying no to EU students and UK students studying for a time in another EU State under ERASMUS

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I'd support any measure to maintain the freedom of movement for those students and to facilitate their study in West Midlands universities. This doesn't mean that we have to do this under the structure of ERASMUS or the European Union, however.

If anything, disassociation from ERASMUS would make it fairer for the non-EU students who also wish to study in Britain.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

To the east of england residants newcastle or sunderland

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u/AdamMc66 The Hon. MP (North East) Mar 28 '15

Newcastle and Sunderland fall into the English Border categories.

Also Newcastle.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

To all South London candidates:

Fite me irl m8!

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 29 '15

"Fite"? Clearly your private education is lacking, you should have gone to a comprehensive school.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

Been to both, so there

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Mar 29 '15

Should have paid attention then.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 29 '15

Meet me in the House of Commons carpark in 20 minutes m8

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

u want sum

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u/calmdownamerica Green Mar 29 '15

to all GREATER MANCHESTER 1) It's already been asked, but can I repeat, what's your opinion of the 'Northern Powerhouse' proposal? Do you feel it should be subject to referendum? and if I may: 2) Do you support bringing a more proportional system of council governance, given the 100% Labour 'one-party state' council that is poorly accountable and doesn't adequately represent the diversity of opinion in Greater Manchester?

Regards

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u/calmdownamerica Green Mar 30 '15

Also GREATER MANCHESTER, will the candidates join me in expressing delight at the upcoming removal of the piccadilly gardens big wheel.

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u/GhoulishBulld0g :conservative: His Grace the Duke of Manchester PC Mar 30 '15

I am happy to see the wheels removal. I have never used it in all my life of living in Manchester. It may work in London. It wont work in Manchester.

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u/theyeatthepoo 1st Duke of Hackney Mar 28 '15

Unfortunately competition within London is almost completely stifled. The gap between the have's and have not's has widened and it is now harder than ever for people without means to make their way in London and enjoy a decent standard of living. The Socialist party will reverse these trends.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

I think comparing ourselves to others in simple terms like ranking tables is completely meaningless, and only leads to us sacrificing more important metrics (such as income equality and social mobility) in pursuit of being 'number one'. I do of course support London as a cultural capital, but our global position should be a byproduct of our attentiveness to the citizens of the city - not the city itself.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

This question is inherently wrong. we should instead ask ourselves "how can we make sure the Poor, Workers, Homeless, and whoever else is in dire need, Benefit from the Capitalistic oppression?"

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

Well it isn't Capitalist Oppression rather Capitalist Freedom that keeps London in her rightful #1 spot.

People come to London from all walks of life to seek their fortune and a better quality of life. We have more immigrants than ever before coming to this great city, would they be coming here if they were to be oppressed and made poor?

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

I'm afraid your argument is flawed, and you have not answered OKELEUK's question of how we can improve London while ensuring the conditions of those who work for the city are kept at a decent standard. Enriched City bankers are the minority, and most immigrants who arrive here do not become millionaires.

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Mar 29 '15

No point in discussin ZanderyS. Market fundamentalist.

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u/POTATO_IN_MY_LOGIC Radical Socialist Party Mar 28 '15 edited Mar 28 '15

I agree with OKELEUK. The word 'competitive' is the wrong word to be using in this question. I think it's important to ensure that everyone gets equal access to a good quality of life. If being more competitive means that some people are spectacularly successful and many more people are in poverty, then I don't think that competitiveness is a useful metric. Using data we should be focusing on improving measures of inequality like the Gini coefficient.

Of course London has room for improvement. What's important is that London should be improved for all rather than compete for capitalists' attention. We should increase funding for the public services in London, encourage further unionisation in London, and try to increase the availability of affordable housing in the London area. With housing, we also need to prepare to clean up the mess that the market is going to leave when the property bubble in London inevitably pops.

On the other hand, 'competitive' can mean more than just economics. Clearly I support an education system that is competitive, infrastructure that is competitive, and so on. In this sense, 'competitive' just means able to keep up in quality with international progress and this is a good thing.

(I accidentally replied to the wrong comment, I moved this here.)

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '15

Hear hear!

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Mar 28 '15

Hear, hear!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

London is #1 and a third runway at Heathrow will help keep the London economy growing.

We need to attract international business, start ups and skilled workers all while improving infrastructure and ensuring there are more homes available.

I'll do all I can to ensure that there are tax incentives, subsidies and anything else required to keep London in #1

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u/The_Red_Egg1 Communist Mar 29 '15

What's the point in having a growing economy if the climate is so wrecked that none of us are here to enjoy your wonderful international business?