The People's Manifesto (Mark Thomas), now standing in Bristol

[muriel_volestrangler]

For any Radio 4 fans - they've go a candidate going!

Kushlick is a great candidate, with a history of campaigning. Readers of the Guardian might recognise his name, as he has written in these pages on the issue of drug prohibition. This is Kushlick's subject, having worked firstly as a drug counsellor before going on to help set up Transform, the advocacy and research foundation working to end the global war on drugs and replace it with an effective, humane and just system of regulation and control. Not surprisingly, his main policy is the legalisation of all drugs, but he has selected four other policies he sees as priorities:


1. The introduction of a Tobin tax (Robin Hood tax) on foreign financial transactions.


2. The Daily Mail should be forced to print on the front of every edition the words: "This is a fictionalised account of the news and any resemblance to the truth is entirely coincidental."


3. There should be a referendum before going to war.


4. MPs should have to wear tabards displaying the names and logos of the companies with which they have a financial relationship, like a racing driver.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/08/political-manifesto-vote-kushlick

[LeftishBrit]

1. I agree with all these - especially No. 2!

[non sociopath skin]

2. I agree it's brilliant ...

... but if people vote for him, which party is likely to benefit in the constituency?

The Skin

[Nihil]

3. Definitely go for #4 ...

... at least let people know how the MPs are *going* to vote rather than
simply how they *say* they will vote ...

[dipsydoodle]

4. I 'd go for 4 too

as well as the others. He more or less paraphrased P.Eye who for simplicity just refer to the Mail as the Daily Lie.