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By The Field
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
The General Election: To safeguard rural life take a look at the list of MPs we need to vote out at the election on May 6th
MPs are fond of crowing about their "mandate" as elected representatives of the country. Apparently they are here to serve, to execute the public's will. That mandate has been in danger of being
represented as some kind of "get out of jail free" card to protect some MPs as they build (and switch) houses around the monopoly board, collecting "two hundred pounds" as they are chauffeured backwards and forwards past GO and driving the country round the U-bend.
Their greatest trick of all is to persuade the country at large that there is really no point in making a fuss, that we can't do anything about it, certainly any better, and it probably doesn't matter much anyway. The governance of Great Britain does matter and it is high time that politicians were shown that the general public has a vote - and a voice - even in the countryside.
The stench emanating from Westminster may well be reminiscent of the tragic odour of burning stock that punished the countryside during foot and mouth but something can be done about the Honourable Members' metaphorical pong. The countryside in general and agricultural and sporting interests in particular have been treated with contempt and we must ensure that there are political consequences.
Opposite is a list of those MPs who have repeatedly used their position to put the urban boot into rural life by sup-porting the Hunting Act and signing up to potentially damaging Early Day Motions relating to shooting, snares and hunting. Let local candidates know that your vote is affected by countryside issues and use that vote to effect change.
Make sure that you are registered to vote, are able to get to the polling station or have organised a postal vote. This time there can be no excuses for not making ourselves heard.
To find out how you can help visit www.vote-ok.co.uk
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