28-04-2010 Bigoted isn’t the half of it!

Today’s appallingly snide comment by our current Prime Minister Gordon Brown in describing a voter as “bigoted” is an unexpectedly overheard but all too typical expression of what the “political class” and especially those currently within the narcissistic, almost solipsistic “Westminster Village” really think about so-called “ordinary” voters.

They are utterly disconnected from the overwhelming majority in this country and they hold us in sheer contempt (they just don’t expect us to hear them talking about it!).  Whilst the Conservatives and Lib Dems will try and make political capital out of this, they are no different.

 That is why it is critical for the very vitality of our democracy that Animals Count is represented on the ballot paper.  We represent genuine concern and consideration for all in our society, including those who are least regarded, most vulnerable and completely at our mercy.

 Our manifesto pledges, our very aims and principles, all demonstrate our sheer commitment to establish compassion and consideration at the heart of politics.  We represent the very reinvention of politics in our country and we the proof that another politics is possible.

 We know, from talking to people, emails we receive and the general buzz on social forums and other Internet sites, that people are – quite rightly – ragingly angry with those so-called “main” political parties, and their failure to represent, or even care about,  our real concerns and hopes for our communities, our society and our world.

 It is so important that we are on the ballot paper as a demonstration that those “main” parties will not go unchallenged, that democracy is alive and kicking in this country, and as proof indeed that not only are there other voices in this democracy but also that those other voices will be heard!

We are a genuinely credible alternative to those “big” parties and everything in our manifesto is practical, achievable and affordable.

 Brown’s “gaffe” is only one demonstration of why those main parties have failed us for decades and shows why they are utterly undeserving of your votes.

 It is time for a new way of doing things.  It is time for Animals Count.