Why? If they are being replaced with just another socialist trough feeder then by keeping Gordo in we save on at least one PMs salary and pension. It will show the competition that they need to be different. Plus having Gordo in for another term will bring more of the masses to awareness. Salt the earth.

How do we know they are ProEU or not? We look at their voting records on free votes and we ask them when in doubt. If they go against while in the seat we simply vote against them next time.

btw: We need to do something about making manifesto pledges binding. OK, OK, I know that things change but still it should be looked at as there must be a compromise.

“Keeping Brown’s lot out is the first priority.”

You’ve got to get Brown’s lot out before you can keep Brown’s lot out.

Agreed, but the question is how? I suggest by rising above, appealing over the heads of the parties on grounds of populism and nationalism of a kind capable of touching the hearts of people whether they’re rightwing or leftwing or neither.

As a libertarian, I despise new laws that take from my meagre store of freedom and add to the ever more bulging treasury of tyrannical state prerogative.

As an ordinary person, I am constantly enraged by the mess that has been made of our criminal justice system.

Both of these problems are caused and perpetuated by the parties that dominate the so-called Parliament.

As for the first, all parties claim to believe in individual rights, but I want something in writing, because they’re untrustworthy sons-of-bitches.

On the second I propose a massive reduction of the criminal law, back to its barest bones, with straightforward sentencing of the convicted with regard to necessary punishment and the protection of the public.

Individual rights must be guaranteed, the criminal law must be simple and effective, these are my demands, of any government that wishes to be considered legitimate in my eyes.

As far as national percentages go in the community, well, the polls have been conducted, haven’t they? Labour’s knackered. I live in a Labour area and many are going sideways. They’ll never go Tory [the enemy] but they say they’ll not vote Labour – these are traditionalists.

The issues they cite are the same ones we cite. There is quite a body of that opinion in the community and about 30% who are in dreamland and still think Labour is a neat idea and Blair is wonderful.

I suppose it just seems ridiculous to me that I think the same way as many other fellow bloggers and yet we’re split over three parties. We really can take Britain back – even Tim Worstall says that.

I will vote EUsceptic though, but I’d hate for my vote to be wasted if there’s more than one splitting the vote.

This all falls down when there are only three boxes to tick on the ballot because nobody else is standing. the big three have tied it up this way for decades. We simply need to get away from party politics.

James has ideas for the policy of a party in here but we don’t need any policies at all. We only need to repeal the ones put in place and I’ve suggested before we should repeal every one put in place since this lot took over. Every one. That alone would be of benefit to the country. Then looking at every one after that and repealing them if necessary.

A coalition, in effect a hung parliament, would therefor only agree on what was good for the majority. Not a dictator like Gordo or cameron. It could then look at reducing the size of the state. LPUK have a good policy here. Just get rid of everything outside core requirements.

The business side, when freed, would look after itself and it would be told, no bailouts.

Now the election after that will be interesting.