I sent this to my MP recently to express my opinions on the corrupt and malevolent organisation that he represents:
Hi, Andy -- I've seen the video you posted - a good reminder of what Labour has stood for over the years. Ideologically I'm a socialist - I believe that the needs of people and communities matter more than profits and balance sheets. However, I believe that despite the sterling work of parliamentarians like yourself, Labour has displayed a malevolent face in foreign and domestic policy; I only have to think of the machinations of Blair to justify participation in the Iraq war. I think of the phenomenal increase in offences created to criminalise the public (over 4000 since '97) and the brazen encroachment of the surveillance state under the pretext of our national security. And we, the inhabitants of this island, are bracing ourselves for yet more financial hardship because of the irresponsibility of the corporate elite (who I think really run this country). This is not the country my father fought for - in many ways it has become a shoddy playground for party apparatchiks and Common Purpose so-called graduates in national and local areas of government. And why did Peter Mandelson say that we are in a 'post-democratic era'? The reason is that ordinary people don't matter - and have been disenfranchised from the really big decisions that matter to us all, eg the Lisbon Treaty.
Andy - I respect you and believe that you're doing a really good job. But I don't want to vote for a party that has sold its soul to the corporate establishment, and until Labour starts to demonstrate that it represents the public rather than the political elite, I will be a disaffected voter.
Regards
Dave Faulks
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