The Brexit Party
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brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
AFAIK that still leaves your name & address on the 'full register' that parties have access to for direct mailing.
Just saying.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
get a picture and post it up
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
AFAIK that still leaves your name & address on the 'full register' that parties have access to for direct mailing.
Just saying.
Looks like but still useful reminder.
As part of the dodgy accounting some parties like to buy their mailings after all.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I didn't think parties could contact you directly by name if you opted out of the open register. I thought that was for official business and polling cards etc.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
They can, they have full access to the electoral register, in order to send election addresses.
Fuck, beaten to it by Pickman's model, the cunt.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
That's annoying.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Strange bedfellows The Brexit Party, the RCP and the Brighton bomb
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
Nah, not really, not when you think about the RCP.
I have been thinking about the red brown tinge among some Brexit party candidates though and wondering about the image of the Brexit party so far. They haven't just taken the lions share of the vote from UKIP, UKIP have collapsed in the polls. I know they've not got resources but they have massive name recognition, those polls to me suggest virtually all UKIP voters will switch to BP. What do they like better about it?
It can't be Farage. Obviously. Can it?
andysays
Love and solidarity
Why can't it be Farage, or at least why can't he, and his own huge personal name recognition, etc, at least be a significant factor?
Like it or not, if one individual personifies Brexit in the minds of most British voters, it's Farage.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Yep, the Farage brand is stronger than UKIP or the Brexit Party.
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
UKIPs obvious racism and TR associations are a put off for many Brexit supporters. Had there been no BP maybe a few more could vote UKIP but Farage (and their own behaviour) has isolated them as racist losers. Not an attractive proposition.
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
Fair, it could be a significant factor, perhaps the key reason. I just wondered if it reflected the fact that a lot of people shifted to a pro Brexit party they didn't see as racist.
Think this could be a factor definitely.
It's interesting because the tactic seems to be "vote Labour to stop the racists" and I'm not sure how many people that will chime with. Particularly when you have self professed 'lefties' standing for the BP and its says on the leaflet "left wing Democrats should vote to deliver the referendum result".
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
BIB interesting you posted that, I've just received my BP election address, as well as Farage standing in the south-east, they have a real mix of people, clearly trying hard to appeal across the spectrum.
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
The recognition of Farage is significant. But what is also noteworthy is that the BP emerged, seemingly fully formed, precisely at the time that it became popularly understood that the HoC and others were committed to overturning the result of the referendum either by a re-run or via a process of 'alignment' with the common/single market.
Finally, despite much of the comedy left sneering at its lack of a programme I'd argue that this is its strength and the basis of its appeal to leave voters of all hues. It's the perfect vehicle for mobilization of a massive protest vote.
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eoin_k
Lawyer's fees, beetroot and music
What is so diverse about that lot apart from their ethnicity and gender. Fox's mob have abandoned any pretentions to being left wing decades ago and now take money off the Koch brothers and other corporate interests. One of her comrades went sniffing around the cigarette industry for funding; they've got links to people doing PR for the oil industry etc. Joel Chilaka is an ex-Tory who was involved in a recent attempt to set up a right-wing youth movement based on a succesful US model. Ben Habib is a cambridge educated property developer. June Mummery is the managing director of a fisheries business that either makes grossly inflated claims about its importance in the industry, or files remarkably small returns with Companies House for such a major enterprise. All of which leaves us with Jacob Rees Moggs's sister, a royal marine and another business man...
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Seems the brexit party is not actually a political party. It is registered with the electoral commission, but you can't join, you can only support or donate money.
People are being urged to make gdpr requests about the information they have on you if you received a leaflet. Even the brexit party website doesn't list the electoral register as a reason they might have your contact details or any information about you.
The guidelines are a bit vague, I've seen other wording than quoted above that gives more wiggle room for sure.
Send it to info@thebrexitparty.org and keep the email as proof of the time of posting. If they don't respond in four weeks they get a fine. If nothing else it will keep them busy and maybe cost them money.
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
Viva la resistance, viva!
andysays
Love and solidarity
Turns out they didn't know, because I finally got one today.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
You haven't been targeted.
They have access to the full electoral roll for addressing election communications, as does every registered political party that's standing, and they get one mailing by the Royal Mail for free, the government picks up the bill for that.
It could be that they have filtered out the database to save money, on printing, by only sending one to each address, rather than one for each voter. Or your partner will get it in the next few days, assuming she's on the electoral roll, or it just lost in system.
My oldest niece has received one, and she's in her early 30's.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
You haven't been targeted.
They have access to the full electoral roll for addressing election communications, as does every registered political party that's standing,
Turns out they are not actually a political party though.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Same as the old politics then?
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