Seagulls Party

[sully]

Can't believe I can't see this on here.

From the club website:

A new political party, the Seagulls Party, has been launched this afternoon at a press conference in Lewes.The new party is registered with the Electoral Commission and intends to field candidates at future elections. Other objectives include political campaigning in support of the proposed Community Stadium at Falmer. Leader of the Seagulls Party, Paul Samrah said, "With the new round of council elections less than a year away, we believe the time is right for the launch of this new political party."Recent developments - including selective photo editing in council publications - have brought Lewes District Council's integrity into question. In particular, the continued obduracy of the council and their complete disregard for the view of thousands of local residents has led us to take this action."We have strong support right across the Lewes District, from Newick to Newhaven and from Seaford to Saltdean - evidenced last December by over 5,000 Lewes District residents signing a petition in less than a week."Make no mistake, we are very serious in our aims. Anyone looking for a precedent need look no further than the Valley Party which 15 years ago attracted over 14,000 votes in favour of a local stadium, when it fought local elections in south east London."

 

[Edward Scissorhands]

Good move.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Vote Seagulls! Terrible state of affairs that it's needed anyway, of course, but if it gets ONE of those revolting horrible scumbags out of office, then I've no doubt it's a very fine thing to be doing.

 

[Hiney]

Excellent - assume this was the Falmer-related thing Lord B was talking about last week.

This is a very positive move

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Samrah

 

[Titanic]

Hit them where is hurts... their VANITY and their EXPENSE accounts.

Top job

 

[Basil Fawlty]

This is a great move.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

I would have preferred the name 'Stadium Party', as we will be asking the electorate to vote for a community stadium, not a football club.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

When I first opened this thread, I thought it was something to do with the Seagulls Club Party.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Excellent - assume this was the Falmer-related thing Lord B was talking about last week.

It is

 

[Superphil]

It is a shame that it has come to this, politics should not be hijacked this way, but with those cretins in power this may be the only way to get rid of them.

All the best Paul, I'm sure you'll make it have an impact, and to everyone who used NSC and lives in the Lewes area, you have to get them elected next year, regardless of the developments on the stadium.

 

[Grendel]

Website here: http://www.seagullsparty.org/

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

Top move

 

[Publius Ovidius]

one thing it will tell us though.......are the people of Lewes prepared to accept a candidate who is a single platform person and basically doesn't give a monkeys about Lewes apart from bringing down a Liberal candidate.

it will be interesting.


BTW The Charlton thing was totally different in that it was in the electoral area that the valley was being re-opened in, this is a bit different.


GO Paul!!!!!!

 

[Man of Harveys]

It is a shame that it has come to this, politics should not be hijacked this way

Well, hijacking's a bit strong. But it's the best to way to respond to what LDC have been doing, i.e. abusing power. And if the only alternative is the Tories?

Can I join this party and be a member of another political party too? My other lot don't really feature in Lewesian politics.

 

[crasher]

Great idea - long overdue. The Valley Party didn't just get loads of votes, they unseated the councillor who'd chaired the Planning committee at Greenwich Council. He got so upset at the count that he assaulted one of the Charlton campaigners outside the Town Hall. (sound familiar?)

Just one mild gripe, why announce this today? With England setting off for Germany wouldn't it have had more impact just after the World Cup?

 

[zefarelly]

what a load of bollocks ! f***ing waste of time and money IMO

 

[Barrel of Fun]

what a load of bollocks ! f***ing waste of time and money IMO

I think a large proportion of Lewes residents are upset that their money has been thrown about without any kind of referendum. They have a monopoly of the district council and that is not a good thing.

Even if this just raises the profile of the whole case, then it is worthwhile. This is an opportunity to bring it to the forefront again and remind people that we battle on.

 

[Ernest]

I must have missed the election of the leader

 

[sullyupthewing]

what a load of bollocks ! f***ing waste of time and money IMO

Is it your money and your time?