From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kenneth Pantling wrote.....
Sorry James but you can't count on the Tories. I would say
that, faced with a choice of candidates that are all anti,
the Tory is probably the least worst choice but I go with
Steve. Pick your candidate and then vote for him regardless
of party.
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This may well be the best and the only thing to do now, but doing that
alone will not get us anywhere whilst the antis continue to lobby
parliament "unhindered". Is there not a way to convince MPs of all
parties that it is their prime duty to protect the rights of minorities
and that voting in favour of anything just because the majority seems to
want it, or more probably cannot be bothered to even express an opinion,
is neither just nor democratic?
Parliament should adopt a procedure that would require them to prove (in
a court of law if necessary) that a ban would be in the public interest.
Had they had to prove a connection between pistol shooting fraternity
and Dunblane they would not have been able to do so and they certainly
could not prove that the ban was in the interset of public safety.
If all that the MPs are prepared to do is follow the popular opinion
that we certainly do not need them at all. A team of efficient
secretaries could hold endless referenda and simply collate the results
and issue orders!!!
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