Equal Parenting Alliance News – April 2007
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Equal Parenting Alliance News
April 2007
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Campaign News
As you hopefully already know, on the 3rd May we are standing a Scottish MSP Parliamentary candidate in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency near Glasgow and also an English local government candidate in Runnymede, Surrey.
The Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency, in Ayrshire, is currently held by the New Labour incumbent Cathy Jamieson. Our candidate will be Ray Barry.
Ray Barry
Our MSP candidate in Scotland
How Are We Doing So Far?
We’re very pleased with the way the campaign is going so far.
Already we’ve had our campaign leaflet delivered through the front door of every household (over forty thousand homes) in an entire region in Scotland (something no UK parenting campaign group has ever done before!).
We have featured on the front page of the Ayrshire Post, been in the scottish Sun and had statements printed in five other local papers.
“Thanks very much to everyone who has already made a donation towards our election fund, but there’s still time if you haven’t had a chance yet! Just go to:
www.equal-parenting-scotland.com
and click on the “Donate” link near the top of the page. Even a couple of pounds is a big help, and if you can spare a bit more it’s even better.”
CSA Reforms - We submitted our proposals for reform of the CSA. with a fairer, cheaper system that puts the interest of children first.
The Fight Against Apathy - I am reminded of when the British Apathy Society had their very successful AGM...
Media - We have established a presence as an opinion former on the politics.co.uk site.
EPA Curry Night - a jolly evening was had by all, we’ll be arranging another one soon.
New Regional Groups - to give us some form of ‘local’ presence for more of our members.
Ray is also being interviewed by the BBC in Glasgow on Thursday.
We are also leafleting in the constituency with local supporters in the last two weeks of the campaign.
We don’t think this is bad at all, especially when you consider this has all
For more campaign news, see: www.equal-parenting-scotland.com
been for a basic investment of just 1100 pounds for the deposit and leaflet printing.
Of course, we are not a ‘normal’ party in the sense we have a realistic hope of getting elected. Our campaign is more about raising awareness of the issues and publicity than it is about votes.
We hope to persuade the people who may be sympathetic to us, to give us their vote as a show of support for the rights of children and family law reform.
But, at the end of the day. the main part of our campaign is already done with our leaflet and publicity. Any votes we get are a bonus!
It’s an unusual experiment we are doing. How many people care enough about these issues to vote for a candidate who doesn’t even live in their constituency (or country)? We have no idea.
But we will find out on the 3rd May!