Professor George Meegan FRGS
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GENERAL ELECTION 2010 - GILLINGHAM & RAINHAM
On May
the 6th 2010 the electorate of this country have a unique opportunity to
make a change. As a
CANDIDATE for this election you will need to know what I think, what I believe
and what I intend
to do.
First, Medway Independent Party. This is a small grouping which
emerged from the Old Anchorian [Rugby] Club. Medway Independent is the place
for independent-minded people, those who see no differences between the
major Parties
I do not intend to be a party politician. You, the electorate, need an MP who is there for you, NOT any Party.
As the election is currently cast, it’s a toss-up between Labour & Conservative. However, Ladbrokes are giving this Independent odds of 100-1 to win. Fancy a punt?!
So there you have it. Machine politician, which equals no change. Or independent professional like me, who equals real change
Uniquely, I focus my campaign on education. I believe that without engaging the kids of today we will lose our future. We must re-engage our children within our Society. We cannot keep on with this relentless drive of crime and anti-social behaviour. I have unique experience in the field. My work is as a Professor, specializing in the Humanities at Kobe University, Japan (Maritime) My work is for socially deprived children in Alaska. This can be brought to Gillingham and focused on our flawed education system in the UK. It used to be a benchmark for education, but now each successive government tinkers and changes at a whim, leaving our children in a minefield of red tape and bureaucracy.
We of Gillingham & Rainham are united in wanting our children to become the best that they can be. They are - after all - the future, all of it. School routinely allows children to leave without any hope of qualification. This must end. With your backing we can do this.
LISTEN TO YOUR KIDS - VOTE FOR THE INDEPENDENT
Now, I'd like to tell you what I aim to do for my hometown
Here are some points:-
Point: JOBS
The
most urgent issue, as I see it, is JOBS, JOBS and JOBS. The need for ALL our
children is to be connected with good jobs. As a parent, I too have had to
confront the issue.
Point: KIDS
Without our say so, our kids have become the "Most examined children in all
the world." Who decided this? Educational bureaucrats and their incessant
testing, always testing. Results: reportedly sent to the USA for marking!!
What nonsense.
This candidate believes in the innate greatnesses within all our children. I
believe they have the same capacity to make history as their historic
forebears -- that is if given the chance.
As a top international research professor I developed an alternate way by
which ALL our children can reach success, not just those ticking the boxes
on school tests all the time. No other candidate has a clue how to go about
this. Let our community lead the way, and nationally!
SO A
VOTE TO THE INDEPENDENT IS FOR YOUR KIDS FUTURE
Point: RESPECT
Many of you have a greater understanding of our community than any career politician ever can. But does anybody in Authority ever listen to you? On my forays about the constituency I have met exactly none. Our often superb local knowledge is, as a matter of course, fully disregarded. Our fears and concerns are similarly treated with contempt. YOUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD.
The first thing I would do as MP is that EVERY, single idea presented. I
WILL respect. No idea will be allowed to drop until a full response. How? By
appointing to each single idea, a single, designated volunteer to carry your
idea forward to an achieved conclusion.
Point: HERITAGE
I am
passionate on Medway's unique heritage and culture. The Council has not
shown anything like the necessary will to protect our heritage, which is
under threat it seems every single day Just look around you. Read the press?
I do not trust them to demolish a single historic structure, without the say
so of local residents and others who love our community. In short, I trust
the wisdom of our people. I no longer trust unknown twenty some things, to
tell us what to do. Many are not even from this area. These are those who
make decisions on "our" behalf.
Point: PUBS
Pubs
are more than drinking places. They are genuine geographical markers, some
reaching back to olde England. To help preserve our historic
treasure, I would an arrangement the big supermarkets - in this one special
case - to desist from selling alcohol. Our pubs hold an important part in
our world culture.
Point: RE-ENGINEERING
Every
single industrial process (in the world) needs to be re-engineered for
environmental health. Gillingham Business Park already has the capacity to
do this. I would seek such as a revenue neutral carbon tax to trigger this.
This would lead to many more good jobs in our area.
Likewise, I wish all homes to be environmentally sound. That means help for
some householders. Again, more jobs.
Point: MEDWAY HEROES
Medway fireman helped save the lives of Haitians in the earthquake. As part of our Medway's international face, let us salute the peerless courage of those dug from the ruins. Invite the 100 plus who spent more than a day under rubble, for a warm welcome in our fair city!
Point: MEDWAY & THE OLYMPICS
Gillingham based Royal Engineer's museum has one of the finest medal
galleries to be found anywhere; most are campaign or participation medals.
As MP I would privately then be able to finance such a medal to each
Olympian, The Gillingham Participation Medal. I would focus these on all the
athletes of Japan, as our sister nation. This is via the greatest
Elizabethan, Gillingham’s William Adams.
Point: HISTORY
I
would seek to get Mary Magdalene Church, on Gillingham Green, officially
designated a Japanese historic treasure. Their hero Adams was baptised here.
Finally, dear friends of hometown Gillingham & Rainham. You hold in your
hands this election a historic chance. It’s down to either:- machine
politician (equals no change) or Independent professional (equals real
change) That is why I request your vote. THIS IS WHAT I FIGHT FOR.
Warm regards to you all, and thank you for your time,
George
Meegan