Anthony Webber, Independent Political Commentator, poses the following questions to candidates in the upcoming by-election.
Dear …… ( candidate name )
I am writing to all the by-election candidates to ask their views about the UK government policies regarding Ukraine and Russia.
These policies are causing a major economic crisis, inflation, and huge extra costs, which the public are having to bear the brunt of.
The government has been using its direct and indirect powers with the UK media to ensure there is no debate on this important issue.
I ask you as a candidate in this election, the following:
1.) Do you believe that the government and UK media should open debate on this issue, instead of only having their point of view?
2.) Do you accept that the government has no mandate from the public for their Ukraine/Russia policies?
3.) Do you support there being a UK wide referendum on the issue?
4.) Do you support the ending of sending arms to any one side in the Ukraine conflict?
5.) Do you believe the government has been engaged in “mission creep” in Ukraine?
6.) Will you commit to working for peace and to reverse the government’s interventionism in a foreign proxy war?
Please let me know your views as soon as possible.
Your answers can be Yes or No, and/or more detailed.
The responses will be made public in a fair and impartial way.
There are some further informative points made as an appendix to this email to you.
All best wishes with the election.
Anthony
Some additional points of view on the Ukraine/Russia conflict:
New Petition for a Referendum on the government’s Ukraine/Russia policies:
https://bit.ly/petitionforpeace
Also attached is a link to a Sonia Poulton “Rise” programme interview of me on the subject on 13/1/2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPj_Jk_3Eis
Further Notes:
There was a Parliamentary Petition which closed at the end of December 2022, which sought to have a Referendum on whether the UK should be neutral in the Ukraine/Russia conflict.
This achieved 13,537 signatures despite it being the most shadow banned petition there has ever been. Also, it was rigorously no platformed by the old and new mainstream media.
To give an example of how much difference this can make, the day after GB News promoted a completely different petition, to call a General Election, it achieved 40,000 signatures.
In addition, the government and its agencies went out of its way to use a variety of tactics to prevent this petition reaching the 100,000 needed to quality for a Parliamentary debate. This has included people in the media, both mainstream and otherwise.
This Petition was unique in that the Government’s official response was so inadequate and evasive, that even the Parliamentary Petitions Committee formerly asked them to provide another one, which they had to comply with.
Having tried to avoid the issue, the Government finally stated they would not agree to having a Referendum on the subject and yet again avoided the fact that they had no mandate from the British people for their Ukraine/Russia policies.
This is a fundamental issue of democracy which the Government is flouting.
The taxes paid by British citizens are being used to be interventionalist in a proxy war and to finance a foreign country with billions of pounds of arms and “aid.” President Zelensky’s Ukraine has become a black hole into which our citizens money has been needlessly poured.
The Government’s Ukraine and Russia policies have directly caused the energy crisis and all the economic and other consequences of their involvement.
This is all with NO mandate whatsoever from UK citizens.
This issue is so serious that a brand-new Parliamentary Petition has been launched from the start of this year of 2023.
It has the advantage of more up to date wording, reflecting the current economic, political, military, social and humanitarian situation pertaining now.
The previous Petition had the disadvantage of having become swiftly out of date with what the Government involved the UK with, all with NO democratic mandate.
The New Petition had to take into account that it had to be different to the previous one and that there are limitations on the number and type of words which can be used, both for the brief description and for the further detail, not an easy task.
This Petition is Standing up for Freedom and Democracy
The NEW PETITION is as follows:
Referendum on ending government’s economically costly Ukraine/Russia policies
The government, unless they change their policies, (including ending economically self-defeating sanctions against Russia (causing energy price rises) and sending billions in arms to Ukraine, instead becoming neutral peacemakers), to hold a UK wide referendum on the subject within six months maximum.
More details
The government have intervened on one side in the Ukraine conflict, without any mandate from UK citizens, who have had to suffer massive economic consequences.
These include increased energy, cost of living, interest rate, inflation, unemployment, tax and rates rises, plus strikes, business damage, and reduced government services.
Taxpayers paid £100bn Energy price support and £10bn Ukraine military and other aid to date.
Striving for peace would help end the bloodshed, restore stability and deescalate the world energy, food and refugee situation.
Sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/629895
Or:
https://bit.ly/petitionforpeace
The main point about this Parliamentary Petition is not to take sides, but to facilitate free and open debate so that the voters can decide by Referendum on this very important issue which affects every citizen in the UK.
It also is a moral and humanitarian issue, as the UK government has blood on its hands as military aid supplied has killed and injured both armed forces personnel and civilians. The conflict has also caused there to be nearly 8 million Ukrainian refugees and a worldwide food, energy and minerals crisis.
This issue is without doubt a Referendum one, which crosses party political boundaries.
The request is to sign and promote this Petition for the sake of democracy and for the people to make the decision on this issue through a free and fair Referendum.
To deny the news of this Petition is to deny debate and democracy and indeed having a free society.
This issue needs courageous people to come forward of whatever opinion on this conflict, to stand up for and promote freedom !
Anthony Webber
Independent Political Commentator
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