Ed Dowding

Category: Politics

Swiss minarets – a defence, not an attack

So the Swiss have voted to ban building of minarets. This is not an architectural decision. They have planning laws and have already used them, which is why there only 4 minarets in Switzerland at the time of writing. Neither is this intrinsically about racism or anti Islam. The religion is perfectly well protected and ...

Dissolution of the Long Parliament

It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like ...

What now for Ed Dowding, not MEP?

Hello, Democracy Fans! Tomorrow (Thursday 4th) is voting day, so be sure to find your local polling station and get out there and vote! Because this year there are A LOT of muppets running. (If only.. that would actually quite fun…) UKIP and BNP are going to do very well in these elections as the ...

Ed Dowding, Independent MEP candidate

Who should you vote for in the EU elections

Here’s a handy 30 question survey which will tell you which of the main parties you are most allied to: http://euprofiler.eu

Pipped at the post to be an independent MEP … this time

At midnight last night, the voting closed on my – our – 14 day long bid to make me your independent MEP for the South West. We made it to second place on the ballot, with some 460 votes (in the fury of urgent texting I forgot the actual number, but will find out on ...

ElectEd.in introductory speech

The transcript of the introductory video at www.elected.in, as requested by a few folks: Hello. My name’s Ed Dowding and I’m running to be an independent MEP, because I’m bored of politics. I’m bored of the short term thinking, I’m bored of the arguments about people and not about issues, and I’m bored by the ...

"Own it!!" day — make this YOUR cause

Only THREE days left to vote! After about a week of your support, we’re currently 8th in the whole of the UK! If I was standing in most of the rest of the country we’d be winning by a long way. But in the South West, we’re currently 3rd. Bronze? BRONZE?! No! You deserve GOLD, ...

At last, Europe has become interesting

We are at one of those moments in history when the challenges are international and the only means of dealing with them is at least on a regional level. […] [R]egions can and must supply the answers to all sorts of issues from the environment to the economy. If the world is to recover, then ...

For everyone reading this by RSS

I am currently running to be an MEP candidate. Please take a few moments to read more at www.ElectEd.in, and text EDDOW01 to 86837 to vote for me! Voting closes in 10 days! Anyone can vote, so please encourage everyone with you now and later today to do the same! Write ‘EDDOW01 to 86837’ on ...

How we measure progress and development

Economics has a great deal to answer for. A short while ago some people tried to work out what should be done with the economy. They wanted to formalise it and build in growth and progress as a goal. All very noble and worthwhile, and really very effective when you look at where we are ...

Do we have enough rage?

[shouting] You’ve got to say, ‘I’m a HUMAN BEING, Goddamnit! My life has VALUE!’ So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and ...

The old models don't work

I’m cracking into a great book called “The Age of the Unthinkable”. It seems that the longer I wait before writing the book I want to write, the more other people are likely to do it in my place. The fundamental points in this one are thoughts I’ve been thinking since I was about 14. ...

So much for the green economy…

As the Governmner cancels solar panel grants: Renewable energy companies have accused the government of undermining its own “green” industrial strategy by ending subsidies for solar energy under the low carbon buildings programme (LCBP). The Renewable Energy Association (REA) said it was “astonishing” and worrying that solar grants had been frozen since 26 February although ...

Gordon Brown Finally Speaks The Truth

Going into politics

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” Edmund Burke

Should I be an MP?

I was told by 3 people in the last week that I should be an MP. Do you think that’s a good idea? Why? Why not? Can you help?

Obama on #MPExpenses

And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account – to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day – because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm

"Recession is a test of character" — Gordon Brown

I beg your pardon? What? “Recession is a test of character” I’m sorry WHAT? “Recession is a test of character” Jesus H. Christ, you prick. You get us into this mess by deliberately sinking inflation in house prices to keep the recorded levels low, in order to generate an artificial feeling of economic prosperity; you ...

Darwin spins again

Life seems to keep favouring everyone who is silly or unlucky, and I’m getting quite upset about it, because I’m smart and lucky and so not getting anything. I deliberately didn’t invest in property because I saw the evident bubble. I sold all my shares in January because this was clearly unsustainable. But it turns ...