My Platform As Party Leader

I had promised that I would put my platform for Party Leader up this week, unfortunately there were a couple of rather pressing things that had to be dealt with.-

The Information Commissioner ruled on the 22nd September 2010 that the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, with whom I have been fighting a protracted legal battle with for over three years, had indeed had been withholding evidence, and they should supply the data required with no further delay (A year to date). This has along with the forged evidence filed into Court by our former French Director, and the Perjury carried out by a couple of witnesses has meant that this is all going back into Court in the next ten days. BIS has still not satisfied the ruling by the ICO as I write.

The good news as far as I am concerned is through the good offices of Liam Fox MP,  Ed Davey MP Minister of State at BIS, who has ordered a review of the case. A similar request to 'Lord' Mandelson a year ago was turned down by Ian Lucas MP, these are the two that are responsible for witholding evidence and the breaches of the Data Protection Act and Freedom Of Information Act. It will be interesting to read the maggots that are in Mandelson's drawers, when they finally comply with the Law.

It has also been suggested that I meet with Senior Officials at 1 Victoria Street to discuss matters.

I am writing a book about my experiences and battles with the legions of darkness that until recently ruled this country. A new title has recently been suggested that of ' The Fourth Man'

Lastly there was this little bit of casual racism on behalf of the state to deal with. As Libertarians we have to show that we care about Liberty and do something about it.

Anyway onto more important things my platform.-

Abolish the Libertarian Party

If I am elected as Party Leader I will ask the Party to vote to change the name and constitution of the party to that of the Libertarian & Constitution Party. My reasons-

We have had less than a thousand members since foundation in 2007, as a party trying to return Britain to a Liberal Society we are never going to succeed in this two and a half party State, any more than any of the other minor parties have that been around in the last twenty years.

The State has had a fright in the last two years, people have woken up to the lost of civil liberties under the Blair Brown Axis, I think that both the Libertarian Party and Libertarians outwith the Party have pushed that message home. Had we a written Constitution and a Constitutional Court, Lisbon would not have been signed in a broomcupboard in the dark by Brown, because it would be un constitutional. ninety per cent of the Laws passed by Parliament in the last fifeteen years would have been declared unconstitutional.

A written Constitution would enshrine the Individual in Law above the State, this would deal with the politicised Civil Service (Damian McBride and Friends) who have decided not to accept the result of the election last May and are fighting a rear guard action in every level of local and national government to protect their jobs and for a big State to be involved in every facet of your lives.

Root and branch radical reform with checks and balances on the naked power of Parliament. The Constitutionan I advocate is the Swiss Federation 1999 model. It is one that our Statist opponents will hate, therefore it should be adopted. Membership of the EU would be declared un Constitutional because 'We the People' have not had a say by referenda. Referenda should be the norm not the exception.

Constitutional Reform is going to appeal to more people and to allow us to advocate a Britain that is on Libertarian lines.

The BBC

As party leader I will advocate that  this institution which is allowed to raise its own tax, should have its State Financial lifeline severed and to become a commercial operation. The People of this country do not need a state propaganda service that uses the Guardian for eighty per cent of its recruitment adverts. That does not reflect a pluralistic society.

Defence

The only legitimate role of the State is Defence, by that I mean Defence, not fighting wars of Agression. Blair should be well reminded that senior members of the German Government in 1947 were executed and imprisoned for launching wars of agression and occupation.

The Armed Services should be equipped with the very best equipment and professional soldiers paid a living wage. The wounded, maimed and dependents of the dead should be honoured and given the best medical and support by a Military Medical Service to the end of their days. Not dumped on the NHS, to queue up behind Darren who has cut his leg whilst falling over because he was too drunk to see the broken bottle Wayne had thrown at him.

 The Defence of these Isles should be expanded by expanding the Reservist forces, I have very little problem with aircraft carriers that have blue water capability to protect trade. I have serious problems maintaining bases where we are foreign occupiers. Likewise I am reluctantly convinced that we need to retain a nuclear capability, as deterrence is the best form of defence.

The Economy

The Market should dictate the economy, as it is the most efficient way of dealing with enterprises. As a Constitutinalist, each Canton/County should be able to fix its own corporate and tax rates as in Switzerland. Those Counties that wish to attract industry and reward entrepreneurs will need to lower tax rates.

Monopoly situations do keep prices high at the expense of the consumer. I would have let the big banks fail, and not one penny of tax payers money be spent on an organisation that had failed. Bankruptcy is the counterbalance to Capitalism, it eradicates the unfit and inefficient. The Bank of England should be making it far easier for new entrants to the Banking Market to encourage choice and stop the 'too big to fail mentality'

The National Health Service

This is a sacred cow of British Politics, therefore by rights it should be slaughtered as it is 1950's bureacratic socialism personified. However the British have great affection for the NHS, for a Libertarian to advocate its overnight scapping is not going to be taken seriously.

 As Leader I would advocate taking the National (State) out of the equation. Each Caton/County would be responsible for raising the taxes to support its Health Service, the Whitehall Ministry would be shut down and the buildings sold off. If the Canton wants high Taxes for a High Spending Health Service the local people vote on that option. If another Canton wants to go over to a private insurance based system they can vote for that. Equally if the ex NHS is a filthy, uncaring incomptent one. It is closed down, the staff sacked.

HMRC

This failing and autocratic organisation with its own laws to give it draconian powers to enter your home should be abolished in favour of local cantonal/county elected finance boards who decide the level of taxes to be raised and what for.

Welfarism

Bureaucratic Socialism has created a dependent under class that creates an equally dependent middle class managing that class with bogus jobs that require the poor to stay poor and dependent on the State.

Quangos

Any organisation that receives money from a taxpayer should have directly elected members running it. Quangos with multi million pound budgets and 'independent' powers are just plain wrong, they would become uncontitutional.

I will be posting other stand points up as my personal platform, but at the end of the day I want Party members to be part of the debate and to put policy ideas up.

In summary I am for breaking up the State, and checking the power of politically motivated public servants.

Andrew Withers