I received your flyer through my letter box a few days ago. I have seen many of my friends already sending these back to you and I shall be doing the same in due course. I have read your flyer and in the interest of fairness, I feel you should hear my “policies”.
I am a gay man in a relationship with another man who one day I intend to marry. I am in love with another human being and that is something no governing body has claim over; be it religion, the government or even a band of right wing extremists. You will never stop who we love, whatever our sexuality.
I have had a decent education and have always taken the time to research and understand who we are and why we are. I am of one of the first generations to see people for who they really are without prejudice. It doesn’t and shouldn’t matter what colour skin we have, our background, our sexuality or our sex. Every human being deserves the same; why would anyone want any different? Shouldn’t we all be striving for equality?
Regarding immigration, my late best friend was an economist specialising in country-risk analysis. He always said that without immigration, our country would collapse. There have been many official studies and documentation to back up this claim. In fact, all we need to do is look at the figures and statistics for bodies of working age in this country – we simply don’t have enough. After WWII there was a huge baby boom in the UK (and elsewhere in the world) the likes of which has not been seen since. Those people are now elderly and need to be looked after, the public services that arose from that time needs man power to be maintained. In essence, our entire livelihood depends on having people of working age. The 77% of people you suggest want a reduction in immigration would be the first to complain if their transport to work was cancelled or their place of business closed down due to severe staff shortages. The population needs to be fed all the information and not just the propaganda the likes of your party spread for your own ends. Please inform us if I am incorrect in my thinking. If every immigrant stayed at home for one week, would the country continue as normal?
Immigration also works both ways. As part of the EU, any of us could go and live in another country. At any point, we could gather our possessions and move to Spain or France or The Czech Republic. I like knowing that I can spend my retirement years sunning myself on the Riviera if I want to.
I am also an atheist. I believe in the power of people, the love we have/should have for each other and the true progression of culture, knowledge and intelligence. I don’t need children’s stories and fantastic characters to scare me into being good; my own conscious and basic morals do that for me.
So with all this taken into account, perhaps you would agree that your flyer is trying to reach the wrong audience. No one in their right minds would ever vote for a party who promises a step backwards in social development. You prey on the under-educated, weak minded, racist, sexist, homophobic and religious extremists to obtain votes. Your policies are draconian, barbaric and counter-productive. Why would you want to halt progression and drag us back to a time when people lived in fear of each other?
Please remove me from any and all mailing lists you may have me on. I am pretty sure that the majority of UK residents will have no difficulty removing UKIP from our society.
#TerryGee