I am obviously deeply disapointed that Dr. Sarah Wolaston was elected on Thursday 6th May to represent Totnes as our MP.
I am committed to holding Dr Wollason to account, here.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this far.
All the best,
Pete Harrison
Totnes
Saturday 8 May 2010
900 letters to voters
In the weeks leading up to the election, my neighbours and I posted 900 letters through the doors of Totnes voters. Here it is:
Dear Totnes voter,
I am writing to you because I care about democracy. I feel the only way I can bring my concerns to your attention is by posting this note to you.
After the Anthony Steen debacle Totnes deserves an MP that has integrity and is capable of answering voters' questions.
For weeks my neighbours and I have been asking the Conservative candidate, Dr Sarah Wollaston, about their controversial partners in Europe. She refuses to answer our questions. Her staff have censored, deleted and edited messages on her website. We worry that this is a sign of things to come.
I know that many people were disgusted by Anthony Steen's actions and genuinely hope that Dr Wollaston offers a new style of politics. In our experience, however, Dr Wollaston has also abused her position. Dr Wollaston's well-funded campaign presents her as a “fresh” politician, but her actions are already leaving the voters behind. We feel that as she is censoring voters' questions during the campaign, she cannot be trusted to represent us as an MP.
We hope you share our concerns,
best wishes,
Peter Harrison
Totnes
If you wish to check whether comments are being censored, please email http://www.drsarah.org.uk/chatmap and ask about the Conservative party's links to Poland's far right Law and Justice party. Please visit http://bit.ly/ToryQs for all details.
Dear Totnes voter,
I am writing to you because I care about democracy. I feel the only way I can bring my concerns to your attention is by posting this note to you.
After the Anthony Steen debacle Totnes deserves an MP that has integrity and is capable of answering voters' questions.
For weeks my neighbours and I have been asking the Conservative candidate, Dr Sarah Wollaston, about their controversial partners in Europe. She refuses to answer our questions. Her staff have censored, deleted and edited messages on her website. We worry that this is a sign of things to come.
I know that many people were disgusted by Anthony Steen's actions and genuinely hope that Dr Wollaston offers a new style of politics. In our experience, however, Dr Wollaston has also abused her position. Dr Wollaston's well-funded campaign presents her as a “fresh” politician, but her actions are already leaving the voters behind. We feel that as she is censoring voters' questions during the campaign, she cannot be trusted to represent us as an MP.
We hope you share our concerns,
best wishes,
Peter Harrison
Totnes
If you wish to check whether comments are being censored, please email http://www.drsarah.org.uk/chatmap and ask about the Conservative party's links to Poland's far right Law and Justice party. Please visit http://bit.ly/ToryQs for all details.
Sunday 2 May 2010
More coverage of Tory links to Law and Justice
Here is an excellent article by the editor of UK Gay News.
Still no answers from Dr. Wollaston.
Still no answers from Dr. Wollaston.
Thursday 29 April 2010
"You refuse to listen to us"
V Wolf's latest comment to Dr. Sarah Wollaston - not posted on her site - highlights the candidates hypocrisy of saing one thing in public, and ding another behind the scenes:
"A further comment, prompted by hearing of her recent conversations on BBC Devon about 'trust'. Posted at 11.58 29 April. "It is a great frustration to me that you are painting yourself as a new kind of politician at the same time as refusing to engage in debate about issues which many of your constituents feel very strongly about. You have repeatedly refused to answer our legitimate questions. We are being silenced by 'The Moderator' and you refuse to listen to us, let alone represent us in parliament. You appear to be a person who is bent double under the forces of the Conservative party that are guiding you into this dead end. You describe a wave of hostility toward you, yes, this hostility grows when you abuse your power in this way."
"A further comment, prompted by hearing of her recent conversations on BBC Devon about 'trust'. Posted at 11.58 29 April. "It is a great frustration to me that you are painting yourself as a new kind of politician at the same time as refusing to engage in debate about issues which many of your constituents feel very strongly about. You have repeatedly refused to answer our legitimate questions. We are being silenced by 'The Moderator' and you refuse to listen to us, let alone represent us in parliament. You appear to be a person who is bent double under the forces of the Conservative party that are guiding you into this dead end. You describe a wave of hostility toward you, yes, this hostility grows when you abuse your power in this way."
Wednesday 28 April 2010
11 days of silence and action.
11 days later I'm still waiting.
In the meantime a growing number of local voters and people across the country, concerned that the Tories are the same party at heart, have joined the call for answers.
The People's Republic of South Devon's report at http://bit.ly/PRSDarticle
has been read by over 130 people so far, and has provoked some great comments.
It's time for Dr. Wollaston to answer the questions.
In the meantime a growing number of local voters and people across the country, concerned that the Tories are the same party at heart, have joined the call for answers.
The People's Republic of South Devon's report at http://bit.ly/PRSDarticle
has been read by over 130 people so far, and has provoked some great comments.
It's time for Dr. Wollaston to answer the questions.
Sunday 25 April 2010
Who Is The Moderator?
Another day, another batch of censored posts!
After the previous two comments [see last post] were censored by Dr. Sarah' website last night, Gareth Wolf and Teresa Grimaldi posted the following:
"Post already deleted from site.
Question. Why has my question from two hours ago already been removed from the site? Teresa Grimaldi"
"Where's the post?
I just asked a question a few hours ago. Why has my post been taken down? Dr. Wollaston is ignoring the electorate.
Gareth Wolf"
They were removed, and this morning Teresa Grimaldi posted this:
"Constituency views
T Grimaldi
Are you committed to taking into consideration the views of your whole constituency?"
The Moderator replied:
"As a former GP, Dr Sarah Wollaston is well known to have a particularly open mind to the views of other people. The Moderator would like to draw your attention to the last sentence on the Blog Rules Page http://www.drsarah.org.uk/about/blog-rules :- "Any attempts to resurrect a closed subject, especially under another guise, will be firmly rejected.
- The Moderator"
I posted this, though they have now installed a sign that pops up saying "your post will appear shortly" so they'll probably not show it:
"My original subject postings have outstanding questions Dr. Wollaston has not yet answered. The Modedator has also removed links to a blog that shows links to national newspaper reports and an Amnesty International report about the issue we are discussing.
How, then, can The Moderator say that it is closed? The Moderator is taking down comments often hours after they have been posted - Is Dr. Wollaston aware of the calls for her to answer the questions, or are the posts being censored before she is told about them?
This leads to a few questions:
Who is The Moderator?
What constitutes a 'closed issue'?
What is the process of censoring comments?
What is the name and position of the person who decided to host Dr. Sarah's statement "I am committed to taking the views of the whole constituency into account and promise to listen and be open to arguments." on the exact same page as a forum in which comments are being removed with no notice given, no reason given and not even a note from The Moderator to users saying comments were removed?"
After the previous two comments [see last post] were censored by Dr. Sarah' website last night, Gareth Wolf and Teresa Grimaldi posted the following:
"Post already deleted from site.
Question. Why has my question from two hours ago already been removed from the site? Teresa Grimaldi"
"Where's the post?
I just asked a question a few hours ago. Why has my post been taken down? Dr. Wollaston is ignoring the electorate.
Gareth Wolf"
They were removed, and this morning Teresa Grimaldi posted this:
"Constituency views
T Grimaldi
Are you committed to taking into consideration the views of your whole constituency?"
The Moderator replied:
"As a former GP, Dr Sarah Wollaston is well known to have a particularly open mind to the views of other people. The Moderator would like to draw your attention to the last sentence on the Blog Rules Page http://www.drsarah.org.uk/about/blog-rules :- "Any attempts to resurrect a closed subject, especially under another guise, will be firmly rejected.
- The Moderator"
I posted this, though they have now installed a sign that pops up saying "your post will appear shortly" so they'll probably not show it:
"My original subject postings have outstanding questions Dr. Wollaston has not yet answered. The Modedator has also removed links to a blog that shows links to national newspaper reports and an Amnesty International report about the issue we are discussing.
How, then, can The Moderator say that it is closed? The Moderator is taking down comments often hours after they have been posted - Is Dr. Wollaston aware of the calls for her to answer the questions, or are the posts being censored before she is told about them?
This leads to a few questions:
Who is The Moderator?
What constitutes a 'closed issue'?
What is the process of censoring comments?
What is the name and position of the person who decided to host Dr. Sarah's statement "I am committed to taking the views of the whole constituency into account and promise to listen and be open to arguments." on the exact same page as a forum in which comments are being removed with no notice given, no reason given and not even a note from The Moderator to users saying comments were removed?"
Saturday 24 April 2010
Growing calls for answers
Today two new posts to Dr. Sarah's blog have been added:
"Law and justice
Teresa Grimaldi
I would like to ask the question again to Dr Sarah- Why was the investigation into the party's allignment to Law and Justice launched?"
"Censorship
Gareth Wolf
I cannot understand why Dr Sarah Woolaston is refusing to engage in an open debate. The tag 'offensive' has been wrongly applied to what is in fact evidence in support of the argument outlined in previous postings. 'We the people' should be allowed to make up our own minds. We are not going to be taken for mugs. This is the 'Big Society' trying to hold politicians to account.
If this is the degree to which we can expect to do that, should the Conservatives win, then it is deeply unsatisfactory."
Source: http://www.drsarah.org.uk/chatmap [at of 19.51, Saturday 24th.4.10]
"Law and justice
Teresa Grimaldi
I would like to ask the question again to Dr Sarah- Why was the investigation into the party's allignment to Law and Justice launched?"
"Censorship
Gareth Wolf
I cannot understand why Dr Sarah Woolaston is refusing to engage in an open debate. The tag 'offensive' has been wrongly applied to what is in fact evidence in support of the argument outlined in previous postings. 'We the people' should be allowed to make up our own minds. We are not going to be taken for mugs. This is the 'Big Society' trying to hold politicians to account.
If this is the degree to which we can expect to do that, should the Conservatives win, then it is deeply unsatisfactory."
Source: http://www.drsarah.org.uk/chatmap [at of 19.51, Saturday 24th.4.10]
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