Manifesto of an Independent

This manifesto has been developed in response to the need to match "issue for issue" answers to questions raised by the Stevenage electorate at various hustings and other Q&A sessions.

No Party Endorsement

With the exception of electoral reform the ideas expressed in this document are solely those of Stephen Phillips. The "No Candidate Deserves My Vote!" party in no way endorses nor restricts any of the ideas therein.

Partial Independent

Stephen Phillips is the current President of the "No Candidate Deserves My Vote!" party and is standing for the single policy endorsed by that party. For all other issues Stephen Phillips will act as an Independent.

As an Independent there is neither "party line" nor "whip" for any issue other than electoral reform. Essentially, Stephen Phillips is free to represent the concerns of the Stevenage electorate on national issues to Parliament and will take their ideas and wishes rather than his. However, many people are now asking Stephen what "his" ideas are so this document represents his response.

Facts and Figures

As an ordinary member of the public, at the time of writing this manifesto, Stephen Phillips has no "party machine" nor paid researchers nor access to civil servants to supply in depth and detailed statistics, facts and figures. So Stephen Phillips is limited to whatever public information is available through means such as the Internet. Every effort has been made to scope and cost out the ideas expressed in this document limited by the information that is publically available.

In many cases the ideas are just that and would need to be preceded by a consultation period to work out the detailed planning and costs involved.

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The "No Candidate Deserves My Vote!" party has one aim and that is to introduce a bill to Parliament to have a "None of the above" option added to every local and general election ballot paper of the future. That way you can exercise your democratic right to vote to say that none of the parties currently represents you. It will also encourage your democratic responsibility to turn out to vote.

A MORI poll carried out on behalf of the Electoral Commission in 2001 predicted that up to 30% more voters would turn out to vote at an election if they had an opportunity to vote for no-one.

Stephen Phillips is your "No Candidate Deserves My Vote!" candidate for Stevenage. A vote for Stephen is a vote for "None of the above" bringing democracy to the disaffected.