The Miss Great Britain Party Manifesto 2008Miss Great Britain Gemma Garrett Announces She Will Stand Against David Davis To Give Voters A Chance To Debate The Real Issues
19 June ’08 - 5:00pm
Immediate Release
Reigning Miss Great Britain, Gemma Garrett, is to stand against David Davis in the forthcoming Haltemprice and Howden by-election, the Miss Great Britain Party announces today.
In the absence of either a Labour or a Lib Dem candidate Miss Great Britain will provide the main opposition to David Davis and offer an alternative to thousands of voters who believe that there are far more important issues than whether or not to extend by 14 days the amount of time terror suspects can be detained.
Party founder and leader, Robert de Keyser, said: “We have completed our selection process and are delighted to have Gemma standing as a credible and serious candidate.
“We are already getting clear indications that many traditional Labour and Lib Dem voters will rally to her because they want to register a positive vote against Mr Davis rather than simply abstaining and allowing him to be returned unopposed in a by-election caused by political vanity.”
Gemma Garrett said: “I am delighted to be fighting this by-election on the issues which really matter to the British people rather than Mr Davis’s trivial obsession over detaining terror suspects for an extra 14 days.
“As we will be the only party fighting on a full manifesto rather than a single issue, I look forward to debating policy with Mr Davis on things like tax relief of childcare, proper pay for our armed forces and better deals for pensioners, homebuyers and home owners, and mothers.
“The Miss Great Britain Party believes that these issues are not being properly debated because politics is seen as being sleazy, cynical and male dominated. By getting more beautiful women to Westminster we believe that we can re-engage voters and bring about the changes they really want to see.”
Gemma has already stood in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election where her campaign to make politics sexy not sleazy attracted widespread publicity. The Miss Great Britain Party also has two candidates, louise Cole and Amanda Harrington, standing in the Henley by-election where voting takes place next week.Key
Miss Great Britain manifesto points include:
- Securing proper pay and frontline increments for British soldiers as well as rights to substantial guaranteed compensation in the event of injury or death
- Ensuring that all necessarily incurred child care costs are fully tax deductible
- A better deal for home buyers by abolishing stamp duties for first time buyers and making family homes exempt from inheritance tax
- A better deal for pensioners by indexing annual pension increases against the true rise in the cost of energy, food etc rather than using the RPI and by increasing tax allowances for women under the age of 65
- A better deal for mothers who take time off to work to have children
- Compulsory health and beauty education to improve the looks of Britons
- A British Bank Holiday which encourages people to look fabulous for the day
- Help motorists by capping increases in fuel duties against the rising price of oil
- Higher tax for higher earners with a 45 per cent rate for those on £100,000 pa rising to 50 per cent on earnings above £200,000 pa.
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