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CityProsperity

A StrongCommunity

OvercomingAdversityPersonal

Security

SafeguardingEquality

CreatingOpportunity

Together, A Better Society

NurturingAbility

MANIFESTO 2010

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Contents:

1.Introduction2.Our Main National Ideas

3.The Summary4.Local Communities

5.Local Transport6.Working with Local Public Services

7.Local Young People8.Local Feedback

9.Local Older People10. Discrimination and Rights

11. Local Education12. Local Environment13. Manifesto Wordle

14. Ambitions

15. Contact and Other Manifesto Versions

Note: There are also large picture inserts throughout the manifesto.

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IntroductionNSDP are first and foremost, a party that cares about all the people in this country, and as an extension of that, the Earth. Using green politics, progressivism, and social democracy, we would like to develop this growing nation- fostering societies, communities and the natural world.

Initially we would like to expand out of Cambridge. Therefore

Cambridge. We hope to be standing for the next local election after 2017- a long time away, but this will give us time to build up resources and support, and to push our manifesto so it can beat all other local policies from rival parties.

As Cambridge is therefore our number one priority, we will be able to give it the

undivided attention it deserves while other parties will be far more concerned about national issues.

How many times has the Labour or Conservative headline news been about a new cycling route, or Cambridge United community outreach?

So please- support us, help us, and we will expand and develop. Then sooner than you know it, you will be able to vote for us.

Thank you and I hope you find that this manifesto meets all your needs and expectations.ISAAC TURNER LEADER

CAITLIN GOREING DEPUTY LEADER

SOFIA DOYLE DEPUTY LEADER

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Our Main National Ideas

-An economy that is mixed, consisting of privately owned and publicly owned companies and education systems.

-A strong system to support the fight against poverty, unemployment and other key issues in the area of social security.

-Private companies should allow their workers to have rights, and listen/work alongside unions.

-Looking into alternative forms of energy and creating new laws to combat global warming.

-A progressive policy in society, accepting and developing (rather than shunning) new or current phenomenon such as immigration and fair trade, and advocating justice.

-Progressive ideas to reform and advance our country, to bring out the best in our resources and improve global

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The Summary

Progressive PoliciesSocial Democracy

Green Politics

Public Services1. School

Psychologists2. Backing Police

Services3. Increasing Local

Patrols

Communities1. Postcode

Communities2. Safer Houses3. Prosperous Wards

Transport1. Cycling

Campaign2. Road Safety3. More Local

Rail Links

Older People1. No Discrimination2. No Cold Winter

Nights3. No Loneliness

Young People1. Young Discoverer

Nurseries2. More Teenage

Facilities3. Channelling

Potential

Feedback1. Different Feedback

Formats2. Children Getting

Involved3. Easy Access Data

Environment1. Allotments2. Working With

Experts3. A Self-Sufficient

Future

Discrimination and Rights

1. Championing Human Rights

2. Encouraging Awareness

3. Support For Everyone

Education1. Freedom To

Teach2. Student

Mentoring3. Community

Involvement

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Local Communitieswill be encouraged to sort out local problems such as litter and youth crime. Events can also be planned to attract people to your area which will make it more highly regarded and affluent, with community projects like allotments.The most successful part of this idea is that it is virtually costless, and all that are required are dedication, support and enthusiasm. It is a way of returning power to the

Gone are the days when we think it is safe to leave the front door unlocked at night. The fact that local communities have diminished in strength over the last thirty years is unfortunate, and one of our pledges as your voted party would be to once again develop the idea of ‘Postcode Communities’, small partnerships with neighbours that will make your area safer, happier, and stronger.Neighbourhood meetings

people, but if we put the scheme in place you will not be forced to take part, so it is entirely upon your terms as a citizen of Cambridge.Our party is not only backing the fight for individual rights and happiness. We want more than that. We want you all, as a collective group of people, to be part of a better society.

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Local TransportWe are in some ways, a lucky city concerning congestion compared to other areas of Britain. Traffic jams are only seen during rush hour in many parts of Cambridge, and this is helped by the fact that thousands of our residents are keen cyclists. Therefore, the first of our proposed transport changes is not to change the roads, but the rail. We would like to connect the main railway to wards including Barnwell and Chesterton, and this will decrease road congestion as well as reducing pollution. Secondly, we will back a cycling campaign to get more people off their car seats and onto their bikes. Cycling is a quick and easy way to travel, and it

comes with the added benefit of quicker journey times through the city centre as parking can be forgotten and shortcuts can be used.Finally, we also want to highlight road safety, and this will be a two-pronged scheme. Schools, colleges and youth centers will be given educational resources to show students just how dangerous playing on the road can be, including those who have cars. Additionally, we will regularly visit the A14 to campaign for safer speed limits and pedestrian/cyclist footpaths.

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Working with Local Public Services

Local Young People

Another way that Cambridge is a lucky city- our crime rates are very much below the average for the UK. Our police have never come under the immense scrutiny that forces experience in other constituencies, and for this we can be thankful as it suggests a working and reliable selection of law enforcers. If elected, we would like to pass on your messages to the policing force directly, and work with them towards a safer society. The one thing we will change is to create more neighbourhood patrols to make where you live a safer place, as older people and victims of local crime are regularly requesting such services.

If voted in, we would make it our utmost priority to take vital steps to build up the emotional support received by children. A child psychologist will be strongly suggested for each primary and secondary school in Cambridge, and all CAP Sixth Forms. The psychologist will work with the school nurse and welfare staff to ensure all students have piece of mind, both at school and at home. For older people, we would like to re-enforce our communities policy to help you find an active neighbourhood society to engage and make a difference in, no matter what you think or feel. For more information, please turn to the ‘Local Older People’ section.

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For older children, independence is becoming increasingly important as they strive to discover their own personality, values and opinions. Part of this process is engaging in culture- both passively, watching famous singers and dancers for example, and actively- taking part in clubs and societies. So why is it that we find so many teenagers wandering the streets during the day? A recent focus group survey revealed that youth culture has progressed since 2000, but the government has ‘failed to catch up’. We want that to change. New musical recording studios and night-out options will be made available for the 10-17 age bracket, and sporting, academic and creative clubs in places such as schools, religious buildings and youth centres will receive additional support to promote and improve their environment and facilities. This way, we can not only give children something to do with their spare time, but we can make it count towards their futures.

We would like to ensure that all children not yet in primary school have a proper head start on the work set by the national curriculum, but also accept that many parents feel it is unreasonable to pressure their offspring into education too early during development. Therefore, we will campaign for funding to put forward our ‘Young Discoverer’ scheme. This will follow the more relaxed and natural style of teaching known in Steiner schools, and is a more relaxed alternative to the work set by a lot of nurseries. Children will be gradually introduced to the natural and urban worlds, and will be encouraged to interact with other humans and thought-provoking objects or materials. It prepares them for government education, but also allows them to be free and explore life around them before serious education begins. We propose that this should be integrated into 25% of current nurseries, as well as using current rentable structures to create a further three to five Young Discoverer Nurseries, as demand wavers.

Older Children

Younger Children

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Local Feedback

Older People

Name.Age.

Ethnicity.Comment.

We don’t believe in typical feedback. Gone are the days when parties should expect the electorate to do the legwork, filling in dull forms such as the one on the left. We think feedback should be en mass, and fed back to the public so you know where we are succeeding, and where we need to improve. In addition to easy-access data, we will also come to your house, or you can visit us, and discuss local issues that affect you directly like house rent, transport and discrimination.Younger people will also be encouraged to actively engage in city affairs, as we think there should be no age limit when trying to make your society a better place to live. Schools will be presented with resources to help pupils make a stand about topics they care about, via letter, poster, or even a film. The bigger the shout, the more we will be able to hear it.We want to work with

you,not for you.

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The policies on the left are three things that matter most to us when we think of how we can improve the lives of older people. Firstly, discrimination against older people, either slanderous in the streets or in a workplace environment, needs to stop. You have helped to fight in wars and saved hundreds of lives, or supported our society over an incredibly long period of time. We plan to launch a potentially national campaign in conjunction with the current government to tackle this problem. People need to stop. People need to stop now.Secondly, we want to ensure that all older people are warm and secure when going to sleep during winter. A lack of food or warmth should not be a problem for you. For those who are deemed to be undersupplied in these two crucial areas we will fight for funding to become available. Finally, if you have lost a loved one or moved to Cambridge from far away, you may be finding it hard to make friends and engage in communities especially if an illness prevents you from travelling very far. We want to make sure everyone is happy, and involved in the future of Cambridge regardless of age. Please look at our ‘Local Communities’ page for more information.

NO DISCRIMINATION.

NO COLD WINTER

NIGHTS.

NO LONELINESS.

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Discrimination & Rights

We support the pledge that regardless of any minority, whether it is sexual, ethnic, or otherwise, people should be allowed to have the same rights to support, work and engage in our diverse society as any other person.In order to make sure this happens; we will not only carry forward the typical promise to raise awareness, but also make sure those who are discriminated against know how to deal with the pressures. Information packs will be readily available informing citizens about the help they can find, from having someone to tell their worries, to reporting a serious offence.There is no reason why even one person should suffer from discrimination. See the extract from the Human Rights Declaration below.

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

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Finding it fishy.

Local Education

-Action in Parliament:1. Give teachers and head teachers more power and

freedom to teach as well as regulating classroom behaviour. A ‘standard curriculum’ rather than a ‘national curriculum’.

2. -‘Nice and Fed, Sport and Bed’ scheme for primary school children

which will encourage healthy eating, fitness and a long sleep every night. We will use local celebrities as positive role models.

-Local Action:3. Mentoring between Primary-Secondary students and

Secondary-College students for pupils to gain skills in leadership, independence, and education which employers will value.

4. Feedback system for students to say what they want their school to give them via our online feedback project (see ‘Local Feedback’).

5. Start Pupil’s Voices to encourage students to have a say in their own school/college by increasing the power of the student council.

6. Start Parent’s Voices to encourage parents to engage in their child’s educational community. This will allow parents and teachers to liaise and improve the overall standard of each school/college.

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EnvironmentWe fully support green policies as one of our three main ideologies. As you have read through this manifesto you will hopefully have noticed how many of the other sections have strong links to a self-sufficient, workable and economically sound environmental infrastructure- the low-pollution train service for example.Another environmental point briefly touched upon in our ‘Local Communities’ section was that of allotments. Not only do they save you money, they also allow us to support local businesses as it means you will be buying less fruit and vegetables from chain stores, and it will reduce the air miles that are created when produce is shipped in from abroad. We plan, if elected, to launch a local campaign to encourage the growth of your own food, as they did in the Second World War with great success. Our other main promise will be to connect with Transition Towns, a movement in Cambridge that deals with issues such as alternative energy production methods and a vision of a mostly self-sufficient society. By transferring these visions into our own manifesto we can work with their experienced experts to foster environmental communities all over Cambridge.

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Manifesto WordleCourtesy of www.wordle.net

Our party manifesto represented as a picture, with the biggest words being used most.

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AmbitionsPictures from http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/public/images/ward_map.gif and

http://www.picturesofengland.com/images/mapofengland/east-anglia-map.gif

Initially, gain voters from Cambridge wards and have increasing political influence and power locally.

When we are the parliamentary representative party from Cambridge, we will consider expanding out into East Anglia.

We will target seats in Cambridgeshire, and further north.

Our long term aim is to become the fourth largest political party in Britain. We will follow the aim through with a mixture of loyalty to constituents, quick and popular action on key issues, increasing national support, and enthusiasm to implement our ideals on a national and global scale.

Cambridge is the start of something.A Better Society.

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ContactIf you would like to speak to one of our party members, please email:

isaacturner@politician.comWe also have a website that summarises everything in this manifesto and provides links to relevant pages:

www.nsdp.doodlekit.com

Manifesto VersionsVideo: http://tinyurl.com/nsdpvideo

Online: www.nsdp.doodlekit.com/home/manifesto

Paper Copy:

Electronic Copy: Contact us and we will send you one.

Audio Copy: Contact us and we will send you one.

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