Topic ID 5205
http://twitter.com/LoucasX Enoughofthat @LoucasX Where will you be next for constituents to question you?
Reply ID 73272
Pending approval by EHDC, I will have a stall at the market in Hertford on Saturday morning. Probably next to the egg seller outside the recently closed bookshop. To be honest it can be a lonely campaign when you are independent, so whenever anyone wants to meet me, I am happy to be available! If anyone wants to question my policies at [url]http://www.loucasx.com[/url] or if you think there is a local issue that should feature in the campaign, I would love to hear from you.
Reply ID 73390
Two questions posed on Twitter Enoughofthat @LoucasX @Alewin7 @Mark_Prisk How many tax-payer funded homes will you need to operate effectively as an East Herts MP? Enoughofthat @LoucasX @Alewin7 @Mark_Prisk Where are you next on the campaign trail?
Reply ID 73676
Further to responses made on other threads, I have some questions for you LoucasX. You mention benefit dependency as being the mainstay of your political thoughts. 1. It will help if you would explain what you mean by this and how, exactly, you would tackle this. 2. Enoughofthat mentioned something similar, prior to you mentioning this, on a now locked thread and has now added to this on the immigration and Hertford thread. Is there any connection between the two of you in any way? And, on immigration, having identified that this is a common topic amongst the electorate as you campaign, what are your views on the estimated 500,000 illegal workers (TGWU 2006) in the UK and what is your solution, if any, to prevent any further illegal immigration?
Reply ID 73677
2. Enoughofthat mentioned something similar, prior to you mentioning this, on a now locked thread and has now added to this on the immigration and Hertford thread. Is there any connection between the two of you in any way? You haven't been reading our posts very carefully if you think that. We have met though. Mark Prisk and I have also met. I'll be meeting as many candidates as I can until the election. Make of that what you will.
Reply ID 73678
quote:You can't resist can you? My question was directed at LoucasX. I await his response as a declared candidate.
Originally posted by Enoughofthat
2. Enoughofthat mentioned something similar, prior to you mentioning this, on a now locked thread and has now added to this on the immigration and Hertford thread. Is there any connection between the two of you in any way? You haven't been reading our posts very carefully if you think that. We have met though. Mark Prisk and I have also met. I'll be meeting as many candidates as I can until the election. Make of that what you will.
Reply ID 73687
quote:Welfare dependency can be tackled by a new kind of job centre with roots in local business and voluntary groups so that more activity can be offered to people genuinely looking for work. Then being tougher on people who decline those opportunities. You only know if someone is genuinely looking for employmemt when they have been offered some. I have written pages on this but won't bore you with the detail. There was no connection at all between enougofthat and I until 3 weeks ago when he ridiculed my manifesto on this forum! We have since met up for a beer and I forgave him....he is actually really nice! Immigration is the symptom not the cause. Getting people off benefits and in to work means immigrants won't have to come over to do the jobs we won't. Welfare dependency is the root cause.
Originally posted by Woody
Further to responses made on other threads, I have some questions for you LoucasX. You mention benefit dependency as being the mainstay of your political thoughts. 1. It will help if you would explain what you mean by this and how, exactly, you would tackle this. 2. Enoughofthat mentioned something similar, prior to you mentioning this, on a now locked thread and has now added to this on the immigration and Hertford thread. Is there any connection between the two of you in any way? And, on immigration, having identified that this is a common topic amongst the electorate as you campaign, what are your views on the estimated 500,000 illegal workers (TGWU 2006) in the UK and what is your solution, if any, to prevent any further illegal immigration?
Reply ID 73689
Thanks for the response LoucasX, however the devil is always in the detail for me. I don't feel that your brief response has sufficiently answered my question and your comment that I might be bored by detail is slightly patronising. I appreciate the desire to encourage the lazy into employment through removing the carrot of benefits, though there will always exist those who are not lazy but who are vulnerable in society. Have you published your views online anywhere so that an informed judgement can be made? I don't propose that this forum is clogged by pages of essays on this subject, so a reference will be useful. I recall the original mickey-taking from Enoughofthat and it has appeared that you have enjoyed a "love-in" together since you responded, hence my question for clarity. Thank you for providing. I understand your view about cause and effect regarding economic immigration, though the fact is that many have already taken advantage of the existing system. What are your views and plans for action, if appropriate, in tackling the large number of illegal immigrants that are already here?
Reply ID 73696
Agree with you totally that the devil is always in the detail. I have produced a manifesto from scratch on every major topic which I share at http://www.loucasx.com My campaign is just me and a couple of volunteers I picked up in the last week so I won't have time to put all the detail in. I am just trying to put enough in, so people can judge whether I am a logical thinker and whether they agree with my values. Your contact details are not in your profile. let me have an EMail address and I will send you a more detailed paper on benefit dependency which covers the issue you raise on the vulnerable who cannot work. or better still lets meet up for a beer or a coffee and discuss thoroughly.....that way you can help me shape my policy. Re: illegal immigrants already in the country, I had not given that any thought. best to sort out the reason they are coming here first, then think about how to deal with people already here.
Reply ID 73699
Re: illegal immigrants already in the country, I had not given that any thought. best to sort out the reason they are coming here first, then think about how to deal with people already here. Yes I think it needs a lot of thought because you may have just made those legal immigrants illegal immigrants going by your answer here. http://www.hertford.net/yoursay/topic.php?id=5225&whichpage=4
Reply ID 73702
don't understand your point Dell Boy?
Reply ID 73704
If immigrants don't have any legal work you said they would go home however they will most likely find work illegally in this country and Hertford and won't be contributing to the economy and society and they will become the real benefit cheats.
Reply ID 73705
I was asked whether immigrants should get benefits if they lost their jobs. I said no. People working on the black market is a problem whether they are immigrants or not. That needs to be dealt with as well.
Reply ID 73706
They are many issues to be discussed with a Underground economy even with MP s. [;)] Anyway back to the weather forecast. [:D]
Reply ID 73707
There are already schemes tackling benefit dependency which the current administration have instigated. (Can't remember the names unfortunately)
Reply ID 73713
quote:Thanks LoucasX, though I will respectfully decline the opportunity to exchange e-mails or meet up individually. My probing has been to determine what policies, if any, exist and the level of thinking behind these, rather than to help shape them. I have an interest because decisions will affect my family and I, though not a desire to become politically active. To paraphrase a well known expression, "I like politics but I couldn't eat a whole one".
Originally posted by LoucasX
Agree with you totally that the devil is always in the detail. I have produced a manifesto from scratch on every major topic which I share at http://www.loucasx.com My campaign is just me and a couple of volunteers I picked up in the last week so I won't have time to put all the detail in. I am just trying to put enough in, so people can judge whether I am a logical thinker and whether they agree with my values. Your contact details are not in your profile. let me have an EMail address and I will send you a more detailed paper on benefit dependency which covers the issue you raise on the vulnerable who cannot work. or better still lets meet up for a beer or a coffee and discuss thoroughly.....that way you can help me shape my policy. Re: illegal immigrants already in the country, I had not given that any thought. best to sort out the reason they are coming here first, then think about how to deal with people already here.