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5:16pm Monday 19th May 2008
SOUTH Cheshire College has been a hive of activity today in the run-up to Thursday's Crewe and Nantwich by-election.
Conservative candidate Edward Timpson and Shadow Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills David Willetts both visited the college as part of their ongoing campaign.
The pair staged a question and answer session in the College's Dane Bank Theatre for staff and students keen to know more about the Conservative party policies.
David Roberts, who is standing for the English Democrats, also dropped in to chat to potential voters and hand out promotional literature.
Political parties are targeting first-time voters ahead of the by-election.
South Cheshire College has also staged its own mini poll to try and gauge who students will be voting for later this week.
At close of play today, the two main political parties were locked in a tight battle for supremacy with 13% of voters opting for Tamsin Dunwoody and 20% in favour of Edward Timpson.
Mini election results also show that out of the remaining candidates, students are voting massively in favour of the Cut Tax on Petrol and Diesel candidate Paul Thorogood which may be a reflection of the high fuel prices in South Cheshire compared to some other parts of the country.
David Roberts said: "It was wonderful to be able to come into a top college and chat to students about what I'm standing for in the by-election.
"These students are tomorrow's future and it's important that they make their vote count this week."
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paul thorogood, crewe says...
11:31pm Mon 19 May 08
To the voters of Crewe and Nantwich: You are about to make history. Thursday's by-election is effectively the first referendum in the UK on whether the Government should Cut Tax On Petrol And Diesel.
1. Like me you are probably sick and tired of paying so much for petrol. The Government blames the high prices on the state of the world oil markets but the fact is that for every £1 spent at the fuel pump about 70p is tax. We pay the highest taxes on fuel in Europe. If the Government had the political will they could reduce the terrible burden now faced by low income families, OAPs, the disabled, anyone who needs their car to get to work and the British haulage industry.
2. Every time the voters of Crewe and Nantwich go to a petrol station to fill up their cars between now and the election theyll be reminded about why Im standing as a candidate.
3. A vote for me is a chance to bloody the nose of the Labour Party over the terrible way they are handling the economy especially taxation and spending. The 10p tax band debacle just being another example.
4. I want VAT abolished on fuel as it is effectively a tax on a tax and I want the current tax on diesel (57p per litre) and petrol (about 50p per litre) halved so it is in line with the average fuel duty in Europe.
5. I often get asked how can the Government afford it? But you are asking the wrong question. What you should be asking is how can low-income families, OAPs and hauliers afford the prices being demanded at the pumps?
6. Another argument I often hear is if the Government doesnt take revenue from fuel, theyll need to take it from somewhere else. WRONG! This Government has wasted billions over the last ten years including £12.4billion on the infamous NHS computers that never worked , £2.35billion on tarting up the MoD's London HQ, £2.3billion on consultants to tell civil servants how to do their jobs and the £3.3billion the military presence in Iraq costs every year.
7. Theyre about to waste £10billion on the identity card scheme and £30billion on the replacement of the Trident missile system. Also much has been swallowed up in bureaucracy, with costly and often pointless managers, boards and quangos creating and chasing artificial targets.
8. Blockades don't work. The ballot box does. Vote for PAUL THOROGOOD. The UK is counting on you - don't waste this chance. It's over to you...