The anti’s are also a minority. The problem is they are a very noisy and determined minority.
Please Act Now - General Election 2024
- Thread starter Conor O'Gorman
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The anti’s are also a minority. The problem is they are a very noisy and determined minority.
When you put in your constituency name into the box on the BASC general election campaign webpage a template text will come up which you can adapt as need be and then click send to email candidates currently available to contact:
The template text is:
I am emailing you as a general election candidate for my constituency to ask for your views on sustainable shooting and conservation.
Shooting and conservation play a key role in the economy and management of the countryside. The Value of Shooting Report 2024 shows that:
• Shooting supports the equivalent of 67,000 full time jobs.
• Shooting is worth £3.3 billion to the economy (GVA).
• Shooting generates £9.3 billion of wider economic activity.
• Habitat management and conservation work is carried out on 18.87 million acres as a result of shooting.
• 620,000 people are actively involved in shooting related activities.
• Those involved in shooting provide 14 million conservation workdays, the equivalent of 26,000 full time conservation jobs.
For further information on the benefits of shooting please visit: Capturing the economic, environmental and social value of shooting in the UK - The Value of Shooting
Given this, I would be grateful if you could approve our manifesto: BASC election manifesto 2024
You can do this by emailing me your approval.
I will be informing BASC of your reply. They represent 150,000 members and will be letting them and others know where candidates stand.
Thank you in advance for replying to my email.
Great
Thanks Conor
Maybe post the same on PW - i have not looked if you have at all
timbrayford
Well-Known Member
Waste of time with Bob Seely, his opinion is whatever the party whips tell him it is and just like before preelection bull****!
nun_hunter
Well-Known Member
He's not renewing his FAC (mentioned it quite a few times) so in a couple of years he'll hand it all over and won't be concerned with fieldsports in general or the happening on the SD.Time to chuck it in then mate.
Give you're ground to someone who is more worthy
Conor O'Gorman
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Article about the election on ShootingUK website:
www.shootinguk.co.uk
How you can help to shape the incoming government - ShootingUK
With the shock announcement of the general election on 4 July, BASC is calling on its members to get involved — because what will surely be a Labour government will take office on the 5th. BASC executive director of communications and public affairs Christopher Graffius told Shooting Times...
www.shootinguk.co.uk
Conor O'Gorman
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BASC update. There is a major danger to shooting and conservation during the current election campaign: boredom and apathy among those who shoot and support shooting...
basc.org.uk
Boredom and apathy have no place in a general election
In the face of an election billed as a foregone conclusion, Christopher Graffius argues why we all must press for a positive outcome for shooting.
basc.org.uk
Response sent
Hi , I appreciate that nominations have now closed, but out of 5 candidates for my local seat, only one is contactable (reform candidate) I have emailed the Conservative & lib dem candidates with contact details I have found. Would it be helpful if I sent the addresses to the BASC 'politics' email address? Thanks
I have done and my MPs details are not on there
And i wonder what it means by no response received ?
This might be the first election I vote none of the above ! Only thing that bothers me is we are at war with Russia whatever they tell us , mind you we had a coalition during ww2 .
Conor O'Gorman
Well-Known Member
Thanks. BASC has been working off daily candidate contact details updates provided by an agency and I have been advised that a piecemeal approach will just complicate things (there are thousands of candidates across UK). However, if you get any replies from your candidates please do forward to politics@basc.org.uk so that we can update our webpages accordingly.
Conor
What does no response received mean on the page please ?
Is this changing as we send in the information ?
Thanks
Thanks, it will be interesting to see how many of the candidates contact details are available by election day. Surely by utilising the BASC membership and those like myself who are not currently members, to feed information into the BASC website can only be a good thing?
Anyway, I have emailed the 3 candidates with best chance of the seat. Conservative- outgoing mp might respond as election year, apart from that you might as well send a letter to Santa. Lib dem - will probably win seat due to Conservative MP (will be surprised if I get a response to email as bigger fish to fry than gaining a few votes from the shooting community) . Reform, may get a response as they are after any vote they can get.
Should I receive any replies I will forward...
Conor O'Gorman
Well-Known Member
On the BASC website there is a tick box for the following:
Has signed our manifesto:
- Yes
- No
- No answer
Conor O'Gorman
Well-Known Member
Thanks. I think all the contact details will be up next week for the declared candidates now that the deadline for declarations has passed. Remember, this was a snap election announcement so a lot happening at short notice. BASC launched the campaign only 10 days after that announcement. There are many organisations outside our sector not yet launched any campaign. Things will however hot up next week, not least as party manifestos get published.
As expected, response from the Reform candidate "Thank you - I am in full support of this"
Copy sent to BASC
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