Hacked Off Vapers Start Their Own Political Party

[james]

Just posted an interview with Dave Hallam and Alan Beard here about their plans with UKVIP: t.co/7yWObeoK9a

Would love to know what you think, and whether you will vote for them?

[Deleted]

this is something i 100% believe in. i'd vote

[GunJack]

what about our barrynorton and Matt Gluggles too? Are you going to interview them as well?

[Clivia]

with all due respect - but I would need to know a bit more about a party before I vote for them - 'only' promoting vaping is not enough for me - and as much as I love vaping and am totally into it - I am afraid a party with that name would address far too few people to make it

[giles]

I'd vote for them unless I had someone from one of the main parties to vote for who had supported vaping. I wouldn't expect them to get in, but the vote would be noticed by the other parties and it might make them think.

[DiscoDes]

Feb 13, 2014 18:03:37 GMT giles said:

I'd vote for them unless I had someone from one of the main parties to vote for who had supported vaping. I wouldn't expect them to get in, but the vote would be noticed by the other parties and it might make them think.

EXACTLY

[Bluefish]

They get my vote.

[babs]

I'd vote for them and I have made a contribution to the party funds on the UKVIP stickie link

[barrynorton]

Feb 13, 2014 17:49:07 GMT Clivia said:

with all due respect - but I would need to know a bit more about a party before I vote for them - 'only' promoting vaping is not enough for me - and as much as I love vaping and am totally into it - I am afraid a party with that name would address far too few people to make it

Clivia, out of curiosity, and with full respect for your position, are you already quite engaged politically? Have you voted in previous European elections?

[Clivia]

out of curiosity, and with full respect for your position, are you already quite engaged politically? Have you voted in previous European elections?

barrynorton - no I am not politically engaged - my only political engagement was about 30 years ago with a Tyrolean conservative party - yes I have voted - no I am no fan of the EU - though I know (nice) people personally, who work for the EU

[barrynorton]

What would 'making it' involve, from your point of view? Having a member of the European Parliament? Having that member join one of the European cross-state parties?

Beyond that national party affiliations actually have very little effect at the European level, in my opinion.

This time around we have some quite prominent single-issue parties.

[Clivia]

with 'making it' I meant getting into a position where you can actually change something - nationally or internationally.
I wish you all the very best of luck - and you might proof me wrong but in my opinion the name of your party will only address a few - yes many here in the forum but at the moment generally people have different and non vaping connected problems.
I am pretty sure that the governments will soon find a way how to tax for example e-liquids with nicotin - I guess in Italy they do that already - and they will find ways to make money out of vapers - and although there might be 2 million vapers in the UK already - honestly I personally would not vote for a party, whose main agenda is vaping - but that's just me - and there are many here who think differently - so again all the best of luck