Hands up.
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by Chrissetti
This is an open confession to clear up any misunderstandings in my election campaign.
Yes, several low-wellness and new members have received gifts from myself.
I intended to prove with this that I was indeed dedicated to improving the wellness of the region, that I would be active as a mayor and those unemployed and of low wellness will not be forgotten as they have appeared to be up until now.
At the time I didn't see anything dishonest or dishonourable in what I was doing as I never claimed the money to provide the gifts was supplied by the NHS in my covering letter.
I can see now that I was naive and does appear to be bribary and that I should h ave just sent the PM without the gifts.Please understand that this was over-enthusiasm on my part but if you still feel the same way please do not vote for me, but instead cast it to one of the other willing candidates
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As I said in comment to the other article: \"Hmmm... using party funds eh? what happened to all those messages agreeing with my article that said that voting for a mayor should be free from party politics? seems you have changed the unspoken rules of the game. So in future perhaps we will not be criticed by other parties if we endorse our own candidates ? (as I have been critised for supporting bob Boblo?)\".
If party funds or personal funds are used for campianging then this hinders the chances of any genuine mayorial candidate who is less wealthy or from aless welathy party. Although it cannot be enforced, I think it would be good practice to declare where party or personal funds are being used in this way.
This is how a certain former eUS president was reelected.
I cannot speak on behalf of TUP.
I wish before that I had appreciated how this would look. I was so eager to get into the work of being mayor that I didn\'t realise that anyone would see anything wrong with it.
I don\'t think I can pull out of the race now as resigning from TUP seemed to do nothing so all I can promise is to be the best I can be if I still do go ahead to win
That\'s a very fair and honest comment and I hope you mean it. You seemed a really decent guy to me and I was disappointed to hear this news. But it has raised a very interesting point that is worthy of further discussion because it has implications for the general election (see above). If it s true that this was used by a former e-usa president to win the GE... and if that same e😜resdient is now the power behind the throne of the UKRP which a number of people (not just from pcp) believe to be the case... then perhaps we need to look closely at that...
Everything I have done has been well-intentioned. I can see now that it was the wrong thing to do.
I hope you can forgive me.
I am sure you were well intentionned Chrissetti as people will be able to see from your honest response and genuine concern. You are a newcomer to the political scene and understandably eager. But your party leader has been around for some time and should have known better than to give you party funds to do this without warning you of the possible consequences re how it could be viewed. If anyone should be criticised for this approach perhaps it should be he, not you.
Hats off to you, Chrissetti, for declaring openly what has happened ! That bodes well for the future.
But this other suspicion concerning a former eUS president with political power in the eUK is alarming. There are clearly international implications. Can anyone shed more light on that?
perhaps it needs to be made clear that it was not just chrissettis personal funds that were used to fund his election campaign but also the party\'s funds.
I don\'t see a problem in the party providing funding for gifts until the NHS does... it\'s not bribery, it\'s a good way to get citizens to realise that you WILL gift them.
I\'m glad someone\'s made that obvious point, Jones. Well done, especially considering your affiliation.
well I disagree strongly.. buying votes is not necessarily a good indication that someone will continue to gift after they are elected. there are far beeter ways to check out if someone will be active than whether or not they send you a one off bunch of gifts ...and , more impoortantly, it means that candidates from less wealthy parties are unable to campiagn on an even ground. Of course it is not illegal but I think it is very poor practice..
Don\'t feel so bad Alain Bates did this when he was trying to become mayor of Leeds
In my first successful campaign to become mayor of Leeds, I merely added a few citizens as friends and changed my profile picture to Carlton Banks (because a couple of players said they chose who to vote for in elections based on who had the best picture).
For my 2nd and 3rd mandates, I sent gifts to citizens as that was my job as mayor so I think theTruePredator\'s comment is slightly flawed.
As for this election, I donated some of my personal funds to 4 of the newest TUP members who were running for mayor to allow them to purchase gifts. I will post more on this matter later.
Thanks for clearing it up, but I don\'t see an apology to the other candidates.
Why should there be an apology for coming up a new and original means of campaigning for votes? It certainly beats the standard pack of lies manifestos: the the recipients benefit from it, regardless of whom they eventually vote for.