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This project successfully funded on 7th May 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
This project successfully funded on 7th May 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
Our £500 deposit to stand on the Edinburgh & Lothians East Regional List secures Royal Mail distribution of 368K election leaflets.
We have 96 hours! Ideally, we need to pay Solopress on Monday 13th for them to print and deliver our leaflets to the Royal Mail in time for the distribution deadline. Their quote is in the P.S. below.
Please do tell everyone you know in Edinburgh, East Lothian & Midlothian North about their new Direct Democracy Party. Especially, as we only need around 25K votes on the regional list out of a total electorate of 570K+ to secure 1 MSP.
You could share this very good article from a few days ago:
https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/25993908.edinburgh-east-lothian-people-aiming-end-party-whip/
Standing in the Scottish Parliament elections is the culmination of two year's work on my part during which I have put myself under a lot of personal pressure.
Five of us stood in the 2024 General Election with five weeks notice and then I stood in three City of Edinburgh Council by-elections where on average 8% of the voters gave me one of their first four preference votes. My votes mainly came from those I spoke to on the doorstep. If I had been able to speak to everyone within the ward there is a chance I would have been elected.
I have now spoken to over 6,000 people face-to-face with our message and so many people are inspired to seriously consider voting for us.
This is my two-minute elevator pitch which I am presenting everywhere I go at the unis, the Meadows, bus stops and bars. I am trying to speak to at least three people at a time up to 100 students a time in lecture theaters. Often, the retort is: "you've got my vote".
“Hello, sorry to interrupt. I am not normally this rude, but I am trying to introduce myself to over 500 people per day because I am standing in the Scottish Parliament Elections with your new party EDINBURGH & EAST LOTHIAN PEOPLE.
We are going to revolutionise politics by removing the mechanism which allows billionaires and paedophiles influence over politics and politicians.
This mechanism is the Party Whip, which is what the top-down autocratic parties use to force MPs & MSPs to vote opposite to how they would otherwise vote were they free to use their intellect, judgement and conscience when voting on your behalf.
The Party Whip is totally undemocratic and potentially corrupt.
Our revolution to remove the Party Whip has two elements.
First, I am committing to register a total of around 100 local political parties, for every region of the UK. We have started with EDINBURGH & EAST LOTHIAN PEOPLE which is registered with the Electoral Commission. The purpose of the party is to only represent the interests of the people locally with zero external influence especially from billionaires. We are just cutting them out of the equation.
The second element is that OUR POLICY IS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. Once I am elected, which will be surprisingly easy as we only require 25K votes out of a total electorate of 570K, I will be bound by an UNCORRUPTIBLE system as I won’t vote as per how I want to vote or as per instructed by a top-down autocratic party. I will vote as per instructed by the members of the party on a vote-by-vote basis through a system of Direct Democracy.
For every vote in Holyrood an email will go out to all the members. I will not pretend to be qualified to vote on all the issues that I will be asked to vote on so if the vote is on the NHS or on prisons, I am expecting the members of the party who are qualified in that field to jump onto the forum and explain to me why and how I should vote thereby informing all the members who can then have a dialogue and debate and cast their vote.
On the day of the vote I will I will vote transparently as instructed by the members.
In summary our proposal is totally democratic and totally uncorruptible.
As you can vote for the main parties with your Constituency Vote, have I given you enough information to seriously consider giving us your Regional List Vote?
Almost everyone says: Yes!
BIG thanks in advance to all who donate.
If we exceed our original target the extra funds will be used to print an extra leaflet which will include our STOP the Party Whip petition to be delivered by the Royal Mail in the EDINBURGH SOUTHERN constituency where I am standing as a constituency candidate and where in 2021 18K+ didn't vote. We are trying to inspire the non-voters who have turned their back on politics to vote for us. They are the ones that can really make our revolution a reality along with most especially those of you who help us communicate our message to them.
Please donate generously as the the multiplier effect that will ensue from us succeeding in securing 1 MSP will be huge. It will be a tremendous springboard to inspire thousands to copy what we have done.
Faithfully, Marc
Marc Wilkinson
Party Leader
EDINBURGH & EAST LOTHIAN PEOPLE
https://EdinburghandEastLothianPeople.org
+44 7791 843 702
[email protected]
P.S. Please make sure that your name and address are correct as we need to verify that you are on the electoral register. You can select for your name to be displayed as anonymous and please don't use a pseudonym.
P.P.S. Quote from Solopress which includes delivery to the Royal Mail.
Product: Leaflets & Flyers
Size: Custom (240 x 164 mm)
Material: 130gsm Silk
Colours: 4 Colour
Number of Sides: 2
Quantity: 368,500
Total: £5957
Same as above but with
Material: 200gsm Silk
Total: £8391
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made