General Election 2010

Just another quick note that the Space Hijackers - Spoil You Ballot - Battle Bus is leaving tomorrow at 1pm.

SPOIL YOUR BALLOT BATTLE BUS!
Mayday 2010

Join us this Mayday on the Space Hijackers anti-election battle bus. We've all seen George Galloway and the other cronies charging around in open top buses trying to persuade people to vote for them, but we all know the whole thing is a scam. Join us in our own open top bus, flying around London giving out an alternate message - SPOIL YOUR BALLOT, REJECT THE LOT OF EM!

To pay for the bus we're asking for a £10 donation from each passenger.

Our plans are as follows,
Meet up 12:00 Sharp at Space Hijackers HQ
Limehouse Town Hall
646 Commercial Road
London
E14 7HA

the bus will leave at 1pm (we will not wait for you, so be sure you're there on time).

From there we plan to take a tour of the mayday actions and possibly even chase down a battle bus or two. Included in our tour will be a visit to clerkenwell to cheer on the corpse of Nick Griffin being dragged through the streets, and a lap of parliament Square! Time allowing we'll try to visit the post capitalist event in Hackney and maybe even head along to Rave against the Machine. Our press insider is currently trying to find the routes for some of the official election buses, so fingers crossed we'll be able to hunt one down and give them hell too!

if anyone spots an official bus on the day, please tweet us @spacehijackers

We intend to finish up back at Hijacker HQ for about 4:30pm where we'll probably head on to a night of debauchery.

To reserve your space then use our paypal donate button (on our site) or cross your fingers that there are enough seats and pay on the day.

print out your paypal receipt as proof.

The Space Hijackers, Spoiling it for everyone!

WHY SPOIL YOUR BALLOT?
In our 'democratic' system we're given the choice to vote once every four years, to place our bets on a team for the next 48 months. To chose between red and blue (perhaps even a little yellow). But let's not be fooled by the colour of their ties, we know they're all the same. Whoever you vote for, the government always gets in. Where’s our ‘none of the above’ option?

If voting actually changed anything they would ban it. Did you get to vote on the Iraq war? Did you get to vote about regulations on banking? Did you get to vote on MP's expenses? Is this a democracy or a bad joke?

Why play by the rules in this farce of an election?

Every spoilt ballot gets counted and shown to the candidates in that constituency, so why not reject the lot of them and tell them what you think with your ballot paper?

GET INFORMED:
Does your vote really count? With our first past the post system, unless you vote for the winning horse in your area, your vote is simply discarded with the rubbish. In 'safe' seats your vote is practically worthless. In Hackney South, for example, your vote is worth 0.039 of a real one and that's certainly not the worst example in London.

click and see how much your vote is worth

Find out who's standing in your community. Do any of the candidates actually care about the issues you do? If not, why vote for any of them? Don't go for the best of a bad bunch.

TAKE CONTROL:
Don't just sit there whining! This is about active rejection, not passive reflection.
Get yourself to the voting booth and get spoiling. In a bogus system, it's the only authentic choice.
Spoiling your ballot is not illegal, spoiling you ballot is your only chance to have your real say in this election.

REJECT THIS FARCE OF CHOICE
Party Politics is a self protecting machine. Even by spoiling your ballot and rejecting them all, they will not just go away. Take your politics to your community, get organised, get talking, get active. Why should we only be given a voice once every four years? Get vocal and give 'em hell. The government get scared stiff when the population get self-organised.