Whether the Conservative’s increase in the vote last Thursday across the country is the start of the long march to Cameron being Prime Minister or just mid-term blues of a Labour government is something only time will tell.
 
However, one thing is for certain, as electoral patterns over the last 30 year show, most of the electorate are staying with or switching between the two main parties and using the Lib-Dems as a protest vote.
 
MPACUK has urged Muslims to use their vote to punish pro-Zionist MP’s and as Muslim voters and MPACUK clearly demonstrated in Rochdale protest voting can work.  Sadly, in most constituencies a protest vote will not oust a sitting MP and consequently not have any impact on the Government.
 
MPACUK firmly believes that the protest vote should not be the only way forward.  How many times have we heard that “Labour” have done this or the “Conservatives” have done that when in reality it is just ordinary people inside these parties who are pulling the strings. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to ask and why isn’t that person you or your children?
 
Joining a political party doesn’t mean you support all of their policies wholesale; but that you have made the intention to change their policies and choose better candidates over worse ones.   This is far simpler and effective than trying to change the hearts and minds of tens of thousands of voters after a candidate is selected by party members.
 
As MPACUK and numerous other commentators have said it only takes as few as a hundred party members to choose an MP but it takes up to 70,000 people on Election Day.  Our mission is to embolden and enlighten Muslims to get involved and to ensure a good candidate is chosen in the first place i.e. for you and your children to be part of the decisive few.
 
As to which party you join MPACUK’s advice is to join & influence the “Party of consequence” where you live.  e.g If you live in a Conservative safe seat what’s the point of trying to influence the Labour or another party in that seat?
 
Preaching to the converted is not what MPACUK and Muslims are about and we ask all to take on the brave challenge of taking the political battle to where it matters the most: inside the mainstream parties; and in particular to the Party of Consequence where you live.

Complaining from the sidelines is no longer an option