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lve managed to find out something about the Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party. Im so gutted I didnt go and vote for him now.
The Skipton and Ripon results aren't in yet though, so fingers crossed for him. All he needs to do is take the 80% majority away from the Conservatives.
Bob Leakey is an anomaly as far as election candidates go. Independent, passionate, idiosyncratic. And at 90-years-old Bob was the oldest candidate standing in this year's General Election. In fact, he's one of the oldest candidates ever to stand in a General Election. Questioned as to his motivations for standing at such a ripe old age, Bob responded that he could not live with himself if he did not. He is in good health and has a loving wife who looks after him. It was therefore his duty to 'combat censorship' and let the people know the truth about the evils of money, the need for cognitive appraisal and why we should elect him into Parliament while he still has chance to make a difference.
It was more than 50 years ago when Robert Leakey last stood for election. But now the 90-year-old is standing for Parliament – to abolish money.
The founder of the Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party says money is the root of all evil and bankers are "the oldest criminal profession in the world".
Mr Leakey is standing in the Skipton and Ripon constituency but admits he is unlikely to unseat Conservative David Curry, who secured a 12,930 majority in the 2001 General Election.
Mr Leakey last stood for election as a county councillor in the 1950s and would feel "very
guilty" if he didn't fight for Parliament.
He was born in Kenya to a missionary family, but disaster struck when his mother got appendicitis when they were living there. Motorists refused to take her to hospital unless they were paid first, and she later died.
He wants money replaced by "virtue currency" – where the person needing a service (like food or housing) would literally print the cash for the person providing the service.
Government run by the people, is another of Mr Leakey's demands.
The Skipton and Ripon results aren't in yet though, so fingers crossed for him. All he needs to do is take the 80% majority away from the Conservatives.
Bob Leakey is an anomaly as far as election candidates go. Independent, passionate, idiosyncratic. And at 90-years-old Bob was the oldest candidate standing in this year's General Election. In fact, he's one of the oldest candidates ever to stand in a General Election. Questioned as to his motivations for standing at such a ripe old age, Bob responded that he could not live with himself if he did not. He is in good health and has a loving wife who looks after him. It was therefore his duty to 'combat censorship' and let the people know the truth about the evils of money, the need for cognitive appraisal and why we should elect him into Parliament while he still has chance to make a difference.
It was more than 50 years ago when Robert Leakey last stood for election. But now the 90-year-old is standing for Parliament – to abolish money.
The founder of the Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party says money is the root of all evil and bankers are "the oldest criminal profession in the world".
Mr Leakey is standing in the Skipton and Ripon constituency but admits he is unlikely to unseat Conservative David Curry, who secured a 12,930 majority in the 2001 General Election.
Mr Leakey last stood for election as a county councillor in the 1950s and would feel "very
guilty" if he didn't fight for Parliament.
He was born in Kenya to a missionary family, but disaster struck when his mother got appendicitis when they were living there. Motorists refused to take her to hospital unless they were paid first, and she later died.
He wants money replaced by "virtue currency" – where the person needing a service (like food or housing) would literally print the cash for the person providing the service.
Government run by the people, is another of Mr Leakey's demands.