"Don't let Westminster politicians kill your faith in democracy" urges Keith Taylor, Green EURO candidate
The event: Euro and County Council election hustings, Winchester
7.45-10 pm Friday, 29th May 2009
St Faith’s Hall, Back St, St Cross, Winchester (Click for map)
Keith Taylor, Green Euro candidate for the South East has welcomed a ComRes poll which puts the Green party in third place with 16% of the vote in the South East, four points clear of the Liberal Democrats. He's urging people NOT to let the row over MPs expenses undermine their faith in democracy.
Keigh says he fully understands "the raw anger and dismay as people feel the effects of the global economic collapse in their own pockets, then see the complacency and excess of politicians from the Westminster parties".
Keith will be in town with the Winchester Green Party throughout the afternoon and evening (on Friday 29th May) encouraging people to focus positively on the appetite for change which is emerging from the row.
"With both County and Euro elections on June 4th, we want to engage voters in Hampshire, rejuvenate the democratic process and pull it free from the mire. With the global recession and the real threat of climate chaos, we're facing the biggest challenges of this generation. Time and again our leaders have let us down so it's time to focus on change and focus on the only party which CAN get us out of this mess".
With this week's ComRes poll putting the Green Party in third place in the South East, and another poll for YouGov which found 34% of people said they were either definitely voting Green or would consider voting Green, the mood in the Party is positive.
At a time when hundreds of thousands of people are losing their jobs, Greens are spelling out in their European Manifesto economic policies which would create 140 thousand 'green collar' jobs in the South East alone (1 million UK-wide).
Keith Taylor says, "We urgently need a revolution in renewable energy and energy efficiency so we can take full advantage of the UK’s proud manufacturing heritage, and create jobs in the process.
Elected Greens have shown that the Green Party has grown into an effective party with well thought out policies on education, health care, the economy and human rights to name but a few. It’s time Winchester had its first Green councillors. "
Meeting Details & Candidates Attending
The Election Hustings meeting, organised by Winchester Green Party, is on Friday 29th May, 7.45-10pm, St Faiths Hall, Back St, St Cross. Access via Cripstead Lane. See map attached. Public meeting – all welcome.
The following parties in the Euro election have put up speakers so far: Green Party (Keith Taylor), United Kingdom First (John Petley), Pro Democracy: Libertas,eu (Kevin O’Connell), English Democrats (David Knight), the No2EU: Yes to Democracy Party (tbc). The main parties (Conservative, Liberal Democrats and Labour) have not responded so far.
County Council candidates (all parties) in all the Divisions in which there is a Green Party candidate have been invited to participate and have accepted: Winchester Westgate, Winchester Eastgate, Itchen Valley and Bishops Waltham.
Green Party Election Broadcast
Learn more at: http://www.thinkagainvotegreen.org.uk/
