Green Party

Letters from Peter Cranie, lead Green MEP candidate in the North West, were published this week in the Guardian, New Statesman and Morning Star. 

Commenting on the budget and proposals for new power stations in the Guardian, Peter said:

"Money for unproven "clean coal" technology won't create jobs when we need them (now) and won't deliver CO2 emissions fast enough, compared with mature renewables. The government has even ignored most of the proposals of its own watchdog, the Sustainable Development Commission, whose budget proposals were virtually the same as the Green Party's"

Read more in the Guardian

Responding to the New Statesman's feature on the rise of the BNP, Peter's letter published in this week's magazine said:

"The race for fourth place will be a major factor in whether Nick Griffin gains a European foothold or is consigned to the margins of political history."

Read more in the New Statesman

In the Morning Star, which had published this article outlining the alarm felt by the 3 largest parties at a recent second place for the BNP in a Manchester by-election, Peter responded with information about recent Green advances in the region.

He said: "It is disturbing that the BNP was able to gain 23 per cent in a North Manchester council by-election, even in an area with a target demographic for them, but this was only achieved with an intensive campaign effort.

"For some perspective, it is worth remembering that, in the 2008 local elections, intensive campaigning saw the Greens gain 43 per cent in a Liverpool ward, 40 per cent in a Manchester ward and 30 per cent in a white working-class area of Widnes.

"If the BNP gets the 7.5-9 per cent that many people are predicting, then relying only on the red, yellow and blue parties to come up with a combination of votes that will keep out the BNP is like throwing three dice and hoping for a double six.

"Voting Green to keep the BNP in fifth place is going to be one of the best ways to keep the BNP out and the nature of the D'Hondt system means that a tactical vote for the Greens is going to be three times more valuable than a tactical vote for Labour."

Read more in the Morning Star

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