Green Party

"We are taking this responsibility seriously"

Peter Cranie's piece on the Guardian website is now up, and makes a strong case for Green votes to beat the BNP on June 4th.

Peter voices his concern that people dismayed with recent events in politics may be tempted to cast a protest vote in the European elections, and that calling on people to back parties embroiled in scandal may not be enough: 

"Calling on everyone to once again get out and vote for red/yellow/blue simply won't work on voters already disillusioned with the Westminster parties. But those few extra thousand votes could keep the Greens ahead of the BNP – and that is the scenario with the best chance of keeping Griffin out.

"The Green party is taking this responsibility seriously. In fact the Greens have one clear tactical aim in the North West Euro election: to finish fourth ahead of the BNP and keep Griffin out of the European parliament."

A lot of attention is focused on the BNP at the moment, but Peter points out that support for the Greens is rising fast: 

"Green party membership is up by more than a third since the last European elections. Our councillor numbers have doubled. There is heightened media and public interest in issues such as climate change and the Green New Deal – issues where the big three parties are way behind the Greens – and the party has benefited from the decline of Labour and the Lib Dems in the polls since 2004."

It's been a great week for the campaign in the media, but we need more help on the ground getting the news out to people in the North West not just Guardian readers.

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