WGP Leader Urges Voters To Think About What They Are Really Voting For
With a General Election like no other in recent memory there has been a strong emphasis on tactical voting all across the country. Wales Green Party Leader, Pippa Bartolotti, urges voters to consider what this really means.
“There are many reasons why I am asking you to vote Green. It’s not just because the Greens are the only political party championing the rights of women to take home equal pay, and it’s not just because we value health and the NHS firmly in public hands, or because we would take transport back into public ownership, but because of all the other political parties we have a clear vision for a safer and more equal society, and we can pay for it.”
A Green Vote is a vote for:
Investing In Public Services. Protecting The NHS & Re-nationalising The Railways.
We have been cheated of good public services. Privatisation means almost all of the profits from the railways and bus services go to shareholders. Unprofitable services have been cut to the core. Greens see our public services, like the NHS as a valuable common good, which should work for the people, not for profits. Greens would bring all our valued services back into public ownership.
Reversing austerity and stopping the cuts to services
Austerity has been an ideological choice, and has failed on its own terms – the deficit is greater now than it was 5 years ago. The change in our society has been stark. The rich have become vastly richer, the poor have been funding it. Please do not vote for more of the same.
Equal pay for women
Half the world are women, and we have had a terrible deal. We pay half the taxes, do a huge proportion of unpaid work, and very often manage the poverty budget at home. I am passionate about women having a fair deal.
A Democratic Reform To The Voting System
We are seeing the death throes of the 2 party system. The Labour vote in Wales has weakened; smaller parties like the Greens are gaining ground. Your vote will matter because millions more Green votes will start the process for true Proportional Representation.
The big parties have had their day. They are throwing millions of pounds at this election to keep their stranglehold on society, and to keep their big backers in the fossil fuel industries in business.
Climate change. No to Fracking and No To Nuclear Power. Investment In Renewable Energies
Climate change is getting worse. 50 communities in Wales will be abandoned to the rising seas. We need to help these people. Wee need to stop more joining them. A vote for any other party is the death knell for coastal communities. We must quickly harness and export our incredible and inexhaustible renewable energy supplies. Nuclear is not needed and fracking must be stopped if we are to meet any sensible reduction in polluting climate change gases, and keep this planet fit for human habitation.
"The Greens have a bold vision for a more equal and sustainable country, and we don’t apologise. We stand for new jobs, fair taxation, a clear signal to industry to invest in clean energy, closing tax loopholes and greater equality. We have to change politics fast. Vote Green." Bartolotti urged.