Lucas: Greens can take on BNP
Caroline Lucas, who is standing to be the Green Party’s first leader in September, today issued a stark warning that only the Green Party has the answers to combat the BNP.
She said she was adding to a growing national debate, led by the Observer, highlighting that Britain needs the Greens to be the growing force in politics, not the BNP.
She said:
The rise of the BNP has been rapid. In the absence of political hope, voters have turned to them as a political protest. Every council seat gained, together with the recent London Assembly seat they have won, have been targeted towards promoting their leader, Nick Griffin, to a position of power.
Britain has faced down the rise of the far right in tough economic times before, and it must do so again.
It’s time for people to come off the sidelines and re-engage the British public with politics they can believe in.
Unlike Labour, Greens will never pander to racism and prejudice – but we will work for a better future for everyone, wherever they live.
Our Councillors are constantly striving to tackle unemployment, poverty and poor housing, the very things that create the bitterness and sense of abandonment that the BNP attempts to exploit.
Green Councillors work hard on the ground, and never take their wards for granted, as so many other councillors do.The Green Party is playing its part in promoting positive, progressive politics wherever we can. We urge anyone who wants to take racism and prejudice out of politics to join us and work for a better future, for everyone.
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You mean led by The Observer, not lead.
Not sure why you bothered reproducing this press release, every word of which is entirely predictable. What do you expect her to say? “Greens think Nick Griffin’s harmless – and anyway, we’re in the worst position ourselves to do anything about him as our councillors are all shit”?
And also a bit of a calculated insult to those of us not in the Greens who are trying to put forward a radical alternative to the BNP. The sum total of Green support here in Stoke to fighting fascism has to be close to the zero mark.
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