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New Leader of Green Party
cepheus
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I'm glad at least one party has a fair agenda. However, do they have radical policies only because they can't get elected?
Australian-born former journalist Natalie Bennett, 46, is the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales.
She replaces the party's most high-profile figure, Caroline Lucas - who became the first Green MP at the last election......
She wants the government's cuts, which she has labelled "economically illiterate", to stop and replaced by more spending on homes, jobs, energy conservation, renewable energy and public transport.
She wants to see a more localised economy with more UK manufacturing and support for farmers, with the financial industry "reined in" to avoid another crash.
She has called for a living wage and said no-one should be paid 10 times more than that, effectively setting a maximum pay level.
Energy conservation and reducing demand are top of Ms Bennett's list when it comes to tackling climate change.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19465606
Australian-born former journalist Natalie Bennett, 46, is the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales.
She replaces the party's most high-profile figure, Caroline Lucas - who became the first Green MP at the last election......
She wants the government's cuts, which she has labelled "economically illiterate", to stop and replaced by more spending on homes, jobs, energy conservation, renewable energy and public transport.
She wants to see a more localised economy with more UK manufacturing and support for farmers, with the financial industry "reined in" to avoid another crash.
She has called for a living wage and said no-one should be paid 10 times more than that, effectively setting a maximum pay level.
Energy conservation and reducing demand are top of Ms Bennett's list when it comes to tackling climate change.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19465606
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Not keen on the manifesto, lots on equality not much about enterprise and initiative, creating jobs etc.
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/assets/files/resources/Manifesto_web_file.pdf0
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