Worcester Lib Dem Leader Defects to Greens
When someone has been a life long supporter of any party it takes a lot of courage to change your party allegiances. However I believe that Alex’s beliefs and values have not changed – simply that the party he once supported has changed from beneath him. For some time now the Lib Dems have been tracking to the Right in the hope of protecting seats in the home counties – clearly it did not work last week. The Green Party is a growing party, that although still small, offers the only true alternative to the main stream big three parties that seem to be offering the same things these days. In contrast the Green Party has positive policies to invest in improving our housing and railways, new technologies and creating a million new jobs. We believe in a fairer society with a living minimum wage of £8.10 per hour and decent non-means tested pension of £170 per week.
I welcome Alex with open arms to the Green Party – with his existing Councillor experience he will be a great asset to the local Green Party.