William Relton making the case for the Green Party in Willesden Green |
My name is William Relton. I am honoured and delighted to have been
selected as the candidate for the Green Party in Brent Central. This really is
the most important election for decades. The timing is not right for a proper
General Election on the broader issues concerning most people up and down the
country, which is how a General Election should work. This election will be
forever remembered as the Brexit election. Just as Caroline Lucas has been
campaigning ever since the ’16 referendum, we really should have had a proper
People’s Choice referendum before this election. However, Parliament, or at
least the two largest parties, has decided that we should have an election now,
so here we are.
This will be a very important election for the smaller parties. People have
really begun to realise that our two party, first past the post system, just
doesn’t work anymore. A total reform of our electoral system is urgently
needed. A vote for the smaller parties is a step in the right direction towards
Proportional Representation, a system that the vast majority of modern
democracies use. The Lib Dems are still badly tainted by their record in the
coalition government with the Tories. A vote for the Green Party will help
support a movement for a fairer, cleaner, happier Britain. Please do vote for
me, William Relton, Green Party, Brent Central on December 12.
Secondary school teacher Simon Rebbitt |
As a Green Party member, I care about the
environment yes, but then again, I haven’t ever met anyone who doesn’t. We all
want a healthy world we can leave for our children. That doesn’t mean banning
all cars or forcing everyone to become vegans, it means finding workable
solutions that can make us make positive changes to our lifestyles. But right now,
the biggest distraction is Brexit. The leave result was a crude answer to a
complicated set of problems championed by pandering politicians looking to
advance their careers at the cost of everybody else. I first joined the Greens
when I saw how impotently Corbyn tried to oppose the Leave campaign. The Green
Party opposes division, it stands for unity, for the planet and for its people.
I stand with them and for Brent now and for the future.