Green Party

Green Party Deputy Leader Adrian Ramsay says that the LibDems have betrayed the people who voted for them at last week's General Election with the deal they have struck with the Conservatives for a new coalition Government.

The full details of the deal will be released later today, but it is clear that the LibDems have agreed to Conservative plans to start making public sector cuts during this financial year and that the LibDems have failed to get an agreement for the introduction of a proportional voting system.

Adrian Ramsay commented: "There are real risks to cutting back on public spending while the economy is still recovering from recession - which is presumably why the LibDems didn't support making cut backs this year in their manifesto. I'm very concerned that the LibDems have signed up to the Conservative cuts and about what this may mean for crucial local services such as Sure Start nurseries and day care centres.

"The Green Party's General Election manifesto showed that there are ways of dealing with the deficit whilst protecting public services. The way forward should have been through green investment to stabilise the economy, not through public service cuts.

"I fear that the new alliance between the Conservatives and LibDems will take us in the wrong direction. I don't think these cuts are what people in Norwich voted for last week. The Green Party will strongly oppose cuts to crucial services.

"Nick Clegg has also failed to use this situation to secure a fair voting system where every vote counts equally. LibDems have been campaigning for this for decades and this was their chance to make it happen. I think many LibDem activists and voters will be feeling betrayed that Nick Clegg has not made more of this opportunity and will be considering their political home for the future."

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Re: Greens criticise Conservative-LibDem deal over public sector cuts and voting reform
Reply #1 on : Fri May 14, 2010, 17:59:09

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Third runway at Heathrow scrapped. Locking up kids in Immigraion Detention Agencies Scrapped. An elected House of Lords using PR, a refurendum on AV and more promise of constitutional change than in thirteen years of Labour.

Sour grapes Adrian?