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Emergency Elections - Thursday 9th September
Due to the city council’s over confidence that Labour would win the General Election last May, the local city elections were postponed. This is because the city council believed if Labour were to get into government they would have accepted the city's Unitary status bid despite it failing to pass the financial guidelines for such a council to be set up (it would have cost Exeter council tax payers somewhere in the region of £20 million overall). After the General Election the acceptance of the expensive Unitary bid was repealed and the postponement of the elections declared illegal in the courts! Now we must have the local City Council elections we should have had in May.
Full Slate ahead!
This year everyone who votes on 9th September in Exeter will have the choice of voting for a Green Party Candidate! To see who is your representative in your ward click here.
Exeter needs your Vote
If you are not currently registered to vote in Exeter then click here. To vote in the September local elections you must be registered by the 24th of August, contact Electoral Services on 01392 265141 or email electoral.services@exeter.gov.uk
In Exeter we offer a real alternative to the same old tired policies of the main grey parties. Devon County Councilor Paula Black is a perfect example of how Green Party Politicians can provide logical sound decisions based on a real desire to understand the issues and make informed common sense choices. Wherever we have had County, City, Parish and Town Councillors, MEP's and London Assembley Members, elected Green Party officials have punched well above their weight and had a disproportionate amount of influence compared to our limited number.
We are ready to represent you on Exeter City Council too, we have been growing our share of the vote in the city in recent years with 18% in several wards in the last elections. With Green Party policies more relevant to global and local issues than ever, Exeter needs some Green representation as soon as possible! In local elections, your vote is never wasted!
Caroline Lucas MP - A Green Voice in the House of Commons!
After 30 odd years of trying the Green Party finally got its first MP on the 7th of May 2010! Here is the moment it happened:
For the Green Party to be elated with getting 1 out 625 MP’s in 2010 shows how ridiculous our electoral system is. After all our policies are swathes ahead in popularity with the british public and in 2009 we polled 10% across the country in the European elections. Under a fairer electoral system that should equate to around 60 MP’s, Hopefully Caroline and the Lib Dem’s in the coalition government can organise some real electoral reform. After all, in many polls in the build up to the last election it was one of the subject areas where the general public widely agreed real change was needed.
Highlights from Spring Green Party Conference
Fair is Worth Fighting For!
At the conference one of the highlights was a debate on Equality to open the main theme of our General Election campaign this year 'Fair is Worth Fighting For!' Panelists highlighted how under a labour government and a capitalist model the rich poor divide has widened to new levels never before seen, with the top 10% in British society now having 100 times more wealth than the bottom 10%. It was pointed out that in societies which have faced natural disasters before, the ones which come through most unscathed are the most equal ones. Where the rich poor divide is too great, the rich feel insulated from the effects of the environmental catastrophe until it is too late to react in time to prevent consequences. In more equal societies everyone is effected on a similar time frame and those societies react to adversity much more proactively and promptly.
In our increasingly disperate society the rich feel the need to live in gated communities while the poor feel forgotten and abused in poorer, often urban areas. In more equal societies both the rich and the poor feel less threatend by each other. More equal societies provide a better quality of life for both the poor and the rich and mean both work together to ensure a more stable and sustainable future,
Here is a little snippet of Johann Hari on the subject:
