The Isle of Wight Green Party are this week launching their Green Vision ahead of the local elections in May, with a set of positive policies from more candidates in more wards than ever before.
The Party has set out 5 key focus areas of economy, transport, services, environment and ethics with a focus on fighting national government austerity cuts, at the same time as providing solutions to build up resilience for the Island.
Particular priorities will be to oppose fracking and oil drilling in the countryside, put empty properties back into use and to continue the work the Green Party has already done to support the future of services such as the Ice Rink, Adult services and Childrens’ Centres at the heart of their communities.
There will be Green candidates to vote for in over 24 council wards, which is the most in the history of the Island’s Green Party. In the last local elections in 2013, there was only 1 Green candidate put forward.
Green candidates have a wide variety of qualifications and skills which include, but are not limited to, a number of project managers, former RAF intelligence analyst, Chief Executive of a national mental health charity, entrepreneurs and business owners, beekeepers, spoken word artist, a team official for the Wightlink Raiders, telecoms engineer, artistic director of the IW Shakespeare Company, peace workers and a renewable energy consultant.
Prospective Parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight Green Party, Vix Lowthion, who is co-ordinating the Green campaign, said:
“The outstanding quality of our team of candidates is reflected in the strength of the solutions which we are offering to a society which is increasingly divided and unequal.
“Green councillors will speak up for our island with competency and compassion, protecting the most vulnerable people and our countryside, and investing in Green jobs. We need Green Voices for our Green Island, and after May 4th I am confident that we will see a Green breakthrough onto our local Council.”
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More information and a detailed Vision document will be available on the Green Party website (www.isleofwight.greenparty.org.uk) from Saturday 25th March.
