Vix Lowthion, the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight Green Party, made her third appearance on the BBC1 Sunday Politics Show at the weekend ahead of next month’s General Election.
Wearing an Isle of Wight badge, Vix sat alongside Councillor Rosa Bolger (Labour, Oxfordshire) and Royston Smith MP (Conservative, Southampton) as the familiar host Peter Henley led the live discussions on the big issues facing the region in the last 7 days.
Vix and Royston Smith clashed on the issue of food banks, homelessness and cuts to local government spending.
Vix said:
“Yesterday I got an email from a constituent, begging me for help, naming Universal Credit saying that they are concerned that the family will be out on the streets in December this year. It shouldn’t be them coming to me as a candidate – there should be full structures in place to provide and answer their questions.”
On the issue of Brexit, Labour’s Rosa Bolger claimed that “the Labour Party are the only party committed to putting Brexit back to the people” which was countered by an exasperated Vix who restated the Green Party consistent policy to support a second referendum on the terms of the deal.
Vix concluded the programme by saying:
“I’ve been preparing for a General Election for two years. I’m ready to ensure that the Isle of Wight has a much stronger MP than we do”.
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This was followed by Peter Henley asking the Labour Councillor if they would stand aside and “let the Green Party have a free run?”
The episode can be viewed on iPlayer at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000b31n/sunday-politics-south-03112019?fbclid=IwAR0wvW6UWAIrC80Svboyl4kNpGnN3h9wDi4TRWlF5EGYYgMvXRSuPqPUy_8.
I watched said interview and I thought Vix came across very well. Her statement regarding the desperate need to get cars off the road and invest in public transport infrastructure and even free travel was interesting. After several years, one burning question I still have, is how much progress has been made in this direction on the Island? What success have the greens had in improving public transport to the West Wight and villages such as Havenstreet which have no public services at all?
not really much chance with the ‘conservative group’ domination of council decisions