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Being the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Green Party in the Witney Constituency

Being the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Green Party in the Witney Constituency Stuart Macdonald. Witney constituency. 1983 Douglas Hurd Conservative 1997 Shaun Woodward Conservative 1999 Shaun Woodward Labour 2001 David Cameron Conservative

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Being the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Green Party in the Witney Constituency

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  1. Being the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Green Party in the Witney Constituency Stuart Macdonald

  2. Witney constituency 1983 Douglas Hurd Conservative 1997 Shaun Woodward Conservative 1999 Shaun Woodward Labour 2001 David Cameron Conservative Leader of the Conservative Party 2005-present

  3. Party Candidates Liberal Democrat Dawn Barnes Conservative David Cameron Labour Joe Goldberg Monster Raving Loony Howling Loud Hope Green Stuart Macdonald UKIP Count Nikolai Tolstoy-Miloslavsky Independent Paul Wesson

  4. General Election 2005 • ConservativeDavid Cameron 26,571 49.3% • Liberal DemocratLiz Leffman 12,415 23.0% • LabourTony Gray 11,845 22.0% • GreenRichard Dossett-Davies 1,682 3.2% • UKIPPaul Wesson 1,356 2.5% • Turnout53,869 69.0%

  5. A Green election strategy for Witney?

  6. Greenwash

  7. Hypocrisy claim over Cameron bike Conservative leader David Cameron has been attacked over his green agenda because he cycles to work - but then has his car follow with his briefcase. April 2006

  8. I always suspected that there was something wrong with this picture … Clive James, March 2008

  9. Cameron regrets bike-followed-by-chauffeur incident “I now make sure that when I do bicycle on a Wednesday, no car follows me. If I have papers to carry they go in a pannier on my bike and I can promise you that will never happen again." August 2006

  10. David Cameron: Bicycle stunt was a big mistake Conservative leader David Cameron has apologised after being photographed ignoring red lights and cycling the wrong way up a one-way street March 2008

  11. Cameron's bike stolen as he shops Conservative leader David Cameron says his bicycle was stolen after he left it locked outside a supermarket while he shopped near his home in west London July 2008

  12. Moment David Cameron became a victim of crime Stranded: David Cameron waits forlornly in the street after his mountain bike was stolen outside a supermarket in Portobello Road

  13. Thieves target David Cameron's bicycle for the second time in a year Commons cycle: Mr Cameron, riding his aide’s bicycle, on the way to Westminster with shadow chancellor George Osborne today May 2009

  14. Tory leader comes under fire from head injury and accident prevention charities after riding without a helmet Guardian, 9 April 2010

  15. What to do? • Twitter? • Facebook? • Blog?

  16. Caroline Lucas

  17. Green Policy

  18. Green message 1. emit less carbon 2. use less energy 3. adopt other ways of generating the energy

  19. Green message • use less • re-use • re-cycle

  20. Green message accepted Spending on ethical goods in the UK: 1999 - £13 billion 2008 - £36 billion Cooperative Bank, March 2010

  21. Giving things up • Telling others what to give up • Greener than thou • Don’t …. • Greens cannot be a party that simply tells other people what to do

  22. The Green Party is not into telling people what to do. The Green Party is into tackling the root of the problem, which is the unequal distribution of resources. It does not expect you to give up your car or your holiday. It does expect you to demand a fairer society, one where resources are distributed so that ordinary people - not just the privileged - can make choices.

  23. Using less Whenever resources are free for the taking, it is the powerful who grab most, be this fresh air or health services or education. The powerful can choose to squander resources. The rest of us cannot choose at all.

  24. Choice? • How can people change to public transport when there often is none? • How can they be expected to stop flying when they cannot afford the alternative? • How can they develop human resources when they cannot pay for the best education? • How can they maintain a decent work-life balance when they must work grueling hours in rotten jobs just to survive?

  25. Slogans 2010 – fair enough • Liberal Democrat - Change that works for you. Building a fairer Britain • Labour - A future fair for all • Green – Fair is worth fighting for • Conservative - Year for change

  26. From pressure group to political party Education Farming Economy Public services Defence Housing Health Foreign policy Work, welfare and pensions Science, culture and sport Crime Transport

  27. War in Iraq - Greens consistently opposed the war, Labour took us into it, Tories would have done so too, Lib Dems supported the war during invasion Education - Greens would reintroduce student grants and scrap tuition fees, OFSTED and SATS

  28. Green dental policy • Over half NHS practices not taking new patients • 50% adults have not visited a dentist in last 2 years • 30% children have not seen a dentist in last 2 years • increase funding • do not rely on fluoridation • trust dentists

  29. “Martin Eldridge couldn’t believe he would have to wait for more than a year to get dental surgery“Oxford Mail, 12 March 2010

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