Barney Smith, Birmingham Selly Oak, The Green Party
link / contact details for potential supporters
barneysmith@woodbrooke.fslife.co.uk 0121 415 5971
i. what do you think is the most important issue in this election?
Whether the country is run for the good of the people, planet
and peace or big business
ii. why did you make the decision to stand in this constituency and for
this party
I live here, Green Party policies are radical and relevant
iii. what kind of vote are you expecting on May 5th?
over 5%
iv. aside from the vote what are you hoping to get out of this
campaign?
Awareness of the alternative policies of the Green Party through the
election leaflet
v. in your view what is the greatest threat to our civil
liberties at the moment?
The United States of America
vi. Blair has taken us to war three times since coming to
power (not including the occasional ad hoc bombing raid) in the Balkans,
Afghanistan and Iraq. Can war ever be justified?
No, but some policing ability should be available to the UN
vii. There is very little left to privatise in this country,
if you had your way what would be brought into public hands?
The railways first, followed by all postal services and probably others.
Wherever state funding is the major source of revenue, a monopoly provision and
an element of welfare/redistribution there is a case for public ownership. There
is a case for public ownership
viii. Some environmental campaigners have started talking
about nuclear power as a way to bring down CO2 emissions - what do you think of
this?
Replacing one form of long term threat to the environment and unsustainable
supply with another is foolish. Uranium is limited in supply and plutonium (the
biproduct of nuclear fission) is too dangerous to store.
ix. Asylum and immigration will be central issues in this
election. What action on this issue would you like to see the next government
push through?
Allowing refugees to work, preventing people traffickers, cutting out
overseas recruitment.
x. What question do you wish was on this list but doesn't
appear?
I regret that there was no question about climate change on the list. Nor
anything on the redistribution of wealth and democratic power. Does this mean
that Socialist Unity has no concerns on these issues? The Gren Party has and
addresses them, and the above issues in their manifesto.
2005
