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Are The Greens the new Raving Loony Party!

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magpie123 Sat 24-Jan-15 15:48:57

Greens: Progressively reduce UK immigration controls. Migrants illegally in the UK for over five years will be allowed to remain unless they pose a serious danger to public safety. More legal rights for asylum seekers.

Greens: Referendum on Britain's EU membership. Want reform of EU to hand powers back to local communities. Boost overseas aid to 1% of GDP within 10 years. Scrap Britain's nuclear weapons. Take the UK out of NATO unilaterally. End the so-called "special relationship" between the UK and the US.

Greens: Decriminalise cannabis and axe prison sentences for possession of other drugs. Decriminalise prostitution. Ensure terror suspects have the same legal rights as those accused of more conventional criminal activities.

The party backs a Citizen's Income, a fixed amount to be paid to every individual, whether they are in work or not, to be funded by higher taxes on the better off and green levies.

I think they are.

thatbags Fri 13-Mar-15 19:41:04

Another interesting fact: the Green Party has a lower proportion of ethnic minority candidates than any other party, including UKIP.

durhamjen Sat 14-Mar-15 00:33:14

Where did you get that information from,bags?

janeainsworth Sat 14-Mar-15 07:24:52

If you follow the link that Bags provided you will see that it's from the Evening Standard, jen