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Are The Greens the new Raving Loony Party!

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durhamjen Sat 24-Jan-15 16:21:46

Can't find anything I do not agree with in that.
And as Mishap says their education and NHS policies are the best of the lot.

What's wrong with a citizen's income? People are given that anyway by giving those earning under a certain amount tax credits, housing benefit, unemployment benefits and disability benefits, etc. Having a citizens income means that there will be less paperwork and fewer people working in benefit offices just to sort out the present mess. They can then be employed in more meaningful and helpful work. The care system and the NHS would not be in such a mess.
Why is there always this idea that if people are given money, they will not want to work? Look at how many people work in voluntary organisations, because they want to do something rather than nothing.
At present, because of the race to the bottom in terms of pay, there are more working families claiming benefits than workless families.

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Mishap Sat 24-Jan-15 15:54:09

But their education policies make very good sense. They outstrip all other parties on this one issue.

Do we vote by issue? - e.g. the NHS, education - or do we expect to find a party whose policies are all to our liking? I think I will be waiting a long time for one of those.

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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.

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