Greens prepare for first broadcast
The Green Party’s first election broadcast is to focus on a “dystopian future” of war, corporate domination and curtailed civil liberties.
Appearing on BBC 1, BBC 2 and Radio 4 the broadcast contrasts a green future, with a vision of life under a future Labour government. Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand provide the music.
Green Party communications co-ordinator Matt Wootton said: “As it turns out, this broadcast has successfully captured the issues not only of the campaign but of these last 24 hours, dwelling as it does on visual jokes about ‘President Blair’, the Iraq war and Blair’s revelations of plans for a new era of nuclear power”.
He added: “It draws a sharp contrast with Labour’s broadcast last night (on Wednesday) showing schoolgate mums: ironically, it’s exactly those domestic issues that really matter to people but that Labour has completely neglected in favour of foreign mis-adventures, making their broadcast all their more ironic.
“The Green stance is that in the international sphere Labour should have concentrated these last four years not on terrorism but climate change, which is a far greater potential security concern. Domestically, Labour has had the chance to give people more access to our public services, but instead has opened public services up to privatisation for the sake of corporate interests.”
Separately, the Conservatives have launched a new poster campaign continuing their personal assault on Tony Blair.
Featuring a picture of Mr Blair, it reads: “Iraq. Stealth taxes. Immigration. It’s now or never to tell him what you think.” A separate poster carries the message “imagine another five years of him”.
Co-chairman Liam Fox, said: “There is just one week to go until the election. It’s now or never for people to tell Mr Blair what they think.
“They can reward Mr Blair for eight years of broken promises and for his lies on important issues like Iraq, immigration and taxation. Or they can vote Conservative, to support a party that has taken a stand and is committed to action on the issues that really matter to people”.
SNP leader Alex Salmond also launched his party’s final campaign poster, which carries a picture of Mr Salmond and the slogan “Trust me to make Scotland matter”.
Mr Salmond said: “Voters must decide who they trust most to put Scotland political centre stage, who they trust to win a better deal for pensioners and families, who they trust to save Scotland’s regiments and halt Labour’s nuclear obsession.
“Every vote for the SNP will help me hold Tony Blair to account for the war and Labour for their waiting list failure.”
