Cathcart, Greens: Final Appeal to Voters
Tue., September 27, 2005. 21:33.
Stewart says Greens the only genuine, fresh alternative
As polling day approaches in the Cathcart by-election Green candidate Chloe Stewart has made a final appeal to the voters. After the often personal and abusive campaign fought by some parties over the last weeks in the Cathcart by-election, Chloe hopes that the electorate of Cathcart will use their vote to call for a genuine, fresh alternative and not plump for the politics of despair and old discredited ideas.
Chloe Stewart said: "A Green vote is a vote for our children's health and opportunities, for green spaces and clean air, for safe food and an education which promotes imagination and tolerance. A Green vote is for a Citizen's Income which will lift all our people, including our elderly, out of poverty, it is a vote to abolish the unfair Council Tax. A Green vote is for safe, welcoming communities, not ID cards and a feared knock on the door."
The Greens are hopeful of taking votes from across the political spectrum, and point out that in contrast to the Westminster election a vote for the Libdems is a vote for more of the same from the Scottish Executive. The Greens hope to project a more serious and constructive approach than the SSP, and will also target disillusioned Labour and SNP voters.
Chloe added: "Many people in Glasgow voted Libdem this year as a protest against New Labour's record in government. In this election however they know that a Libdem MSP will play follow-the-leader inside the coalition, and be no different to a Labour MSP."
Chloe is a leading JAM74 activist and is a co-sponsor of the legal action being taken against the Scottish Executive over the M74 controversy. The Labour candidate Charles Gordon is well-known as a prominent supporter of the motorway scheme.
For further information contact 0790 99 33 074 (1) Background details: Chloe Stewart, 31, lives in Glasgow and works for the NHS in Glasgow as an information worker. She previously worked for Oxfam, is a member of Campaign Against the Arms Trade and Amnesty International, and has many years experience in campaigning on peace and human rights issues. She is a leading activist with JAM74, the group opposing the building of the controversial M74 Extension in Glasgow and is a co-sponsor on the legal action taken against the Scottish Executive over the scheme. Born in Essex and mainly brought up in Bristol, moved to Glasgow in 2001 and has lived in Pollokshields since 2002, has BA from University of Oxford and MSc from University of Sheffield. Is an elected office bearer and member of the Scottish Green Party Operations Committee.
Contact the Scottish Greens' press team on 07909 933 074.