Stop the War Coalition have issued the statement below re the general election. The Greens are the only main party calling for an immediate end to the war in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of troops. In Vauxhall Kate Hoey has not responded to the survey and neither has the Tory candidate (not altogether surprising). Caroline Pidgeon for the Lib Dems has stated that they support continuing the mission for the present. As a Green Party candidate I have been opposed to the war from the start and am on the national committee of Stop the War Coalition.
As STWC rightly point out, there has been a conspiracy of silence from the main parties about the war. But billions of tax payers badly needed funding for schools, hospitals and jobs is being poured into this futile conflict and thousands of lives, both Afghan and British are being lost. A vote for me is a vote against the war and Trident and nuclear weapons. The generals and the arms industry want to continue feeding the insatiable appetite of the war machine. Vote against the war - vote Green tomorrow.
HOW TO USE YOUR VOTE AGAINST THE WAR
Stop the war's lobbying database can help you decide how to
vote against the war in Thursday's election. Thousands of
people have used it to question their candidates on a range of
issues concerning the "war on terror".
Of those who replied so far, 17 per cent of Labour and 17 per
cent of Liberal Democrat candidates support our call for the
troops to come home. Many of the smaller parties have higher
pecentages of candidates opposing the war. Not one
Conservative candidate has supported the call for the troops
to be withdarwn.
HOW TO LOBBY YOUR LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATES
* Enter your post code
* Complete the survey (takes one or two minutes)
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