LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert has backed a campaign calling for the Green Party to take part in any TV ‘leaders’ debates’ ahead of the next UK General Election.
“It’s a simple matter of democracy,” she said.
“Recent polling has shown that most people want to hear from all the main national parties ahead of a General Election, and accept that we have moved on from the days when the only viable choices at election time were from the three biggest parties.
“You can’t have real democracy when there is unequal access to the media.”
Although the Green Party featured in a series
of debates on the BBC’s Daily Politics Show,
they were excluded from the main leadership debates
The e-petition, which has been trending on the direct.gov.uk website, was created by Lisa Camps, Chair of the University of York Green Party. Lisa is currently on the Young Greens’ 30 under 30 scheme, which aims to discover the most promising young people in the Green Party and offer them training, mentoring and other experience within the political sphere.
Anyone supporting the campaign to see access to media in the UK broadened beyond the three largest parties can sign a petition here.