London Green Party rally against TTIP, highlighting the need to go further than just excluding the NHS from the deal so as to “protect hard won standards” and the environment.
London Green Party today joined the No to TTIP protest held outside the Dept of Business Innovation and Skills.
London Green Romayne Phoenix (pictured, left) spoke on behalf of the Green Party.
Speaking ahead of the march during her keynote conference speech Green Leader and London resident Natalie Bennett said: “We need to stop dead in its tracks the proposed EU-US free trade deal known as TTIP. It threatens to throw away hard won standards in food safety, environmental protection, workers’ rights, and discards democratic control of all of our futures, for the benefit of corporate profit.
London Campaigns Officer Dave Plummer, who attended today’s march added:
‘Labour have called for the NHS to be excluded from TTIP but seem to care little for worker’s rights, environmental legislation and defending public services from privatisation. ‘