Adrian Ramsay, Green Party deputy leader, and parliamentary candidate for Norwich South, addressed Green Party spring conference today. Ramsay strongly criticised Labour for their poor track record on 'fairness' after the launch of their new General Election slogan:
"The job market is failing young people, and in my county, it's hitting hardest. Norfolk has the highest unemployment rate for 18-24 year olds of the whole country. It has the highest number of 18-24 year olds on Job-Seekers Allowance, and the highest number of job losses per head of population against any other county. This is the legacy of Tory and Labour governments. And this is what we need to address."
"Those people on the dole, will they be helped under Labour? Today, Labour launched their General Election slogan - ‘A Future Fair for All'. How can they be trusted to be fair when bankers are still getting bonuses, yet the recession is still putting thousands of other people out of work? The people who gambled with our money, who built the house of credit cards that now has crashed, get bailed out, but everyone else picks up the bill."
"That doesn't sound like Fair for All. That sounds like a bankers' Free For All."
"We believe in fighting for fairness - not crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. Our proposals would create a million lasting jobs - not ones dependent on cheap fossil fuels or financial bubbles. We want skilled jobs in public services, renewable energy and low carbon industries. We would nurture small to medium enterprises to encourage domestic manufacturing and local agriculture."