Why am I standing to be the Green MP for Birkenhead?

Because I believe Birkenhead Deserves Better.

Birkenhead deserves an MP that puts Birkenhead first. That rebuilds our town centre, that votes FOR ceasefire and offers practical solutions to injustice.

Only the Greens have got the policies for a fairer, greener country. We would insulate our homes, phase out all fossil fuels, nationalise water and energy, and tax the super-rich to pay for our NHS.

It’s been several months since this proposal was first muted and talked about. It’s really disappointing that we’re still in a position where there is so much disagreement on this. I would’ve hoped that we could’ve moved forward together.

Within this budget there is an additional £2 and ¼ million. One-off funding for one year. To be voted upon at Policy and Resources Committee, next month, not today.

Greens have six proposals to invest in a fairer, greener Wirral.

The Greens support the International Court of Justice and their ruling to stop killing Palestinians. We want an immediate and permanent ceasefire now and long lasting peace. We need to stop arming Israel. Stop our complicity. Stop investing our pension funds in the arms trade.

We also need to sanction the political leaders who are inciting genocide. And sanction the Israeli state, just as the Russian state was sanctioned when they invaded Ukraine.

Since the temporary pause in the bombardment stopped on the first of December, the Israeli army has killed another 4,000 men, women and children.

Israel continues to destroy the food, water, electricity, homes and hospitals of 2,200,000 people who cannot leave Gaza.

This is attempted genocide and of course it is wrong.