Every vote counts say Welsh Greens
Greens on 15% overtake LibDems
Big vote predicted for "a 50,000 green jobs in Wales to tackle recession and climate crisis at same time"
A poll to be published the day before the European elections suggests the battle for third place will be between the Green Party, the LibDems and UKIP.
In the new poll, conducted by ComRes (1), the Greens have overtaken the LibDems for the first time since 1989. The poll suggests the Greens may be about to match their historic 1989 Euro-election vote of 15%.
The poll shows support for the different parties as follows:
Conservative: 24%
Labour: 22%
UKIP: 17%
Green: 15%
Lib Dems: 14%
BNP 2%
Last Sunday's Telegraph/ICM poll showed the Greens on 11%, ahead of UKIP nationally for the first time in the campaign. The Sunday Telegraph suggested that "the resurgent Greens" might win eight seats.
And in an earlier Green Party/YouGov poll, 34% of respondents said they would either definitely vote Green or consider voting Green if they knew more about the party.
Jake Griffiths, Wales Green Party Lead European Candidate and Wales Green Party Leader said: "It is clear that every is vote is going to count in Wales and it is really important that all green party supports go out and vote Thursday. I think our manifesto for 50,000 jobs and a million across the UK, aimed at tackling the recession and the climate crisis at the same time, has probably struck a chord with a lot of people."
"In the last few days of the campaign we need to work hard to mobilise the Green vote, because in a proportional election every vote counts. A 15% Green vote would mean a half-dozen or more extra Green MEPs to go and fight for those million jobs in the Green New Deal."
"In Wales we have drawn attention to the uncoordinated and contradictory nature of the policies of the Labour/Plaid Cymru government in the Welsh Assembly which has been far from green. We are being told to use our cars less but the Assembly Labour and Plaid leaders are committed to building a new £1-billion motorway around Newport. Labour and Plaid leaders are supporting a new nuclear power station on Anglesey whilst producing reports saying Wales can generate all its electricity from green renewable energy. Assembly finance is to be given to a privatised military training academy, part funded by an international arms manufacturer, in South Wales which will irrevocably link Wales to overseas military conflicts. There are huge opportunities to reduce our domestic energy bills by improving the energy efficiency levels in our homes but current Government policies mean improvements are being made at a snails pace."
Jake Griffiths continued: "After 12 years of Labour government in London and now a Labour/Plaid government in Cardiff, there is very little evidence of achievement on environmental issues - opportunities have not been grasped. Wales and the UK still languish far behind the best in Europe, producing less renewable energy, more waste, fewer energy efficient buildings, and less use of greener modes of transport such as cycling and public transport."
Note to editors:
1. Commissioned by the Green Party. Fieldwork carried out 29-31 May 2009. Sample size 1,005 GB adults, polled by telephone.
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For further information contact Jake Griffiths Wales Green Party Leader on 07752754537 on cantongreens@hotmail.co.uk.
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