ELECTION 2010: ‘Break big-two rule’ plea - Green Party Member Peter tatchell urges voters to vote for Lib Dem candidates instead of Labour or Conservative
Published: 30 April, 2010
GREEN Party member Peter Tatchell has urged voters in seats where his party cannot win to throw their weight behind the Lib Dems.
Mr Tatchell, representing the Greens at the Instigate Debate at Islington’s Union Chapel, made an impassioned plea to voters to “break the duopoly” of the two main parties.
He urged voters to support the Lib Dems – apart from in target Green seats such as Brighton and Norwich South.
“I would put the interests of the people above my own because if we get a big batch of Liberal Democrats it would break the duopoly of Labour and Conservatives,” he said. Mr Tatchell shared the stage with Harriet Harman (Labour), Simon Hughes (Lib Dems) and Justine Greening (Conservative), at Monday’s event.