PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF THE MALVERN HILLS GREEN PARTY
13th September 2007
Malcolm Victory selected as Green Party parliamentary candidate for West Worcestershire constituency
On the 12th September, Malcolm Victory was officially selected as the Green Party PPC (Prospective Parliamentary Candidate) for Worcestershire West. Sir Michael Spicer is retiring at the next general election in favour of Harriet Baldwin, so Malcolm will now be the senior candidate in the race by virtue of having fought the same battle twice before. Third time lucky, perhaps. So much has changed in the years since 2001 when he first stood for Parliament that the political landscape is barely recognisable. This is particularly true of the rise in Green politics, where all parties are agreed on the pressing need for change, but disagree about the means to achieve it. Green Party policies led the way on reducing our energy consumption to avert the potential disaster of Climate Change, yet we still do not have a single MP.
Malcolm Victory commented:“Voters at general elections normally prefer to vote tactically, thinking a Green vote is wasted. However, when one sees how the ruling parties approach the problem; sticking to growth as the key factor, and using green taxes as a revenue earner to spend elsewhere rather than on real change, and providing little or no stimulus to new technologies or assistance to householders bearing the brunt of the burden, one realises that a Green vote is very important - as a signal that they are all failing.” He said. “That is far more positive than not to vote at all, like so many disillusioned electors.”
Malcolm has lived in Malvern for over 20 years, is a company director, a director of Malvern Fringe Arts and a councillor in Malvern Wells. His wife was the last Mayor of Malvern and so he knows many councillors throughout Worcestershire. He is currently marketing a new invention of his, the Rotaire Dryline, to solve the perennial problem of wet washing. He says that “I am delighted to be working to reduce the amount of energy we use to dry clothes. It is a very small factor in the big picture, but each household will spend about £100 a year on tumble drying, creating a whopping 40 million tonnes of CO2 across the European Union each year. Natural drying outdoors is possible if the washing will not either get rained on or covered in bird lime. The Rotaire does just that, and it is a pleasure to be working actively for the future.” He will be exhibiting the Dryline at the 3 Counties Autumn Gardening Show on 29th and 30th September. Further information from www.rotaire.com
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