The reason the Green candidate is banging on about fascists is that due to the proportional representation system of the EU parliament, the first four parties past the post get a seat, and the fourth seat for this constituency is likely to go either to the Greens or the BNP. Since the BNP have avowed policies of sending all coloured people back to their "own" countries, no matter how many generations their families have lived here, are rabidly anti-Muslim and deny the Holocaust, I can see why a vote for the Greens to keep the BNP out might be a good idea. Do we really want Nick Griffin (who has a previous conviction for inciting racial hatred) representing us in Europe?
Oh aye, I appreciate the logic of tactical voting in the EU proportional representation set-up, I just prefer to vote for someone based on what they plan to do, rather than on how their presence will stop someone else doing what they want to do.
Yes, I must admit that at the EU level the Greens seem to be woefully short of actual policies. But so do all the other parties. Perhaps we should choose our favourite colour.
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