Greens would nationalise Thames and SE Water without paying compensation, says deputy leader – UK politics live
Rachel Millward tells Brighton conference: ‘Forget compensation for shareholders and creditors, these are insolvent companies’Ali says Britain is a multiracial, multicultural democracy that needs to protect “everyone’s equal right to belong.”At a time when Britain is facing unprecedented levels of racist violence and intimidation, the country needs leadership. So I’m calling on Andy Burnham to recognise this as a national emergency. Because this is not just a policing problem. It’s a test of whether a diverse democracy can protect the equal right of everyone to belong.People making the journey to the green party because they see we offer a real alternative.He says people are looking for a different kind of politics that recognises how multicultural the UK is. Britain is becoming more diverse, not less. Can we build a country confident enough to live with difference? To protect everyone’s equal right to belong and to make diversity work with us all. Continue reading...
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Meanwhile, Reform leaders this morning have been speaking about the fact that the man acccused of murdering former party spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with a terror plot against Nigel Farage. Deputy leader Richard Tice told the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme his party leader has “not been listened to” over his safety concerns. Farage has repeatedly raised the threats against his personal security before, often in the context of justifying or explaining why he’s received significant financial donations.
Tice said: “(Farage’s) security and the risks to it, he’s talked about over over many times, many occasions, over many years. “And I think what’s particularly upsetting for those of us in and around him is sometimes he’s not being believed, not being listened to, and you know we have just got in a sense, deep regret over everything that’s happened over a long period of time.” Police charged Joshua Kerry, 28, with the terror plot on Friday.
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