Scottish Green Party election launch

The Scotsman

Scottish Green Party election launch with co-leader Patrick Harvie MSP

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 I'm Patrick Harvey.

00:07 I'm the co-leader of the Scottish Green Party.

00:10 And we're determined to make sure that climate and nature

00:12 are on the agenda in this election.

00:15 We've seen the Tories ripping up their climate policies,

00:17 Labour dumping their green investment plan,

00:20 and now the SNP are back to their old ways,

00:22 trying to face both ways on the fossil fuel industry.

00:25 So it's absolutely critical that climate and nature

00:27 are on the agenda, and that means greens in the room.

00:31 The Greens have always been clear

00:33 that independence is the right course for Scotland,

00:36 but independence for a purpose, for the vision of Scotland

00:39 as a more equal, more sustainable, and greener

00:42 economy.

00:43 And it's only green ideas that will make that a reality,

00:45 with other political parties trying to face both ways,

00:49 saying that they're leaders on climate action,

00:51 but then not taking that action and not

00:53 creating that just, fair, and green economy

00:56 that Scotland needs.

00:58 Like most political parties, one or two of our branches

01:00 are still at the point of putting their candidates

01:02 in place.

01:04 I'm really pleased that the election's coming sooner

01:06 than October, but a few branches are still

01:08 selecting those last candidates.

01:10 So I don't have a final number.

01:11 I'm hoping that this is going to be the most candidates

01:14 that the Scottish Greens have ever stood in a Westminster

01:16 election, to put green ideas on the agenda

01:19 and bring climate and nature back centre stage,

01:22 where they should be in our politics.

01:24 I don't think we can trust either the Tory party

01:26 or a Labour government for Scotland's future

01:29 or for the future of our climate.

01:30 Green ideas can bring a transformation in our economy,

01:34 a fairer and greener society for us all.

01:37 I'm really proud of the record that we

01:39 have of delivering things like free bus

01:41 travel for young people, a rent freeze, a rent

01:44 cap, and protection from evictions

01:47 in the private rented sector.

01:48 And I'm disappointed that we weren't able to deliver more

01:51 of that agenda.

01:52 But I think it's very clear that when Greens are in the room,

01:55 that's when climate and nature are on the agenda.

01:57 That's why we've got a record investment in climate and nature

02:00 in Scotland.

02:01 That's the kind of transformation

02:03 that we need to see, not just in Scotland,

02:05 but at UK government level as well.

02:07 And we also need an end to a UK government

02:09 that's attacking Scotland's right to self-government.

02:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:17 (upbeat music)

02:20 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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