Midwife to vote Green

I received this letter of support from a midwife who has decided to vote Green:

“I have read through the [Green Party Animal manifesto] and am so pleased with the Green Party viewpoint as it completely echoes my own. As a member of Compassion in World Farming, I too am strongly opposed to intensive factory farming and welcome CCTV cameras in slaughterhouses.

 I’m an NHS midwife, currently pregnant myself with my first child and I fear what David Cameron and the Conservative government would do with the NHS I love and support so dearly. I also worry that it would be difficult for me financially to return to the job I love after having my baby as childcare costs have soared. Working within the NHS, I have seen the damage done over the last 5 years by the Government. We have nothing left. We have no resources, no funding. We are making cuts to services and provisions in every area. We have had to fight for a measely 1% increase to our pay (which still has yet to come through). None of us wanted to strike. It’s not who we are as a group. And we were branded “selfish” by the PM for doing so whilst he and his fellow MP’s enjoyed their expenses and pay rises.

 I used to be a Labour voter, but have no faith in Ed Milliband as a leader. Last election, my husband voted Lib Dem, thinking that if we could just get a different party into power then it could make a change, and it got us no-where. They became little more the numbers and puppets.

 This election, for the first time I have decided to vote Green. I agree with your policies, I trust that you have the best interest of the NHS at heart (i.e. You won’t privatise it) and you will do the best by all the people living in Britain.

Most of all Daniel, you took the time to write to me twice, after I reached out and contacted you. That’s twice more than the Conservative and Labour candidates for this constituency. I know now who cares the most about the concerns of the people living in Brentford & Isleworth. “