Born in Germany in 1954, I have lived practically all my adult life in the United Kingdom.

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With a background in environmental sciences, urban planning and linguistics, I joined the Green Party in 2015 and became chair of the East Midlands Greens in 2017. I live in South Lincolnshire with my two sons. I am asking you to vote for the Green Party because:

1. Greens are principled. We do not accept money from corporations or trade union subscriptions. That preserves our independence and enables us to hold government at all levels to account and to represent the interests of our constituents in a fair and equitable manner.

2. Greens are not afraid to stand up to the establishment. Unearned privilege and nepotism necessarily result in the kind of poor governance which has seen our country decline drastically under successive governments. We believe that people are not born into an elite, but only become truly part of it by being the best in their chosen field of endeavour.

3. Greens have the vision to create a sustainable society. The Green Party has developed a set of policies which seeks to bring society back into harmony with the natural environment and at peace with itself. We lead, while others follow.

4. Greens have the vision to create an economy which serves the nation. We know that social justice requires tax justice and that markets need to be regulated to function properly for the benefit of all.

5. Greens make politics future proof. We anticipate the challenges which will confront us in the short term as well as in the long term and act accordingly, preventing crises rather than merely managing them.