Policies
I STAND FOR:
* Civil Rights and Individual Freedom
* Financial Transparency and Effective Regulation
* Equality and Diversity
* Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship
* Ethical Foreign Policy
* Animal Welfare
To defend Britain’s long tradition of civil rights and freedom of expression.
To reverse the past decade’s erosion of the civil rights of individuals and communities and resist the encroachment of the state onto the freedom and privacy of the individual.
To strengthen access to justice in practice and to prioritise the protection of the legal rights of the individual including the right to Habeas Corpus (Right to be safeguarded from unlawful detention).
To challenge the failure of states to abide by the human rights agreements they have already signed up to, for example, the UN Genocide Convention, the UN covenant of the civil and political rights of peoples which includes the right to freedom from torture and the right to self-determination.
To commit to a values-based international policy rather than an interest-based approach.
To achieve peace by means of two state solution for Palestine, Tibet and Tamil Eelam.
To oppose the criminalisation of whole communities under the pretext of counter-terrorism, and promote de-proscription of organisations acting responsibly to facilitate their transformation into a mainstream political body with the aim of achieving peaceful resolution of conflicts.
To fight discrimination in any form, recognising it exists not just at the work place but also in the justice system and in the provision of services by the state.
To recognise that the competitive strength of Europe rests crucially on the skills and talent of its workforce.
To promote free access to education for all overcoming barriers to learning such as language difficulties and difficult home circumstances.
To prioritise the improvement of quality of education at all levels, and to commit to increase funding for scientific and technological research.
To campaign for government support for the participation of women in disciplines where they remain under-represented, including science, technology and engineering.
To promote small businesses through access to start up capital, less regulatory bureaucracy, simpler import and export rules and standardisation across Europe.
To promote stronger animal welfare policies.
To improve transparency of the banking system and derivatives markets through transparent electronic exchanges and replacing self regulations by state regulations.
To oppose the lack of accountability of publicly funded financial institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank.
