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Former health secretary says he unsuccessfully argued for tougher action when in cabinet At the weekend the former Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley was among a group of prominent Green activists and progressives who signed an open statement saying that, if Andy Burnham commits to putting proportional representation in Labour’s next manifesto, the Green Party should not run a “full campaign” against him in Makerfield. Burnham has said recently that he would like to commit to PR at the next election (he has been a supporter of PR for years) – but he did not present that as a specific offer to the Green Party. It is vital in a democracy that voters are given a choice of who they want to vote for. Together we can bring back the hope that politics can create a better life for ourselves and our children. This is what the Green Party represents. We showed in Gorton and Denton we can take on and beat Reform, whose backward-looking and divisive politics needs to be challenged head-on with a message that the future can be better and fairer than the failed status quo. Don’t vote in anger, vote in hope. Continue reading...