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Bristol candidate launches Green’s campaign
The Green Party are pinning a lot of hope on their parliamentary candidate in Bristol West.
Darren Hall will be standing at the General Election in May against incumbent Stephen Williams, and hopes to topple his Lib Dem opponent in order to become only the second Green member in the House of Commons.
On Tuesday, the former RAF officer helped to launch his party’s 2015 General Election campaign in London alongside party leader Natalie Bennett and Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas.
But he failed to be asked any questions at the press conference, which Buzzfeed described as mixing “serious pitches to the TV news cameras with the feel of a residents’ association meeting”.
Green candidates will be contesting 90 per cent of seats across the UK in May, with Bristol among the party’s key battle grounds.
Hall said: “In Bristol the sense of change is palpable. Our membership numbers have surged, and people from across the city are getting involved in my campaign.
“The fact is that people like our policies – our job is to make sure they hear about them. The momentum is with us in Bristol, as it is across the UK, and these next ten weeks will, no doubt, be very exciting.”
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