19th March 2008

Dear Sir,

How sad to see key Sheffield Respect activists joining the Labour Party as it continues to wage war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those who voted Respect in recent elections must be stunned.

Green Party Principal Speaker and MEP Caroline Lucas commented on Alistair Darling's budget. "The £3.4billion that it would take to halve child poverty by 2010 is instead being spent on occupying Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008 alone." The Green Party have been at the forefront of the anti-war campaign from well before hostilities began in Iraq. Many people have war and social justice as their key issues and, in the Greens, they have a party that they can trust to promote their views.

Yours sincerely,

Rob Murphy (Sheffield Green Party)