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I'm from the UK. I vote for the green party, because they're the only party who share my values. The main things in their manifesto are:
Protecting the environment
Secure homes for all
Better NHS care for everyone and better pay for NHS workers
Better support for the elderly, disabled and children
Bringing railways, water companies and energy suppliers into public ownership
Wealth taxes on the very rich
Investment in green energy
A Charter of workers' rights
Bosses should never be allowed to earn more than 10x what the workers earn
Increase in minimum wage
Equal employment rights for everyone from first day of employment
Make the benefit system fairer for the poor, including more livable amount of money and reform intrusive assessments
Animal rights - ban on blood sports, end to factory farming, ban on mutilating farm animals and tiny cages
Prevent environmental damage and regenerate nature
All children to get free school meals
Policies to ensure surplus food is not wasted
Defending human rights, democracy and justice
Right of self-identification for trans and non binary people
end violence
tackle hate crime
restore the right to protest and free expression
End arms sales to Israel and immediate bilateral ceasefire
And many other excellent policies.
What led me to deprogramming? Over 40 years of life experience and knowing people from all walks of life, experiencing the harsh reality of poverty and disability, wide range of reading material, and just my own personal core values and being able to clearly see right from wrong.