Former Green Party candidate and gay rights activist Peter Tatchell has called for Green supporters to vote for the Liberal Democrats.
Mr Tatchell, who is still the human rights and LGBT spokesman for the Green Party, told an Instigate debate last night in London that even people who usually vote Green should support incumbent Liberal Democrat candidates or those likely to succeed.
Mr Tatchell told PinkNews.co.uk today that he was not a Liberal Democrat supporter, but the party promises to change the “corrupt” voting system.
Mr Tatchell, emphasised he was speaking in a personal capacity, and said:
“On May 6th, Labour could come third in the number of votes but still end up with the most seats. That is not democracy. The voting system is corrupt and has to change.
“The Greens support voting reform but the Lib Dems are the only major party committed to a fairer voting system.
“If they hold the balance of power, the Lib Dems will almost certainly ensure a fairer voting system which will be the single biggest democratic advance in Britain since the suffragettes.”
Mr Tatchell added that he wants people to vote Green in the party’s target areas, such as Brighton Pavilion, but urged everyone to vote Liberal Democrat where Labour or Conservative MPs could be defeated.
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