Sarah Wakefield is running for the June by-election to address anger and frustration in politics by offering hope, joy, and better solutions for Makerfield and the country. She says people feel frustrated, unheard, and annoyed by national issues, while local problems include flooding in Abram and Platt Bridge, greenbelt development, and crumbling community assets. She argues that community assets should be properly looked after and that national debate often ignores conditions on the ground. On immigration, she states the party welcomes anyone who can contribute and questions what happens after parties claim they will control immigration. She says environmental and social justice are inseparable and that the party has policies across many areas to fix the country.
"“I'm running because we are at a time in politics when there's a lot of anger and a lot of frustration. What we need is hope and joy and better solutions for the people of Makerfield and for the country.”"
"“Locally there's a lot going on as well: issues of flooding in Abram and Platt Bridge, there's greenbelt which is being built on and there's community assets which are crumbling and people are very upset and rightly so. The people of the constituency of Makerfield deserve to have their community assets looked after properly and a lot of the time the national conversation is not thinking about what's going on for people on the ground.”"
"“What we hear on the ground is people asking parties that say once they control immigration things will be better - what are you going to do after that? So much of what makes our country great is our diversity.”"
"“At the heart of everything we do, we put planet and our communities as our foundation. You cannot have justice for the planet and nature without putting it hand in hand with social justice. We have a vast range of policies across every area, ready to fix this country.”"
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