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By RICHARD OSLEY
 

Greens’ Sian Berry

Greens: 'We could hold key to power'

THE Green Party believes it could hold the balance of power on Camden Council if it can capitalise on traditional Labour voters’ disenchantment with the government in two key wards.
Sian Berry, who is standing in Kentish Town, said she and other candidates had found on the doorsteps that large numbers of people are now considering voting Green, swayed by issues such as the war in Iraq, the government’s stance on private investment in the NHS and the move by supermarkets into high streets.
She said: “We came second to Labour in Kentish Town in 2002, winning 24 per cent of the vote. We have found that people who in the past have been traditional Labour supporters have taken posters from us. There has been a groundswell of support.”
Ms Berry, who lives in Fortess Road, is a founding member of the Urban Alliance against 4x4s, a pressure group that campaigns against drivers who use the all-terrain cars in London.
She stood in Hampstead and Highgate at last year’s general election and in Highgate ward in the 2002 council elections.
In Highgate, where Conservatives believe they have a good chance of unseating sitting Labour councillors Maggie Cosin and John Thane, and of defeating first-time candidate David Queen, the Greens believe they can take at least one seat from Labour. Green candidates include Adrian Oliver, who came within 39 votes of winning a seat at the last Town Hall elections.
Ms Berry said: “If we do well in these wards, which we believe we will, the Greens could hold the balance of power in the chamber and be able to rein in some of the unpleasant aspects of Labour policy.”
 
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