LIBERAL DEMOCRATS 'THE REAL CHOICE FOR GREEN VOTERS'

11.34.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 18th May 2009

European Parliamentary elections candidate Graham Watson has called on green voters in the South West of England to choose the Liberal Democrats at the polls on 4 June.

Mr. Watson - who was declared by Friends of the Earth to be the UK's greenest MEP during the last election - has challenged the Green party in the South West over the credentials of their campaign:

"The environment will always be one of our top priorities and we have remained true to this by sourcing the materials of our election campaign locally. The Green party may make a lot of noise about their values but in fact their campaign leaflets have been produced over 250 miles away in York. The truth is that we are now the real choice for green voters.

We've offset the carbon production of our campaign with the Taunton-based company co2balance - I'd be keen to hear from Ricky Knight and the rest of his team as to whether they've done the same.", Mr. Watson said.

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