Brian May appeared in Brighton to support Green Party Brighton Pavilion candidate Caroline Lucas and urged people to “get off your ass and vote”. The Queen guitarist called for people to vote “colour-blind” and move away from a political culture which he said was dominated by too many MPs influenced by their own career or business interests. May spoke about his Common Decency campaign in Brighton where he backed Caroline Lucas who he hailed as a “hero”.
Brian May and Caroline Lucas – Brighton
BBC
13 April 2015
Election 2015: Greens launch ‘vote big’ poster campaign
Brian May joined Green candidate Caroline Lucas to kick start the poster campaign
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Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen, also joined Ms Lucas in Brighton to talk about democracy and the importance of voting – promoting his own “Common Decency” campaign as well as publicly backing Ms Lucas. Mr [Dr] May said voting Green might not always be the best option and could be a wasted vote.
He said: “I would have to confess to having a leaning towards Green. An awful lot of people would like to vote Green but feel that it is a wasted vote so what I’m saying is, in a sense, is I am not going to promise to ask people to vote for every Green candidate because in some cases strategically it may be better off doing something different.”
Brian May joined Green candidate Caroline Lucas to kick start the poster campaign
A full list of candidates for Brighton Pavilion can be found here.
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YAHOO! NEWS
April 215
Rock band Queen guitarist Brian May, centre, meets Brighton Pavilion parliamentary Green Party candidate, Caroline Lucas, right, on the seafront in Brighton, Southern England, Monday, April 13, 2015, where they spoke about democracy and the importance of voting. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 7.
www.commondecency.org.uk, twitter.com/DecencyCommon and Facebook.