Caroline Lucas on the Darling Plan

Please read the following excellent article by the Green Leader, Caroline Lucas MEP. Her message is 100% correct - NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION (ON THE BOARD)..!

BAILOUT: TAXPAYERS' MONEY SHOULD MEAN TAXPAYERS' CONTROL

The Green Party has criticised Alistair Darling's £50bn bailout for offering public funds to banking giants without demanding any public control in return. The preference shares the Treasury will receive in the deal confer no voting rights, and the Green leader, Caroline Lucas MEP, argues that taxpayers should not be expected to provide a cash bailout without receiving in return the voting power to alter those banking practices that are the cause of the crisis......(continues)