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ThisIsTheWestCountry:
Green Party's lead European candidate heads to Yeovil
Molly Scott Cato, the Green Party's lead candidate for next year^s European Elections, will be on tour in Dorset and South Somerset this weekend. She will be accompanied by Baroness Jones of Moulescomb, the Green Party's recently ennobled peer on her first visit outside the capital since entering the House of Lords.
Molly Scott Cato and Baroness Jones will be in Yeovil on Sunday, December 1 to listen to voters' concerns about transport, which has been Baronness Jones's top priority at the Greater London Authority. They will be meeting voters in Middle Street from 12noon till 1pm.
As well as discussing cycle safety and the safety issues with the A303, they will also be encouraging voters to sign the South-West Green Party's petition to reclaim the First Great Western rail franchise.
Molly Scott Cato said: "I am delighted to be joined by my old friend Jenny Jones to meet the voters of Dorset and Somerset and hear their issues and concerns. It is an honour that she has chosen to visit us so shortly after her ennoblement and I am sure that local people will value her expertise in the area of road safety."
Peter Lansdown, secretary of the local Green Party, which is hosting the visit, said: "Deaths and serious accidents on our roads present a source of concern to many local people. I am glad to have the opportunity to hear local peoples^ views about these issues and to be able to discuss them with two of our leading Green politicians.
"We will also be encouraging the people of Yeovil to get behind the Party's campaign to bring the First Great Western franchise back into public ownership."
