Cornwall Anti-Cuts Alliance

Leave It in the Ground

Speaking at a hustings organised by Callington Fair Trade group on Saturday 6th March, in response to a question about the renewed tensions between Britain and Argentina over South Atlantic oil, Roger Creagh-Osborne, Green candidate for SE Cornwall, made an impassioned plea to "leave it in the ground".

Roger said "The presumed 60 billion barrels of oil represents less than two years of current world consumption. We know that we have already used in 100 years over half of the easy-to-get oil that there will ever, most of it in the last 30 years and we know that at current rates there will be none left for our grandchildren. We must wean ourselves off this addiction to oil - if we do not start to cut back voluntarily then nature will simply impose a solution on us.

Roger Creagh-Osborne for South-East Cornwall

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CORNISH GREEN PARTY
19th February 2010 for immediate release

FOUR GREENS FOR CORNWALL

The Cornish Green Party announced today that Roger Creagh-Osborne would be standing as The Green Party candidate for South East Cornwall in the forthcoming General Election

Roger is well know locally for his campaigning on transport issues, especially through Rail User Groups,  and his involvement in bringing the Transition Town movement to SE Cornwall through Saltash Environmental Action. He has lived in the area since 1985 and his three daughters attended the excellent local schools and left to go to universities. He is a member of Landulph Parish Council since 2007, and currently works at the University of Plymouth.

Roger said: "I am deeply touched by the number of people who have told me that they are desperate for the Greens to stand so that they can cast a vote for a real alternative - I am persuaded by the strong feelings of people I have spoken with from all walks of life across SE Cornwall that we really must provide an opportunity for electors to vote for what they, and I, believe in.