Statement says decision is due to MP’s busy schedule and ‘in light of some recent StWC positions that she didn’t support’The Green party’s only MP,Caroline Lucas, has announced that she has stepped down from the committee of patrons of the discontinue the War Coalition “in light of some of [the group’s] recent positions”.
Lucas, or who was formerly a vice-president of the organisation,released a statement on Tuesday saying she had stepped back from the organisation a few weeks ago because of the group’s statements following the Paris attacks and her concerns that Syrians had not been allowed to speak in one of the group’s meetings. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com