Clive Lord
Clive Richard Lord (born 1935) is a British political activist and an original founder and longest serving member of the Green Party of England and Wales. He was one of the first members of the PEOPLE Party, which later became the Green Party, and split to make three separate Green Parties. He has also campaigned widely for the introduction of basic income. He is currently a candidate in the 2016 leadership election.
Political career
Lord was a founder member of the PEOPLE Party, having joined in March 1973.[1] That same month, he first settled on a basic income as an answer to the problems posed in The Limits to Growth. Lord was a major contributor to the party's first 'Manifesto for a Sustainable Society', in 1973, and drafted the section outlining the crucial link between social justice and preserving the planet's life support systems.[2] Lord stood for the PEOPLE Party in the February 1974 general election in Leeds North East, winning 0.7% of the vote. In 1975, the PEOPLE Party became the Ecology Party, and in 1985 the Green Party. In 1990, the Green Party split into three parties, with Lord remaining a member of the Green Party of England and Wales.[3][4][5]
Lord is a campaigner for basic income, writing in 1993 that: "I'm afraid I cannot retire from Green politics until the significance of the Basic Income is understood and taken for granted on all sides: it will enable us to emerge from recession without returning to indiscriminate economic growth that will destroy itself, and us with it."[6] In 2003, he published a book, A Citizens' Income: A Foundation for a Sustainable World, which outlined his personal philosophy and political beliefs.[3] In 2012, he co-edited a second book, Citizen’s Income and Green Economics.[2]
In June 2016, Lord announced his intentions to stand for Leader of the Green Party in the upcoming 2016 leadership election. In his election statement, he stated that he wanted Andrew Cooper, who ended up standing for Deputy Leader, to be Leader.[4][7]
Electoral performance
References
- ^ "Tony Whittaker, Founder of the Green Party". Clive Lord for Green Party Leader. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Clive Lord". Gravatar. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Clive Lord". The Great Debate. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ a b "My Green Leadership Bid Latest". Clive Lord for Green Party Leader. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ Lord, Clive (22 July 2016). "No Limits to the Green Party's Growth". The Norwich Radical. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ Lord, Clive (16 March 1993). "Letter: Roots of the Green Party's political failure". The Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ Walker, Peter (5 July 2016). "Five candidates in running for Green party leadership". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2016.