Diana Toynbee is set to contest Hereford & South Herefordshire for the Green Party at the general election and will challenge Jesse Norman’s austerity agenda which continues to hurt Herefordshire

Diana is an adult trainer and teacher, and has worked overseas, she now lives in Hereford city after several years in Eaton Bishop.

She had this to say when launching her campaign, “I’m honoured to be standing as the Green Party parliamentary candidate for June 8.”

“This election was called to further the interests of the Conservative party, to gain more power before voters realise what a deep mess they are getting us into. I believe Theresa May intends to use Brexit to tear up EU protections for nature and human rights and bulldoze through the ’great repeal bill’, rewriting our laws in the image of the Tories.”

“Locally, we can all see the effects of savage cuts to public services and benefits for vulnerable people. On social care for example, Herefordshire Council, like many others across the country is going to really struggle to deliver a service worthy of the name in a few years time. I am challenging Jesse Norman’s claim to be ’putting the case for Hereford’, when he has voted for every single cut.”

“When I stood in the 2015 general election I wrote, “A vote for the Green Party says you care about your future, your children’s future, and the world we live in." That is still my position, and I hope to meet as many voters as I can over the next few weeks to explain why.”