At the Euro election count on Sunday, Reading Greens were delighted that they finished in second place in East Reading ahead of Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Reading Greens are launching their campaign to re-elect Caroline Lucas and other Greens to the European Parliament.

Reading Greens are inviting the public to come to their Big Green Bus -- which runs on recycled vegetable oil -- to find out how Caroline Lucas, the region's Green Euro MP for the past decade, has delivered significant achievements and how, if re-elected on June 4th, she will continue to put social and environmental justice at the top of the EU's agenda.

The Green Party has held one of the seats in the South East region since proportional representation was first introduced for the 1999 election, with Dr. Caroline Lucas as our MEP. We have an excellent chance of retaining that seat again in the forthcoming election, on June 4th 2009, and if the Green turn-out is high, good hopes of even winning a second one.

By abstaining from last night's Commons vote on Gurkhas Rights, Martin Salter, the Labour MP for Reading West, betrayed the people he claims to represent.

As chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Gurkhas’ Rights he wrote to fellow Labour MPs urging them to sign up to the revolt. He said: “This is a moral issue and far more important then narrow party political squabbling. This is about doing the right thing by people who risked their lives for us.” Then he ABSTAINED from voting, betraying all those who supported him.