Northern Ireland Assembly Election: 20/02/2017 Party Election Broadcasts: Green Party

Less than a year ago, the Green Party's election broadcast

was about Stormont wasting your money.

We're going to show it to you again,

because they're still wasting your money.

It's not just about the RHI, it's not a one-off.

The traditional parties have wasted our time,

our money and our opportunity for stable government.

If you're angry, you have a right to be.

Once upon a time, there was a land with rolling green hills,

deep blue lakes and sparkling shores.

But something was wrong.

The land was being spoiled.

Loud, angry voices shouted over everyone,

and the people drifted away from each other

and became isolated and fearful.

The hills, lakes and shores became dismal and grey.

"What a waste", said the people.

A large machine was built to end the wasted opportunities

that blighted the land.

It was called Stormont.

"To make Stormont work",

the people were told, "you need some very important men,

"and maybe, just maybe, some very important women.

"You must call them MLAs,

"and they will spend billions of pounds to make Stormont work.

"This will reduce the waste."

But this did not happen.

The machine often got blocked by some of the MLAs,

but there was one MLA who did get things done.

His name was Steven Agnew and he was in the Green Party.

The Green Party hated the waste.

In fact, they wanted zero waste.

He introduced a law to make Stormont work better for children,

stood up for equality for all the people,

protected the hills and lakes and shores

from those who were causing damage.

"What if there were other Greens in the Assembly?" he thought.

"Then we could all live happily ever after."

That was our broadcast from the last election.

But the Assembly shouldn't be one action replay after another.

In the last election, we doubled the number of Green MLAs.

With more Greens, we can end the waste at Stormont.

If you hate waste, vote Green

on Thursday 2nd March.