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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greens-are-real-opposition-lucas.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Caroline Lucas accused Labour of suffering 'a heroic amnesia' as it tried to block the Conservative and Lib Dems' policies" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-greens-are-real-opposition-lucas.jpg" alt="Caroline Lucas accused Labour of suffering 'a heroic amnesia' as it tried to block the Conservative and Lib Dems' policies"/></a></p>
<p>Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has positioned herself as &#8220;the real opposition&#8221; to the coalition Government.</p>
<p>Ms Lucas, who became her party&#8217;s first MP when she was elected to Brighton Pavilion at last May&#8217;s General Election, accused Labour of suffering &#8220;a heroic amnesia&#8221; as it tried to block the Conservative and Lib Dems&#8217; policies.</p>
<p>Speaking from her party&#8217;s spring conference in Cardiff, she said: &#8220;How can they oppose the market in the NHS when they first introduced it?</p>
<p>&#8220;How are they opposing tuition fees when they first introduced it? How do they oppose the selling off of the Royal Mail? That was (former business secretary) (Lord) Peter Mandelson.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ms Lucas added: &#8220;I&#8217;ve always been a bit ambitious, but I do think the Green Party is the real opposition.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Lib Dems are part of the Government &#8211; they can&#8217;t speak out about proper constitutional reform or nuclear weapons or nuclear power or many of the things they stood for.</p>
<p>&#8220;Labour is utterly contaminated by the fact they pursued many of the policies which now the coalition Government is simply taking to their logical conclusions, so I think people are looking for a genuine opposition &#8211; and you won&#8217;t be surprised to know I think that&#8217;s the Green Party.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ms Lucas pledged her support for the Alternative Vote (AV) campaign, adding: &#8220;We think AV is a small step in the right direction. It will mean people don&#8217;t have to agonise over tactical voting, they can vote for what they believe in and I think that will be very liberating for a lot of people.&#8221;</p>
<p>She told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme the AV system would end safe parliamentary seats, which she claimed were &#8220;hugely damaging in terms of the complacency they almost inevitably breed&#8221;.</p>
<p>Ms Lucas believed AV would &#8220;keep MPs on their toes&#8221;.</p>
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