One aspect of the recent elections is that there has been an almost total blackout of the Greens by the BBC and other media.

And this despite the Green Party presenting genuine, practical alternatives to the policies of other parties, with a comprehensive, well thought-out range of policies, and having one MP.

Anyone considering voting Green would have been forgiven if they had decided that this was a wasted vote as they had not seen or heard anything about the Green Party and would thus be given the feeling of voting in isolation and that a vote for the Greens would be a wasted one.

This applies to local as well as national elections.

This lack of coverage therefore may have had an outcome on the results of the election, both nationally and locally.

While out canvassing, quite a few people said as much to me.

However, the opposite is the case.

By visiting www.voteforpolicies.co.uk you can vote for policies without knowing from which party they are. More than 410,000 people have taken part.

Green policies proved to be the most popular at 25 per cent, with those of Labour at 20 per cent, the Lib Dems 17 per cent, Cons 15 per cent and UKIP 12 per cent.

This bias has been so crass and could well be an own goal for the BBC, as many will severely distrust the impartiality of the BBC in future.There is now a petition calling for the BBC to give more coverage to the Greens. So far 36,000 have signed.

Here is the link: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bbc-news-stop-this-media-blackout-of-the-green-party?bucket&source=facebook-share-button&time=1401016814

Phil Fletcher

Green Party candidate for High Barnet in the 2014 local election