Guido has read the Green Party manifesto so you don’t have to. Here are some highlights:

• “a complete ban on cages for hens and rabbits”
• “end the use of the whip in horse racing and conduct a full review of the sport”
• “end the practice of grouse shooting”
• “ensure UK taxpayers’ money is not used for bullfighting”
• “ban the import of fur products”
• “ensure that all schools, hospitals and other public buildings have solar panels by 2020”
• “closure of all coal-fired power stations”
• “make equality and diversity lessons mandatory in all schools”
• “progressively introduce anonymised CVs”
• “strengthen Travellers’ rights”
• “cancelling student debt”
• “revive the role of trade unions”
• “phase in a 35 hours week”
• “work for the abolition of the City of London Corporation”
• “introduce a wealth tax of 2% on the top 1%”
• “raise the additional top rate of income tax to 60%”
• “increase corporation tax from 20% to 30%”
• “introduce new taxes on the use of water”
• “ensure that no company owns more than 20% of a media market”
• “state funding of political parties”
• “pursue a policy of defensive defence, which threatens no one”
• “a ban on the production and sale of fois gras”

If anyone fancies lunch, the duck and fois gras burger at Comptoir Gascon is delicious…