13 May 1999

At the close of nominations today for the European Parliament elections in June, the Natural Law Party has registered a full slate of 85 candidates in the UK. A further 400 candidates have been registered to date in other EUcountries, and the total in the EU is expected to be about 650.

Yesterday the party announced its common manifesto for the European Parliament at a series of press conferences in EU capitals linked together by conference telephone. The theme of the manifesto is: "Natural Law unites- Creating a united peaceful Europe as the first step to a united peaceful world." The manifesto tackles all the major issues confronting the EU, including peace in the Balkans, monetary union, and agricultural policy; it offers unique, practical solutions validated by scientific research. The manifesto also describes the party's scientifically validated programme to create peace and urges that these technologies of Natural Law be applied immediately to resolve the crisis in Yugoslavia.

Presenting the manifesto to the press, party leader Dr Geoffrey Clements said: "Three years ago the Natural Law Party was the first political party to call for an outright ban on GM food. Now the whole trend of public opinion is with us on this issue, but at that time, few people even knew what GM food was.   "Now in 1999 people should listen to what we are saying about the crisis in Yugoslavia, because we are just as right about this issue as we were about GM foods three years ago. Unless our warnings are heeded now and our solutions are adopted now, the world will move further towards the brink of destruction."

Eastern - tel: 01394 383206
1. Angela Holland
2. Patrice Gladwyn
3. Peter While
4. Alastair Shearer
5. Roberta Keenan
6. Chris Edwards
7. Stephanie Bennell
8. Bryan Parsons  

London tel: 0171 233 9602
1. Dr Geoffrey Clements (Party Leader)
2. Richard Johnson (Party Chairman)
3. Anthony Hardy
4. Susan Hamza
5. Gerard Valente
6. Judith Thomas
7. Dr Alexander Hankey
8. Philomena Quick
9. Jonathan Hinde
10. Charles Cunningham

North East tel: 0191 3732000
1. Paul Kember
2. Rick Keyton
3. Richard Buswell
4. Dr Christopher Adamson

North West tel: 01695 727851
1. John Collins (Deputy Chairman)
2. Dinah Grice
3. Deborah Wright
4. Bibette Leadbetter
5. Simon Cohen
6. Geoffrey Gay
7. William Hite
8. Bryan Irving
9. Peter Leadbetter
10. Ann Scott

South East tel: 01622 812121
1. Peter Warburton (Deputy Leader)
2. Dr Nigel Kahn
3. John Oldbury
4. Dr Jeremy Bowler
5. John Small
6. Paul Cragg
7. Paul Levy
8. Bernard Bence
9. William Treend
10. Robert Stephens
11. John Thompson

South West tel: 01962 852122
1. Mark Griffiths
2. Francis Lyons
3. Nicholas Cresswell
4. Margot Hartley
5. Thomas Dyball
6. Lynn Royse
7. Henry Brighouse 

East Midlands tel: 01455 554608
1. Russell France
2. Susan Lincoln
3. Patricia Saunders (Deputy Chairman)
4. David Cooke
5. Andrew Doughty
6. Neil Allison 

West Midlands tel: 01926 633748
1. Paul Davis
2. Dr James Brewster
3. Huw Meads
4. Roger Gerrett
5. Mary Griffin
6. Roderic McCarthy
7. Brian Winstanley
8. Michael Twite

Yorkshire and the Humber tel: 01695 733412
1. Dr Geoffrey Mead
2. Stuart Withers
3. Mark Gaskell
4. Diana Leighton
5. Roger Perry
6. Barry Franklin
7. Robert Thurston

Scotland tel: 0141 946 6144
1. James McKissock
2. George Stidolph
3. Diana Kras
4. Kenneth Blair
5. David Pettigrew
6. Ian Petrie
7. Anna Rawlinson
8. Thomas Pringle

Wales tel: 01695 735579
1. David Hughes
2. Morgan Francis
3. Helen Evans
4. Andrea Jarman
5. John Ashforth

Northern Ireland tel: 01232 311466
James Anderson