Larry Sanders, the older brother of Democrat politician Bernie Sanders, is hoping to emulate his sibling’s success by standing for the Green party in David Cameron’s Oxfordshire seat. “It hasn’t always been the richest turf for the Green party,” a party spokesman said. On a local level, he has campaigned in support of Witney and Horton hospitals, but also wants to highlight the pressure that social care is under nationally, and opposes the privatisation of social care and the NHS. Larry Sanders campaigned for his brother as a member of Democrats Abroad and was filmed telling the Democratic convention through tears that their parents would be “immensely proud”. “Our similarities in terms of policies are astonishing, partly because we talk all the time,” Larry Sanders said.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2016 17:14 UTC