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General Election 2019 – a thank you from Diana Toynbee

Huge thanks to everyone who helped with delivering election leaflets, for campaigning in all weathers and for your donations and support. The overall result for the country is dreadful, but Greens are strong, locally and nationally – thanks to you! I got 4.8% of the vote, well above the England average of 3%. And Ellie got […]

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Green Party Manifesto for 2019 General Election

The Green New Deal – Unleashing a Green Economic and Social Revolution. This is a comprehensive ten-year plan ambitious enough to tackle climate and ecological breakdown at the scale and speed set out by science. It will deliver a fast and fair transformation of our economy and society, renewing almost every aspect of life in […]

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Our General Election Campaign starts here: Diana Toynbee and Ellie Chowns say “Yes to Europe, No to Climate Chaos, Yes to a Fairer Britain”

Diana Toynbee and Ellie Chowns are our Parliamentary candidates. Here is our Manifesto Diana says: “I’m delighted to be giving voters in Hereford and South Herefordshire a chance to vote for a fairer greener society. We all want a healthy, safe future, but our public services, democracy and countryside are under threat and real action […]

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Bridge over the River – Wye?

Letter to Hereford Times 17 August 2017 River’s role THERE are interesting links to be made between recent items in the Hereford Times. The river party ‘Wye Float’, and Herefordshire Lore’s new project ‘River Voices: Stories from the Wye’ are just two examples of the central role this beautiful river plays in our lives. And […]

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A thank you from Diana

THANK YOU so much for your confidence and support over the past 7 weeks. I’m disappointed not to have delivered a better result. I’m really proud of Ellie in North Herefordshire, who got one of the best Green results in the country. Thank you to those of you who spent so many hours leafletting or […]

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On tactical voting – General Election 2017, note date

There has been much debate locally and on social media about tactical voting and progressive alliances. Greens have stood down in quite a few seats nationally where there is a clear challenger to the Tories, but this has not been reciprocated by other parties apart from in Brighton. There is no clear challenger in Hereford […]

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“Defend Herefordshire”, say Greens

Green Party parliamentary candidates issue an eve-of-poll warning that Herefordshire’s future could be at stake if voters fail to “rein in” the Conservatives. “Today’s Conservatives have forgotten how to conserve, they are failing to look after what is best about our county,” claim Diana Toynbee and Ellie Chowns. “Current Tory policy could lead to the […]

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Does Jesse Norman speak for all? H Times letter 25 May 2017

Speak for all? JESSE Norman has announced that he wants to represent the people of Hereford & South Herefordshire again. But does he actually want to speak for all of the people in our community, or just the better off? Does he actually care about those of us who are less well off? In the […]

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Vote to stop school cuts

Schools across the country are having their budgets slashed, warns Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Hereford, Diana Toynbee. 9% cut in budget According to the website SchoolCuts.org.uk, published by headteachers and others, St James’ School here in Central Ward faces a budget cut of £70,651 by 2019, which is equivalent to £338 per pupil, or […]

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