News about topics or campaigns run or supported by Herefordshire Green parties.
Elections Fair votes Libby Hudson
11 May 2017 by
Neither Labour nor the LibDems seem to be showing much interest in an electoral pact with each other and with the Greens – though, the last I heard, Caroline Lucas was saying that the door might still be open. It seems to me that Labour are very suspicious of Proportional Representation (PR) – which has […]
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Elections Ellie Chowns Ellie Chowns for North Herefordshire Press releases
10 May 2017 by
I sympathise with the desire of Polly Ernest (‘Get together’, HT letters, 5 May) and many others to see progressive parties unite around common ground and fight to oppose counterproductive austerity, growing inequality, environmental threats and extreme Brexit. Indeed, the Green Party has been leading the push for electoral alliances against a deeply unfair voting […]
Central Ward Diana Toynbee for Hereford Education Elections GE2017 Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
9 May 2017 by Green Party Admin
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 […]
Elections Ellie Chowns for North Herefordshire GE2017 Topics West Midlands
Ellie Chowns, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for North Herefordshire, will take part in BBC Midlands Election Question Time on 30th May. Then programme will be broadcast from 2245 to 2330 on BBC1 and is recorded from Birmingham Ormiston Academy. It will include a panel of five regional political leaders plus a studio audience of around 70 people.
Climate change Comment GE2017 Rob Palgrave
4 May 2017 by Green Party Admin
If there is one issue that should be at the heart of this election, it is climate change. When we next choose a government (in 2022), it’s likely that global temperature will have risen 1.5C. That’s the level that nations (including the UK) pledged at Paris in 2015 should not be breached to avoid dangerous […]
Ellie Chowns for North Herefordshire Energy Press releases
3 May 2017 by
North Hfds Green Party candidate Dr Ellie Chowns slams ‘incoherent and inconsistent’ government energy policy Dr Ellie Chowns, the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire, this week called on the government to ‘put its money where its mouth is’ on renewable energy. Visiting successful Fownhope-based solar business Caplor Energy, Dr Chowns praised the vision […]
Europe GE2017 Press releases
The thousands in Herefordshire who voted REMAIN in the EU referendum can take comfort from the Green Party pledge to hold a ratification referendum on BREXIT. The referendum will also give voters the option to retain EU membership. Caroline Lucas will announce the Green Party’s new Brexit pledge on Tuesday 2 May. The Green Party […]
Air quality Press releases
Greens call for urgent action on UK air pollution crisis. Herefordshire’s pollution hotspots in Leominster & Hereford unresolved for over 10 years The Green Party is calling for decisive and effective action to tackle the UK’s air pollution crisis ahead of the delayed publication of the Government’s draft air quality plan [1]. The High Court […]
Big Green Conversation Comment Hereford & South Herefordshire Richard Priestley Topics Transport
2 May 2017 by Green Party Admin
Local activist and environmental blogger Richard Priestley presents a talk entitled: ‘Sustainable Transport, Local & Global?’ on Wednesday 10th May, 7.30pm at De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford. This is part of Left Bank’s regular Politics, Ethic’s and Ecology evenings most Wednesdays. What might ‘optimal transport’ look like? Do some people suffer from excessive mobility and others […]
economy Elections Europe
1 May 2017 by Green Party Admin
Herefordshire Greens will be hosting two ‘Big Green Conversation’ events during the campaign: Weds 31st May: ‘Why Equality is Better for Everyone’, with Martin Wilkinson from the Equality Trust. De Koffie Pot, Hereford, 7.30pm. Friday 2nd June: ‘Europe and the Environment’, with Jill Hanna from the European Commission. The Burgage Hall, Ledbury, 7.30pm. All are welcome […]
