On Sat 21st May, protesters gathered outside the offices of Thanet South MP Craig Mackinlay. Their purpose was to show that the cost of living crisis is deep and dangerous and that it is in fact a cost of greed crisis, caused by the huge bonuses and tax avoidance of big Gas and Oil corporations. […]
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Greens volunteer to help Energy Advice charity reach people in need. The charity Groundwork South and their Green Doctors service are recommended by a number of local authorities in Kent and they are non-party-political. They provide a free advice service to those struggling with energy bills. And extra support to those struggling who are on […]
By Cllr Mike Eddy, Deal Town Council The Government’s big idea for stopping asylum seekers (and most are granted asylum) crossing the Channel in small boats is to fly the arrivals to Rwanda. A strange choice. Rwanda is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa and one of the smallest. At 242,749 km2, […]
War has thrown into sharp relief the failures that sensible Green leaders have long been warning of. A sense of fair play has long, long been a British characteristic and the plight of Ukraine, shows how strongly we throughout the continent of Europe want to rally in support of peace for a democratic, independent Ukraine, […]
Now lockdown is over, and if you are near The Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE) between 24 March and 29 August, there is what sounds an interesting exhibition of artworks and historic artefacts all about plants. As the blurb says “Plants are sensitive, complex and interconnected beings, playing surprisingly active roles in […]
Our Green Party members did some of the key local organising for Climate Friday events […]
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On top of all the problems faced by all university students because of Covid, language students are finding it a massive challenge to get the visas they need to do their compulsory year of study in the EU […]
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, a Green Party member of the House of Lords, has joined the debate about the future of archaeological research and conservation. […]
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Letter to East Kent Mercury by Cllr Mike Eddy. Elphicke versus Rashford Among all the justified outrage at our current MP’s comments about Marcus Rashford (Mercury, July 14 and 21), readers have focussed on her attack on Mr Rashford. Marcus Rashford was a volunteer helping to deliver food to people in need before he used […]
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The following is a letter to the Press, published by Dover Express (16th Dec 2020): All honest people can see that multiple crises beset us in England and in Dover District. Does the triple whammy of impoverishment caused by Covid, the economic / logistics hit to Britain and Kent of Jan 2021 and the climate and […]
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