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This is the general news page for the Dover & Deal Green Party. We campaign very actively in rural parishes and in towns, and at district level. If you wish to read news about work of the Green councillors on your town council please visit the respective page:

Sacked P&O Ferry workers and their unions fully supported by local and national Green Party. Solidarity.

By Editorial Team | 21st March 2022

Protests against the cruel and callous sacking of experienced P&O ferry workers were widely supported. The Dover protest at noon Fri 18 March included hundreds of angry ex ferry workers, union representatives especially Union of the Rail Maritime and Transport Workers and representatives of many parties who prioritise social justice, such as the Green Party. Representatives […]

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Rooted Beings

By Editorial Team | 22nd February 2022

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 […]

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Green candidate for Sandwich Town Council by-election : Vote Rob Edwards on 10th Feb 2022

By Editorial Team | 30th January 2022

There are 4 spaces on Sandwich Town Council (3 in North Ward, 1 in South Ward) and BY-ELECTIONS  in Sandwich on 10th February 2022.  The vacancies were caused because principled councillors felt obliged to resign when the Conservative leaders of Sandwich Town Council acted autocratically instead of listening to all elected representatives. Sadly Kent sees, far […]

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Walmer Town Council Install Four New Electric Vehicle Charge Points

By Editorial Team | 27th December 2021

A bank of four new EV Charge Points have been installed off Canada Road in Walmer by Walmer Town Council, in conjunction with Kent County Council and operators Connected Kerb. The charging points, on the right of the access road to Deal & Betteshanger Rugby Club, are primarily for use by local residents without off-street […]

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Save Kent’s Green Spaces ; Save Dover District’s Green Spaces

By Editorial Team | 17th December 2021

Local Dover district Green party members joined other local folk and campaigners across Kent on a day of action on Sun 28 November, ‘Save Kent’s Green Spaces’. Thirty communities across Kent took part in this big event, disgusted at the mis-use of the planning system. Of the 13 District / Borough councils in Kent, which […]

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East Kent Towns Rise To Climate Challenge, Saying No COP26 Cop-Out

By Editorial Team | 6th December 2021

Our Green Party members did some of the key local organising for Climate Friday events […]

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The Mystery of the Disappearing Project Advisory Groups.

By Editorial Team | 11th November 2021

Two Project Advisory Groups have disappeared from DDC website this week, with the Conservative cabinet becoming more secretive on issues […]

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Climate Justice, conflict prevention; more insulated homes from council please

By Editorial Team | 29th October 2021

The Royal Institute for Foreign Affairs, Chatham House issued a risk assessment on 14 Sept 2021 which makes grim reading. They say our world is currently on course for worse levels of global climate disturbance than were targeted, (2.7 to 3degrees of warming), with only 1% chance of meeting 1.5 degrees warming targeted by UN […]

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Visa Chaos for Language Students

By Editorial Team | 16th October 2021

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 […]

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Climate Change Threatens The Past Too

By Editorial Team | 16th October 2021

That’s the headline on the front cover of the latest edition of British Archaeology, published by the national Council for British Archaeology. […]

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An Eye on Dover’s Planning

By Editorial Team | 25th August 2021

For those following Dover District Council’s Planning Committee decisions, a brief article in the latest Private Eye (no. 1554 for 20 August to 2 September, page 15) will make interesting reading. The bulk of the article concerns planning applications made by Gladmans in Wiltshire and nearby Thanet. Gladmans was the company that put in two […]

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Fair voting and more accountable, more honest government, Yes Please.

By Editorial Team | 22nd August 2021

Oh dear! There seems to be a idea going round that this Conservative UK government is ‘in power because a majority of voters wished it to be so.’ Some fact-checking shows this is far from the truth. […]

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