Community Green Cafe
26 September 2024 / 10 November 2024 by Geoff Mason
A reminder that our popular Saturday morning Green Café is at Ruby’s in Monson Road, Tunbridge Wells from 10am until 12 noon. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: Saturday 19 October Saturday 9 November Saturday 30 November Saturday 14 December It’s a very informal get-together for a coffee and a chat, […]
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Monthly Meetings
26 September 2024 / 5 November 2024 by Geoff Mason
Our monthly meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month from 6pm-7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, Grosvenor Park, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2BB followed by a chance to socialise over tea and homemade cakes. Why not join us we’d love to see you! Contact Geoff at geoff.mason@tunbridgewells.greenparty.org.uk for more details. Next meeting dates: […]
Climate Change Climate Emergency Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
25 July 2024 / 25 July 2024 by Geoff Mason
Climate change is an existential threat to human life, yet the UK government’s climate actions to date have been woefully inadequate. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s Climate Emergency Declaration in 2019 was a clear statement of intent but we need to see further action to back this up. Tunbridge Wells Climate Coalition was formed by Tunbridge […]
General Election Kent County Council Monthly Meetings
The results of the General Election have been the best ever for the Green Party with 2,344 people voting Green locally and over 1.9 million across England and Wales. We couldn’t have done that without members and supporters like you! Come September, we’ll start to gear up for next year’s Kent County Council elections alongside […]
General Election
30 June 2024 / 30 June 2024 by Geoff Mason
Vote for what you believe in
Education European Union General Election Young People
27 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Geoff Mason
John thoughts on supporting young people and not insisting on conscription. ‘When I was young, I learned to fly in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. I was very proud to do that, but it was voluntary. What the Conservatives are proposing is to introduce some form of conscription, where you’d have to do some […]
Climate Change General Election
John explains how we’re different to the other parties on climate change. ‘The Green Party believes that whether we’re in opposition making sure that Labour do the right thing, or whether even in power, we need to stop developing any more oil and gas, and also cancel the recently-approved Rosebank field. We don’t need any […]
Foreign Policy Gaza
John’s thoughts on the terrible situation in Gaza. ‘The Green Party has always condemned the attacks that Hamas made on 7th October, but thereafter we were the first party to call for a complete ceasefire and also for the return of the hostages. We’ve also called for the end of British arms exports to Israel, […]
General Election Housing
John shares his thoughts on affordable housing. ‘The old cinema site in Tunbridge Wells is being built on at last but will not contain any affordable housing, so where on earth are the nurses, police officers and teachers who need to work in Tunbridge Wells going to be getting on the housing ladder, or at […]
Brexit Economy GDP General Election Health Well-being
John is in the centre of town, where there’s quite a bit of industrial-type noise from the dismantling of scaffolding. ‘We all want a vibrant economy, Britain used to have the 5th biggest GDP in the world until Brexit, when we slipped down to 6th position. In Britain the problem is that most of the […]
General Election Manifesto Policies Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
12 June 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Geoff Mason
The Green Party intends to make sure that local councils are properly funded so that will give everybody hope for a fairer Britain.
General Election Manifesto Policies Water
12 June 2024 by Geoff Mason
Water companies, that were given away by Margaret Thatcher about forty years ago, should be taken into public ownership.
Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer General Election Manifesto Policies
The Green Party is proposing a game changing transformation in health, housing, transport and a green economy.
General Election Health NHS Policies
7 June 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Geoff Mason
Everyone's worried about the NHS but the Green Party has a plan
Candidates Climate Change General Election Policies
28 May 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Geoff Mason
Our fabulous candidate sets out his priorities below: ‘I’m delighted to have been selected as the Green Party’s General Election candidate here, and if elected will work for a fairer, greener Tunbridge Wells. Britain is a wonderful country – but only if you ignore the politics and the inequalities. Since 2010 the Government has starved Local Government of the funding […]
Local Elections Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
6 May 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Geoff Mason
Fantastic results locally in Kent and Sussex where there are now 10 Green Councillors in Maidstone and 9 in Hastings.
Candidates Local Elections Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
19 April 2024 / 19 April 2024 by Geoff Mason
Helen Yeo, Rural Tunbridge Wells: ‘I was fortunate to move back to the area four years ago and I really appreciate how beautiful the landscape is and how important our local communities are. Having worked in the NHS for over a decade, I have seen how societal injustice has had a huge negative impact on […]
Penny Peerless, Pantiles: ‘I am a local mum and live in the Ramslye part of the Pantiles ward and have also been a Tunbridge Wells resident for over 20 years. I believe passionately in social justice and am a volunteer at the Hygiene Bank which is a grassroots, people-powered charity that distributes personal hygiene and […]
Campaigning Climate Change Local Elections Policies Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Jenny Fox ‘Having grown up in Tunbridge Wells and now living in beautiful Lamberhurst, I know what wonderful communities the local villages contain and their wellbeing must be maintained. I am keen to encourage an environment that works for both people and animals using resources in a sustainable and efficient way. As I work in […]
Mike Calvert ‘I have lived in Tunbridge Wells for over 20 years and work as a lawyer in London. We all know that climate change has to be addressed urgently. And we all know that not enough is being done. What we need from our politicians, local and national, is leadership and ambition. We can […]
8 April 2024 / 10 April 2024 by Geoff Mason
Your Green Party is standing in all 14 wards across Tunbridge Wells.
Climate Change Climate Emergency Local Elections Policies Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
17 March 2024 by Geoff Mason
Mike Calvert our Campaigns Manager writes about the climate emergency and how we urgently need Green solutions.
Climate Change Climate Emergency General Election Policies Trees
15 February 2024 by Geoff Mason
Across Tunbridge Wells there are homeowners and community groups doing their best to preserve our trees and plant new ones - but all that comes to nought while we have a national Government that encourages the large-scale chopping down and burning of trees in Drax power station via massive public subsidies.
Climate Change Climate Emergency CoP28 Housing Policies
4 January 2024 by Geoff Mason
John Hurst, Tunbridge Wells Green Party's Parliamentary Candidate responds to Greg Clark's column in last week's edition of the Times of Tunbridge Wells.
