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.
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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 […]
Campaigning Climate Change Local Elections Policies Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
19 April 2024 / 19 April 2024 by Geoff Mason
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 […]
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.
Climate Change Climate Emergency Policies
28 September 2023 by Geoff Mason
Only the Green Party has the political will to take the action demanded by the science and by the public and build a fairer, greener country.
Community Local Elections Local Plan Paddock Wood Policies Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
29 April 2023 / 29 April 2023 by Geoff Mason
Trevor Bisdee writes ‘I’m really pleased that for the first time the Green Party is standing a candidate in every one of the sixteen Wards across the Borough, giving people who want to vote green the opportunity to do so. We offer people a different type of politics – a change that is increasingly recognised […]
Climate Change Local Elections Policies Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
12 April 2023 / 17 April 2023 by Geoff Mason
Mike Calvert writes ‘climate breakdown is the most important challenge we will face in our lifetimes. It threatens our security and the very foundations of our society. Don’t take my word for it – David Attenborough warned recently: “If we continue on our current path, we will face the collapse of everything that gives us […]
Boundary Commission Local Plan Planning Policies
6 January 2023 / 6 January 2023 by Geoff Mason
We hope everyone had a good Christmas – even if their water had to be trucked into Tesco’s carpark for collection… Water played a big part in shaping a year that most people would like to put behind them, with lack of it causing wildfires in the hottest summer since 1976, followed by winter weeks […]
Policies
14 November 2022 / 17 February 2023 by Geoff Mason
While Liz Truss has been trying to cut taxes for the wealthiest, more and more people across the UK are resorting to foodbanks. Here in the town, we read in last week’s Times of Tunbridge Wells that the Nourish Community Foodbank is struggling to meet demand as rising energy bills and the cost of living […]
