Gaza 27 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Geoff Mason 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, […] Read more » Foreign Policy Gaza
Providing Fairer, Greener Homes For All 27 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Geoff Mason 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 […] Read more » General Election Housing
Creating a Fairer, Greener Economy 27 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Geoff Mason 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 […] Read more » Brexit Economy GDP General Election Health Well-being
Conservative & LibDem Coalition Policies led to youth centres closing, lack of care and non-filling of potholes 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. Read more » General Election Manifesto Policies Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Water companies should be taken into public ownership 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. Read more » General Election Manifesto Policies Water
Our 2024 General Election Manifesto 12 June 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Geoff Mason The Green Party is proposing a game changing transformation in health, housing, transport and a green economy. Read more » Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer General Election Manifesto Policies
Everyone’s worried about the NHS but the Green Party has a plan 7 June 2024 / 12 June 2024 by Geoff Mason Everyone's worried about the NHS but the Green Party has a plan Read more » General Election Health NHS Policies
John Hurst is our Parliamentary Candidate for Tunbridge Wells at the General Election 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 […] Read more » Candidates Climate Change General Election Policies
May 2024 Local Election Results 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. Read more » Local Elections Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Meet the Candidates for May 2nd – Southborough & Bidborough, Pembury & Capel, Cranbrook Sissinghurst & Frittenden, Paddock Wood, Hawkhurst Sandhurst & Benenden, Rusthall & Speldhurst, Rural Tunbridge Wells 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 […] Read more » Candidates Local Elections Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
