Public meeting about ‘heartless’ Nationality & Borders Bill: we must make room at the inn for refugees 26th November 2021 / 29th November 2021 by Susan Fenton The Nationality and Borders Bill, which makes arriving in the UK without permission a criminal offence, will be the topic of an online public meeting in Stroud on Wednesday December 8. The audience will hear how the heartless Bill overturns 70 years of UK adherence to the 1952 Refugee Convention and curtails the rights of […] Read more » Cloud Cafe Nationality & Borders Bill Refugees
Gloucestershire MPs finally wake up to seriousness of Covid testing shambles: our letter to the press 20th November 2021 / 20th November 2021 by Susan Fenton We have written today to the local press welcoming the decision by the county’s MPs to ask the government for speedy results from the Immensa testing investigation. Better late than never – but what’s also needed is a broader investigation into poor value-for-money Covid contracts and profiteering from the NHS. Dear Editor It is good […] Read more » COVID-19 Immensa Siobhan Baillie
More than 100 people attend our debate to discuss next steps after COP26 15th November 2021 / 15th November 2021 by Susan Fenton The decisions reached at COP26 – and how they can be moved forward by local individuals and communities – were discussed at a public meeting on Saturday (November 13) at Lansdown Hall, Stroud. More than 100 people, about half of them joining remotely via Zoom, attended the meeting organised by Stroud District Green Party. The […] Read more » Cloud Cafe COP26
Hundreds of Stroud people take part in cross-party vigil demanding action on climate change 8th November 2021 / 8th November 2021 by Susan Fenton An estimated 500 Stroud residents joined the Vigil for the Planet in Stroud on Saturday to mark the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. We got some great coverage from the press, including a mention – and a video clip of our 7-foot-high dinosaur, signifying extinction – on Points West. See the local press […] Read more » Climate change COP26 Global Day of Action
Green Party reaction as Stroud MP votes to block suspension of Owen Paterson 4th November 2021 / 3rd February 2022 by Susan Fenton Stroud District Green Party has reacted after hearing that Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie voted to block the suspension of Tory MP and former minister Owen Paterson this week. Paterson had been found to have breached rules after lobbying on behalf of two companies that were paying him. But this week he escaped punishment after Boris […] Read more » Owen Paterson Siobhan Baillie Tory sleaze
Covid testing scandal: our open letter to Siobhan Baillie MP demanding immediate action 3rd November 2021 / 3rd November 2021 by Susan Fenton Stroud Greens have written to MP Siobhan Baillie demanding that the scandal-hit testing laboratory at the centre of the false-negative scandal is shut down and an immediate investigation held. This comes as the Good Law Project launches legal action asking Health Secretary Sajid Javid to immediately terminate Immensa’s contracts, compensate those affected and to take […] Read more » COVID-19 Immensa Siobhan Baillie
What’s next after COP26? Public meeting in Stroud and online will discuss the way forward 1st November 2021 / 8th November 2021 by Susan Fenton The decisions reached at COP26 – and how they can be moved forward by local individuals and communities – will be discussed at a public meeting on Saturday November 13 at Lansdown Hall, Stroud. The meeting – from 7pm-9pm – will hear from a panel of expert local speakers and there will be opportunities to […] Read more » Cloud Cafe COP26
