8th February 2022 / 8th February 2022 by Susan Fenton
Campaigners for a fairer voting system gathered in Stroud High Street on Saturday to raise awareness of the dangers of the Elections Bill, which is currently being debated in Parliament. The event, organised by the cross-party Make Votes Matter movement, heard from speakers across the political spectrum, including Stroud District Council’s leader, Cllr Doina Cornell, […]
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28th January 2022 / 28th January 2022 by Susan Fenton
The news that Stroud District Council has been named one of the best councils in the country for taking climate action shows what can be achieved when there are Greens in power. The Council Climate Scorecards, published by Climate Emergency UK, put SDC in fourth place among district councils, with 77% across a range of […]
24th January 2022 / 3rd February 2022 by Susan Fenton
Action in Art & Art in Action is the theme for next month’s Cloud Café on Wednesday February 9. This discussion will feature some fantastic speakers who use their experience of the creative world to motivate, inspire and raise awareness for change. The meeting is the latest in Stroud District Green Party’s regular Cloud Café […]
20th January 2022 / 20th January 2022 by Susan Fenton
We were delighted to hear that the Lords threw out the worst amendments to the Police Bill. Demonstrations like ours in Stroud – and across the country – played their part in this good news. Below is a letter we are sending to the local press today. Dear Editor We won important changes! Many thanks to […]
14th January 2022 / 15th January 2022 by Susan Fenton
Campaigners against the draconian Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill gathered outside Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie’s office today. They had planned to hand-deliver a letter to her, outlining why they object to the Bill, but her office was unexpectedly closed, so they taped the letter on her office door instead. The action was organised by […]
10th January 2022 / 14th January 2022 by Susan Fenton
Local people of all political persuasions are invited to gather on Friday (January 14) at 12.30pm outside the Stroud office of Siobhan Baillie MP to protest against the government’s plans to criminalise peaceful protest. Carrying placards with the message ‘Protest Is Not a Crime’, the protesters will deliver a letter calling for Ms Baillie to […]
9th December 2021 / 9th December 2021 by Susan Fenton
Chloe Turner, county councillor for Minchinhampton and part of the Green group on Gloucestershire County Council, made an impassioned speech this week as she presented a Climate Leadership Motion. She warned that even if COP26 commitments are met the future’s still grim: water scarcity, rising sea levels, heatwaves, habitat loss, mass migration, war – and […]
3rd December 2021 / 3rd December 2021 by Susan Fenton
Molly Scott Cato, former Green Party MEP for South West England, Stroud District Councillor and parliamentary candidate, has been elected as senior vice-chair of the European Movement, an organisation that campaigns against the ‘failure’ that is Brexit and that aims to rebuild the UK’s relationship with the EU. Molly said: “Empty shelves, empty pumps, empty […]
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 […]
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 […]
