Police Bill amendments defeated in Lords: our letter to the press 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 […] Read more » Police Bill protest
Dozens attend Policing Bill demo outside MP’s office in Stroud – but MP was not around to receive letter 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 […] Read more » Police Bill protest
Greens plan Policing Bill protest outside MP’s office – all welcome 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 […] Read more » Police Policing Bill protest
Green councillor asks Gloucestershire County Council to show leadership over climate change action 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 […] Read more » Chloe Turner Climate change GloucestershireCountyCouncil
Stroud’s Molly Scott Cato elected to senior post at anti-Brexit European Movement 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 […] Read more » Brexit European Movement Molly Scott Cato
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
