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18 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by richardcannon
The National Green Party has voiced strong criticism of the government’s White Paper on local government reorganization, arguing that the proposals risk weakening local democracy rather than strengthening it. The reforms prioritize centralized “super-councils” and regional mayoral offices, pulling power further away from local communities.Local councils play a vital role in driving meaningful change on […]
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9 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by richardcannon
A message from Caroline Lucas.. Back in May, in my last few months as MP, I secured a parliamentary debate on nature and biodiversity loss. It was the dying days of Sunak’s government, and amidst the chaos and election fever, I wanted to focus attention on the upcoming nature summit in Colombia. Because nature is […]
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2 December 2024 / 2 December 2024 by richardcannon
Carla Denyer MP Carla proposed and spoke in favour of several amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill, including in support of rent controls, as a member of the committee looking at the legislation in detail. She and Siân have also tabled an Early Day Motion in support of funding a 4 Day Working Week pilot trial […]
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26 November 2024 / 2 December 2024 by richardcannon
Last week two of our three Councillors, Danny Lee and Malcolm Wallace attended the annual South East Green Party Conference in which many topics were discussed including of course, congratulations on all our recent Council elections.
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25 November 2024 / 26 November 2024 by richardcannon
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8 October 2024 / 8 October 2024 by richardcannon
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3 October 2024 / 4 October 2024 by richardcannon
Initiated by Kate Needham and organised by Rich Turner and Jo Harmer, we held a live music and dance folk evening featuring local artists at the Hyde Tavern in Winchester. Jo Harmer writes.. It was a great night, so much skill and talent in the Hyde Tavern’s quirky and wonderful Cellar Bar. Each of the […]
Elections News
Your green party candidate, Alex Ellis The current County councillor for Bishops Waltham district has stepped down triggering a ‘snap’ by-election which will be held on Thursday 31st October. The division covers a wide area including Bramdean to the North, Colden Common to the West and Durley to the South. See map below for boundary. […]
Nature and Wildlife News Pollution Rivers
10 September 2024 / 10 September 2024 by richardcannon
A talk given on (and in) the River Meon at Meonstoke on Wednesday 4th.September 2024 by Chalk Streams expert Dr. Richard Osmond Kate Needham writes.. There was a lot more to river fly monitoring than I imagined. It was truly fascinating. Some creatures are more susceptible to pollution than others. So each type is given […]
Meetings Nature and Wildlife News
18 July 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Last week, in replacement of our monthly members zoom meeting, we went for a walk around St. Claire’s Nature Reserve in Soberton. The weather stayed good for us and the walk alongside the river was quite a treat with some interesting wildlife observations which included dragon flies, various beetles and a deer making a dash […]
9 July 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
For the first time Winchester District Green Party fielded a candidate in a General Election.Our candidate Lorraine Estelle commanded a good campaign by attending Hustings meetings in the area and election boards were placed in many locations around the city and a number in surrounding villages.
Climate Events Nature and Wildlife News
28 June 2024 / 11 August 2024 by richardcannon
nature hasn’t a voice of it’s own – but we have Saturday 22nd.June was a day to remember, over 60,000 people turned up in London to march from Hyde Park to Parliament Square to ensure the newly elected Government know that time is running out.Nature is wonderful, but doesn’t have a voice of it’s own […]
27 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Sunday morning dog walkers must have wondered why our three Councillors; Malcolm Wallace, Suzanne White and Danny Lee were paddling in the upper River Meon in Droxford. The answer is as follows..
Last weekend our candidate Lorraine Estelle attended the general election Hustings at Christ Church Winchester.Those attending were Flick Drummond (Conservative), Lorraine Estelle (Green Party), Hannah Dawson (Labour), Danny Chambers (LibDems) and Shaun Whelan (Reform UK).
13 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
our green party candidate – richard needham Owing to the resignation of the sitting LibDem Councillor for St. Michael, a by-election has been called for on the same day as the General Election on Thursday 4th. July Richard writes.. I have lived in the heart of St Michael ward for almost 40 years, having first […]
12 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay write.. ‘Millions of people in our country are feeling insecure and deeply worried about the future. We live in one of the richest countries on the planet, yet nurses are using food banks, our children’s schools are crumbling, a roof over our heads is all too often unaffordable, and hospital […]
County Council Elections News
10 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
The recent boundary changes have meant that Whiteley and Shedfield, currently under Winchester, are now in the new Hamble Valley constituency (see maps on previous post). After the formal selection for a candidate, Kate Needham, our Winchester Co-Chair and candidate for Whiteley and Shedfield in the City elections will be standing. Kate writes.. We are […]
4 June 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Following national constituency boundary changes, below are maps showing the new / revised Winchester and Hamble Valley areas. You will see that some of the old Winchester boundary now comes under Hamble Valley. Click photos for larger size. winchester… hamble valley… ( Maps are open source from Ordnance Survey.. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ )
29 May 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Lorraine Estelle campaigning for Real Hope and Real Change. The Green Party today announced their candidate for the Winchester constituency at the coming General Election. They have selected Lorraine Estelle. Lorraine said, “I am honoured to have been chosen as the Green Party’s candidate for Winchester. In recent years, more and more people have realised […]
5 May 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Our hard working Teams were out and about for a number of weeks before the election date. With such short notice for the vacant County County by-election, it meant our canvassers and leaflet distributors were extremely hard pressed to cover Central Meon Valley, Meon Valley as well as around Winchester city itself. Requests for ‘Vote […]
City Council County Council Elections News
4 May 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Central meon valley and Meon valley by-elections Councillors Danny Lee, Suzanne White and Malcolm Wallace Four years ago some thought the Green Party would never have representation in either the Winchester District Council or Hampshire County Council. Fast forward four years and we now have three District Councillors, one of which also a County Councillor […]
22 April 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
Our Candidate, Cllr. Malcolm Wallace Malcolm was elected a Winchester City Council Councillor for the Central Meon Ward in 2022 and since then has become an established member of the Council and proven that a Green in the room really does make a difference. Here’s just a few things he has achieved in this time.. […]
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20 April 2024 / 10 August 2024 by richardcannon
LOCAL ENTERPRISES IN CENTRAL MEON VALLEY Councillor Danny Lee campaigning in Hambledon for Suzanne White as the next Winchester City Green Party Councillor and Malcolm Wallace as the first Green Party County Councillor for Hampshire County. During campaigning he chatted to the fabulous Hampshire Veg Box Director Chris Huskins to hear first hand about the […]
