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General Election Review Local Elections NEWS PARTY GENERAL ELECTION REVIEW Green LOCAL ELECTIONS THE COALITION GOVERNMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT Newsletter for Green WHATParty supporters • www. greenparty.org.uk • JuneIS 2015 GREEN POLITICS? CONTENTS 3 GUEST EDITORIAL: Natalie Bennett GreenActivist Send your comments, contributions, ideas and 4 CAMPAIGNS AND EVENTS enquiries to: [email protected] 5 LOCAL PARTY NEWS: Lancaster’s first Green Mayor Editor 8 ELECTIONS REVIEW: Brighton - the bitter struggle to re-elect Caroline Lucas Peter Barnett Original Design 11 LOCAL ELECTIONS: A nail-biting finish to Cambridge City Council elections Roana Mahmud 13 REVIEW: Green record of the Coalition Government (2010-2015 Proofreading Jennie Rust 15 What is Green Politics? FEATURE: National Website www.greenparty.org.uk 17 GREEN PIONEERS: Who was Petra Kelly? Members Website 18 WHO’S WHO IN THE GREEN PARTY? https://my.greenparty.org.uk SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook Twitter YouTube END AUSTERITY NOW - NATIONAL DEMO Want to help build the Green Bloc? Register here: Saturday 20 June, 11.30am, London http://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-the-green-bloc- end-austerity-now-demo-tickets-17247155707 @ Just weeks after the General Election the People’s Assembly is organising a major national A message from The People’s Assembly Against GREEN BLOC demonstration to tell the new government: END Austerity: AUSTERITY NOW “June 20th will be an almighty show of strength. Everyone is welcome, and as always, it will be a The Green Party is the biggest national party to family friendly event. The People’s Assembly have reject austerity and expose it as ideological rather secured an accessible route for the march, with than a necessity, let’s all make sure the Green both first aiders and trained stewards supervising presence is really visible on 20 June. and spread throughout the entire demonstration. Assemble from 11:30am on Saturday 20 June Last year we saw 50,000 people from every on Cornhill (Royal Exchange). section of society, young and old, march from the This is right by Bank tube station. BBC to Parliament square. This year, we aim to March to Parliament Square. double those numbers, and with all our voices, send a clear and simple message to the new Green Bloc website: government: End Austerity Now!” http://greenpartybloc.weebly.com/ 2 GREEN ACTIVIST • JUNE 2015 GUEST EDITORIAL The results – more than 1.1 million votes, as a model that in some ways we should be quadruple what we’ve previously achieved; seeking to emulate. retaining Brighton Pavilion and going oh- For the coming months I intend to return to so-close in Bristol West, with seconds also out out-of-election period focus on seeking in Sheffield Central, Liverpool Riverside and media attention (particularly on the issues of Manchester Withington; saving 123 deposits the EU referendum, electoral reform, climate (49% of those of South West seats) were change, poverty and immigration), to party historic. We had never previously finished and membership building through local visits second in any seat in a general election – and and public meetings, strengthening links it is worth noting the geographical spread of with NGOs, unions and campaigning groups, those seats. and to supporting the continued institutional Some members and supporters were development of the party. disappointed, having hope that (occasional) I took part (with Amelia Womack) in an Electoral polls in the spring of up to 11% might have Reform Society presentation of petitions on “I must begin by offering heralded a similar or even higher result. But this issue to No 10 Downing Street. That given the first-past-the-post realities that led to my congratulations to all of civil society campaign received cross-party a squeezing of many of our voters off (chiefly) support. This is going to be an important area the candidates, volunteers, to Labour, the negative press attention we of continuing work: the route to achieving received, and the mountain we had to climb in supporters and local parties electoral reform is not obvious, but we are terms of taking a second seat, I think this can likely to be heading into a period of political overall for their conduct reasonably be considered a good-to-excellent instability and it is important this is kept on the result. of a campaign of a scale agenda. and ambition unlike any Personally, I look part in two leader debates, We could be seeing a referendum on our after huge public support for our participation, previously conducted by the membership of the European Union as early as more media than I could possibly list, and visits next May, although we’ll be pushing strongly Green Party. to our focus seats. I received a great deal of to see that the referendum doesn’t occur at volunteer support in the final stages, which was the same time as elections, to avoid confusing invaluable and much appreciated. It is worth looking back to last September, issues. So we’ll also be putting a strong focus when a target of standing in 75% of seats was The overall result of the election, while the on supporting a vote for remaining in the Union, regarded as highly ambitious. Yet we eventually cause of shock and fear, has also generated a while also pushing for reform – and opposing stood in 93% of seats, candidates did an visible mood of determination and engagement the proposed EU-US free trade deal known as outstanding job with very few difficulties and with an upsurge of activism (as marked by a TTIP. incidents, under a level of scrutiny that we’ve 1,000-strong anti-austerity march and rally in And work starts now on the Welsh Assembly, also never seen before. Sheffield at which I spoke) that augers well for London Assembly/Mayoral and council political activity and the growth of campaigning Staff at HQ and around the country, many taken elections next May – doors knocked now, against politics-as-usual. It is important that on late in the campaign, worked extraordinarily leaflets delivered, campaigns run, will be the Green Party supports and cultivates this, hard and showed great dedication and critical to success next year.” commitment. Our social media presence was and is seen as part of it. The SNP result in excellent, and matched that of parties with far this election, building on two years of political Natalie Bennett more funding and resources. engagement and debate leading up to the Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales independence referendum, can, I think, he seen GREEN ACTIVIST • JUNE 2015 3 CAMPAIGNS AND EVENTS END AUSTERITY NOW - NATIONAL DEMO Want to help build the Green Bloc? Register here: Saturday 20 June, 11.30am, London http://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-the-green-bloc- end-austerity-now-demo-tickets-17247155707 @ Just weeks after the General Election the People’s Assembly is organising a major national A message from The People’s Assembly Against GREEN BLOC demonstration to tell the new government: END Austerity: AUSTERITY NOW “June 20th will be an almighty show of strength. Everyone is welcome, and as always, it will be a The Green Party is the biggest national party to family friendly event. The People’s Assembly have reject austerity and expose it as ideological rather secured an accessible route for the march, with than a necessity, let’s all make sure the Green both first aiders and trained stewards supervising presence is really visible on 20 June. and spread throughout the entire demonstration. Assemble from 11:30am on Saturday 20 June Last year we saw 50,000 people from every on Cornhill (Royal Exchange). section of society, young and old, march from the This is right by Bank tube station. BBC to Parliament square. This year, we aim to March to Parliament Square. double those numbers, and with all our voices, send a clear and simple message to the new Green Bloc website: government: End Austerity Now!” http://greenpartybloc.weebly.com/ Northern Vegan Festival #FAIRVOTESNOW campaign Lobby of Parliament on Climate Change Saturday 17 October, 10am to 6pm, Ma nchester Wednesday 17 June 2015, 12pm to 5.30pm The results of the General Election, where over a 4 venues in Manchester city centre, including million people voted Green to win only one seat, The rallying call has gone out nationwide to lobby Sachas Hotel, Tib Street, M4 1SH. 3 venues are highlighted how unfair and outdated our winner- our newly-elected MPs to bring tackling climate 10 mins walk from Piccadilly and Victoria train takes-all voting system is. change to the top of the political agenda. stations, and from the National Express station, 4th The Party is working with the Electoral Reform Join thousands of people as they descend on is in front of Oxford Road train station. Society and others to push for real reform – Westminster for a day of action on climate change. 175 stalls, films, talks, cookery demos, free food, starting with proportional representation, for a Celebrate all the things you love that could be workshops, including a go vegan for a month politics that looks far more like the people it’s affected by climate change, hear from some workshop, children’s book reading, vegan speed supposed to represent. fantastic speakers - and be part of the UK’s biggest dating and meeting. ever climate change lobby. Sign up here to stay We are launching our own campaign shortly - updated and find out more. More info: leaflets, posters and events are under preparation. www.northernveganfestival.com Details will follow soon. Organised by The Climate Coalition. The UN is now encouraging people to give up meat and dairy products because their production is the Citizens Basic Income Presentation Please email Clive Lord at biggest cause of climate change: [email protected] www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/02/ I will visit your Local Party meeting or any gathering un-report-meat-free-diet to deliver my presentation on Citizens’ Basic Visit my website here: Income.
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