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Greenparty.Org.Uk GreenActivist The newsletter for Green Party members • www. greenparty.org.uk • February 2016 GREEN ACTIVIST | february 2016 | page 2 CONTENTS Editor Clifford Fleming Design [email protected] Editorial elections Activist 3 Internal Democracy – the 6 shaking things up in wales – alice Governance Review enters its final hooker-stroud stage – john street 7 success as greens defeat tories in shropshire – chris williams feature article Green Send your comments, contributions, ideas and enquiries internalcommunications@ 8 1 million green posters – sian berry greenparty.org.uk 4 Amelia Womack, deputy leader discusses her views on europe 9 #green cabinet – spokespeople for News features 2016 – clare phipps 12 EU votes to boot out high levels of sugar in baby food – keith taylor mep 11 may 5 – the green party’s big test – robert lindsay 5 back my nhs reinstatement bill – 13 Advert: Good Energy caroline lucas MP 14 contacts GREEN ACTIVIST | february 2016 | page 3 editorial Internal Democracy: the Governance Review enters its final stage John Street, Governance Review Committee [email protected] The internal governance of the party sets the an open opportunity for members to engage As this is something which impacts on us tone for the way in which the party operates with the current, non-final draft of the new all, all members should take some time to on a day to day basis, and fundamentally constitution, which appeared as an appendix follow the process further and look back over underpins our ability to run effective to the Final Agenda. https://my.greenparty.org. the Spring Conference drafts, and hopefully campaigns and ultimately win elections. uk/news/final-agenda-spring-conference- send their thoughts to governancereview@ Without effective and well considered 2016-published greenparty.org.uk governance, then the essential organisational Between 29th February and 30th Once the final proposal is published in underpinning which winning election May the draft will be finalised and then the agenda for Autumn Conference, anyone campaigns needs would not be there. We need submitted to Autumn Conference, at which wishing to amend it can do so at that time, good governance within the party, and for it any four members will be able to propose and the proposal and amendments will be to embody Green values of democracy and amendments, these will be debated and the debated at Autumn Conference, prior to inclusiveness. resulting document voted on. If it is adopted the final decision being made by the whole There has been an ongoing review of our as the final proposal, then a referendum on membership. structures and governance, and at the recent adopting it as the new constitution will be held Spring Conference in Harrogate, there was following Autumn Conference. GREEN ACTIVIST | february 2016 | page 4 FEATURE ARTICLE Amelia Womack Deputy Leader (shared) [email protected] Like many Green Party members, I wasn’t EU because we believe in internationalism and meetings, on local streets and on doorsteps even born when UK citizens last voted on cooperation. And we’re using this referendum all around the country. membership of the European Union. I’m as an unprecedented opportunity to push for We know that the Green vision for Europe glad that everyone will soon have their say. EU reform, because we believe passionately can be a vote winner. Last May, the Greens I’m also glad that the Green Party has such in fighting for stronger democracy and stood on a pro-migrant anti-scapegoating a positive, progressive vision for Europe. This for stronger policies on social justice, platform and garnered our best general referendum gives us a tremendous chance to environmental protection, and peace. election results ever. Yet the number of Brits talk openly about the EU – to discuss where Greens are about working together and who voted Green was even greater one year it works, where it doesn’t, and the kind of getting stuck in for the common good – not earlier – in the European elections, when Europe we want to see. However, time is short, walking away. We know Green members Greens secured 1.2 million votes. with the referendum date now set for the 23 and supporters are the most pro-European Then, we celebrated the election of the UK’s June. among the British public. That doesn’t mean third Green MEP – Molly Scott Cato – who’s Whether it’s clean beaches, equal pay, the that everyone will agree. That’s fine. Last be making a huge impact at the heart of the working time directive, or climate targets, September, Green Party conference passed EU ever since – alongside our two other UK I have no doubt that we are Greener In. By overwhelmingly a bold and ambitious motion Green MEPs – Keith Taylor and Jean Lambert. working together with our closest neighbours, to campaign passionately for a ‘remain’ vote After the referendum, I’m looking forward to we can secure better workers’ rights, human in the EU referendum – in a way that builds celebrating not only our contribution to what rights and environmental rights – here in the support for our Party and wins people over to I hope is a strong ‘remain’ vote, but also to UK and across Europe. the Green vision for a better Europe. Now we the progress we’ve made in building a strong Our long-standing policy on the EU goes have a date for the EU referendum – it’s up Green movement that will take us forward to to the core of what we believe as Greens. to all of us to turn that into action. What will secure radical reforms to the EU and elect We welcome this referendum, because we make the most difference is not politicians even more Green politicians to the European believe in democracy. We want to stay in the on podiums, but conversations in community Parliament in 2019. GREEN ACTIVIST | february 2016 | page 5 news feature Caroline Lucas MP back MY NHS reinstatement Bill [email protected] On 11 March my NHS Reinstatement of protest has erupted. Added to this rightful signed up before becoming leader. But it’s Bill is back in Parliament for its second discontent among staff is the fact that patients as yet unclear whether Labour is backing the reading. The bill would reverse the creeping are suffering as our hospitals are being hit by bill as Heidi Alexander, the shadow secretary marketisation of the health service and the kind of winter crisis that we thought had of state, has not yet given her support. We reinstate the NHS based on its founding been consigned to history. need to know if Labour back keeping our NHS principles – putting the public back at the MPs who believe in a public NHS have the truly public. On an issue like saving our NHS heart of the health service. That means an opportunity to put their warm words supporting it’s absolutely crucial that we work together NHS publicly paid for and provided. the health service into action by backing the across party lines. I hope to be backed by MPs The timing couldn’t be more prescient. cross party Bill to reinstate the NHS as a from across the political spectrum as I take Across the UK, health workers are fighting publicly provided service. Indeed thousands the Bill back to the Commons on March 11th. to save the NHS we love from government of people have now signed petition calling for mistreatment. From the junior doctors MPs to attend the House of Commons Friday Please ask your MP to back the bill: forced to go on strike to defend safe and fair 11 March to vote for the Bill. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ practices to the nurses demanding decent I’m really pleased to have Jeremy Corbyn support-the-nhs-reinstatement-bill-to-bring- financial support for their studies, a new wave as one of the signatories on the Bill, having back-our-nhs GREEN ACTIVIST | february 2016 | page 6 election news Shaking things up in Wales Alice Hooker-Stroud, Wales Green Party Leader [email protected] Our government in Wales needs a good might have transformed politics in Wales. In May, we will be standing in over thirty shake up. We need to put our heads above Across Europe in Spain, Greece, Portugal and constituencies, and in all five regions across the parapet, challenge the status-quo and Germany, new alliances are revolutionising Wales. I am confident we will elect our first ever dare to do things differently. politics, giving the electorate a real choice in Green Assembly Member this summer. Over the entire existence of the Welsh voting for change. We have all seen how much of a difference Assembly – seventeen years, Welsh Labour No proposal to take to our members for final even one elected Green can make, and you can have held power, but never in a majority agreement was reached in the discussions, help get Greens elected in Wales this May by government. Having one party in power but the Wales Green Party showed that we investing in Democracy Bonds. Just £5 each, so long and as yet no realistic challenge to stand for grown-up, inclusive, pluralist politics. every bond you buy will help our chances of that supremacy has led to sluggishness and We showed we are committed to giving voters winning a seat. complacency in Welsh politics. a real alternative to make a better Wales. A Green voice in the Senedd will build a Political opinion is diversifying, changing We showed that we will work, whether better, fairer, more democratic Wales.
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