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20 December 2024 / 20 December 2024 by A. Bailey
Hello to our friends, colleagues, and supporters! As we approach the end of another incredible year, I just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year on behalf of the Telford and Wrekin Green Party. Looking back over the past year, there’s so much […]
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22 November 2024 / 22 November 2024 by Mark Webster
On 20th November 2024, the Telford and Wrekin Green Party joined the “Stop SDSC Telford Arms Fair” campaign in solidarity with Quakers, CAAT, XR, STWC, and others. Despite freezing temperatures, we stood together to oppose the Specialist Defence and Security Convention (SDSC) Arms Fair. The SDSC promotes equipment for special forces and includes arms companies […]
A Statement from The Coordinator
19 November 2024 by Mark Webster
On Wednesday 20th November, there will be a demonstration outside the Telford Exhibition Centre, where the UK’s premier arms merchants (of death) will be hawking their goods to national and international buyers. This is an annual event that used to be held at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, but after years of protest and […]
Local News
23 October 2024 / 13 November 2024 by Mark Webster
Exciting times for the Green Party! In October we celebrated winning more council seats, bringing our total to over 1150 seats and gaining control in nearly 40 councils. Now, it’s time to bring that momentum to Telford and The Wrekin! With Green councillors thriving in Cannock, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Herefordshire, why not here? Let’s make […]
13 December 2022 / 19 November 2024 by
I would like to comment on the tone and content of the way in which the recent wave of Trade Union disputes have been covered by the local press. Your p.4 two page title ‘ A general strike our nation can ill afford’ December 6th clearly makes a statement about the paper’s conservative bias including […]
Citizen Science
26 October 2022 / 14 March 2024 by
The Hurley Brook is a short section of water flowing from the 2 pools in Leegomery into farmland by the Hoo Farm roundabout. It is however very important as it is an urban wildlife corridor that serves to connect potential habitats in a built-up area. It is covered by T&W councils “Green Guarantee” which should […]
A Statement from The Coordinator Letters
14 October 2022 / 19 November 2024 by
Hi all, Below is a story of political corruption that the local media have, to date, sat on rather than annoy the notoriously thin-skinned MP for The Wrekin: Below was sent to Radio Shropshire: My name is Pat McCarthy, and I am the co-ordinator of Telford and Wrekin Green Party. On 31 July, The Observer […]
Inspirational Quotes
30 August 2022 / 14 March 2024 by
From “What Is to What If” – a thoroughly recommended book. ‘If we wait for governments, it will be too late. If we act as individuals, it will be too little. But if we act as communities, it might just be enough, and it might just be in time.’
A letter from the coordinator
16 August 2022 / 14 March 2024 by
There have been many letters in the Star and Journal complaining about the cost of investing in renewable alternatives to fossil fuels and suggesting that climate change is a phenomenon that is caused by natural rather than human variables. This narrative is reinforced by the business interests that MPs are willing spokespeople of. The Wrekin […]
A 6th Mass Extinction
The most accurate narrative regarding the next few decades on Earth you can read. It is rare to come across a group that have produced a call to action as complete as the one produced by Zero Hour The report to be found here sets out the issues we face with a science and evidence […]
