‘THIS IS THE LEGACY OF YEARS OF MISMANAGEMENT!’ GREEN MP ELLIE CHOWNS ON THE AYSLUM SEEKER CRISIS 21st August 2025 / 21st August 2025 by paulr we need safe and managed routes Ellie Chowns told Sky News “What we need is the provision of safe and managed routes for those seeking asylum. The issue of asylum seekers staying in hotels is the result of policy choices fundamentally made by the Conservatives over the previous 14 years. Now, Labour is not dealing with the […] Read more »
SAVE MINSTER MARSHES: LAST CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY! CONSULTATION CLOSES MONDAY 18TH AUGUST. 14th August 2025 / 21st August 2025 by paulr A documentary about Minster Marshes its importance and its wildlife will be released in the autumn. Click here to watch video trailer campaign to stop sealink destroying the marshes The National Grid Sealink will be the largest electricity converter station in Europe. They propose to site it on the Minster Marshes close to the Minster […] Read more »
SAVE MINSTER MARSHES: CONSULTATION DEADLINE EXTENDED 11th July 2025 / 14th August 2025 by paulr ***CONSULTATION DEADLINE EXTENDED*** Today the Planning Inspectorate reopened the opportunity for people to register as Interested Parties for the Sea Link project because there was an error in the application. The link will go live from Friday 18 July 2025 and closes at 23:59pm Monday 18 August 2025. ***IMPORTANT*** This is ONLY if you haven’t […] Read more »
Every time it rains, it rains sewage from Southern! Southern Water Sewage discharges close Thanet Beaches again! 27th June 2025 / 11th July 2025 by paulr rain=polluted sea On Friday 13th June , for the first time in weeks, heavy rain fell on Thanet. And once again it overwhelmed Southern Water’s waste water system and sewage was discharged into the sea. The following day visitors to the local beaches, from West Bay in Westgate to Western Undercliff in Ramsgate, were greeted […] Read more »
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2025: IT’S A RECORD 859 GREEN COUNCILLORS ON 181 COUNCILS 4th May 2025 / 27th June 2025 by paulr Following Thursday’s elections we’ve reached a new record number of councillors across the country with 859 councillors on 1812 councils! We doubled our number of seats in Devon and broke through in Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cambridgeshire amongst others. Leaders Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsey and Zack Polanski thanked voters for putting their faith in Green candidates […] Read more »
ELECTIONS: GREENS CAMPAIGNING HARD FOR THANET’S SEATS ON KENT COUNTY COUNCIL 2nd April 2025 / 6th May 2025 by paulr CAMPAIGN LAUNCH IN RAMSGATE Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanksi visited Ramsgate on March 23 to help the Thanet Green Party launch its county council election campaign. Thanet Green Party, along with representatives from Dover and Deal Green Party, welcomed Zack to their launch at Ellington Park. An energised positive campaign “We’re running an energised, […] Read more »
GREEN LEADERS CALL FOR WEALTH TAX TO REBALANCE THE ECONOMY 26th March 2025 / 25th June 2025 by paulr Green MPs “rebalance” the economy for cameras outside the Treasury yesterday. Green Party Co-leaders Adrian Ramsay MP and Carla Denyer MP were joined by Siân Berry MP and Ellie Chowns MP outside the Treasury posing with scales to show the government’s ‘skewed priorities’ in slashing disability benefits while refusing to tax wealth. Greens are urging the chancellor Rachal Reeves to […] Read more »
LABOUR’S PLANNED CUTS – MAKING THE POOREST PAY 25th March 2025 / 26th March 2025 by paulr Zack Polanski: “..this Labour government is taking the wrong political choices.” Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski (right) with Thanet Green Party councillor and KCC candidate Mike Garner In an interview on BBC 5 Live, ahead of the Spring statement tomorrow, Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski said: “The government are looking to cut £5-6bn from disability benefits… they’re also talking […] Read more »
SAVE THE DAY! KCC ELECTIONS 1ST MAY – OUR CANDIDATES 5th March 2025 / 25th March 2025 by paulr Thanet Green Party KCC Candidates I’m delighted to announce that I will be the Green Party’s candidate in my home town of Broadstairs for the KCC elections on Thursday May 1st. I’ve been a hard-working District & Town Councillor in Broadstairs since 2019 & this year have also been Chair of the Town Council and […] Read more »
Planning Changes: Big developers win again! 13th December 2024 / 5th March 2025 by paulr New planning framework “panders” to profit driven private housing developers say Greens Responding to the “planning overhaul” announced today by government, Green Party Co-Leader, Adrian Ramsay, said: “This new planning framework from Government fails to tackle the housing crisis head on and instead panders yet further to the interests of private developers whose main interest […] Read more »