Adrian Spurrell has been an officer of Luton and Bedfordshire Green Party since 2016/17. He is our Treasurer and the coordinator of Bedford Green Party. Adrian has stood as the mayoral parliamentry and council candidate. He has also worked for the regional and national Green Party and is now putting himself forward to be the […]
Category: Activism
Our Response to the reports of Child Q
Hello I’m Philippa Fleming & I am the coordinator for Luton & Bedfordshire Green Party and a member of the Green Party Drug Policy Working Group committee. I was devastated this week to learn about the strip search of Child Q from the people of colour community in a Hackney School which was instigated by […]
Help Ukraine with our Template Letter
How can you help Ukraine? (Template Letter) Support Ukraine while kickstarting a new economy We need to stop funding Putin’s aggression but we also need to drastically reduce our dependency on fossil fuels Help Ukiraine, copy our letter or send your own to your MP, demanding a move to cleaner energy. Dear [MP Name] I […]
Castle Newsletter February 2022
News from Councillors Lucy Bywater & Ben Foley (Green Party councillors for Castle ward), February 2022 Welcome to Castle Ward newsletter February 2022 Well we’ve been keeping busy and balancing the needs of the community with the need globally to address climate change. We hope you see the positive contributions that your Green councillors are […]
Ejel Khan’s Speech National day of action for the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill and the nationality & Borders Bill in Parliament Square .
My name is Ejel Khan I am the coordinator of the Muslim LGBT Network. I’m am an openly gay muslim man. I would not be able to say that in many countries across the world. Particularly muslim majority countries such as Saudi Arabia or other countries I could mention. The reason I am here today […]
Bedford Council agrees to Green Party call to end fossil fuel investments
At Bedford Council’s meeting on Wednesday night (12 January) the council overwhelmingly passed a motion proposed by Green Party’s Ben Foley (councillor for Castle Ward) to “support divestment from fossil fuels” and to ask for the Bedfordshire Pension Fund and the Border to Coast Pension Partnership to remove all funds from fossil fuels. The […]
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Ejel Khan Protesting the Nationality & Borders Bill
Above Image Ejel speaking outside the House of Lords 5/1/22 Long title (from Parliament website) Make provision about nationality, asylum and immigration; to make provision about victims of slavery or human trafficking; to provide a power for Tribunals to charge participants where their behaviour has wasted the Tribunal’s resources; and for connected purposes. Nationality & […]
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Oppose The Police, Crime & Sentencing Bill
Can you help Baroness Jenny Jones? Foreword The Government is trying to take away our democratic freedom to protest, but over the next 10 days we have a unique opportunity to stop some of the worst measures outright. We need your help to persuade Labour to vote against them in the Lords. The Government sidestepped […]
Our Response to the Bedford Council 2022 Budget.
Response of the Green Party to Budget Consultation of Bedford Borough Council The pervasive nature of the Climate Emergency means that the capital spend proposed on “Tackling Climate Change” is woefully short of what is needed. Urgent needs include a modal shift of transport towards public transport and active travel, and of goods transport from […]
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PSPO Town Centre Cycling Ban
Bedford Green Party Response The PSPO cycling restrictions have succeeded in fining well over 3000 people. In other words, these were people who were riding slowly enough, and who actually agreed, to stop to give their details. Many of these have been older people and those with mobility issues who rely on a cycle as […]