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Tag Archives: Green Party
Merseyside requires Proportional Representation
This weekend I visited my family in Merseyside where I was born and grew up prior to moving to Sussex in 1978. I was interested to observe that throughout the Merseyside region that there are currently 15 MPs who cover … Continue reading
Disability History Month from SNP and Green Party
The tweet emerged yesterday from the Green Party and this text was published in Parliament a couple of weeks ago by Marion Fellows who is the Shadow SNP Spokesperson for Disabilities. Thank you for both Political groups for your contributions. … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Disability History Month, Green Party, Marion Fellows, SNP
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As Parliament closes, we need a new approach
Parliament will close down today and it is not due to reopen until Monday 5th September with either Elizabeth Truss or Rishi Sunak as the next Nations Prime Minister. Given that both of them have claimed they will not hold … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Elizabeth Truss, Green Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Nick Gibb, Plaid Cymru, Rishi Sunak, SNP
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Will any sensitive Tories reflect these issues?
The anger that is strongly expressed in Northern Ireland as well as in Scotland for their very clear opposition to Brexit and the rejection of their views by the Westminster Conservative Party is one of the potential reasons why Sinn … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Green Party, Paul Bernal, Rwanda
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How can we persuade more people to vote?
The result yesterday in Bexley and Sidcup could have led to a Labour to have won if they could have done a deal with the Liberal Democrats and the Greens and if they could have persuaded the supporters of the … Continue reading
We need to carry out a radical political approach
Over the weekend a significant article emerged in the Guardian/Observer which was written by Toby Helm that reflected on the data recently carried out by Best for Britain. The article is available on line here and it makes it very … Continue reading
It is time to achieve some form of cross party involvement
Living in a location like Sussex we currently have 16 Constituencies. Of these 16 locations at one time all 16 were Conservative dominated. Today there are three constituencies that are not Conservative controlled. In Brighton and Hove we have 3 … Continue reading
Sussex MPs need to learn from the Manchester mistakes
This letter is directed at the nine Conservative Greater Manchester MPs who have recently written publicly to Matthew Hancock in an attempt to criticise Andy Burnham. They appear to have ignored that the call for the whole of Manchester to … Continue reading
Is now the time for certain political parties to be radical?
The challenge if the Conservatives had not won the election would have been for parties such as SNP, Liberal Democrats, Green and Labour to work together to come up with an alternative way of leading the nation. It would have … Continue reading
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Tagged Green Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democratic Party, SNP
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One way to achieve national unity is through proportional representation
The political profile of most of our nation has changed rather dramatically since last Thursday and many residents here in Sussex are now feeling very concerned about it as it will clearly have a significant impact on us all, irrespective … Continue reading