March Against the Cuts. Assemble 12 pm midday.
Thurnham St Car Park (opposite ‘Revolution’ Pub and the Infirmary).
March through the streets of Lancaster to a rally at Dalton Sq.
Organised by LMATC and supported by the L&M TUC. www.lmatc.org.uk
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March Against The Cuts – Sat 4th Dec 12pmCaroline Lucas’ maiden speechCaroline Lucas makes her maiden speach in Parliament. Click here for full speech made on May 27th durning the debate on Energy and Climate Change.
Election Results
The really good news was that Caroline Lucas was elected in Brighton Pavilion – our first Green MP!! She got 31.3% of the vote, with a majority of 1,252. (See her acceptance speach on Youtube here.) Our second best result was Norwich South where Adrian Ramsay polled 14.9% – but Lib Dems took the seat from Labour’s Charles Clark, and we came fourth. Cambridge was also quite good with Tony Juniper on 7.6% In Lancaster & Fleetwod Gina Dowding polled the 8th highest Green vote in the country and the highest across the North West with 4.4% of the vote – But here as elsewhere we suffered from the squeeze from the two big parties. In her speech on the podium Gina thanked the hundreds of people who helped the Green Party’s campaign in Lancaster & Fleetwood. ( She wasn’t exaggerating – we really DID have hundreds of people helping! It was an amazing experience.Ed.) In Morecambe & Lunesdale Chris Coates got 598 votes (1.4% ) In the Skerton west byelection Paul Andrew got 184 votes (7.1%) Read the rest of this entry » A Personal Party Broadcast for you (& your Friends)
Just when you thought all Party Political Broadcasts were the same- see the new Green Party Broadcast.” Morph or Wallace and Gromit meets serious green politics.”And when you’ve watched it – Customise it and send it to a friend!For more on the general election in your area see:
www.GinaDowding.org.uk for Lancaster & Fleetwood
www.ChrisCoates.org.uk for Morecambe & Lunesdale
Greens Move to Save Market
In a 4 hour special Council meeting, Lancaster’s indoor market was saved by a narrow margin after a close vote on a motion proposed by the Green Party– 24 in favour (Greens, Labour, 1 Tory and 2 independents), 19 Against (Lib Dems, most Conservatives, most MBIs and 1 independent) and 3 abstentions. The wording of the successful Green Group motion is below. Clr Jon Barry said after the meeting “Those against our motion wanted to terminate the market traders’ leases, spend a fortune on turning the market into a ‘white box’, and then a further fortune in sweeteners to attract a single trader which has only one other store and the worst possible credit rating. We felt that this option was much worse, both financially and in terms of the Council’s reputation.” Read the rest of this entry » Greens Lead Support to Save Market
Lancaster market has had a reprieve after the Full Council budget meeting voted to look into ways to reduce the financial losses whilst keeping an indoor market in the city . This followed a campaign by market traders and residents supported by the local Green Party to save the market. Earlier in February Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Independents councillors had voted to close the market and bring in a discount supermarket, with only the two Green Party cabinet members voting to keep the market open. Read the rest of this entry » Lancaster Indoor Market Under threat
Plans by Lancaster City Council to throw out stallholders in Lancaster Indoor Market and replace them with a single tenant have sparked an outcry among local residents. A Facebook page set up to support the market stallholders has recruited over 2000 ‘friends’ in a matter of days and every stall in the market is collecting signatures for a ‘Save the Market’ petition. Read the rest of this entry » Time for a Just Transition
Representatives from North Lancashire Green Party recently held discussions with Lancaster and District Trade Union Council on possible common ground. Lancaster & Fleetwood general election candidate Gina Dowding and county councillor Chris Coates met with Union delegates at the january monthly meeting of the Trades council at their offices in Morecambe. Subjects discussed ranged from Green Party economic and job creation policies, through renationalising the railways to local campaigning against school closures. Read the rest of this entry » Canatxx three strikes and out?
Lancashire County Council has rejected plans by American gas company Canatxx to store 1.2 million tonnes of gas under the Wyre countryside. The county council’s Development Control Committee voted 13 to one to reject the plans. Despite assurances from Canatxx UK that safety concerns had been addressed county planning officers said there had been no adequate risk assessment. Read the rest of this entry » Become a Scambuster
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