We were getting ready for our obligatory #ActionDay photo in #LowerKingswood when a couple of horse riders stopped to ask who we were. We told them we were the @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social —and they said they were #GreenParty voters! So of course, they joined us for the selfie. 😊

Great to catch up with @sianberry.bsky.social at last Saturday's #ActionDay in #EastSurrey. In her speech Sian said she joined @greenparty.org.uk in 2001. That's one year before me. I was in the 2002 intake! @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social #VoteGreen

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.

Knocking on doors in #Hooley this morning. Extra bounce in our steps after Hannah Spencer won the #Gorton and #Denton by-election

Pic from the recent @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social Action Day

Our own @jonathanessex.bsky.social is fighting to get our local Theatre reopened with the Tory council delaying, yet again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Something the Government want you to forget...

Why did the former Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Finance ask this question? Check out the expressions of the Tories #Reigate #Banstead #localgovernment

Knocking on doors in #Merstham in the 🌞 earlier today. Massive #actionday all over #Reigate and #Banstead #VoteGreen @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

UK Reform voters, please pay attention to the following message:

Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month" "That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group" "The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"

Big polluters, climate deniers, and oil and gas interests have donated millions to Reform. Why? Because they trust them. But we don't. The Green Party is taking on Reform and their corporate backers - because we know whose interests they serve. Are you with us?

Your local #Bexley #GreenParty candidate for the #MayElections reporting for duty!

Brit School celebrates its made-in-Croydon Grammys hat-trick insidecroydon.com/2026/02/03/b... #Croydon #Grammy #BritSchool @musicweek.com

We promised to throw the kitchen sink at this election. Well we've definitely voted for the right candidate with the skills for the job! Hannah & the Greens are taking the fight to Reform. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

The political make-up of the council is now: 17 Conservatives 14 Greens 6 Residents’ Association 5 Independents 4 Liberal Democrats

I am looking forward to working with other Green councillors to make our residents’ lives better.” Green Group leader Cllr Jonathan Essex said: “I’m very pleased to welcome Jenny to the Greens. We have been working closely with her and Mark over the past year since they left the Labour Party.

Cllr Orchard, who left the Labour Party because “they have lost their way and no longer represent my values”, said: “I am delighted to join the Greens as a councillor. After feeling very negative about politics from my previous experiences in the Labour Party I feel like I have hope again.

Cllrs Smith and Orchard were both elected as Labour councillors – in 2023 and 2024 respectively – but resigned from the Labour Party July 2025 to sit as Independents, leaving RBBC with no Labour councillors.

Meanwhile, her fellow Redhill West and Wray Common ward councillor, Cllr Mark Smith, has agreed to work closely with the Green group, while remaining as an Independent.

An Independent councillor on Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has crossed the floor to join the Green Party. Cllr Jenny Orchard, who represented Redhill West and Wray Common as a Town & Village Independent, will now sit as a Green councillor, increasing the size of the Green group to 14.

It's concerning that Live Facial Recognition Technology had racial recognition disparities #BlackLivesMatter #BLM

📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time. Join us and join in ⤵️

Heavy rain = #flooding = road traffic accident risk on Battlebridge Lane in #Merstham I've had it confirmed that Highway Maintenance will be "cleaning the whole system between the two bridges in early March."

My neighbour WhatsApped me the #RottonBoroughs page in @privateeyenews.bsky.social after he spotted my name in the Christmas Special edition. @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

Interesting Harlequin Theatre revelation at the recent Reigate and Banstead Full Council meeting. Aviva = £1bn+ profit for the first half of 2025!! #redhill ll #reigate #banstead

101 Records to shut with final blast at landlords and council insidecroydon.com/2025/12/21/1... #Croydon #Bonapartes #Beanos #KirstyMacColl @londonist.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social

101 Records to shut with final blast at landlords and council insidecroydon.com/2025/12/21/1...

Went to the Netherne Classics Christmas do today!

£200,000 in 3 days!!! Thank you to all those who have donated. Let's keep going and smashing through our targets. 📈 Hope is here. It's all of us. 💚 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

Knocking on doors in the rain with @rachelmillward.bsky.social in #Merstham today. #greenparty Part of the biggest @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social Action Day

While delivering the latest @eastsurreygreens.bsky.socia newsletter in #Merstham l spotted this notice on a front door. #refugeeswelcome

What would the Green Party do at the Budget? 💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering 🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands 🏠 Give councils the power to control rents 🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

We stand up for lower bills and higher taxes for billionaires

Thoughts with all the people affected and their families with the awful incident on the train in Cambridgeshire. Thank you to all the emergency services and brave members of the public. Reminder of the work that people do every day to serve the public.

A wake up call. To join the Green Party: Join.greenparty.org.uk

"Polanski has blended anger with hope. “Hope is much more difficult to sell than outrage, but he’s finding a way to do it that connects with people.” Let's make hope normal again! observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Nobody thought having two Surrey councils was a good idea insidecroydon.com/2025/10/30/n... #Surrey #Banstead #Reigate #Tandridge @local.gov.uk @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

Did a quick edit of one the fantastic memes by @cheltgreenparty.bsky.social I think @3g0s3lf.bsky.social might know it. #acidtechno #lochi

Ooh, this will be a fun one 🙌

1) While knocking on doors a resident recalls using a proper path 2) With the help of council officers, get a quote for the work. 3) Submit an application for funding via Local Community Infrastructure Levy 4) The money is awarded. 5) Work starts 6) Work completes under budget.

By-election today eastsurreygp.org.uk/esw/caterham... #VoteGreen in #Caterham and #Whyteleafe

#VoteGreen today in #Meadvale and #StJohns eastsurreygp.org.uk/esw/meadvale...

Many more on the counter demo last night

The @greenparty.org.uk conference report on #BBCNews started with @zackpolanski.bsky.social shaking hands with Cllr Paul Chandler from @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social #greenparty

Varied week: 1) Leafleting in Mogador 2) Persuading the Planning Committee 3) Voting in the Motion of No Confidence 4) Listening at the Hooley AGM

#Surrey #politics @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social table a motion of no confidence in the leader #reigate #Banstead #greenparty @jonathanessex.bsky.social @cllrchester.bsky.social

Irresponsible. Reckless. www.independent.co.uk/news/busines... Economically illiterate. Accelerating climate breakdown. A dereliction of democracy. www.crowdjustice.com/case/gacc/. Please support our legal challenge. Please share far and wide. #climatejustice @gaccenvironment.bsky.social