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

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The UK privatised all their Fossil Fuel, Power Plants and Electricity transmission. Norway still owns all of theirs. The price in the UK for 1 Kwh is 26.5p. Norway reduce their cost to 3p on Oct 1st. 9x cheaper, the ripoff is insane.

This week at DSEI, arms linked to the murder of Palestinians and the destruction of Gaza are being proudly displayed by the very people who profit and make a living from war and human suffering.

It's taken 3 years, but today I completed my 100th ##parkrun at #BansteadWoods

Polluting Viridor exposed over nearly 1,000 licence breaches insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/p... #Sutton #Croydon #Merton #Kingston @environmentagency.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy

Gave out leaflets on local government reorganisation at Merstham FC's Big Community Day

This is an uninterrupted minute of Maruay the rescued tiger with his beloved ball..🥰😇 #bluesky

Big thanks for funding this. @ravenhousingtrust.bsky.social If you live in #Merstham and you want your kids to take a break from their phones or other digital screens......

Really enjoyed helping out at the #Netherne Fun Day, and to cap it off, the DJ played Glue by Bicep towards the end of the afternoon.

The @unison rep also spoke about divesting from arms companies associated with genocidal acts in Gaza at yesterday's Surrey Pension Fund Committee. I spoke as a resident of Surrey #freepalestine

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Since 2010, we have lost: 279 school playing fields 750 youth centres 793 playgrounds 800 libraries 1,086 swimming pools 1,416 Sure Start children’s centres No wonder children have nowhere to go Tax multi millionaires, give us back our public services www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

What a speech.

The new Parkour course in #Merstham Recreation Ground is amazing!

"First Past the Post forces people to vote tactically, which to me seems to undermine the entire principle of democracy." - @cllrchester.bsky.social Young activist Amelie Abass spoke to three Green councillors about why we need to change the voting system. Watch here: youtu.be/GS1OyrsErFc

Knocking on doors in the ##LowerKingswood area. #Mogador or #London take your pick?!

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£5bn Surrey Pension Fund continues to invest in BAE Systems. BAE Systems make vital components for F-35 jets that bomb #Gaza #divestment #palestinesolidarity

The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com

Renewables producing over 40% of UK electricity this morning, a good slice of energy boiling the water for your coffee is straight from sunshine. via www.energydashboard.co.uk/live

My daughters sitting on a bench on #LeithHill - 294 m (965 ft) above sea level - the second highest point in southeast England #Surrey #leithhilltower

❗ Green GAIN from Labour Warwick All Saints and Woodloes (Warwick) council by-election result: GRN: 34.9% (+22.1) REF: 21.8% (+21.8) LAB: 19.4% (-24.7) CON: 18.6% (-15.7) LDEM: 5.3% (-3.5) +/- 2023

I'm not sure if they're on this platform, but the Windbourne Singers' version of 'Song of the Lower Classes' is the perfect backdrop for this. It sounds like a modern lyric reflecting today's issues, but actually comes from Chartists movement in the 1830s!! #ChangeIsNow youtu.be/12HwvPpWUx0?...

The Government met today with 700 "business lobbyists." Guess who was amongst them?

BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK. The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned. This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.

This track is by Simon. It's called Free At Last. It features the famous speech delivered by Doctor Martin Luthur King Jr on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.

Nature sold for 30 pieces of silver Labour insist on sticking to the fiscal rules that they made up to please their rich friends but Labour refuse to stick to the rules for saving nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A few minutes earlier, I spotted these horses waiting for a 166 on Chipstead Way, #Woodmansterne #Banstead. Thankfully, the police are here now.

UK Women's March 2025 #ukwomensmarch #ukwomensmarch2025

Delivering the latest #greenparty newsletter with @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social councillors in #Merstham earlier today. It was #freezing !!

Listening to some #deephouse #vinyl earlier today.

Cllr Boghani & I were super impressed by Horley Repair Cafe this morning - fantastic collab. with St. Wilfreds Church - impeccably organised, warm & welcoming, & very well attended (esp. for a first day) We've wanted something like this in #Horley for ages - just brilliant. Well done everyone. 💚

Pleased to have won cross-party support for my Bill to introduce a national ban on pesticide use in public spaces! More needs to be done to stop councils using toxic chemicals which are a danger to people, pets and children using these spaces, and the wider environment 🌱🐝

Caroline Lucas, "We keep being surprised by these phenomenon.. Floods in Valencia.. Hurricanes that hit the US" "What else does nature have to throw at us to wake us up to recognise that this is being massively exasperated by climate change" Well said @carolinelucas.bsky.social

Commitment from Leader of Reigate+Banstead council leader last night to allocate £10 million reserves to rebuild Harlequin theatre. Now need agreed 'concrete' plans + temporary 500 seat venue up & running in Redhill So ensure this happens: not like promised funds to social housing 3 years ago.

BBC Verify has examined a 24 hour snapshot of Elon Musks timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts. The BBC's Analysis editor examines one day on the platform for the owner of X www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Last night's Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting was purely focussed on Harlequin Theatre. It was an additional meeting #greenparty councillors pushed for, and I'm glad we did. The leader of the council made a commitment to remove and remediate the RAAC and refurbish the theatre.

The Old Council Chamber felt a bit like an Appeal courtroom today with the Planning Inspector judging the arguments for and against the old library development in #Merstham (its current form). #Planning #Housing

By noon today FTSE100 bosses will have made more money than the average worker will all year. Income inequality is grossly out of control. Now is the time to tax the super-rich and bring in a 10:1 pay ratio.

I feel sick at the human rights abuses by Israel that we in UK are allowing to go unchallenged. It's not enough to kill men, women, children in Gaza and reduce their lives and future to rubble. They also allow an attack that could have killed the Head of WHO. Our Govt must comment and condemn.

I've done 3 x #parkrun in 7 days. #Feelsgood A massive thank you to all the marshals and volunteers who put on these events for us throughout the year. This pic was taken by BWp Photographs at #BansteadWoods www.flickr.com/photos/bwp_p...

Here's how the Surrey Pension Fund Committee, responsible for a multi-billion pound pension fund, responded to my question about divesting from arms companies selling to Israel. #FreePalestine #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow #Gaza #StopTheGenocide

Noam Chomsky reveals the secrets of Margaret Thatcher's privatisation. Defund it, blame State ownership, privatise for pennies, extort you forever.

For anyone who may need these over Xmas…just in case

🎄 Merry Christmas from everyone at the Green Party 💚