Out delivering our positive Green News this morning😎

🤯 More drilling in the North Sea? 🥵 On his first day in No. 10 the new PM is going to alienate everybody who cares about our climate 😰 What's next, the devastation of our countryside? 😭 I had hope but he's lost me on day -2

So Greens: are you happy with the new MP for Makerfield? 👇 Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Has your MP signed the Parliamentary call for government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis? Enter your postcode to see: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it. #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

Watched the National Emergency Briefing last night at Colchester Leaf. Everyone needs to see this👇

Want to read about the Bayeux Tapestry before you see it? You can’t beat this book. Has an interesting theory on who killed Harold at Hastings. Lots of theories and info on every scene from Turold to what is going on in the margins.

Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK for first time in 900 years under police guard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I stand by my view that all political parties refusing to stand in Clacton bar Reform is treating the voters with contempt. Making it all into a summer joke is doing so also. However once the other parties stood down it created an inevitable momentum that the Greens would.

If you want to ‘stick two fingers up to the entire establishment’ then vote Green. Reform ARE the establishment, voting Green says power to the people ✊

Which is why Clacton needs hope and a fresh direction. It needs a Green MP.

New Town litter pick earlier. A big thanks to the resident who gave me a free cake for my efforts. The Tilly is staying open and showing the football tonight , best to book a table in advance!

How long will Robert Jenrick be wheeled on to defend Nigel Farage shenanigans before he thinks ‘Kemi, can I come back please…’ Or has that already happened?🤣 @bbclaurak

Get active. Get delivering Green leaflets & knocking doors. Get Reform out! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The irresponsible vice-signalling politics of Reform begins to hit Essex. With record temperatures, Reform move to ditch Net Zero and put short-termism first. They are the sort of people that would have been shouting, ‘the Titanic cannot sink’ as the ship goes down 🌞

These rent hikes for people living on boats in the Hythe are indefensible, punitive and unreasonable .

Absolutely right. Slaving away under the burning sun belongs in the past 🌞 🔥

Hot weather update: Colchester City Council recycling and rubbish collections start at 6am (23–26 June). Glass and garden waste collections are suspended this week, put them out on your next collection day. Food waste, recycling and rubbish continue as normal.

Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️

I am quite prepared to be honest and say that the Green result in Makerfield was poor and stems from inadequate campaigning and strategic naivety the party. Voters are sick of spin so I’m not going to spin this positively.Thankfully also a disaster for Reform.

Andy Burnham is not the saviour that is going to lead the Greens into the promised land. He’s a personable, warmer face for the centre-left of Labour who will not bring in radical change.

Great article about Wivenhoe Green candidate Cecily Spelling in yesterday’s Gazette🙂👏

A good turnout at the Colchester rally today in support of the transgender community. Good to see the NEU banners there! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

Joined the Green team this evening for a crucial Council meeting which finally saw a new leader appointed. The Greens will come one to push for a cleaner, greener and fairer Colchester.

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Green Councillors, candidates and activists attending votes counting and result declarations at Colchester Sports Park, 7th/8th May 2026. 💚 @markgeorgegoacher.bsky.social We retained the seat in Castle Ward with a substantially increased votes. 1/2

It’s polling day! Vote Green to make hope normal again!

On Thursday, you’ll have an important decision to make. The work of Councillors may not be glamorous and is often overlooked, but it has a real impact on daily life across our communities. I've written in East Anglia bylines on why you should vote Green this week.

Every Green vote across Colchester matters. It sends a clear message that you: - want to be able to get an NHS dentist - want to be able to afford to pay the water bill - want to be able to afford the rent - want a local council that spends money wisely VOTE GREEN on May 7th!

The exodus of dentists from the NHS continues. The Government must press ahead with reform of the dental contract, so we can keep dentists in the NHS. NHS dentistry must be properly funded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Statements that have now come to light from a handful of @TheGreenParty candidates are totally unacceptable & require immediate action. There’s no place for anti-semitism or any hate speech in the party. This is a society-wide problem & needs to be rooted out wherever it’s found

This is an appalling reflection on Reform UK.

💚 Greens have been out in #wivenhoe since February, knocking over 3000 doors, having 1800 doorstep conversations and organising two residents' meetings to hear your views. 🗳️ On Thursday, vote for someone who will put the community first, Cecily Spelling for Wivenhoe

Beneath Colchester Castle sit the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius. Our new Live Captioned Talk + Tour visits them on 9 May (3-4.15pm), live captions by Stagetext. Ages 4+. Tickets from £2.85. colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/captiontour-may/

There's a reason why living standards have steadily dropped since Thatcher. A reason why you can't afford a home, food and the odd luxury. A reason why retirement will be out of reach. One party politics of decline for most & wealth for a few as delivered by the Labour/Reform/Tory Party. #VoteGreen

Vote Green in Colchester on May 7th!

Vote Green in Colchester!

This sign for Marriages Yard was very dirty. Fortunately I was on hand to clean it🙂

The billionaire class are terrified because we're coming for them - we're going to tax them fairly and end rip-off Britain. Let them attack. We're here to win. Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party has a plan for our high streets: ✅ Affordable leases for local businesses 🏚️ Bring long-term empty shops back into public use 🗣️ A real voice for residents in shaping the high street Vote Green in May. Let's bring our high streets back to life. 💚

🗓️ The local elections are just under two weeks away and the Green Party is standing thousands of candidates all across the country. 🗳️ Help us replace the failing Labour party and defeat the hateful message of Reform. 💚 Vote Green on 7 May.

All over Colchester, it’s ’Vote Green’! Promoted by Mark Goacher on behalf of Kemal Çufoğlu, Amy-Kirkby Taylor and Colchester Green Party, all at 124 Morant Road, Colchester, CO12JD.

We had a great Colchester Green Party Social last night. People made and brought food and here is what arrived. A huge thanks to all who made these delights 🥘 🙂

All of this is just giving huge publicity to Streeting. Could this be the intention all along: manipulate the party into to feeling sorry for the Blairite successor to avoid the succession going to someone from the soft left? Are Starmer’s team that clever? Or just incompetent?

Labour's bill hikes continue. Allowing the water companies to rip us all off. Time for renationalisation.

And the hikes have been allowed. Labour are letting the water companies rip us all off while hiding behind quangos. The Greens would renationalise water and end the hikes , the underinvestment and the creaming off of huge profits at the expense of bill payers.

Colchester Greens’ Annual General Meeting is on Saturday 11th October, from 14:00 to 16:00 at Colchester’s YMCA, 159 Magdalen Street, Colchester, CO1 2JX. 🤗 To help us plan the AGM, please use the RSVP to let us know if you will join us. actionnetwork.org/events/colch...

Meet our New Town Christ Church Green candidate: colchestergreenparty.co.uk/2025/10/06/m...