We’re winning!

Dear members WE’RE WINNING! We’re challenging the far-right. We’re picking up seats. And we’re doing it with growing numbers of campaigners and candidates. Are you ready to help us keep winning? Yesterday, we took a seat from UKIP in the Forest of Dean. It wasn’t even close. Our vote share shot up by nearly 30% and … Read more

A way to beat climate Change

Summary   This note sets out the authors understanding of the current position on climate change and describes the physical actions that will need to be taken to halt it. Although we are running out of time it is optimistic and outlines the simple straight forward and safe proven solutions that should really prevent the … Read more

Come make Green Party policy

Hi members, Green Party conference is almost here, but with a twist. This year the Green Party of England and Wales will be hosting the first ever joint Congress between the Global Greens and the European Green Party. If you’ve thought about attending conference recently but not quite made it, this is the conference to … Read more

Happy Christmas

Green Party members had a lovely Christmas do on the 5th of December at Brockenhurst village hall. Some members brought along lovely quiches, rolls, home made biscuits, mince pies, mini muffins, drinks, juices and treats of all sorts! Needless to say, it was all very merry! 🙂 We discussed our hopes and wishes on how … Read more

Greens for a better Europe

Four members of the NFGP distributed leaflets in Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst on Saturday, 11 June, promoting the Green Party’s stand for staying in the EU. The weather was overcast and footfall was not high, but a useful number of leaflets were distributed and there were some interesting short conversations. Passers-by were variously indifferent, of an opposite view, … Read more

Hamer Warren generator

ONLINE COMMENT ON PLANNING APPLICATION 16/11429 Location Land adjacent HAMER WARREN QUARRY, HARBRIDGE DROVE, ELLINGHAM, HARBRIDGE & IBSLEY BH24 3PZ   Comment: The New Forest Green Party objects to this application. Our first concern is that the application site at Hamer Warren is part of an area conditioned under a previous application for return to … Read more

More than just a protest vote: why the Green Party’s message of hope is the only real choice come May 7th

I fall most easily into the category of the disaffected youth, partly because of my age, but mostly because of the perspective I have on the struggle we have all faced since the financial crisis seven years ago. Since then, we’ve heard time and time again about the successive government’s disastrous role in all this, … Read more