by Alfie Stirling, 11 May 2012 Sadly, the resounding feature of the 2012 local elections is one of a weak democracy. It’s true that of the 32 per cent of people who decided to vote, more voted Labour than any other party. But the dominant characteristic of 2012 is that almost seven in every[...]
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May 11th, 2012 - 11:14 § in Alfie Stirling, Fairer Votes / Yes to AV
Democracy is licking its wounds but the fight for social justice is gathering momentum
April 26th, 2011 - 08:20 § in Fairer Votes / Yes to AV, Government Cuts, Greens in Lewes, Lewes District Council, Lewes Town Council, The Green Economy / Employment
How the Greens would make a difference
It wouldn’t take much of a change from Lib Dem to Green to get Green District Councillors. We were only 124 votes behind the Lib Dems in 2007. Just an extra 124 people switching to Green would give you at least one Green District Councillor. And a handful of Green Councillors can make a huge [..[...]
April 5th, 2011 - 21:30 § in Election Candidates, Fairer Votes / Yes to AV, Greens in Lewes, Lewes District Council, Lewes Town Council
Lewes Greens Announce 5th May Candidates
Lewes Green Party have just announced the 6 District and 15 Town Prospective Councillors who intend to stand within the three wards of Lewes Castle, Bridge and Priory on Thursday 5th May. Three of the prospective councillors, Susan Murray, Roger Murray and Nicola McGilligan are currently Green counc[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 17:21 § in Fairer Votes / Yes to AV, Government Cuts, Greenleaf, Greens in Lewes, Lewes District Council, Lewes Town Council, The Green Economy / Employment
Greenleaf: Online and Through Your Door
The latest issue of the Green Party newsletter for Lewes “Greenleaf” is now being delivered to many homes in Lewes. You can also read a copy online here: Greenleaf Lewes Winter 2011 This newsletter looks at what the Green Party believes, the 2007 Town Council election results, the misi[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 08:11 § in Fairer Votes / Yes to AV, Letters to the Sussex Express
Time to Get the Facts Straight
Well, it is finally official and we all know that we will be voting on the voting system for Westminster as well as in the local elections on 5th May. Green MP Caroline Lucas did try – via an amendment to the bill – to get the British people the choice of a more proportional [...][...]
December 20th, 2010 - 13:49 § in Fairer Votes / Yes to AV, Greens in Lewes
A Successful Green Party Conference Says Yes to AV
Green Lewes town councillor Susan Murray recently attended the annual Green party conference in Birmingham. She says: “I chaired a fringe session at conference on changes to the voting system for parliament at conference. Having been involved in Charter88 and now Unlock Democracy for more year[...]