VOTE FOR REAL CHANGE - VOTE GREEN IN RUGBY 2016

VOTE FOR REAL CHANGE - VOTE GREEN IN RUGBY 2016
Benn: GRAHAM BLISS
Bilton: STEVE WRIGHT
Eastlands: PETER REYNOLDS
Hillmorton: PAUL MACHIN...
New Bilton: ROY SANDISON
Newbold & Brownsover: LORNA DUNLEAVY
Paddox: JULIE-ANN MACHIN
Rokeby & Overslade: KATE CROWLEY
Wolston & The Lawfords: ELANOR RODERICK

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Green Party Leader Visit to Rugby a great success!

Rugby Green Party members are over joyed with the great success of their Leader Natalie Bennett visit to Rugby that took place on Friday.

Rugby Green Party spokesperson Roy Sandison says “The day could not have gone any better”.

“ Natalie was able to tour the town centre with local members pointing out the damage of the out of town shopping policy being promoted by the Tory Council at the expense of our town centre.”

“Natalie had an exciting visit to Works 4 Me -a ground breaking Employment, Art and Recycling enterprise for people with Learning difficulties in Albert Street including taking questions from people with Learning Difficulties about how the Green Party is able to support them”.

“Natalie was  quizzed on Green ideas by school students at Paddox School including  meeting members of their Eco-Council”

“Natalie met representatives from the Newbold Chapel Cafe using ‘waste food’ to tackle poverty in their community. Natalie shared ideas about how other similar projects were gaining funds and why the Government needed to change its policies.”

“And finally finishing off the day with a packed public meeting of local people taking questions and hearing about our policies on the EU, Workers Rights, Opposing privatisation of the NHS, Support for the Junior Doctors Strikes and tackling climate change.”

“It was a really good visit and Natalie was impressed by how local people were coming together to promote enterprise and defend our community” says Roy

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Natalie meeting Ellie a local Rugby Party member

Lucy and Howard ask about Green Support for their community building project

in Newbold the Newbold Chapel Café with

Lorna and Alex Green Party members pictured as well as Natalie.

Packed Rugby Green Party Public meeting with Natalie taking questions

Local members Alex and Ellie explain to Natalie how threaten
closure of the Coop Store  will mpact on the town

The Closure of M&S in the town centre is a blow to the

sustainability of the town centre

Natalie in discussion with Joel and Kate from Works 4 Me

a fabulous enterprise at 3 Albert Street

Natalie in discussion with Lynne from Works 4 Me in their busy shop

Natalie meets the Eco Council at Paddox School

Natalie answering some excellent questions from School Students

from Paddox School

Lucy and Howard ask about Green Support for their community building project

in Newbold the Newbold Chapel Café with

Lorna and Alex Green Party members pictured as well as Natalie.

Packed Rugby Green Party Public meeting with Natalie taking questions

Rugby Greens warn of 'Ideological' policies of Tories

Press Release from Rugby Green Party

26/11/2015

“Rugby Green Party welcome Cameron's & Osborne's retreat over Tax Credits and cuts to Police but warn to beware of continued ideological assault on much cherished services by Tories in Rugby”

“Our NHS is likely to go into ever deepening crisis this winter with millions facing the stark choice between heating and food for their families. With tens of thousands of vulnerable people likely to die from the cold this year with the savage cuts in insulation and warm home initiatives taking place by the Tory Government.

The Tories declared aim is to cut public services in favour of tax cuts for the super rich” say Roy Sandison from Rugby Green Party.

Caroline Lucas Green Party MP says “Even if all local councils used their new powers to raise council tax by 2% to pay for social care, that would only raise £2bn, far short of the overall funding gap of £9.5bn by 2019-20 predicted by the Local Government Association.”

Lucas also criticised Osborne’s plans to scrap nurse training bursaries:

“Behind the Government’s headline figures on the NHS lurk dangerous cutbacks.

“It beggars belief that Osborne plans to scrap nurse training bursaries and replace them with loans. Just as the Government faces strikes by junior doctors they are showing their contempt for NHS staff by plunging nurses into further into debt for their training.”

Roy Sandison, Rugby Green Party spokesperson says “Our local MP, Mark Pawsey, will have a very nice Christmas with his inflation busting 11% pay rise but for many people in Rugby a visit to the food bank beckons. Too many people will be crossing their fingers with the hope that they won't need to use the in crisis NHS or ambulance services this winter”

“Osborne supported the bail out of his friends in the banking sector that caused the mess yet the rest of us are picking up the tab. That is not fair and doesn’t make good economic sense! Says Roy

Rugby Green Party challenge Mark Pawsey MP over Trade Union Rights!

Dear Mark Pawsey

We note you intend to vote for even more attacks on the rights of UK workers with the Trade Union Bill before Parliament and we would ask you reconsider.
As you will be aware their has been their has been relentless attack on workers’ rights and organised labour in the UK for almost four decades which has undermined workers’ legal protections and introduced a series of anti-trade union laws in the UK by consecutive governments making our laws the most severe in the EU.

Rugby Green Party believes such attacks on trade union rights must be challenged as attacks on fundamental human rights.
The Trade Union Bill before parliaments  is a direct attack on workers’ rights including the right to organise; the freedom of association; the right to function freely; the right to peaceful protest; the right to strike and the rights on freedom of expression.
One of the proposes is on voting thresholds which will require 50% of workers in a workplace to vote for strike action before it is legitimate. Abstentions, that is those that do not vote either way in the ballot, will be treated as ‘No’ votes.
We note that yourself FAILED to meet this threshold in the recent election in the Rugby Constituency and would ask you not to be hypocritical in voting for such a proposes.
If YOU do we in Rugby Green Party would ask you to immediately resign your seat so that a by election can be called to enable you to meet your own criteria.

Rugby Green Party Statement on Terry White

On Tuesday, Terry White re-joined the Liberal Democrats and made a Press Release to the local media – this is our response.

Rugby Green Party Statement on Terry White
24/07/2015

Terry White made several references over the last year that he felt betrayed as a young person, and former student, by the Lib Dems.

From 2010 to 2015, the Lib Dems were part of a coalition government that deepened NHS privatisation and savagely cut our public services.

We’re surprised at Terry’s objections to the Green Party wanting a far better gender balance among our general election candidates.

Terry stood for election as our local co-ordinator only two weeks ago without any objection over how the Green Party nominates our local or general election candidates.

We’re proud of having a female leader (Caroline Lucas or Natalie Bennett) since 2008 and the most women general election candidates in both 2010 and 2015 across the entire UK.

We also do the same with encouraging young people to be active. Terry was one of seven Green Party general election candidates across the West Midlands alone who were 30 or younger on election day.

The Green Party is and will remain a champion of the rights and positive contribution of disabled members to the Green Party, including internally having a national officer responsible for this work on our executive committee, and a very active disability group - we note at no time has Terry formally raised his concerns with the local party who after all selected him as our General Election candidate.

 In Rugby, the Green Party is already preparing for the next local and 2017 county council elections. We have tripled our membership in Rugby in the last year, and, in May, Green Party received over 1 million votes in a general election for the first time.

Notwithstanding these points, Rugby Green Party wishes Terry White well and note that he references disagreements with the national party and not the local party who Terry readily admits have always been supportive to him.

Rugby Green Party