bethmepham, Author at Cornwall

Cornwall Green Party calls for greater local involvement in lockdown exit strategy

Posted on 8th May 2020 (13th July 2020)

As the government prepares to announce its strategy to ease the lockdown measures imposed to enforce social distancing, there are worrying signs that it is placing undue reliance on a poorly designed smartphone app and on private contractors with extremely poor track-records. It also appears to be failing to involve local government expertise in efforts […]

Let’s Keep Local Democracy Working Through This Crisis

Posted on 11th April 2020 (30th April 2020)

Let’s keep local democracy working through this crisis Important planning decisions such as those on the Langarth development can’t just be waved through without public input or scrutiny, say Cornwall Greens. Cornwall Green Party would like to commend Cornwall Council on its handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Weekly updates from the Council leader and Chief […]

Cornwall Green Party calls for universal basic income to support people during the coronavirus crisis

Posted on 2nd April 2020 (30th April 2020)

Cornwall Green Party calls for universal basic income to support people during the coronavirus crisis With many people in Cornwall likely to fall through the security net being held out by the government during the current crisis, Cornwall Greens say that making sure everyone has a guaranteed basic income is the simplest and surest way […]

Green candidate for the St Mewan by-election, Karen Westbrook

Posted on 16th March 2020 (30th April 2020)

Please note: The St Mewan by-election has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 Crisis Karen Westbrook has been selected as the Green Party candidate for the St Mewan by-election on the 16th of April. Karen has been an active environmental campaigner for many years, and has been a parish councillor in nearby Grampound. […]

Campaign Diary Week 2 – Philippa Purchase

Posted on 5th March 2020 (30th April 2020)

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Crisis the Stratton ward by-election has been postponed. Green campaigner Philippa Purchase is standing for the Green Party in the Bude-Stratton Town Council Stratton ward by-election on 19th March. Philippa is a Bude resident, and currently sits on the Town Council Climate Change and Environment Committee, helping the council develop […]

Cornwall Green Party comments on George Eustice’s appointment as Environment Secretary

Posted on 18th February 2020 (30th April 2020)

Karen La Borde Karen La Borde, Joint Coordinator of Cornwall Green Party and 2019 Parliamentary Candidate for Camborne and Redruth, comments on George Eustice’s Appointment as new environment secretary: “Cornwall Green Party would like to congratulate George Eustice on being appointed environment secretary. This is a fantastic opportunity for George to put environmental issues at […]

Cornwall Greens: The climate and our democracy are the biggest losers of this election

Posted on 14th December 2019 (30th April 2020)

Cornwall’s Green Party is calling for people of all parties to see the general election result as a call to arms to defend our climate and reform our “dysfunctional” electoral system. Karen La Borde, who stood for the Green Party in Camborne and Redruth, said: “The real losers at this election are our climate and […]

Cornwall Green Party candidates call for voters to remember our natural world on 12 December

Posted on 6th December 2019 (30th April 2020)

Candidates for the Green Party in Cornwall today called for a ‘New Deal for Nature’ and appealed to voters to remember Cornwall’s natural environment and the threats it faces. Collin Harker, Green Party candidate for St Austell and Newquay said: “Our wonderful natural environment is Cornwall’s most precious resource – it’s vital for our common […]

My Green Story – Karen La Borde

Posted on 5th December 2019 (30th April 2020)

My Green Story – Karen La Borde Green Party candidate for Camborne & Redruth My husband and I set up our first business when I was 27. It was a small engineering company which serviced the garment manufacture industry. When the industry moved abroad to places like Vietnam, Morocco and Bangladesh, we decided to semi-retire. […]

My Green Story – Tom Scott

Posted on 1st December 2019 (30th April 2020)

My Green Story – Tom Scott Tom Scott – Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Truro & Falmouth I first became involved in environmental campaigning about 18 years ago, when my four-year-old daughter was nearly killed by a 4X4 mounting the pavement in Market Street in Falmouth. It was one of those big, shiny “urban tractors” […]

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