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NE Greens doubling number of councillors every two years

South Tyneside GP elections 2022 poster With local elections looming on 5th May in many parts of the region, it is encouraging to see how far the party has come in a short time and to look forward to adding more Green councillors on election day. Our own Green Party Durham County Councillor Jonathan Elmer, […]

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Council responds to Ecological Emergency call

By Velela – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7095705 Councillors will be asked to declare an ecological emergency in County Durham next week following a Green Party initiative to do more to stop the decline of wildlife and natural habitats. Green Party County Councillor Jonathan Elmer has been the driving force in raising concerns about […]

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Greens lead ecological emergency call

By Matthew Prior – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87273499 Green county councillor Jonathan Elmer is leading calls to declare an ecological emergency in County Durham. Near the end of 2021, Jonathan addressed the full Council to highlight the ecological plight of the county. As a result of his address, a report on the state […]

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Should the Greens form electoral alliances?

Non-specific parliament composition by political party The idea that the UK’s progressive political parties – the Greens, Labour and the LibDems – should form electoral alliances to oust the Tories has been around for some time. The recent North Shropshire by-election re-energised the conversation – not because the progressive parties formed an anti-Tory pact, but […]

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