tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4885730452486430982011-12-15T13:50:22.558ZAn eclectic mix of personal and political news and views from members of Trafford's Green Party. Find out about our local campaigns such as the Climate Challenge and learn more about greening your personal patch of grass. See also http://www.traffordgreens.org.uk/ and our national site http://www.greenparty.org.uk/. Published and promoted by Christine McLaughlin on behalf of Trafford Green Party at 59 Norwood Road, Stretford, M32 8PN.Trafford Green Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459647423015460897noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-488573045248643098.post-46176521629953220932010-08-04T08:38:00.000Z2010-08-04T08:38:18.278Z

by Jennie Wadsworth My husband and I decided, on our way back from holiday where we had eaten far too much, to try being vegetarian for a month. Our motives for trying it may have been different, I suspect he was trying to make me lose weight, I wanted to try something new, but our enthusiasm was the same. I have also been wondering for some time about where our food comes from and some of the

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by Liz O'Neill On Thursday evening I secured my place in history by telling a woman in Brighton where her polling station was. Okay, it’s a pretty small place in history, but she was one of the 237 potential Green voters that my husband and I telephoned during the evening of Thursday 6 May 2010 to remind them that they had the chance to vote in the UK’s first Green Member of Parliament. Many of

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by Christine McLaughlin Caroline Lucas has made history by winning Brighton Pavillion for the Green Party.  The future of our country looks brighter today.

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Why vote Green on 6th May? The Green Party will fight for a sustainable future for our country and our planet. We believe that fair is worth fighting for and we insist on a living wage, affordable housing and equality for all. Our manifesto embraces the concept of a green economy and sets out in detail how we will achieve this. Green Party policies have been voted the most popular in a

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by Anne Power, Trafford Green Party candidate for Clifford Ward I have become disabled within 12 months from common arthritis.  Both hips need replacing and I now struggle to walk at all.  In January I realised I needed a disabled driver's badge to ease my problems. I acquired a letter from my GP and set off for Waterside Council offices. I live on the edge of Chorlton and have little sense of

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Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London, will challenge representatives from the ‘big three’ (Alistair Darling confirmed, others tba) on the subject of public services and their commitment to the PFI on Kate Silverton’s Radio 5 Live show on Sunday, May 2, at 10.45am. The BNP/SNP/UKIP and Plaid Cymru will also have their turn to grill the panel on a particular issue. Tune in for a lively show!

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Green Party beats all other parties on global justice, says World Development Movement Watch Birds video here: Watch War Parties video here:

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Party Election Broadcast for the Green Party

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by Christine McLaughlin I've just got back from some election hustings at Acre Hall Primary School in Flixton.  The hustings are going on till 9.30 but I had to leave after an hour because my three year-old was creating a fuss.  It made me wonder whether the problem of finding evening childcare is the reason why fewer women than men are involved in politics.  I say fewer are involved but I

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by Christine McLaughlin Caroline Lucas has launched the Green Party manifesto for 6th May 2010 (and beyond).  You can dowload the whole manifesto from here and read what the BBC has to say about it here. You can find out more about Trafford Green Party's policies here. Have you met our  Margaret Westbrook out and about in Trafford?  Along with other Trafford Greens she's been out and about, 

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by Christine McLaughlin The WWF wants 1 billion people to switch off their lights tomorrow for an hour from 8.30pm.  This brilliant idea is designed to get people thinking about reducing their carbon footprint.  Now in its fourth year, however, the event is in danger of becoming an annual ritual that allows people to think they are doing 'something' to prevent the impending climate chaos without

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by Christine McLaughlin Last night I watched Margaret Westbrook make an excellent impression at a question and answer session for all of Stretford and Urmston's parliamentary candidates at Shawe Hall, Flixton.  The evening had been organised by a prayer group who felt angry about the main parties' increasing alienation from ordinary people.  It was a useful opportunity to hear what the other

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A letter to Mike Morris of GONW (Government Office of the North West) from Trafford Green Party member Anne Power: Dear Mr Morris I write to draw your attention to a planning application ref:74393/FULL/2009. The application by Lancashire County Cricket Club and Tesco Ltd. seeks part full/part outline permission for redevelopment of Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the erection of a food

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by Christine McLaughlin Communal play areas are great for kids’ social development; they learn about teamwork and cooperation, turn taking and conflict resolution. What’s more they allow kids to exercise and use their imagination to come up with new games in a safe environment. So why have Trafford Council allowed United Utilities to hijack one of the few open spaces where children can play in

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by Bridget Green, with input from Margaret Westbrook I think I’ve now recovered from our trip to Copenhagen – even though Margaret has been struck down with a dreaded post Copenhagen throat infection! We went on the ‘Climate Express’ Campaign Train from Brussels to Copenhagen, with people from Britain, France, Belgium and Germany, arriving in time for a weekend of demonstrating (Saturday)

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by Christine McLaughlin Look away now if you’re under nine, because by the time you read this Santa Claus will be dead. I have arranged for him to be beaten senseless with a sizeable block of frozen tofu turkey then drowned in a vat of tepid Advocaat. Don’t feel bad for him: it’s how he would have wanted to go. I would have let him live if he could have answered the following questions: •

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by Anne Vivienne Power Successfully home after a very long day. Planned to be up at 6.30 but woke at 6 am. Put Green Party labels on my shopping trolley in the extra time.   Filled it with waterproofs and food and caught the tram with not a second of waiting. Delighted to meet my friend the Education Officer of The Library Theatre Company and her partner, who turns out to be another graphic

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by Christine McLaughlin Since their dramatic, last minute stay of deportation half an hour before they were due to be forced on a plane for Malawi, Florence Mhango and ten year old daughter Precious have been held in Yarls Wood Detention Centre, waiting for news. Thanks to the generosity of their friends and other community members in Glasgow, the services of Paul Chen, QC have been secured.

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by Christine McLaughlin Florence and Precious Mhango are awaiting deportation at Yarlswood Detention Centre and their flight is due to leave at 7pm tomorrow. For the past six years they have made the UK their home, but last week the Home Office made the decision, quite unexpectedly, to refuse their plea for asylum and send them back to Malawi. If they return, ten year old Precious will be

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by Christine McLaughlin Three Questions About Iraq: 1. How many people have died during the illegal occupation of Iraq? 2. When will the occupation end? 3. How much will it all have cost? There are no answers to these questions. But the British Army is on a recruitment drive. RIP the duped soldiers, many of whom have signed their lives away for an illegal war. RIP the many thousands of

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by Christine McLaughlin When my son was born three years ago he was quite ill and, I was told, he had to be given formula milk as a matter of urgency. I was asked to choose from three types and, since I didn't have a clue about formula milk, I chose Aptamil, the brand favoured by SCBU. I later found out that Aptamil contains fish oil and, therefore, isn't suitable for vegetarians. Two years

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by Christine McLaughlin The NoMegaTesco in Stretford campaign has caught the attention of various media outlets. Campaigners are waiting for Tesco's planning application, which appears to have been delayed. Following a well attended demo at the town hall last week, the campaign was prominently featured in the Manchester Evening News, the Stretford and Urmston Messenger and the Trafford Metro

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by Christine McLaughlin Quick quiz: which of the following is a policing priority? a) Hunting with dogs(which was made illegal by an Act of Parliament in 2005). b) Prosecuting their own officers for allowing two dogs to be baked alive in the sun. c) Preventing ten years of violence, both actual and threatened, against single parent Fiona Pilkington and her two children, which affected them so

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by Margaret Westbrook Last night’s meeting of the No MegaTesco campaign was quite well attended with different offers of help! We understand Tesco’s Planning Application is likely to arrive this Thursday and so time is short! We have set up some working groups in order to present a co-ordinated front to the public and to start the research for our submission. Our next general working group

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by Christine McLaughlin It seems that everyone I meet this week has a story to tell me about Tesco. A teacher friend of mine is worried about her job because Salford Council are talking about closing down her school in order to build a new academy and make way for Tesco. Sounds familiar? Her sister, who lives in Walkden, is dealing with the news that Tesco want to replace the duck pond her

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by Christine McLaughlin I just got back from a fairly animated meeting against the proposed Mega Tesco in Gorse Hill, chaired by Margaret Westbrook. Most of the people in attendance had come from the immediate locality, but there were also quite a few people from Old Trafford and Stretford, plus the odd Chorltonian and one Urmstonian (me!). Tesco's application for planning permission is

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by Christine McLaughlin Supermarket chain Tesco seems to be staging something of a coup across the whole of the UK. Over the last decade its distinctive logo has claimed ever larger territories across our retail sector. Now in its sights, as I've previously blogged, is Old Trafford, specifically Lancashire County Cricket Ground. Margaret Westbrook and I went out leafleting against this

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by Christine McLaughlinTrafford Greens are totally opposed to the grotesquely over-sized supermarket development proposed by Tesco at Old Trafford. Joining forces with community and campaign groups we plan to collaborate on a dynamic campaign against the mega Tesco and challenge the council to cultivate a vibrant neighbourhood centre for the benefit of local people rather than supermarket

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by Margaret WestbrookWhile reading the local Westmorland Gazette in Kendal today, I came across a short article which marked the death of Duncan Bell, described as a Sellafield “whistle blower” who died of cancer in July aged 49. This article reminded me that there were announcements during the European election period which highlighted the fact that the government is planning to site another 3

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by Christine McLaughlinIn the end there were fewer than 5,000 votes in it , but the Green Party won’t be representing the North West in the European Parliament yet. Despite a dynamic campaign that was well received on the streets and on doorsteps, in letter boxes and on the net, the Green Party came in at 0.3 percentage points behind the BNP.The good news is that we increased our vote nationally

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by Jennie WadsworthWow!! It was hard work but we managed to get the chicken run finished and built a coop out of a cheap shed frame. It isn't what I thought it would look like and has cost us more than I thought it would but it is our own creation that we can be proud of. We got a call at the end of April asking whether we would like to pick up our chickens early, on 9th May. The run wasn't

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by Jennie WadsworthI think the last time I blogged I promised I would keep people up to date with our chicken run progress. We didn't manage to get any timber or chicken wire donated so had to go out and buy everything we need. This has probably cost as much as buying a chicken run and coop to just put up but what we will end up with will be bigger and our own creation so will make us (and my

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by Christine McLaughlinTomorrow the World Wildlife Fund wants one billion people to turn their lights off for an hour in a bid to raise awareness about climate change. Earth Hour is a brilliantly inclusive concept: switching off one’s lights for an hour is very achievable, so it’s a great way to engage people in the global movement against the slow demise of our planet.Trafford Green Party’s

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by Margaret Westbrook, Trafford Green Party 2009 European Elections Candidate As part of my strategy for recovering from my hip replacement operation two and a half weeks ago, I aimed to attend the Green Party conference this weekend in Blackpool. I made it yesterday for a few hours in the afternoon and so achieved what I had hoped! However, what I didn’t expect was to find a thought-through

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by Jennie WadsworthWell as usual I have been a bit rubbish over my New Years Resolutions. Anyone that succeeds at all of them should have picked something harder :) My most important and most difficult was to make more time for paperwork. This has proved almost as impossible as it always was. Someone needs to invent a day of the week that children automatically deal with themselves!!! By the

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by Bridget Green, Trafford Green Party ChairI attended one of the Neighbourhood Forums last week on the possible fluoridation of our water supply. The Strategic Health Authority (SHA) has been looking at ways of doing this and has asked all Greater Manchester Councils for some feedback. Trafford has covered the issue at recent forums and the response from attendees has been overwhelmingly against

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by Jennie WadsworthIn spite of the economic climate, wedding preparations are underway for thousands of couples. Some experts estimate that the average British wedding emits more CO2 than ten return flights to Thailand (source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/actions/wedding.shtml). Trafford Green Party member Jennie Wadsworth recently married and here she shares her top tips for an ethical wedding

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by Christine McLaughlinNow that it’s nearly February I’ve decided to share my New Year’s Resolutions with you.Firstly, I intend to grow something in the garden. I assume this will lower my ecological footprint, although I confess to finding the measuring thereof very befuddling to say the least. I know, of course, that it’s better to go by bike than by car but is it better to go by car than to

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by Ernie BuckWhen the bad news broke at around lunch time on Friday 12th and I looked at the lamentable number of 'yes' votes in what for a referendum was a reasonable turnout, my immediate reaction was to blame the electorate. “Selfish” and “apathetic” were the terms I used when I passed the individual borough results round to the Party list and GMCC talk. Perhaps I was being a little harsh;

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by Christine McLaughlinThe results are in and the residents of Greater Manchester have voted against the TIF proposals. I’m disappointed that we won’t be enjoying the benefits of improved public transport, but I’m not surprised. Most people used their vote as a protest against what they saw as an additional tax. Like the taxi driver at the Trafford Centre I spoke to who told me he would be

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by Christine McLaughlinThe picture at the top of this blog sums it up: Christmas lights are largely used by businesses to lure us into spending money. They are another element of the festive consumerist trap we have locked ourselves into. It's not a great picture but I think you can just about see that the Christmas lights in the photo spell out the word "acupuncture". I don’t know how many

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by Christine McLaughlinThe deadline for votes for the TIF proposals to massively improve public transport and ease congestion across Greater Manchester is fast approaching. The Trafford Green Party supports the Yes Campaign, but would like to see the proposals go further. Visit our website to find out more.In the meantime, there are various campaigning activities you can get involved in if you

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by Christine McLaughlinMy Christmas tree arrived today and if there’s a more adorable little tree in all the world I’ll be surprised.I’ve found an interesting statistic that states that 40,000 trees are cut down to make 8,000 tonnes of wrapping paper at Christmas - enough to wrap Guernsey. 200,000 trees are also felled every year to make 1 billion Christmas cards for the UK alone. On top of

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by Christine McLaughlinI love Christmas: to me there’s nothing more enjoyable than decorating a tree by candlelight whilst singing Away in a Manger through a big mouthful of mince pie. But increasingly I feel that our Christmas experience is being hijacked by consumerist values that ultimately make a massive contribution to climate change. There’s something Neroesque about our government’s

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by Christine McLaughlinWelcome to the blog of the Trafford Green Party. These are exciting times for climate change activists, and campaigners for social justice.Voters across Greater Manchester are currently voting on the Transport Innovation Fund proposals, which recommend extensive improvements to public transport in the region, the implementation of a congestion charge and a subsequent

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