12 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay urged Parliament to force an urgent debate on the “dangerous escalation” in the Middle East that has seen the UK attack Yemen. Ramsay said: “It is important for the international community to work together to defend shipping in the Red Sea from attack, but there is a significant distinction between internationally […]
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11 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has urged the government to launch an urgent international peace effort to end the Israel Gaza war. Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “The horrific loss of Israeli civilian lives on October 7 has been compounded by months of devastation for the people of Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, leading to […]
10 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Reacting to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement that new primary legislation will be introduced to exonerate convicted postmasters, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “It is incredible how long it has taken successive governments to address the clear injustice faced by hundreds of honest, hard-working people at the Post Office. “It shouldn’t take a TV […]
5 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer reacts to the resignation of Tory environment champion Chris Skidmore: “As the world burns, the Tories turn in on themselves. The government’s green credentials are truly in tatters. “The climate crisis is here and now and being experienced by people across the country, but the Prime Minister can’t hold on […]
4 January 2024 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader today set out plans for the year ahead. Denyer said: “As politicians go back to work in Westminster next week, most of the population have already been hard at work, dealing with the cost-of-living crisis and, perhaps, thinking – ‘Surely things could be a lot better than this?’ “With so much violence and […]
30 December 2023 / 9 June 2024 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: “I am really looking forward to the year ahead. There is a General Election on the horizon and with it a chance to create a fairer, greener country – and get more Green MPs elected to Parliament. “2023 was a big year for the Green Party. Thanks to another set […]
28 November 2023 / 14 June 2024 by Green Party
The Green Party has called for a ban on all private jets taking off or landing at UK airports. They say this form of transportation, favoured by a super-rich elite, is the ultimate symbol of ‘climate inequality’ where the richest 1% of the population produce as much planet warming pollution each year as 5 billion […]
24 November 2023 / 6 August 2024 by Green Party
How do we fast track the energy transition? As Greens we know that to create a safe and liveable future for all, we have to end the use of fossil fuels, fast track the energy transition and slash emissions. But how do we get there? With the backdrop of COP28, deputy leader Zack Polanski hosted […]
10 November 2023 / 7 January 2025 by Green Party
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer urged a massive turnout on tomorrow’s pro-ceasefire march, as “the strongest way to send a clear message that people want a ceasefire and have no time for Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s toxic rhetoric.” Denyer added: “This is a march to call for a ceasefire – an Armistice – that is […]
1 November 2023 / 29 October 2024 by Green Party
The co-leaders of the Green Party have written to the UK government and the official opposition urging them to “listen to the people” and join international calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. In a letter to both the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly [1], and his Labour counterpart, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy [2], […]
