Press Releases
19 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns said: “The Green Party welcomes the International Court of Justice ruling. It confirms what we have been saying for a long time: the occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal. “Now, attention must turn to what must be done to end the occupation. Clearly, ‘diplomatic pressure’ and […]
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19 July 2024 / 19 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns said: “Lifting the ban on UK funding for the United Nations aid agency for Palestine (UNRWA) is welcome. It is vital that the UN is now allowed full access to Gaza and the Occupied Territories to carry out its humanitarian work. The UK government has an important […]
Responding to record sentences for environmental protests, Green MP Sian Berry said: “These sentences feel like a hangover from the last government’s obsession with punishing disruptive but non-violent, peaceful protests. They should be appealed as wholly out of line with the disruption caused. “There is, however, a wider challenge for the Labour government. […]
18 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire said: “Our thoughts today are with the families of the over 230,000 people who have died from Covid-19, the key workers who risked their lives to keep the country going and countless others who had to make terrible sacrifices when Covid-19 first struck. “As this report lays bare the awful […]
Reacting to the King’s Speech today, Adrian Ramsay MP said: “Labour promised change but today it has fallen short of the urgent transformative programme we need, and which the Government has the power to deliver. “Our four Green MPs, and the nearly two million people who voted Green in the election, want to see a […]
11 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Responding to the publication of OFWAT’s a draft verdict on water companies’ five-year spending plans and bill increases to 2030, Green Party MP, Sian Berry said: “We’re today calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to put all water companies into public hands. “The provision of such a basic human right should not be based on […]
8 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Responding to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech to investors and developers today, Green Party Co-leader, and Green MP for Waveney Valley, Adrian Ramsay, said: “Labour is right to identify the housing crisis and the need create the infrastructure needed to reach net zero as priorities for the new government. “We will support Labour when […]
5 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Sian’s message to voters: “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone in Brighton who has put their trust in me and the Green Party. This is a very special city, and together we’ve made history again. “I promise to work hard as your new Green MP and make sure your voices are heard […]
New Green MP, and party co-leader, Adrian Ramsay said: “The voters of Waveney Valley have made a momentous and exciting decision today to vote for positive change, and I am profoundly humbled by the faith they have placed in me and the Green Party in electing me as their MP. “I promise each and every […]
5 July 2024 / 5 July 2024 by Paul Corry
Ellie Chowns of the Green Party has achieved one of the biggest electoral upsets in British political history, defeating Conservative Bill Wiggin to become MP for North Herefordshire. The constituency – long considered a ‘safe seat’ for the Conservatives, with Wiggin receiving almost 63% of votes in 2019 – was one of the Green Party’s […]
