The Greens have elected the party’s first ever leader and deputy leader - Caroline Lucas has been elected as leader and Adrian Ramsay as deputy… congratulations to both!The results were: Caroline Lucas 2,559 and Ashley Gunstock 210 in the...
Topics: Green politics

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In the summer I rather stupidly mislaid my passport - in fact I think I accidentally threw it out with the recycling!It proved to be an expensive mistake and also a huge amount of hassle - I only discovered I had lost it the day before I was due to go...
Topics: Blogroll

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Back from 10 days away and to a mountain of post - most of it bills but there is some light relief there too, including the Candidate Statements Booklet for the Green Party Executive Elections 2008!Within this glossy booklet are the candidate statements..
Topics: Green politics

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Following on from my last blog about Thames Water, two more stories this week which have raised my hackles.While many arts organisations are struggling to survive following the arts funding debacle late last year, the former chief executive of Arts...
Topics: arts

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While it is looking unlikely that we will be facing a drought this summer after a wet June, Thames Water are clearly not running dry of money either.In fact, the bonuses have been flowing at Thames Water where last year three directors are reported to...
Topics: Money

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