Dorset Green Party

Green Cllr Belinda Bawden: "Third day of Green Party Conference. Lots of new @greenparty.org.uk members, + lots of new @dorsetgreens.bsky.social members. Huge energy, great excitement!

"This is about my sixth Conference and it's never been so large, never been so happy, so joyous and so energetic"

@dorsetgreens.bsky.social members out in force on Day 2 of the biggest ever @greenparty.org.uk National Conference!

[2/2] CONTINUED: The remainder of Cllr Kia Pope's interview on BBC Radio Solent, on the eve of Green Party Conference in #Bournemouth

Kia was asked about new party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social, our associated membership surge, the Green Party's offer of real change, + how we're cutting through

GREEN PARTY CONFERENCE WEEKEND, IN DORSET

Green Portland Town Councillor Kia Pope talked on the BBC Radio Solent breakfast show, on the eve of @greenparty.org.uk Conference this weekend at the Bournemouth International Centre

"People see that the #GreenParty offer a real alternative"

#RealChange

Citizen scientists turning the tide on River Char and River Lim pollution - Dorset Green Party The River Char Action Group successfully campaigned to create a River Char Charter which you can sign to pledge your support for a living, thriving river – the first in Dorset. The River Char Action G...

The River Char Action Group successfully campaigned to create a River Char Charter: riverchar.org/charter

Belinda Bawden, Green Dorset Councillor for Lyme & Charmouth, has been supporting the River Char and River Lim Action groups to improve water quality + tackle invasive species in the catchments

Charmouth facing the future with resilience and optimism - Dorset Green Party Belinda Bawden, Dorset Green Councillor for Lyme & Charmouth, says: "From unprecedented heatwaves to flash flooding and increasing coastal erosion, we cannot ignore the need to adapt to climate change...

Charmouth residents, volunteers, visitors and workers are sharing their ideas as part of Future Coast Charmouth.

#Charmouth is one of only 5 coastal communities in the UK awarded govt funding to develop and trial innovative community projects to prepare for and adapt to nature taking its course.

People before traffic in Lyme Regis - Dorset Green Party Discussions are under way to make Lyme Regis a safer, cleaner, more attractive and more accessible place for all by 2030. Dorset Council Traffic Planners are bringing forward options to fulfil Lyme Re...

Discussions are underway to make #LymeRegis safer, cleaner, more attractive + more accessible for all by 2030. Dorset Council are bringing forward options for a more pedestrian-friendly, sociable town centre.

Cllr Belinda Bawden is working collaboratively to improve public transport across #Dorset.

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski How To Beat The Anti-Immigration Playbook | Zoe Gardner | Zack Polanski

Sunday reminder - this weeks episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social is with migration expert @zoegardner.bsky.social

Check it out 👇🏼

youtu.be/NlXUf1XipTA?...

Talbot and Branksome Wood By-Election - Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Green Party Meet Amy Hardy, your Green Party candidate for Talbot and Branksome Woods Born and raised locally, and giving back to the community – give Amy Hardy-For Talbot & Branksome Woods your vote on September...

bcp.greenparty.org.uk/2025/08/20/t... Good luck to Amy Hardy and the Green Party in the Bournemouth by-election today

Newsnight - Green Party’s New Leader on Newsnight The government's long-term borrowing costs reach a 27-year high. How would new Green Party leader Zack Polanski square that with his party's pledge to increase spending?

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Catch up with Zack Polanski appearance on Newsnight last week

20yo Green Dorchester Town Councillor Poppy Farmer talked on BBC Radio Solent's breakfast show about the election of @zackpolanski.bsky.social as the new @greenparty.org.uk Leader.

"[Zack] is so lovely! ...He's really got a way of storytelling."

#ZackPolanski #GreenParty #RealChange #UKpolitics

Stop Airport Expansion! Help us tell the government we don't want expansion at any UK airport, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton

📣 Stop Airport Expansion 📣

Help us tell the government WE DON’T WANT EXPANSION at any UK airport, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.

Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous.

The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.

"OUR PRECIOUS DEMOCRACY HAS EVIDENTLY BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIJACKED BY VESTED INTERESTS, LEAVING IT CORRUPTED... IT NO LONGER SERVES US THE WAY WE NEED IT TO"

- Ken Huggins in The New Blackmore Vale magazine

Ken Huggins was Green Party Parliamentary candidate for #NorthDorset in 2019 and 2024.

Very cute dog sitting in the shade on a sunny day on Portland and wearing a green party rosette

This is surely the best dressed dog in Portland in Dorset? If you live in Tophill East on Portland then vote Mark Williams in the town council by election today!

Mark Williams has been chosen as the Green Party candidate for the Tophill East by-election to Portland Town Council on 10th July.

A keen angler and motorcyclist, Mark was born and brought up on the island, moved away for work, and has now returned home.

dorset.greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/16/m...

[2/2] CONTINUED: The remainder of Cllr Kia Pope's interview on BBC Radio Solent about Portland Town Council's decision to write to the King requesting he intervene to help stop the proposed incinerator.

Portland Town Council has agreed a proposal by Green Councillor Kia Pope to call on King Charles to intervene and help stop the proposed construction of a waste incinerator at Portland Port.

dorset.greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/12/p...

Listen to Cllr Kia Pope's BBC Radio Solent interview here [1/2]:

'Stunning' coastal path damaged by landslide reopens - after two years A well-loved section of coastal path near the Fleet Lagoon in Ferrybridge has reopened after extensive restoration works

Cllr Clare Sutton: "This stunning section of the South West Coast Path is well loved by local residents who are delighted to be able to use it again.

“It will also be hugely appreciated by visitors who come from much further afield to enjoy our beautiful coastline + contribute to our local economy"

Dorset Council puts children's rights at forefront of decision-making Children’s rights are to take centre stage in council decision-making.

[Green] Cllr Clare Sutton, cabinet member for children’s services, seconded the motion @ 15 May DC mtg.

Clare: "My nagging concern: #children don’t email us about parking or planning issues, and don’t get to vote.

"This motion is a significant step towards putting them at the heart of all we do."

📢 SCRAP CARBON CAPTURE (CCS)

Hugely pleased to have the support of @adrianramsay.bsky.social who knows CCS is just more fossil fuel infrastructure

Decarbonising: creating jobs in renewables, insulation, & nature restoration is the way

Write to your MP now scrapcc.org/CCS-ACTION-BS1

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My advice to the new Green party leader? It's time to expose the climate deniers | Carla Denyer Labour has allowed climate action to become synonymous with hardship. Farage’s Reform is exploiting that – but we offer real solutions, says Green party co-leader Carla Denyer

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There’s a big lie at the heart of the Gov’s carbon capture plans, which incredibly are centred around *expanding* fossil fuels.

I explain here👇

Dorset Council Children's Services rated "outstanding" by Ofsted - Dorset Green Party Dorset Council Children's Services have been rated "outstanding" by Ofsted. Its Cabinet member is Green Councillor Clare Sutton (since May 2024, in an otherwise Lib Dem Cabinet). Children's Services w...

Dorset Council Children’s Services have been rated “outstanding” by Ofsted. Its Cabinet member is Green Councillor Clare Sutton (since May 2024, in an otherwise Lib Dem Cabinet).

Clare said: "We work hard to put children, young people and families at the centre of everything we do."

"What about free speech and respecting others' opinions?" Conservative councillors walk out for deputation on Gaza - Dorset Green Party Ten Conservative councillors walked out of the Dorset Council chamber on Thursday, rather than hear a public deputation requesting that the Dorset Pension Fund take investments out of companies suppor...

Green Cllr Clare Sutton said she could only interpret the choice of those who left the council chamber during the session on Gaza as support for the Israeli leader’s decision to bomb children + hospitals.

"[Earlier] we'd all voted in favour of adopting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child."

Cllr Helen Toft "getting conversation started" about 20mph zone on Doncaster Road - and across Weymouth - Dorset Green Party Helen Toft. Green Weymouth Town Councillor for Wyke Regis, has been knocking on doors and chatting with residents about reducing the speed limit. "There’s strong support for introducing a 20mph zone ...

"There’s strong support for introducing a #20mph zone — especially on Doncaster Road, Marlborough Road, and Wyke High Street, which are often used as cut-throughs. Residents have raised serious concerns about speeding delivery drivers and the safety of children and pets."

#WykeRegis

Also now covered by the Dorset Echo: www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2514559...

Are Labour right to cut migrants’ rights to citizenship?

Is this latest attempt to signal xenophobia finally going to see off Reform?

Am I in line to be the next Pope?

3 questions, 1 simple answer🤦‍♀️