Next May we have a real chance to elect a new, and more representative, generation of councillors to Reigate & Banstead Council, including some new Green ones! All 45 councillors will be elected or re-elected on the same day, following changes to the ward boundaries. We are looking for people to stand as Green candidates, to […]
On 6 August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, causing massive loss of life, hideous injuries, huge destruction of buildings, and genetic damage which lasts to this day. Three days later, on 9 August, a different type of nuclear bomb was exploded over the city of Nagasaki, also killing […]
We’re celebrating the election of our first councillor in Earlswood & Whitebushes Ward. Hal Brown was elected, unseating the Conservative incumbent after a close fight. Hal is a nurse at East Surrey Hospital and has a young family.
We are fielding nine candidates in the local elections on 3 May. Find out who’s standing in your area here. Please support your Green candidate! If you would like to deliver leaflets, or help on polling day, please email info@eastsurreygp.org.uk.
A giant reproduction of the iconic CND logo will visit Reigate’s Priory Park on Sunday 15th April. The installation will be sited near the park’s cafe as part of a UK-wide tour to mark the 60th anniversary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Peace on earth, goodwill to all people! Local peace campaigners will be in Redhill town centre tomorrow, celebrating the award of the Nobel Peace prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its […]
Join us on Friday 6 October for a party at Reigate’s liveliest new venue, The Yard at Reigate Station. This is a fabulously atmospheric and quirky new venue just ONE MINUTE from Reigate station. There will be live music from Ian Machecek and Rebecca Riedtmann. You can buy drinks at the cash bar – and feel […]
Tandridge District Council is consulting on possible locations for a ‘large scale development based on garden village principles’. They are looking at four possible locations: Blindley Heath Land west of Edenbridge Redhill Aerodrome South Godstone All these sites are Green Belt and so are currently protected from development.
On Sunday 6th August there will also be a 15-minute vigil at Shaw’s Corner War Memorial, Redhill,starting at 11.30am. Please join us. David Hilder of Reigate and Redhill Peace Group explains why. Sunday 6th August, is the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Two days later Nagasaki was the target. […]
Surrey Green Party is concerned at the flood of oil and gas drilling applications being dealt with by statutory bodies across Surrey. “The industrialisation of the Weald promised by the oil and gas industry is under way,” said Green Councillor Jonathan Essex. “This will put a huge strain on our already pressurised regulatory bodies, and on […]
