tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283886692013-05-18T13:28:11.441+01:00This blog will host the views and comments of local Green Party councillors and others. Established in 2006 by Philip Booth, District councillor for Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe near Stroud, Gloucestershire.Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3815125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-85647403720518084572013-05-18T12:30:00.000+01:002013-05-18T13:28:11.465+01:002013-05-18T13:28:11.465+01:00

That reads walks not wars....so much to do in Stroud with so many great things happening....but this afternoon maybe a walk as haven't been to woods for a while......Click on the pic for the fourth of The Star Inn walks - Ken has kindly let me reprint them on this blog - use search box to find previous walks - the other two walks coming soon....and don't forget quiz night at The Star on 27th

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Click on picture for details of what looks like a very exciting and inspiring event...

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Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-80167468067896606482013-05-15T08:00:00.000+01:002013-05-15T23:00:37.477+01:002013-05-15T23:00:37.477+01:00

Regular readers will see the blog is undergoing a change - Click on the pic for the second third of The Star Inn walks - Ken has kindly let me reprint them on this blog - the other walks coming soon....and don't forget quiz night at The Star on 27th in aid of Ruscombe Brook Action Group - see more here. www.the-star-inn-whiteshill.co.uk 01453-765321

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-61280735724771691682013-05-14T14:19:00.003+01:002013-05-14T14:19:37.285+01:002013-05-14T14:19:37.285+01:00

Monday was busy with a meeting with licensing about wheelchair accessible taxis, a couple of hours about housing and a Green Party councillors meeting ahead of the AGM at the District Council this Thursday......the last meeting finished so I missed Transition Stroud's showing of the film 'Do the Math' in Stroud last night - I was delighted to find it on YouTube and watched it - well worth a look

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-31022366391241133912013-05-13T07:59:00.002+01:002013-05-16T17:10:19.417+01:002013-05-16T17:10:19.417+01:00

The Star Inn in Whiteshill are hosting a Bangers & Mash Quiz on Bank Holiday Monday 27 May for Ruscombe Brook. £5 pp Entry. Any Size Team. Do please click on poster left and help publicise this event. Quiz at 8.00pm b- maybe eat at half time. Prizes down to Sixth Place  including Fly Casting Lesson for 2 (1hr dry-land casting lesson - equipment provided), Bird Box, Bottle of Wine, Homemade

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-59667076181553223902013-05-11T17:06:00.002+01:002013-05-11T17:06:58.315+01:002013-05-11T17:06:58.315+01:00

Capel Mill canal Open Day I've not had so much time to keep blog up to date....last week or so has seen a fair few meetings....several visits to two local planning applications to talk to residents, a Green councillors meeting, training at the Council for the new committee system we will agree on Thursday, the Council's housing sub-group, helping a local Woodcraft Folk group to plan a video,

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-76796864014267813132013-05-10T19:35:00.000+01:002013-05-10T22:39:40.970+01:002013-05-10T22:39:40.970+01:00

Image author unknown Today the House of Commons Transport Committee calls for aviation expansion....it is also the day that officially we reach the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of 400 parts per million (ppm) - the highest level for 4.5 million years. As The Guardian article here notes: "The last time so much greenhouse gas was in the air was several million

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-84898190263643979152013-05-08T19:02:00.000+01:002013-05-08T19:02:26.180+01:002013-05-08T19:02:26.180+01:00

Hearing the news reports as I came home from work led to a deep sigh....how are they getting it so very very wrong? Here's the Green Party response: QUEENS SPEECH 2013: “REACTIONARY AGENDA FROM MOST INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT OF RECENT TIMES”-    Coalition ‘turning a blind eye to climate crisis and rocketing inequality’-    Green MP tables ‘wake-up call’ amendments to Queen’s Speech demanding

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-20059287999365694162013-05-06T15:44:00.001+01:002013-05-06T15:44:25.863+01:002013-05-06T15:44:25.863+01:00

Great Bank Holiday weekend...just wanted to share a couple of films of some of the art at the start of perhaps Stroud's busiest art month....a hurriedly made taster film of the amazing exhibition at the Museum in the Park in Stroud. This film in no way does justice to the wonderful exhibits – don’t miss the exhibition!  http://stroudcommunity.tv/

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-58382848521768781572013-05-04T10:36:00.002+01:002013-05-04T10:36:32.469+01:002013-05-04T10:36:32.469+01:00

Well another lovely day in Stroud...Farmers Market, catching some of the wonderful art and family...and maybe a walk....Click on the pic for the second of The Star Inn walks - Ken has kindly let me reprint them on this blog - the other walks coming soon.... www.the-star-inn-whiteshill.co.uk 01453-765321

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-8259022531323638802013-05-03T10:58:00.002+01:002013-05-03T11:27:11.979+01:002013-05-03T11:27:11.979+01:00

Green Leader and Sarah in Stroud - see new film of highlights Well done to Sarah for winning Stroud Central - with a bigger majority - but disappoiniting to come second in Tory strongholds of Painswick and Minch - had hoped for a breakthrough there - also hugely concerned by rise of UKIP - one Twitter comment on the national reporting says alot: "Dear @BBC, congratulations on the recent

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-86858205359638998262013-05-01T08:00:00.000+01:002013-05-01T10:07:11.583+01:002013-05-01T10:07:11.583+01:00

It's no secret I've voted Green - Anna Bonallack will make a great County councillor in this area - today is the last go with leafleting and canvassing....meanwhile you can see 20 mins of Sarah Lunnon talking about her role as a County Councillor here. Happy May Day...

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100,000 disabled people will be denied essential social care that allows them to live their lives. I wrote to our MP but also uploaded a photo to support the Scope campaign, 'Britain Cares': http://www.britaincares.co.uk/ Well now comes the video, 'Two Words to Change the World', narrated by Stephen Fry calling on more of us to join the campaign - my photo appears near the end for a split

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It was an inspiring evening at Lansdown Hall on Friday night with Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett...I've made a couple of films of the evening...more coming soon: First up is Sarah Lunnon's amusing and informative talk about life at the County Council at:http://stroudcommunity.tv/sarah-lunnon-talk-about-life-on-glos-county-council-and-hopes-for-future/See also Simon PIckering talking about

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-31310111529824531272013-04-27T09:12:00.002+01:002013-04-27T09:12:41.452+01:002013-04-27T09:12:41.452+01:00

Greens took the unusual step of paying for this advert in a local paper (click to enlarge)....well again it has been some canvassing and leafleting this week plus a handful of Council meetings... Monday night Planning Advisory Panel where we had discussions as to where  houses could go and lots more on numbers.....getting closer to agreement...a big question was whether West of Stonehouse

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This is the third year the UK is officially celebrating Pay it Forward Day on the 25th April 2013 when people will be invited to join a worldwide movement in performing random acts of kindness to 3 or more people and asking those people to do the same. Last year, over 250,000 people in 30 countries took part in Pay it Forward Day and this year, we are hoping to inspire over 3 million acts of

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Here is part of GlosVAIN's newsletter which carries a link to alternatives to an incinerator and County Council candidates views against the incinerator: Warning! Burner Could Still Be Built It's a month since the Planning Meeting, where planning permission was refused unanimously for the incinerator. It was a stunning and unexpected result, and wouldn't have happened without the dedication and

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-76806823688934210582013-04-23T18:35:00.001+01:002013-04-23T18:35:23.454+01:002013-04-23T18:35:23.454+01:00

I just got this letter below from the Burma Campaign UK - listening to reports yesterday I was astonished by the actions of William Hague - very disturbing indeed. I would urge folk to support the Burma Campaign UK - see more here. Yesterday (Monday 22nd April) was a significant and sad day for Burma. It provided a striking example of the growing disconnect between the reality on the ground in

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-11176162877811660622013-04-22T08:37:00.004+01:002013-04-22T08:37:50.542+01:002013-04-22T08:37:50.542+01:00

The voting page started this morning and closes midnight on Sunday 28 April. Stroud Valleys Project is one of only 3 organisations to be selected nationally for the final vote in the National Trust' Octavia Hill Green Space Guardian Award 2013 - to win would give them a well deserved boost - please vote now at: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355778822804/ Please pass this onto as

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Glorious day today...been to Parish drop-in about the Neighbourhood Plans (more on those soon) and after a load of emails spent the rest of teh day in the garden....tomorrow maybe a walk....but might have to be with Green Party leaflets rather than one of Ken's walks... Click on the pic for the first of The Star Inn walks - Ken has kindly let me reprint them on this blog - the other 5 walks

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-66204723844782392662013-04-19T10:23:00.001+01:002013-04-19T10:24:31.040+01:002013-04-19T10:24:31.040+01:00

You can double click or on YouTube symbol to open larger. Vote for the Green Party on May 2nd in the County Council Elections. Vote for a Party that not only cares for the environment, but also cares about people. With our progressive, practical policies on a range of issues including welfare, employment and banking reform only the Green Party offers a real alternative vision for Britain

Philip Boothnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28388669.post-42709747167965348332013-04-19T10:16:00.001+01:002013-04-19T10:16:16.978+01:002013-04-19T10:16:16.978+01:00

Residents have expressed concern re speeds here in Randwick This week seems to have flown by with two evenings of extensive leafletting for Anna Bonallack - the Green Party candidate for this area in the county elections on 2nd May - exhausted and realising how unfit I'd got - need an election every couple of months to keep me fit? Anyhow it is always great to walk around the ward - we live in

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Why the cafe in photo below? More in a moment....Yesterday I managed to catch the Green Party's Sarah Lunnon talking on BBC Glos Radio about elections - she is hoping to be re-elected in a ward that has, like all County wards been made larger. You can hear her at 44.30 for the next 6 days at; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016n8nk  Cornish cafe I also was out leafleting and a little

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