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23rd May 2017 / 4th April 2019 by Matt Stratford
What is your background? I have a background in nursing, social care and housing law and live in Thamesmead. I now work in the housing sector. Has this work affected your political outlook? When I started working in the housing law sector I was unaware of the hardship that people experienced accessing advice and assistance […]
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11th May 2017 / 3rd February 2024 by Matt Stratford
Members of the Greenwich Green Party have voted to stand aside their candidate in Eltham and will not contest the constituency in the General Election to be held on June 8th 2017. The decision was not made as part of a so-called electoral alliance but to protect a marginal seat from falling into Conservative hands. […]
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7th May 2017 / 4th April 2019 by Matt Stratford
NB: This article applies to a parliamentary candidate for the 2017 General Election. What is your background and when did you come to live in Greenwich? I’m South African by origin from Johannesburg. I came to London in 2008 when I was 25, just for the adventure really and I wasn’t disappointed. Like most young […]
5th May 2017 / 4th April 2019 by Matt Stratford
Ann Garrett is secretary of Bromley and Beckenham CND, joint convenor of Bromley Peace Council, joint co-ordinator of Bromley Green Party and Friends of the Earth, joint chair of Save Our Local Hospitals and Services (Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley group) and a member of Amnesty, Bromley Cuts Concern, Greenpeace, Bromley Civic Society, Bromley Against Fracking, […]
I’ve lived in South London for eight years and I am very proud of my wonderful community in Woolwich Dockyard where I’ve lived for three years. Update: Dan has moved to Southend and is now helping the local Green Party to gain council seats there. We thank him for his contributions. As the co-coordinator for […]
1st May 2017 / 3rd February 2024 by Matt Stratford
Last night we made Green history in Greenwich & Woolwich by keeping our deposit for the first time ever as well as beating the Lib Dems. Our candidate Abbey Akinoshun nearly trebled our vote from 2010, taking 6.4 percent of the vote with a swing of 3.8 percent. That was a greater swing than to […]