Glastonbury & Street Green Party

A list of the local public hustings between now and the election on May 7th.
Our Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Jon Cousins, will be attending most of these.

9th April - 6.30 pm, Somerset Chamber of Commerce, Wells Golf Course,
Public tickets £10, by reservation only: http://www.somerset-chamber.co.uk/events/somerset-chamber/wells-business-hustings.htm

10th April - 7 pm, Federation of Small Businesses, Kings Of Wessex Academy, Cheddar.

13th April - 7.30 pm, Axbridge Town Hall, The Square, Axbridge. BS26 2WJ.

15th April - 7 pm, Indictment Room, Wells Town Hall, Market Place, Wells. BA5 2RB (organised by CND).

17th April - 7 pm, St Johns’ Church, High Street, Glastonbury.

21st April - 7 pm, Burnham-on-Sea Baptist Church, College Street, Burnham-on-Sea. TA8 1AR.

22nd April - 7 pm, St Peter & St Paul Parish Church, Peter Street, Shepton Mallet. BA4 5BL.

23rd April - 7.30 pm, Parks Room, Wells Town Hall, Market Place, Wells. BA5 2RB (organised by Transition Wells).

1st May - 7 pm, Street Parish Church, on Church Road, (opposite Crispin School and Strode College) Street BA16 0AA

3rd May - 3.30 pm, St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells. BA5 2AW (organised by Churches Together).

View Wells Hustings 2015 calendar

Caroline Lucas, standing for re-election as the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, took time out of her busy schedule to record a message of support for Jon Cousins.

Jon Cousins is one of Glastonbury’s Green Town Councillors, Chair of Glastonbury Town Hall, and Prospective Green MP for Wells. A seasoned community activist, organiser, and green campaigner, he currently works with the co-operative movement in the UK and Europe.

Jon Cousins - his 30 second pitch

Jon Cousins is one of Glastonbury’s Green Town Councillors, Chair of Glastonbury Town Hall, and Prospective Green MP for Wells. A seasoned community activist, organiser, and green campaigner, he currently works with the co-operative movement in the UK and Europe.

He has made a 30 second pitch and you can see the video here

Letter to the Central Somerset Gazette from Lindsay MacDougall

I am writing to correct the perception given in last week's paper that the A361 Ban the HGVs campaign (otherwise known as Bypass Glastonbury) has not been supported by the Green Party locally (“Greens are no-go”, 26th March).

West Mendip Green Party is fully behind my various and continuing efforts to work with Katarina Sonntag who is leading the campaign.

I recently spent two-and-a-quarter hours between 6.15 am and 9 am in the diesel fumes of the A361 in Glastonbury where there averages one HGV every minute, very often heavy enough to shake the foundations.

I have been to County Hall where the not entirely unexpected response from Highways Department was as though they had heard nothing.

Let’s build a democracy where people get heard.

Lindsay MacDougall

Lindsay MacDougall is a Prospective Green Party candidate for Glastonbury Town Council and Mendip District Council for St Mary's Ward