Message from Grenville Ham, Leader
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"I’m incredibly proud of everyones efforts throughout a general election
that came immediately after our largest ever local election campaign.
From our candidates standing for election for the first time, through to
the seasoned campaigners, your efforts and determination did us proud.
Thank you to everyone involved. We didn’t make the gains many would have
hoped for but the trend of all smaller parties losing ground was clear
to see. I’m acutely aware that many of the local parties made the
difficult decision to not stand candidates and I’m pleased that for some
this resulted in the removal of poor MPs but for most I guess you’re
still reeling from the fact that this had no effect at all."
"The political future for the UK is now looking very uncertain and we
may feel disheartened seeing a continued cuts to our local services and
the lack of action on our ecological crisis, but our voice is needed
more than ever. Watching four hours of the Welsh Leaders TV debates
-where no one mentioned the environment, climate change or the vice like
grip that corporations have over our society- left me convinced that
our radical and bold vision for Wales is needed more than ever. Over the
coming weeks our local parties will need to start thinking about
strategies for the Welsh Assembly and local elections whilst dovetailing
this with the possibility of a further snap general election. Let’s
make sure that we’re prepared."
"But let’s not forget to celebrate the fact that we now have an
exceptionally talented County Councillor in Emily Durrant and a coming
by election in less than 2 weeks. We have a genuine chance to elect a
second County Councillor in Powys and start making some real noise.
Let’s keep moving forwards. Let’s stand together."
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Message from Pippa Bartolotti, Deputy Leader
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“The
loss of Theresa May’s clear Conservative majority has already rocked
conventional assumptions, agendas and elites. The realm of the
politically possible has been blasted open – because the electoral
support for Corbyn has allowed a publicly popular discussion about a
whole different political economy. Importantly fewer and fewer people
are taking notice of the blatant newspaper propaganda being spewed out
by the gutter press. This is good news for Greens.
“Yes
the results of the GE were disappointing, but truly they could not have
been any other way given the work being done with ‘Progressive
Alliances’. Now we can start to stamp out our agenda clearly. Our work
on anti nuclear, farming, the Citizens Income, and small businesses can
once again take centre stage.
“So
it’s a big thank you to all our candidates, teams and helpers who have
been solid in their support and work over the last gruelling months. 2
elections in a row is nobody’s idea of a picnic. Looking forward we will
need more active members to help spread the word. The Assembly
elections might seem a long way away, but this is where we start doing
the groundwork.
“There
are so many people I want to thank – Mirka for working the press office
from a beach on ‘holiday’, Ian Chandler for his excellent campaign in
Monmouthshire and who achieved our best vote share (despite his internet
provider going bust and having to run his excellent social media
campaign from public places), Lauren for stepping in as Newsletter
Editor at short notice, Pippa P and David for keeping the information
flowing and guiding us through the campaign launch postponement (poor
Manchester) and setting up a new launch event in the blink of an eye,
and of course Gren for doing so many interviews so very well. Everyone
has been incredible. We might be a small team, but we are very
effective.
“Money
is our ever present problem, so I’d especially like to give a huge
thanks to all those who donated so much, and enabled us to stand in the
election in the first place. Please keep fundraising everyone. Another
snap election may not be far away.”
Yscir By-election - another Green councillor in Powys?
 Hot
on the heels of the local elections across Wales in May, we have
another local election happening in Yscir in Powys on June 22nd. Yscir
hit the headlines as the only place in Wales where no nominations were
received for the local elections, and so a by-election was called as
soon as possible.
Through
our Leader, Grenville Ham, Wales Green Party has long-standing links
with local farmers and the wider community in rural Yscir, and we have a
great local candidate in Bethan Irwin. Bethan was born and raised in
Brecon and has lived in Yscir for 12 years, where her kids also go to
school. She's qualified in Biological Science and in Healthcare
Studies, and has worked in the NHS.
Just
down the road from Yscir is Llangors where Wales Green Party had our
historic first Powys Council win in May, electing Councillor Emily
Durrant. Emily is the first Wales Green Party councillor in Wales for
10 years. And we now hope we can double our win, and get Bethan elected
to join her.
There's
a busy ballot paper in Yscir with Greens, Plaid, Conservatives and 3
Independents all standing. We need all the help we can get from across
Wales Green Party to get Bethan elected, so Yscir can get a strong Green
voice in Powys County Council and so Emily can have a Green colleague
to work with! There's an action day on the 17th June: meet
at Brecon Long Stay Car park (next to the bus station) at 10am. Please
contact Grenville Ham to confirm your attendance on either
gren@walesgreenparty or 07921 385344.
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