26 August 2022 / 26 August 2022 by colinjones
From our Green councillor Peter Christie: As I write this we are all sweltering in the high temperatures though this is merely a continuation of the worrying trend where the last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded – with consequent problems of water shortages etc. It is, therefore, rather timely that South West […]
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29 July 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
16 June 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
From the pen of Councillor Peter Christie Several weeks ago I mentioned how Torridge councillor Claire Hodson had put forward a ‘Motion for the Ocean’ which was designed to both clarify the council’s attitude to clean seas and to integrate these views into the new Local Plan. It came up for ratification last week where […]
11 June 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
Over the years many letters have appeared in the Journal opposing renewable energy. Ranging in tone from hysterical to the serious they were all written at a time when energy supplies were taken for granted. This, of course, is no longer true and the South West now faces a real crisis in that EDF, the […]
2 June 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
From our concillor, Peter Christie: Everyone I suspect will have their own take on our Prime Minister apologising for ‘Partygate’. Personally I feel it was just an empty gesture and he seems to have got away with lying both to the public and Parliament. Given that our own MP Geoffrey Cox has similarly escaped any […]
25 May 2022 / 18 April 2024 by colinjones
The Green Party had excellent results nationally in the local elections held on 5th May, electing a net gain of 75 Green councillors. Many local councils now have a Green Councillor and even one can make a big difference to the issues discussed and acted upon. Think of Caroline in the House of Commons and […]
