Disappointed to see the respectable Medway Greens being taking over in this way. What once was a party filled with people I respected and happily worked with to tackle climate change, seems to be taken over by a personality cult.
As a former member, it is sad to hear about the problems within the Medway Greens. They had seemed to be making some progress at last. Goodness knows we need a reasonable political alternative in Medway.
For example, last week I went to a public meeting in Strood about the Local Plan. This had been organised by our Labour ward councillors as a response to resident's concerns, especially about the proposed reclassification of Green Belt. However the meeting was chaired/dominated by Cllr Murray, who was rude and arrogant and practically insulted the audience a couple of times. Such is Labour's fear of alternative views that the two ward councillors present were not even allowed to answer any questions. Cllr Curry (who did come across as empathetic and reasoned) looked embarrassed whenever Teresa launched into another rant.
I have also had the pleasure of being blocked on Facebook yesterday by Reform's Rochester and Strood branch. My crime was to ask them if they had responded to the Regulation 18 consultation on the Local Plan last year (as they are now making much noise in opposition to the Plan). I assume therefore they did not offer anything constructive when the opportunity was there.
Disappointed to see the respectable Medway Greens being taking over in this way. What once was a party filled with people I respected and happily worked with to tackle climate change, seems to be taken over by a personality cult.
As a former member, it is sad to hear about the problems within the Medway Greens. They had seemed to be making some progress at last. Goodness knows we need a reasonable political alternative in Medway.
For example, last week I went to a public meeting in Strood about the Local Plan. This had been organised by our Labour ward councillors as a response to resident's concerns, especially about the proposed reclassification of Green Belt. However the meeting was chaired/dominated by Cllr Murray, who was rude and arrogant and practically insulted the audience a couple of times. Such is Labour's fear of alternative views that the two ward councillors present were not even allowed to answer any questions. Cllr Curry (who did come across as empathetic and reasoned) looked embarrassed whenever Teresa launched into another rant.
I have also had the pleasure of being blocked on Facebook yesterday by Reform's Rochester and Strood branch. My crime was to ask them if they had responded to the Regulation 18 consultation on the Local Plan last year (as they are now making much noise in opposition to the Plan). I assume therefore they did not offer anything constructive when the opportunity was there.
Labour should have done more when they ejected him for his rancid behaviour- it’s atrocious he’s been allowed to be in a position of power again.