It was a hard day yesterday working till six and then off to one more meeting,but this one was a little different i met with activist from accross the city and key green party members from Manchester, we were lucky also to meet members of the National executive who offered some clear and concise views to the future of the party.We had some tough decisions to make last night but i was pleased that in less than three hours we had formulated an active committee,formed links with Manchester while gaining a representative from our own group to sit on their committee.Working together i believe we have an active base to put serious pressure on all the political groups within Salford and a chance to offer something a little different within the political make up.I must thank our new chair Mr Reg Howard on how smooth the meeting went and Mr David Henry in is role as secretary for his work in putting so many people together so quickly.Any one who wishes to join with us this year will be welcome,i hope those who still see the stereotype image of the green party take out some time to visit our national web site and look closely at the range of policies that are on offer,Our campaigns officer will be working with activist from irlam and Eccles over the coming months over the serious issues in both wards with the peat mining and the incinerator, these will be two of our key focus points.We of course last night spoke in depth of the cuts within Salford and the serious threats to services and jobs within our communities, we of course will be offering full and detailed responses when we have the full breakdown.I will update you from my prospective and will of course be offering any press releases when and where the executive decide they need to offer a view.Our chair felt we needed to offer a mini policy breakdown within any of our communications to that end we will have set up a policy group and task them to offer a document that takes out the jargon but offers people concise policy statements with relevance to this city. I again thank all the people who came last night and i look forward to working with every one over the coming months.Politics is a game that needs many players from many different backgrounds, there should be no barriers and every one should be allowed to speak, last night i felt something that offered hope and a future only time will tell.
Jul
31
2010
