@lucyelkin
Green Party District Councillor, Mid Suffolk. Posting about climate crisis, nature recovery, community resilience. 🌳 🐝 🦋 💚 (Promoted by Nick Hardingham on behalf of Lucy Elkin, c/o Carr Cottage, St Mary's Gardens, Creeting St Mary, Suffolk, IP6 8LY)
I'm delighted that, following a lot of behind the scenes work from Green Councillor Lucy Elkin, Eye will soon have a permanent post office, located in a new convenience store. For far too long, residents have been left without this vital service since the previous post office closed over 2 years ago
Green led council graphic
Green-led Mid Suffolk sells old loss-making investment, including tobacco and oil shares which clash with policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Read the full story:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/29/g...
And thanks to @cllr-tim.bsky.social for getting this done!
Great to see you in Eye @adrianramsay.bsky.social - thanks for visiting to hear from local young people at Hartismere school. Good to catch up, too, about local issues for the town.
Mid Suffolk green party campaign launch and Christmas gathering
💚 Upcoming events
✅ Sat 29 Nov
Action Day, Needham Market
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✅ Thu 4 Dec
Mid Suffolk Green county council campaign launch! Meet our candidates!
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✅ Sat 6 Dec
Big Day Out, Stowmarket & Bury St Eds
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Been a good week for nature at Mid Suffolk’s Green-led Council, with almost £2m committed to a range of nature recovery projects, working with local communities 🌲 🐝 🦋
@midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
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🦷 DIY dentistry should never be anyone’s only option.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
Woman (Lucy Elkin) holding up a Suffolk Flag on a rainbow pride flag background.
Happy #SuffolkDay and #Pride2025 ! Celebrating our beautiful, inclusive county at a Pride Youth event today in a very sunny #Suffolk @midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
Campaign graphic featuring a quote from Ellie Chowns, attributed to her opinion piece in The Guardian. The quote reads: “People trust the Greens – polling shows we now have higher favourability ratings than any other party. Under the leadership of Carla Denyer and Adrian, we’ve had our most successful electoral period... We’ve built the foundation. Now it’s time to build the transformation.” At the bottom right is a cropped image of the Guardian article headline: “I would make the Green party a force at the heart of British politics. That’s why I’m running to be co-leader – Ellie Chowns.” Her portrait is included. The Ellie & Adrian logo and the slogan “Together We Win” appear at the bottom left. A vertical disclaimer states the image is campaign material, not official Green Party communication.
People trust the Greens - we now have the highest favourability ratings of any party.
We've quadrupled our MPs and doubled our councillors.
We’ve built the foundation. Let's build the transformation together.
www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/news
#TogetherWeWin
Sending solidarity and joy to all celebrating Pride this month. Thanks to @outreachyouth.bsky.social who provide community and connection that’s accessible to LGBTQ+ youth and their families in rural areas of #Suffolk 🌈 🏳️⚧️ 💕 @midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
Councillor Tim Weller and Adrian Ramsay MP outside Palgrave Community Centre
Adrian Ramsay MP speaking to Palgrave residents and volunteers
Adrian Ramsay MP speaking with vice-chair of Palgrave Parish Council, Rupert Fausset.
Adrian Ramsay MP speaking to the headteacher of Palgrave Primary School, Julia Waters.
As part of #VillageHallsWeek I joined @cllr-tim.bsky.social at Palgrave Community Centre for Meet the Volunteer Groups event.
The centre has so much going on, from fitness and other classes, to coffee mornings, bereavement support, outdoor play. Huge thanks to everyone who volunteers.
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social speech today is a dereliction of duty and a u-turn on a policy that’s about ensuring a liveable future. All parties must come behind net zero and not use it as a political football.
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Terribly sad news about the loss of Rachel Eburne.
RIP
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2501432...
This is to let you know that very sadly Councillor Rachel Eburne passed away on Friday 14 March 2025.
Rachel’s wisdom and warmth will be missed by so many people in so many ways. Our thoughts are with her family at this time.
Read more here:
midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/17/l...
The Waveney and Little Ouse Recovery project is a trailblazer and should be used as a model for natural flood management nationwide. I have written to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs urging his department to maintain its support for the project. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
Climate action globally is under threat. It’s hugely urgent to seize initiative from rightwing populists. We need to change tactics: start by building climate resilience in local communities where people can feel tangible benefits – we’re calling it climate popularism. @rupertread.bsky.social & me🧵
Ruined church with large stone window and no roof. Snowdrops growing in the grass around the hedge in front.
Just randomly came across this ruined church today, on a lane we haven’t been down before. As usual in old churchyards there were snowdrops everywhere - the ‘fair maids of February.’ Fitting for Feb 1st.
As winters warm and spring arrives earlier, hope the snowdrops will keep coming back…#suffolk
🌍 We must better prepare the country for a future of more extreme weather and put nature at the heart of our response to climate breakdown. We need decisive action now.
Read my call for a National Adaptation Plan in @LeftFootFwd 👇
leftfootforward.org/2024/12/keir...
Adrian Ramsay with business founder Ian Bell & his wife Glynis
Huge congratulations to Suffolk Mobility Solutions, chosen as a top 100 small business by @britainsmallbiz after only 5 years trading
Small businesses play a vital role in our economy. Please support them on #SmallBusinessSaturday this Saturday
#RighttoRepair #PlannedObsolescence
Environmental issues, but also #CostofLiving impacts, as we fail to make progress on creating a #CircularEconomy: I suggest improvements to the #ProductRegulation Bill.
Thanks @wclnews.bsky.social for excellent briefing
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. "Today's announcement left too many householders out in the cold. And while making up to 300,000 homes a year warmer and cheaper to run is welcome, it falls far short of the 15 million homes that the UK Green Building Council says need to be retrofitted by the end of this decade." Adrian Ramsay MP, Green Party Co-leader I MP for Waveney Valley Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
"What we need now is a nationwide programme of government-backed, council-delivered home insulation... to keep people’s homes warm, bring down their bills, and reduce emissions."
Adrian Ramsay reacts to the Government's 'Warm Homes Plan'.
Infuriated. No support for a ban on bailing out water companies nor for public ownership. Just Jenny &
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social plus the wonderful Prem Sikka in favour. (Oh and 82% of the public.)
A vote was pointless. It was the 3 of us against Labour, Tory, Lib Dem and Crossbench apathy.
Climate change adds 18 mph to hurricane wind speeds, study shows
->WRAL | #ClimateChange #Hurricane | More info from EcoSearch
Do you feed the birds? In my latest podcast for @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social I chat with @themarshtit.bsky.social about the unintended consequences of supplementary feeding, tangled webs and, of course, geese. Wherever you get your podcasts but here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2jsD...
Looks beautiful if a tad chilly ❄️
Looks like a gorgeous day…
Quote as shown in guardian
The inheritance tax is just the straw. Our smaller farmers already feel broken. The underlying issues are what we should be focussing on
My view from @thegreenparty.bsky.social as quoted in @theguardian.com 👇
Talk white oxeye daisies in a wild garden, with a hedge in the background.
Just looking back through some photos and found this pic of our ‘lawn’ last summer. The oxeye daisies self seeded - we let them grow right up to the house - it felt like we were living in a meadow. The long grass attracted so many insects too 🦋🐝🌱
#wildgarden #nomow #pollinators
It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
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