Green Party

What the papers say

A range of extracts from local papers in Norwich covering Adrian Ramsay and Norwich South. Click on the summaries below to read the full stories.

The party says a repeat of that kind of performance would see Mr Clarke lose his Westminster seat.”

11/1/10 – The Independent

“In Norwich South, the party's deputy leader, Adrian Ramsay, is standing against the former Labour cabinet minister (and leading critic of Gordon Brown) Charles Clarke. The Greens have 13 councillors in Norwich, making them the official opposition, and came first in the city in last year's Euro elections.”

29/12/09 - EDP

“Since that time the Greens have become the main opposition at Norwich City Council with 13 councillors and have taken seven county councillors. It also secured more votes than any other party in the Norwich City Council area at the European election vote in June, gaining 25pc of the vote."

Greens call for rethink on N&N PFI deal

05 September 2009

EVENING NEWS 24 - In his deputy leader's speech at the Green Party conference in Hove, Nelson ward councillor Adrian Ramsay will say £217m could be saved over the next 30 years if the hospital is brought back under full public ownership.

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Government should 'buy back' PFI hospitals, say Greens

04 September 2009

GUARDIAN: The NHS could save hundreds of millions of pounds if the government were to "buy back" hospitals funded under the controversial private finance initiative pushed through by Gordon Brown, according to the Green party.

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Green success in 2009 elections

09 July 2009

Quotes pertaining to the great Green successes seen in 2009

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Norwich wins praise for efforts to fight the recession

23 March 2009

NORWICH EVENING NEWS: The vital role in which credit unions in Norwich are playing to help people through the recession has been highlighted on the national stage. With people finding it increasingly difficult to persuade banks to provide them with loans, credit unions are saving people from falling prey to loan sharks.

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Adrian leading the Green agenda

12 September 2008

EASTERN DAILY PRESS:
From a university student to deputy leader of the Green Party in less than a decade, Norwich city councillor Adrian Ramsay has certainly made an impact on the political stage.

And now, aged just 27, he is leader of the largest group of Green councillors in the country, deputy leader of the party and has his sights firmly set on becoming the first Green MP.

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Councillor's speech as new Green deputy

09 September 2008

NORWICH EVENING NEWS:
A city councillor who has just been named deputy leader of the national Green Party has used his first speech to throw down the gauntlet to Norwich South MP Charles Clarke.

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Green leader eyes national role

01 August 2008

NORWICH EVENING NEWS:
Norwich's green credentials are set for another boost after it emerged Green Party coordinator Adrian Ramsay is almost certain to become the party's first national deputy leader.

Mr Ramsay, 26, who leads the Norwich City Council Green Party, the party's biggest council group in the country, is in line for the national number two post after it was revealed he is the only candidate standing.

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Britain's first Green MP?

02 May 2008

CHANNEL 4 NEWS WEBSITE: A councillor has vowed to become Britain's first Green MP after historic results in yesterday's local elections. Adrian Ramsay, leader of the Green Party in Norwich, helped his party become the opposition group on a council for the first time in its national history last night.

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What drives Green group leader?

06 May 2006

EASTERN DAILY PRESS:
He lives, eats and breathes green policies and has been the driving force behind a Green Party that has emerged as the strongest in the country - and is now a critical force on Norwich City Council.

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