South East Green Party

Urgent action needed to improve the welfare of Europe’s pigs

08 March 2012

Keith Taylor: “The Pigs Directive gave EU farmers a generous 12 years to phase out the sow stall, therefore there is no excuse that 14 member states are expected not to be ready come January 2013."

Keith urges council not to introduce night flights at Manston airport

02 March 2012

Keith Taylor: "Manston would be best to concentrate on making better use of the capacity they currently have for daytime flights before resorting to inconvenient and disruptive night flights."

Keith joins air pollution protest in Farnham, Surrey

02 March 2012

Keith Taylor: “The right to breathe clean air is fundamental. Yet thousands of lives in Surrey and across the South East are being shortened because air is heavily polluted in many places, mostly by traffic."

MEPs support Keith’s call for greater passenger rights

28 February 2012

Keith Taylor: “While EU legislation has already gone some way towards improving the rights of air passengers, more needs to be done to get them a fair deal and to ensure broader rights for all travellers."

‘Don’t put our water at risk’ says Green MEP

21 February 2012

Keith Taylor: “Given yesterday’s announcement of drought in the region it’s vital that we do not put our limited water supplies at risk.”

Green MEP attends estuary airport meeting to voice opposition to government plans

10 February 2012

Keith Taylor: “This is not only a misguided, but also an absurd and highly damaging idea."

Green MEP commits to Equal Marriage during International Marriage Week

10 February 2012

Keith Taylor: "I am shocked and saddened by the discrimination shown against same sex marriages in Belgium by the organisers of the International Marriage Week event in the European Parliament."

Green MEP calls on council to raise costs for live animal exporters at Ramsgate port

01 February 2012

Keith Taylor: “At the moment these export costs are being covered by the public purse, despite widespread opposition locally and nationally to the practice of exporting live animals."

Green Euro-MP vists Balcombe to offer support to anti-fracking protestors

20 January 2012

Keith Taylor: “Until the UK government has carried out a thorough and independent investigation I’m calling for a moratorium on fracking.”

Letter to The Guardian: Uprising against fracking nuisance

16 January 2012

Keith Taylor’s letter to The Guardian about energy company Cuadrilla’s plans to start fracking for shale gas in Balcombe, West Sussex was published on Saturday.

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