Matt Wootton

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Matt Wootton is a prominent member of the Green Party of England and Wales. As Publications Co-ordinator on the Green Party of England and Wales#Executive he rebranded the party as the party of "Real progress" employing the design skills of graphic designer Jim Killock. The next year in 2005 as External Communications Co-ordinator he led the party through its most successful General Election according to his homepage. He is currently the convener of the party's Standing Orders Committee, which deals with interpreting and upholding the party's Constitution and internal processes according to Individual Page on Green website

Wootton's background - having studied Sociology, Music and Philosophy at university - was as an activist, and even as Wales Green Party's media officer was responsible for and led a protest that involved invading a runway at Swansea airport [Guardian comment] to protest at the first day of flights between Swansea and London [Green Party press release] and [Guardian story]

As a member of the [G8 bike ride] he cycled from Lancaster to Scotland and then protested in Edinburgh, Faslane and Auchterarder, while taking part in a documentary for BBC4 entitled [G8 Can You Hear Us]

He currently works for Lancaster-based media arts organisation [folly] as Communications Manager whilst still being active in the Green Party at national level