The bus will set off from Brixton at 11.15 am and will be visiting Westminster, Camden, Islington, Hackney, Tower Bridge, Lewisham, Peckham and Camberwell before returning to Brixton early evening.
Journalists and reporters can join the bus and meet Darren Johnson, Jean Lambert, Jenny Jones, Noel Lynch each an elected green politicians as well as those candidates that are hoping to join them on the London Assembly or the European Parliament.
The bus is one of those that drove ‘human shields’ to Iraq at the beginning of the war last year. This time round the specially decorated bus will take part in less risky campaigning.
Darren Johnson, Green Party mayoral candidate said, "Taking our distinctive bus on the road is a fantastic opportunity to hear concerns of people around London, and to be inspired by them. It also gives us Green Party candidates the chance to get out there and talk about how we believe we can really make a difference."
And no, the Greens haven’t lost the plot by driving round while they promote an environmental message. The bus will be powered by biodiesel, a fuel that has recycled vegetable oil as a main component, meaning reduced air pollutants such as the gases that contribute to climate change.
Darren Johnson points out, "It would be no use having a battle bus that I would have to ban as Mayor under my Low Emissions Zone policy."
For more on biodiesel see www.rixbiodiesel.co.uk
Darren Johnson is 37 and was selected as the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor of London in May 2003. He was elected to the London Assembly in May 2000 where he is Leader of the Green Party Group. He was also elected to Lewisham Council in May 2002.
The Mayoral election will be held on June 10th at the same time as the elections for the London Assembly and the European Parliament. At the last Assembly elections the Greens scored one of their best ever results in the Party’s history, securing 11.1% of the vote across London and winning three seats on the 25-member Assembly.
Darren Johnson’s vision for a sustainable Green London can be found on his website www.johnsonformayor.org.uk
Jean Lambert is London’s Green Member of the European Parliament and she is No 1 on the list for the London Green Party. Her website is www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk
Green Party Assembly Members are Cllr. Darren Johnson AM, Deputy Mayor Jenny Jones AM and Noel Lynch AM