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8 May 2018 by sianberry
The results are in, and Green Councillor Caroline Russell has been decisively re-elected to serve Highbury East for another four years. From an 8-vote lead in 2014 to a 666 vote majority in 2018, Caroline’s win is testimony to her years of hard work and dedication to the local residents of Highbury. Islington Greens celebrating […]
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7 May 2018 by sianberry
Lewisham Green Party local election results 7 May 2018 Lewisham Green Party expresses its thanks to all those who voted for our candidates in Thursday’s elections. We took roughly 12% of the votes cast and came second in terms of average votes per candidate. In a third of Lewisham’s wards we are the second party. […]
25 April 2018 by sianberry
We urge voters in Brockley ward to re-elect John Coughlin and elect Clare Lorraine Phipps and Harvir Sangha to form an official opposition on Lewisham Council.
22 April 2018 by sianberry
Lewisham Council has looked like this for the last four years. Our councillor John Coughlin has held the only seat, one of the three for Brockley ward, not taken by Labour. John has worked hard to be a constructively critical voice, holding Labour to account on issues ranging from the Council budget to the Millwall […]
20 April 2018 by sianberry
Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance has said publically he will be voting for the Green Party in Lambeth in the local council elections on May 3rd. Pointing to the need for a stronger opposition to balance the current huge majority of the Labour Party in Lambeth, he said he would be giving all three of his […]
Last weekend, Caroline Lucas came to Highbury East to support Caroline Russell, Benali Hamdache and Ernestas Jegorovas, our Islington Green Party candidates for the local council elections. The Islington Greens gathered in Highbury Fields and greeted Lucas with big grins upon her arrival. After commenting on the great turn-out and energy of the campaign, Lucas […]
19 April 2018 by sianberry
Greens have pledged they will continue to hold the council to account if they achieve their goal of electing more Green Party councillors in Camden on 3 May. Green co-leader Caroline Lucas today joined current Camden Councillor Sian Berry and other Green candidates to launch their manifesto for the next four years. The launch took […]
18 April 2018 by sianberry
Community organiser Michael Groce, whose training and advice centre Green Man Skills in Brixton, has been successfully helping members of the ‘Windrush Generation’ fight deportation, is calling on the community to come together at Friday’s Brixton Respect solidarity event 5-7pm in Windrush Square in Brixton Friday 20th April. Michael Groce said: “Join us in the […]
16 April 2018 by sianberry
Camden Green Party has announced its candidates for the 2018 council election. Aiming to hold Sian Berry’s seat in Highgate and gain more Green councillors to hold the council to account. The party’s manifesto will be published soon, and will see candidates pledging to be a principled opposition on Camden Council, ensuring fairness and transparency, […]
9 April 2018 by sianberry
In Islington and beyond, First Past The Post distorts electoral outcomes and thwarts aspirations. We campaign for PR in the House of Commons, but First Past the Post distorts elections wherever it’s used! In One party councils, voters go unrepresented and decisions go unchallenged. This serves no-one well; not even those who voted for the […]
Visiting home and Granddad needed to go to the hospital. Came in with him and mum. Theres literally queues of sick people up and down every corridoor and around every corner. The staff seem used to this, it’s clearly a normal night for them. I wish I could tell you that despite all that, everything […]
Join Alastair Binnie-Lubbock, our great candidate for Mayor of Hackney, at the North London Muslim Community Centre hustings on Wednesday 11 April 6.30pm. To watch the hustings please follow the link to YouTube Channel OccupyNewsNetwork below. Hackney Mayoral Hustings and Debate Green Party’s Alistair Binnie-Lubbock would ‘give power back’ to residents […]
5 April 2018 by sianberry
* Greens promise to repair social homes, give residents a say in their future and stand up against unwanted demolition of estates * Jonathan Bartley, co-leader, calls on Government to “treat social housing with the value it deserves” and end Right to Buy * Bartley: “Greens value social housing and will fight to protect it” […]
24 February 2018 by sianberry
The Green Councillor John Coughlin, the only councillor who is not Labour on Lewisham Council, put forward a motion at Lewisham Council on Proportional Representation in local elections. This would make the local voting system fairer and allow the views of all residents to be represented on the council. At present, there are 54 councillors, 53 of whom […]
25 September 2017 by sianberry
On Saturday, hundreds of Haringey residents marched through the streets from Tottenham Green to Finsbury Park in protest against social cleansing and Haringey Council’s plans to privatise billions of pounds worth of public assets. The protest, which was organised by local campaign group Stop Haringey Development Vehicle, brought together many allies from across the political spectrum, […]
14 May 2017 by sianberry
On Sunday 14th May, London Green Party launched its candidates and its General Election campaign. The party has selected 67 candidates to stand in constituencies across London and campaigning is already underway. The launch took place in the Holborn and St Pancras constituency where Green Assembly Member Sian Berry is challenging Labour’s Kier Starmer for […]
13 May 2017 by sianberry
Deputy leader Amelia Womack: “The detention of asylum seekers in centres such as Yarl’s Wood is inhumane, costly and totally unnecessary” The Green Party launched our women’s manifesto outside Yarl’s Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire today. The manifesto’s three key policies all relate to providing safety for all, regardless of gender. The party is calling […]
11 May 2017 by sianberry
Caroline Lucas has announced the Green Party’s environment promises, with pledges to protect the natural world in the wake of the EU referendum, introduce locally owned energy companies, and end plastic waste Caroline set out how the Green Party will put the environment at the heart of its politics at the launch of the party’s […]
18 April 2017 by sianberry
18th April 2017 Last month Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50, signalling the start of the UK’s exit from the European Union. Within just a matter of days, former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard managed to spark a diplomatic row with Spain by threatening the use of military force to protect British sovereignty over […]
27 March 2017 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP opened a joint meeting organised by Phil Fletcher with Barnet Friends of the Earth, Barnet Green Party, and air pollution economics and legal experts. London Green Party’s Unsung Hero award-winner of 2014, Edelgard Vaswani, raised the issue of living without a car. Barnet Council tends to plan 800 underground parking spaces per […]
19 March 2017 by sianberry
Caroline Russell came to Stanmore, as promised, to meet with a community group the Stanmore Society concerned with the state of their local town centre. The step-free access has no lift at the station despite a hospital nearby. A new school in the area has a lot of parents dropping off kids by car. Caroline […]
5 March 2017 by sianberry
Jean backs European Parliament report aimed at protecting workers from exposure to carcinogens 1st March 2017 The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs committee has today backed the draft report which seeks to amend a directive in order to better protect workers from risks of exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work. Commenting after the […]
23 February 2017 by sianberry
Commissioner Dick was in charge of the police operation which resulted in the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Tube station in 2005. She will replace outgoing Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. Sian Berry said: “This is a very controversial choice. Assembly members will want questions answered about the lessons the new Commissioner learned […]
9 February 2017 by sianberry
It has been a winter of discontent with many protests but this one stands out, from its timing, its global coordination, and the sheer strength of the people that turned out: Speakers ranged from Madonna to a feminist comedian, to Councillor Caroline Russell, who stood in Emily Thornbury’s MP seat and went on to become […]