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1 June 2009 by sianberry
For a full report, and a wide variety of photos, please see: http://re-electjean.blogspot.com/ 10am Friday – "In Sipson, Jean met John Stewart from HACAN ClearSkies. Jean spoke with residents who were particularly concerned about the threat to Harlington and Harmondsworth and were worried about the focus on Sipson. They expressed that the Greens were the only Party […]
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29 May 2009 by sianberry
In an analysis done by Protecting Animals in Democracy, Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP, scored joint best amongst UK MEPs on animal rights. Jean, along with Caroline Lucas (Green, South East England) and Jill Evans (Plaid Cymru, Wales) received a score of +15. The analysis was based on votes on the 5th of May on […]
The London mayor has more than doubled the amount of money budgeted for four rape crisis centres, after facing repeated questions about the shortfall of funding. The Mayor allocated £233,000 in his annual budget. Jenny Jones had attempted to amend his budget in February to increase funding to the £744,000 a year required for the […]
28 May 2009 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP for the last 10 years, will be touring the capital this Friday and Saturday on the Green Party’s Euro campaign bus. The bus is naturally run on recycled biodiesel, made from used cooking oil, supplied by UpTown Oil, based in Southwark. Jean will be at the following locations and times […]
Shasha Khan (3rd from left, #6 on our London list) signing the "Pledge to Protect the Human" at a recent Amnesty International hustings (20th May in Kingston) If you want to hear our policies at a hustings, meet up with European election candidates for the Green Party here in London, or drop by […]
Mayor must help Londoners recycle ‘on the go’ A new report from the London Assembly today calls for the Mayor to tackle the mountain of waste produced by people while out and about in the capital. London has the lowest recycling rates in the UK and every week, people living, working and visiting the capital […]
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, will join eminent campaigners in London tomorrow [Friday 29 May], including the Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka, [1] for the State of the Nigerian Nation, a major symposium on democracy and corruption in Nigeria. Jean will deliver the opening speech at the afternoon session of the symposium, organised by […]
27 May 2009 by sianberry
The Green Party is today launching eight pledges for equality for LGBT people. Joseph Healy and John Hunt from London, Lesley Hedges from Yorkshire and Humber and Chris Williams from West Midlands are standing as openly gay and lesbian Green Party candidates in the European election. Joseph Healy introduced the manifesto: "We are proud of […]
26 May 2009 by sianberry
In the third of a series of election videos, Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP for the last 10 years, talks about what led her into politics, after 20 years of being a teacher in East London, and why she wants you to re-elect her as an MEP. It’s crucial that we have members […]
22 May 2009 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, will join members of the Kurdish community in London this Sunday [24 May] to address the ninth AGM of Fed-Bir, the Kurdish Federation in the UK. Jean, a longstanding champion of Kurdish rights in London and Europe, said: “I am delighted to be joining Fed-Bir again for […]
In the second of a series of election videos, Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP for the last 10 years, talks about why the European elections matter. Europe affects our employment rights, our environmental laws, and issues around migration, asylum and refugees. We need a MEP who will stand up for workers rights and […]
Darren Johnson has welcomed the Mayor’s latest increase to the London Living Wage to £7.60 per hour, a rise of 15p. A Freedom of Information request in March revealed that only four London boroughs have incorporated the requirement to pay the London Living Wage into their procurement policies. Darren Johnson said: "If all Londoners are […]
Jean Lambert, Hackney’s Green MEP will take part in the Candi-Dating event this Saturday, hosted by Hackney Unites. It will be on Saturday, the 23rd of May, from 11am to 1pm, at The Old Fire Station, Leswin Road, N16 7NX. The Green Party will have a stand at the event. Jean has been a MEP […]
21 May 2009 by sianberry
50,000 target remains a sticking point for Mayor’s housing plans The Assembly’s Planning and Housing Committee has given the Mayor’s draft housing strategy – published today – a cautious welcome. Chair of the Committee Jenny Jones AM said: "We are pleased the strategy includes specific proposals that address some of the concerns raised in our […]
The Chair of the London Assembly, Darren Johnson AM, has today written to the Chief Executive of the Greater London Authority (GLA) asking him to take action to prevent the GLA’s nominations for Buckingham Palace Garden Party invitations being exploited for political purposes. Darren Johnson AM said: "Assembly Members are entitled to be nominated for […]
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, will speak at a national demonstration this weekend calling for an end to police violence. Jean will join the United Campaign Against Police Violence (UCAPV), a new coalition which includes civil rights groups, trade unions, justice campaigns and political parties, on their demonstration this Saturday 23 May. [1] […]
In the first of a series of election videos, Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP for the last 10 years, talks about privatisation and public services. If Britain is one of the richest nations in the world, why can’t we run our public transport properly? Investment in public transport infrastructure would help […]
Over the past three decades, and last few months in particular, hundreds of thousands of people in Sri Lanka have been caught up in fighting between the LTTE and government forces. The United Nations has reported that 6,500 civilians have been killed and 14,000 wounded in the fighting from January to the end of April […]
20 May 2009 by sianberry
The UK faces an embarrassing legal wrangle during the 2012 Olympics over its failure to act on air pollution, Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, has warned. The European Commission has already launched legal action against the UK over breaching standards on particulate matter (PM10), the tiny airborne particles emitted by industry, vehicles and domestic […]
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, has welcomed a report which names and shames countries around the world where state-sponsored homophobic laws exist. Homosexuality is illegal in 80 countries around the world, and in five countries it is a crime punishable by death, according to State Sponsored Homophobia, the third annual report from ILGA, the […]
19 May 2009 by sianberry
The London Green Party launched its European elections campaign this morning, 19th May, at 10am. The launch took place at the air quality monitoring station on Marylebone Road, near Baker Street. This air quality monitoring station records some of the worst air quality in Greater London — for both N02 pollution and PM10 particulates.(1) Jean […]
18 May 2009 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party member of the London Assembly, has joined the growing calls for the Speaker of the House of the Commons, Michael Martin, to go. "Michael Martin’s handling of the whole expenses issue has been a disgrace. London Assembly members would never in a million years be allowed to get away with the […]
In response to reports that next week Boris Johnson will travel to Seoul for the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit, stay for one day and use an airline that flies via Dubai, Jenny Jones is calling on the Mayor to think more carefully about his own use of resources. "If London is going to pay […]
Responding to reports that Metropolitan Police officers are earning tens of thousands of pounds from overtime duties, Jenny Jones has called on the Mayor and Met Commissioner to get a grip on the issue. "When the police budget was voted on by the Assembly earlier this year I called for a large reduction in overtime […]