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22 April 2008 by sianberry
Watch the Launch video, above The Greens in London have pledged to bring in their flagship policy of providing freeinsulation to every London home through their influence on the London Assembly. The scheme – which is already working in Kirklees in Yorkshire thanks to Green Councillors – has an excellent chance of becoming a reality […]
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21 April 2008 by sianberry
The Federation of Small Businesses’ London Policy Unit has praised Siân Berry’s policies as the most sympathetic to the needs of small enterprise in London. In a mailing to all of the FSB’s members in the capital, the Federation says: "There is a strong case for saying that the Green candidate Siân Berry is most […]
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate has promised that Greens will use their position on the London Assembly and Metropolitan Police Authority to defend the civil liberties of Londoners against government intrusion and the growth of the surveillance society. Siân is a long-time opponent of ID cards and set up the Census Alert campaign […]
18 April 2008 by sianberry
Six pupils from the City of London Academy in Southwark travelled to Brussels this week to present their research on the environment and youth crime to the European Parliament. The meeting was the culmination of a year-long project with the 15 and 16 year olds, identifying environmental issues which affect people’s quality of life. The […]
Siân Berry took a South-North tour of green businesses in London on Friday 18th April to talk to entrepreneurs about her plans to boost small, local and green businesses. The visits also mark the launch of the Greens’ new website www.greensmeanbusiness.co.uk, a directory of green businesses in London. As part of her manifesto, Siân has […]
17 April 2008 by sianberry
London MEP, Jean Lambert, will tonight be joining other politicians, faith leaders, trade unionists and community workers to encourage people to use their vote in the London elections to prevent the BNP from gaining a seat on the London Assembly. There is a clear threat that the party could gain 5 per cent of the […]
Denis Baupin, Green Deputy Mayor of Paris, joined Greens in London on Thursday to promote bringing a street bike hire scheme to London, along with other Parisian Green Party ideas. The street bike hire scheme in Paris has been a huge success since it was introduced in July 2007. In Paris, the Velib scheme started […]
16 April 2008 by sianberry
14 April 2008 by sianberry
Leading London Greens visited Crystal Palace Park on Monday 14 April as part of their pledge to protect green spaces in London. Green Assembly Member, Darren Johnson, played a leading role in defeating hugely controversial plans for a multiplex cinema there in 2001 and more recently has given strong support to local residents in fighting […]
13 April 2008 by sianberry
Everyone agrees that the West End is suffering from congestion and pollution. When asked to describe Oxford Street by the Living Streets campaign in December, the most frequent words chosen by visitors were ‘busy’, ‘congested/crowded’ and ‘dangerous’. Ironically, most of this congestion is caused by buses. Twenty-four bus routes pass down Oxford Street, but most […]
11 April 2008 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Member of the London Assembly, joined Cllr Sue Luxton, GLA candidate for Greenwich and Lewisham constituency, and Green Mayor candidate, Sian Berry at the Pepys Community Forum community composting project in Deptford on 11th April. They were there to launch the Green Party’s waste plan for London. Failure to provide proper recycling […]
10 April 2008 by sianberry
Caroline visited Marylebone Road, London’s most polluted street, with Jenny Jones AM on 10th April. The capital’s poor air quality is estimated to be responsible for the premature deaths of around 1000 Londoners a year. Greens on the London Assembly have pushed the current Mayor to set up the Low Emission Zone, which discourages the […]
Following the successful implementation of many of the policies from its 2004 manifesto, the Green Party launched its 2008 manifesto for London with a cutting edge set of ideas that Green Assembly members fully expect to see implemented in the next term. Under the banner "Change London for Good" the manifesto builds on the successes […]
8 April 2008 by sianberry
Car clubs, cycling/walking zones and personal consultants who talk people out of their cars, are just a few of the ways in which the greens aim to reduce traffic and pollution in Outer London. Siân Berry, the Green Party’s candidate for Mayor, visited Richmond with local Green Party member, Matthew Linden on 8th April. She […]
7 April 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate launched the Green housing policies for London in Kings Cross, on the border of Camden and Islington, on Monday 7th April. Siân is a Camden resident and has spent several years campaigning for a development in Kings Cross which provides the affordable, family homes the people in the […]
4 April 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP is urging Londoners to register to vote for the Mayoral and London Assembly elections before it’s too late. London has the lowest voter registration in the country, with nearly 18 per cent of residents missing from the electoral role in inner London boroughs and 11 per cent in outer London. The average […]
Green candidate for Mayor of London, Sian Berry, joined Heather Finlay, Assembly candidate for City and East London, to visit Queen’s Market in Newham on Friday 4th April to meet with traders and shoppers. Siân also launched the Green Party’s pledge to protect and promote local shopping, not let London’s high streets and markets be […]
1 April 2008 by sianberry
Green Mayor candidate Siân Berry has responded to the comments of BNP candidate for the London Assembly, Nick Eriksen. Second on the BNP’s list, Eriksen wrote that the seriousness of rape is a "myth," that women who work are "unnatural and vile," and that "some women are like gongs – they need to be struck […]
27 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân has won the endorsement of Harry Bear, the first teddy bear to become an MP. Harry, the creation of author Richard Heller, works to make politics more accessible to children. His backing comes after Siân promised to ask London’s children to write her three new policies to make their lives better if she becomes […]
Green Assembly Members Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson have delivered this letter to Liberal Democrat headquarters in Westminster. Dear Nick, We are writing this open letter because we are concerned that your voters are about to go into a London election with no Liberal Democrat candidate. Although we do not always agree with the Liberal […]
26 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry visited the Regent Street Lush store on Tuesday 25 March to receive the endorsement of Mark Constantine, the co-founder and MD of the Lush cosmetics chain. Mark is backing Siân as his choice for Mayor of London, and has backed up his announcement with a £10,000 donation to her campaign. Mark Constantine said:"I’m […]
25 March 2008 by sianberry
Siân Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate, visited Brixton on Tuesday to launch the campaign of Lambeth and Southwark London Assembly candidate, and well-known local campaigner, Shane Collins. Siân and Shane highlighted crime issues affecting the area, and presented some of the Green Party’s policies for London that will help solve these problems, including: Extra […]
19 March 2008 by sianberry
In a joint press conference with Ken Livingstone this morning, Siân urged Green supporters to vote "Siân 1, Ken 2" as insurance against a Boris Johnson mayoralty. At the same press conference, Livingstone asked his voters to back Siân second. London Green Party members voted at a meeting on Monday night (17th March) to issue […]
14 March 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert MEP has criticized the Government’s decision to return or leave destitute 1,400 Iraqi asylum-seekers, whilst Jordan and Syria have been left to cope with the exodus of millions of Iraqi citizens since the conflict began. Ms Lambert was speaking ahead of a Stop The War demonstration taking place on Saturday 15 March at […]