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19 May 2014 by sianberry
Highlighting the work of Green MEPs to cap bankers bonuses, London Green MEP Jean Lambert called for fair pay for all Londoners, and the largely publicly-owned RBS to introduce a maximum top-to-bottom pay ratio of 10:1 for its employees. The move comes as new government statistics show rising income inequality in the UK – with […]
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17 May 2014 by sianberry
Designer Katharine Hamnett created this t-shirt for Green Party MP Caroline Lucas KATHARINE Hamnett CBE, the pioneer of ethical and environmental clothing, has pledged her support for the Green Party ahead of the May 22 European and Local Elections. “It’s going to be Ukip or the Greens at the European elections. We don’t want any […]
16 May 2014 by sianberry
The Green Party is the only party in London to have given its full support to a campaign run by the pedestrians’ organisation Living Streets to protect the city’s high streets. The “Speak up for High Streets” campaign is calling on all council candidates in London to pledge to speak up for their neighbourhood high […]
15 May 2014 by sianberry
London Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones at last year’s Space for Cycling rally The Green Party is the only party in London to have given its full support to the London Cycling Campaign’s list of ward-by-ward asks for the upcoming local council elections. The “Space for Cycling” campaign, which aims to improve quality of […]
LONDON’S Green MEP Jean Lambert called for a full and transparent investigation into the mining accident that has taken at least 280 lives in Soma, Turkey, with many still missing. Lambert is a member of the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs committee and said it highlights the importance of health and safety regulations to […]
LONDON’S Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert has said EU migration is ‘good for London’. Speaking at a debate with the only female candidate for EU Commission President Ska Keller, a German Green MEP, Ms Lambert said the economic and cultural case for free movement within the EU was ‘overwhelming’. She said: “There are more than a […]
14 May 2014 by sianberry
London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert has visited a potential site for fracking in Croydon with MP and anti-fracking activist Caroline Lucas. Dr Lucas is a leading voice in the campaign against fracking who was arrested during a peaceful protest at the exploratory drilling site in Balcombe (and later cleared of all charges). Croydon is one […]
13 May 2014 by sianberry
German Green MEP Ska Keller (middle) joins London Green MEP Jean Lambert (third from right), London MEP candidate Caroline Allen (second from right), Green Party leader Natalie Bennett (third from left) and members of the Young Greens at the launch of the Green Youth Manifesto. LONDON Euro-MP Jean Lambert has joined forces with the only […]
LONDON Green Party MEP Jean Lambert has called for urgent action to clean up South London’s polluted air. She made her comments during a visit to Crystal Palace to see for herself one of the capital’s many smog ‘hotspots’ that breach EU health limits. The visit came hot on the heels of latest opinion polling […]
London Green MEP Jean Lambert today (Tue) joined the campaign to save historic parkland at Crystal Palace from commercial development. The hilltop public park, on which crystal palace stood from 1852 until it was relocated, is proposed as a site for a large scale multi-storey project from a Chinese developer, which has received the backing […]
12 May 2014 by sianberry
London MEP Jean Lambert has joined hundreds of demonstrators from across the capital at a rally outside the Nigerian High Commission to demand the Nigerian Government steps up efforts to free the 234 girls kidnapped from a school three weeks ago. Speaking outside the Nigerian High Commission, she said: “The plight of these girls has […]
Green Party MEP Jean Lambert (3rd from the left on the front row) at a European Greens anti-fracking demo London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert is on the campaign trail in South London on Monday (May 12) to highlight the threat of fracking in the capital. Lambert will be joined by local Green candidates and supporters […]
8 May 2014 by sianberry
At the London Green Party’s European and Local Elections Campaign this morning, Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP since 1999, spelt out how only the Green Party can deliver positive change for the common good. At the launch at College Green, Westminster, London, Lambert highlighted how only the Greens possess a “roadmap for real change” for […]
7 May 2014 by sianberry
UK DRUG legislation costs us billions of pounds, unnecessarily creates criminals and is failing us all. The law needs urgent reform. The war on drugs in England and Wales alone costs us more than £3 billion per year. But it is failing. It’s time for something new. The Green Party is the country’s only mainstream […]
4 May 2014 by sianberry
Lewisham Green Party members at the launch of their local elections campaign The London Green Party, London’s third party, is offering Londoners more opportunities than ever before to vote Green at the May 22 Local Elections. The London Green Party is standing Council candidates in more wards than at the last election. This […]
3 May 2014 by sianberry
LONDON’S Green Euro-MP Jean Lambert has called on the UK to offer US whistle-blower Edward Snowden a home and protection from prosecution ahead of World Press Freedom Day, which is marked today. She said: “The Government keeps saying we need to defend whistle-blowers – the question is, how brave is it on this issue? “Edward Snowden, […]
1 May 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert points to adopting stricter climate change targets to deal with London’s “serious lack of decent jobs”. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert will today join thousands of marchers expected to descend on Trafalgar Square for the annual May Day rally. Ms Lambert, who works closely with trade unionists and on workers rights […]
New EU rules must be made to address the capital’s stray dog crisis says Green MEP Jean Lambert after visiting Battersea Cats’ and Dogs’ Home. London Green MEP Jean Lambert has called for new EU rules to deal with the capital’s stray dog crisis, following a visit to Battersea Cats’ and Dogs’ Home. Ms Lambert […]
Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP was joined by vet, Green party Animal Spokesperson and London Euro canaidate Caroline Allen on a visit to Battersea Dog’s and Cat’s Home yesterday. They were invited there to see the work they do and discuss the issues that underlie the crisis of pet over population and resulting welfare issue. Green […]
30 April 2014 by sianberry
The Green proposed tax is designed to raise funds for public services while slowing the pace of financial speculation and bankers’ gambling responsible for the financial crash of 2008. As the UK Chancellor looks set to appeal the ruling Green MEP Jean Lambert accuses the Government of pretending leaving the EU is about UK’s freedom […]
29 April 2014 by sianberry
There is no business or environmental case for HS2 says Green MEP Jean Lambert, calling it a “railway for the 1%”. A “Stop HS2” poster outside West Ruislip railway station, photograph courtesy of Matt Buck. Plans to build high speed rail link from London to the Midlands are a costly diversion from providing decent public transport […]
Caroline Allen, the London Green Party number two candidate for the European elections spoke last night at a hustings event for Camden Keep Our NHS Public. Also present were Lucy Anderson from Labour, Dr Louise Irvine from the National Health Action Party as well as a representative from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. The […]
25 April 2014 by sianberry
“The time for talking is now over” says Green MEP Jean Lambert as she calls for legal action to be taken to stop the massacre of protected species. The Pallid Harrier is an example of one of Europe’s rarest birds of prey which has been killed in Malta. Photograph courtesy of Chinmayisk. A group of […]
24 April 2014 by sianberry
Green MEP Jean Lambert speaks out against the “darker side” of the fashion industry, pointing out the importance of trade unions to protect the rights of workers and the necessity of the consumer to realise the “real human cost of a cheap t-shirt”. Jean Lambert photographed at the ‘flash mob’ event in Oxford Street, part […]