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16 July 2015 by sianberry
Adam McGibbon, who steered Caroline Lucas’ successful re-election in Brighton Pavilion earlier this year, will next month join the London Green Party as their Campaign Manager for the 2016 Assembly and Mayoral elections.Adam (right) with Caroline Lucas MP after her successful re-election in 2015 As Target Constituencies Campaign Manager in the general election, McGibbon supported […]
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Lambeth Green Party has welcomed Lambeth Council’s decision to put in place a borough-wide 20mph speed limit to reduce the high level of deaths and injuries on the roads. Green Councillor Scott Ainslie, pictured by Brixton Buzz On July 20th Lambeth’s Cabinet Member for Environment & Sustainability Cllr Jennifer Brathwaite is expected to confirm a proposal […]
15 July 2015 by sianberry
Leading Greens today responded to the refusal of the Home Secretary Theresa May to sanction use of the water cannon bought by the Mayor of London. Shahrar Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, said: “This is welcome news to all citizens who understand the importance of peaceful protest and the meaning of policing by […]
12 July 2015 by sianberry
The six candidates competing to be the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate came head-to-head yesterday in their first major hustings event. Candidates Cllrs Caroline Russell and Sian Berry, and Green Party Equality Spokespeople Benali Hamdache (left-hand table, l-r) were quizzed by an audience of over 200 at London’s Birkbeck University along with their fellow candidates, Green Party […]
9 July 2015 by sianberry
The European Parliament has passed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) bill, following the vote’s controversial postponement last month. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert (second from left) campaigning before the vote Under direct pressure from its President, Martin Schultz, the European Parliament has adopted its recommendations on the TTIP negotiations. Greens continue to oppose […]
8 July 2015 by sianberry
Six candidates will compete to be the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate after candidates were formally announced today. Green Party Mayoral hustings take place on Saturday 11th July. Sign-up here. In what the party is describing as its “most competitive and high profile contest to date”, London Councillors Sian Berry and Caroline Russell, Party Spokespeople […]
29 June 2015 by sianberry
Baroness Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson, the Green Party’s two current members of the London Assembly, have confirmed that they will not be seeking re-election next May. Nominations to be the Green Party’s Mayoral and Assembly candidates closed today. After sixteen years’ service as Assembly Members, Jones and Johnson have decided to step-down from their […]
19 June 2015 by sianberry
“An alternative to austerity exists” says London Green Party Co-Chair Caroline Allen who calls for a fairer distribution of money and a “return to the values of compassion and humanity” ahead of tomorrow’s End Austerity Now march. “This Saturday an estimated 50,000 people will march through London to demand an end to austerity and the Green […]
18 June 2015 by sianberry
* Natalie Bennett: Demonstration will show our “determination to get real change in Britain.” * Caroline Lucas MP: “Voting for what you believe in isn’t always enough – sometimes you have to take to the streets too.” * Shahrar Ali: Greens “will fight for the right of everybody to a decent quality of life.” * […]
17 June 2015 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, Green Party Assembly Member, lambastes the Mayor of London for boasting “about the number of affordable homes he is building” whilst keeping the number of demolitions and sales “much quieter”. Darren Johnson, Green Party Member of the London Assembly, has accused the Mayor of London of misleading the public over his record on building social housing, […]