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26 June 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Darren Johnson has criticised Mayor Boris Johnson’s transport policies following the publication of a report by TfL showing congestion on London’s roads has risen for the first time in 13 years. Darren Johnson, centre right, has called for better provision for pedestrians and cyclists on Abbey Road and across TfL’s network […]
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25 June 2014 by sianberry
Lewisham’s directly elected Mayor Steve Bullock has vowed to make all borough maintained roads in Lewisham 20mph in a victory for Greens and local campaigners. Darren Johnson Green Party Assembly Member and Lewisham Councillor from 2002-2014, had petitioned the Mayor for life saving 20mph limits throughout his period representing residents in the borough. Most recently, Darren […]
21 June 2014 by sianberry
The Green Party today joined forces with Russell Brand, journalist Owen Jones and thousands of campaigners to demand an alternative to the government’s damaging and needless austerity measures. The demonstration was organised by the campaign group the People’s Assembly and saw thousands of campaigners march from Oxford Street to Westminster. London Young Greens were out in force […]
19 June 2014 by sianberry
Green Party’s Local Transport Spokesperson, Cllr Caroline Russell has joined with walking, cycling, and street design campaigners in a letter lending support to Camden’s vision for a less traffic dominated West End. Artist’s impression of the new look Tottenham Court Road (from wearecamden.org). Last week, Camden Council launched a public consultation on its West End Project, […]
16 June 2014 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member and working Peer Jenny Jones has spoken of the “pathetic” file the Metropolitan Police kept on her, as she gave support to a pensioner who is now facing a Supreme Court battle to keep his details out of domestic extremist database. The London Green Party responded to news of a fresh appeal […]
Speaking at Unite Against Facism’s Conference, Jean Lambert MEP warned: “Farage got to this point by a very nasty route” The gathering was called to address the topic: “After the Euro Elections — Stand Up to Ukip, Racism and Fascism.” Addressing the conference, lifelong human rights campaigner and Green MEP for London Jean Lambert spoke […]
12 June 2014 by sianberry
Jenny Jones AM has called on the Mayor once again to change his approach to tackling the rising number of people sleeping rough in the capital to intervene after a growing number of reports of “anti-homeless spikes” being fixed in the ground outside London buildings to prevent people from sleeping rough. Spikes outside a London Tesco and […]
11 June 2014 by sianberry
Despite the strength of opposition, Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson has recently made the decision to purchase 3 water cannon for London. An image, via the Independant, taken from Baroness Jones’s Buzzfeed listing 10 of the most compelling reasons why water cannon are a bad idea for Londoners. A MOPAC decision notice from 9 June 2014 signed […]
8 June 2014 by sianberry
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has joined local Green councillor Scott Ainslie in offering her support for the strikers at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton, who are taking action to try to win a living wage. Ritzy workers are on strike following months of dispute with management over the failure to pay a living wage […]
7 June 2014 by sianberry
Life-long human rights activist and recently re-elected Green MEP for London Jean Lambert addressed the crowd of 30,000 (right) who marched from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square to commemorate the tragic events of June 1984 in Amritsar, Panjab and call for justice for the victims. Sikhs are still seeking the truth three decades on […]