Cycling highways are only part of the cycling revolution 5 June 2009 by sianberry Responding to the London mayor’s announcement of two routes for cycling highways in London, Jenny Jones said: "Cycling highways are a big bold experiment which could deliver a huge rise in commuter cycling. However, the Mayor has to sort out all the dangerous junctions along these routes and that requires real money and commitment. An […] Read more »
Video – Jean Lambert’s Bus Tour, Day Two 2 June 2009 by sianberry Jean Lambert’s two-day bus tour of London came to Southwark (Uptown Oil, to refuel the bus with recycled biodiesel), to Brixton, to New Cross, and to Hackney (with a cycle honour guard). Vote Green on the 4th of June to re-elect Jean Lambert as London’s Green member of the European Parliament. Read more »
First summer smog warning as temperature rises 2 June 2009 by sianberry Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, has expressed concern over the health implications, particularly for children and those with existing breathing problems, of the first predicted summer smogs. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) issued the warning yesterday that the current hot weather is likely to lead to the first summer […] Read more »
Peter Tatchell – Why we need to re-elect Jean Lambert 1 June 2009 by sianberry In the fourth in our series of election videos, Peter Tatchell, the Green Party’s human rights spokesperson, talks about why we need to re-elect Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP for the last 10 years. Jean has worked very effectively to promote civil liberties in the European Parliament. We need a MEP who […] Read more »
How green are the Conservatives? 1 June 2009 by sianberry This Comment is Free article can be see and commented on at: http://www.guardian.co.uk However critical we may be ofLabour in government, we must always remember the Conservatives werepretty poor – not least on the sustainability agenda. Ironically, anumber of more positive policies, such as landfill tax and improvementin water quality, were driven by EU policies […] Read more »
UK Gay News endorses Green vote 1 June 2009 by sianberry The news portal UK Gay News has thrown its weight behind the Greens in the Euro elections. In a statement made by the news site on Sunday May 31st, “The [Green] party’s two current MEPs, Jean Lambert ( London ) and Caroline Lucas (South East) have served the European LGBT community well and their […] Read more »
Warm welcome for Green MEP at Nigerian pro-democracy symposium 1 June 2009 by sianberry Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, received a warm welcome last week [Friday 29 May] when she joined eminent campaigners including the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, [1] for the State of the Nigerian Nation, a major symposium on democracy and corruption in Nigeria. [2] Jean delivered the opening speech at the afternoon session, organised […] Read more »
Reports from Jean Lambert’s bus tour of London 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 […] Read more »
Jean Lambert joint best for animal rights voting record 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 […] Read more »
London Mayor still a year short on rape crisis funding 29 May 2009 by sianberry 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 […] Read more »