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9 April 2009 by sianberry
A major protest will be taking place in London this Saturday 11 April, calling on the UK Government to exert its powers to help the Tamil citizens trapped and dying as a result of fighting in Sri Lanka. Jean Lambert, the Green Party MEP for London, will be joining the protests on Saturday and speaking […]
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8 April 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones, Green Party Home Affairs spokesperson and London Assembly member, has called senior police in the Met "complacent" over their belief their officers behaved professionally at all times during policing of the G20 protests. Jones labelled the aggressive tactics used by police offices to manage G20 demonstrations as a threat to public safety. Jones […]
6 April 2009 by sianberry
Today, on National Pensions Action Day (Monday 6 April), the Green Party announces its key election pledge for pensioners – a £165 a week non-means-tested citizens’ pension for every pensioner in the UK. The pledge will form part of the Green New Deal for Older People, which the Green Party will launch in the build-up […]
Surveying the outcomes of this week’s G20 summit, one of Britain’s leading Green politicians today called the summit’s outcomes a "kick in the teeth for British industry and global sustainability." Darren Johnson AM, Green Party spokesperson on trade and industry, said: "British industry needs a shot in the arm, but it’s been given a kick […]
5 April 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones, the Metropolitan Police Authority member who has formally complained over police tactics during the G20 demonstrations, has spoken out again today (1). Ms Jones, a Green Party member of the London Assembly and her party’s spokesperson on home affairs, said today: "I’m very concerned about reports gradually coming out about the death of […]
3 April 2009 by sianberry
Jenny Jones AM has written a formal letter to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to express her concerns about the treatment of the G20 protesters by the police (see below). The Assembly Member first brought up anxiety over the kettling of protesters outside Bank of England and in the Climate Camp in Bishopsgate at the Metropolitan […]
2 April 2009 by sianberry
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas MEP has described the tactics used by the Metropolitan Police at yesterday’s G20 protests as "disproportionate and provocative." Throughout today, reports had been coming in from Greens who had been involved in the protest. One party member involved said she had "returned shaken and appalled at the policing tactics employed […]
Today the European Parliament adopted the report by Dutch Green MEP Kathalijne Buitenweg, which extends discrimination protection beyond the labour market to goods and services for the discrimination grounds of sexual orientation, disability, age and religion/belief. The proposal now appears likely to be adopted during the Swedish Presidency of the EU, following last week’s commitment […]
1 April 2009 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, the Green Party MEP for London, has today spoken out in support of the peaceful protests taking place ahead of the G20 summit meetings. Thousands of people gathered in London to express concerns about a wide range of issues, from climate change to the collapse of the economy, as well as growing inequality […]
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, greeted Peace Cyclists at the European Parliament yesterday calling for a suspension of the EU-Israel trade agreement. At a meeting hosted by Jean Lambert, the activists made a presentation to MEPs on human rights abuses carried out by the Israeli authorities, witnessed over the past five years in Israel […]