EU4U! PREMIERE BRINGS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO LIFE 28 November 2006 by sianberry Three young Londoners brought the European Parliament to life last night at the premiere of ‘EU4! Your Voice can make a difference!’, the new DVD from London’s Green Euro MP, Jean Lambert. With the European Parliament seemingly so far away Jean Lambert knows it can be difficult for young people to understand how they can […] Read more »
GREEN PEER DEMANDS ACTION ON EMBODIED CARBON 27 November 2006 by sianberry "We need to take responsibility for all the carbon production in the whole of our economy… we are in effect now exporting the production of CO2 abroad, to China and other countries." Lord Beaumont of Whitley will today outline the shortcomings of the government’s policy on tackling climate change – from the minimal carbon targets […] Read more »
Sack Metronet! 21 November 2006 by sianberry London Green Party Chair, Noel Lynch said "Commuters have suffered too long from the application of a flawed ideology. Metronet makes £1,000,000 per week but cannot produce even a minimum acceptable service. Only a week ago the company was slated by the independent PPP arbiter for failing to do it’s job properly. Their inefficiency caused […] Read more »
Green MEP Calls For An End To Religious Discrimination 21 November 2006 by sianberry Jean Lambert joined with Liberty and the British Muslim Initiative at a Rally to Defend Religious Minorities to address the issue last night. Recent reports have shown that mounting levels of Islamophobic prejudice and discrimination have been present in the UK since September 11th 2001, yet little has been done to address the suspicion and […] Read more »
Green MEP Opens EU Premiere On 1st Cystic Fibrosis Day 21 November 2006 by sianberry Jean Lambert opened the EU premiere of the opera-musical ‘Some Sunny Night’ highlighting that we can ‘make the impossible possible.’ Jean Lambert, who is a member of the Parliamentary Intergroup on disability rights joined with Cystic Fibrosis Europe, the organisation representing 30,000 patients in 30 European Countries, Unicef and the Norweigian Ambassador to call for […] Read more »
Sian Berry can win in Kentish Town 18 November 2006 by sianberry We already have two Green councillors in Camden. Vote for Sian and give Camden an even stronger Green voice on your local council. Sian was only 157 votes off winning a seat in Kentish Town in the May council election. This time she can win. More and more Greens are getting elected around London and […] Read more »
London’s Green MEP Joins Waltham Forest FOE In Climate Change Action 17 November 2006 by sianberry Jean, who has lived in Walthamstow for over thirty years, urged Londoners to make a small change to their lives to ensure that generations to come had a positive future to look forward to. Jean commented; "We are currently facing an inevitable climate change crisis. If we are going to change this and improve our […] Read more »
Euro MP Demands Columbian President Upholds Human Rights 17 November 2006 by sianberry The MEP demanded an explaination as to why they continue to allow the persecution of political leaders, trade unionists and defenders of human rights. Jean Lambert, who has been awarded for her work on justice and human rights signed up to a letter, presented to President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Vice President Francisco Santos, demanding […] Read more »
Green MEP Calls For Action To Combat Human Trafficking 17 November 2006 by sianberry Jean, who is London’s Green MEP, has continued to campaign for the rights of victims of trafficking and welcomed today’s comprehensive report which looks at all dimensions of trafficking, not just that of sexual exploitation. “Of those countries signed up to the EU’s initiative for short term residents permits, designed with vicitims of trafficking in […] Read more »
GOVERNMENT POLICY AND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE 16 November 2006 by sianberry – 71% of UK’s leading energy experts believe the 2006 energy review proposals will not have any impact on ensuring UK achieves its 2012 Kyoto targets – Government is funding projects that actively damage the climate – EU about to take UK to court for failure to ensure public buildings are labelled according to energy […] Read more »