Attempt to ‘gag’ black businessman condemned by Greens in Southwark 26 April 2006 by sianberry Chair of the Black Awareness Group and former night club owner, Raymond Stevenson, has been given an Anti Social Behaviour Order by Southwark Council in response to an egg being thrown by one of his supporters at a council meeting. The Lib Dem group who hold the majority of seats in Southwark, have ignored their […] Read more »
‘Learn from the mistakes of Chernobyl and end nuclear’ 25 April 2006 by sianberry 20 years on from the world’s worst nuclear accident Green Euro MP Jean Lambert, has remembered those that lost their lives and warned that a nuclear future in the UK is too dangerous and simply cannot be justified Jean, who is Green MEP for London, will submit a Written Declaration to the European Parliament on […] Read more »
EU to monitor Russian state racism 24 April 2006 by sianberry The EU is to monitor racism and persecution of religious minorities in Russia after Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas demanded action following two cases of official discrimination against Hindus in Moscow. Last October, Hindus in Moscow were left with no place to worship after the city’s mayor rescinded an offer of land for the construction […] Read more »
London Greens Launch Local Election Campaign 17 April 2006 by sianberry Don’t let public services become a distant memory! PHOTO OPPORTUNITY- GIANT SIGNPOST AND BANNER WITH TARGET CANDIDATESDATE: TUESDAY, 18TH APRIL 2006WHERE: COLLEGE GREEN (opp Houses of Parliament)TIME: 10.30 AM Cllr Darren Johnson AM said, "This is an important election for London. We are fielding a record number of candidates and it is the Greens that […] Read more »
New TfL boss challenged on Thames Gateway Bridge ‘shambles’ 16 March 2006 by sianberry Green Party member of the London Assembly Darren Johnson today challenged new Transport for London commissioner Peter Hendy on the catalogue of errors behind TfL’s evidence to the Thames Gateway Bridge inquiry. Speaking at a London Assembly plenary meeting, Darren Johnson criticised TfL’s case as ‘a shambles’, and called on TfL to re-run its traffic […] Read more »
London’s Social housing drops by 38,000 homes in 4 years 15 March 2006 by sianberry The number of social housing units in London has reduced, not increased, according to new figures released by the Green Party Group on the London Assembly. This is despite a long-standing mayoral commitment to make more homes available to Londoners at affordable prices. The loss of social housing has accelerated over the last two years. […] Read more »
Over 4,000 Londoners injured in hit and run epidemic 9 March 2006 by sianberry Over 4,000 people a year are injured by ‘hit and run’ drivers in London, according to new figures revealed by Green Party members of the London Assembly. Nearly 20 of these victims die every year and another 500 are seriously injured. Green Party London Assembly member Jenny Jones called for a clampdown on uninsured driving […] Read more »
Shoot to kill questions remain unanswered 8 March 2006 by sianberry The review of Operation Kratos by the country’s top cops would not stop another innocent person becoming a victim of the shoot to kill policy, according to Jenny Jones, a Green Party member of the London Assembly and the Metropolitan Police Authority. Responding to the review by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Jenny […] Read more »
Green MEP calls on UK government to dig deeper into CIA flights 7 March 2006 by sianberry As the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee of Inquiry into the CIA Extraordinary Rendition flights took evidence from the Italian Secret Services and the Belgian Senate yesterday, Jean Lambert, UK Green MEP and substitute member of the Committee called on the UK Government to launch a formal investigation. Speaking at Liberty’s ‘No torture – No Compromise’ […] Read more »
Using water & canals in London 13 December 2005 by sianberry The report on London Waterways will be launched today, ahead of the Greens pressing Ken Livingstone for action at this months Mayor’s Question Time at City Hall. The Greens are calling for: · a Blue Ribbon Network Agency to be set up by the London Mayor to be a strategic body for all London’s waterways;· […] Read more »