Councils need to turn waste collection on its head 7 December 2004 by sianberry As landfill runs out, councils will be forced to drastically increase the amount they recycle or see London ringed with damaging incinerators. Darren Johnson, Green Party Member of the London Assembly said: ‘The concept of giving people larger boxes to encourage recycling is laughably easy. 92% of what goes into a bin can be recycled. […] Read more »
No gun London 7 December 2004 by sianberry Green Party member of the London Assembly, Jenny Jones, said: "While it’s reasonable to want to protect yourself in your own home, the current law allows ‘reasonable force’ and it would be mad to encourage an increase in the amount of violence in London. Let’s make London safer by removing all guns from private hands. […] Read more »
Greens ask Ken to use North Circular property sale to fund traffic reduction 7 November 2004 by sianberry Cllr. Darren Johnson AM, Green Party London Assembly Member, is pressing the Mayor to abandon the urban motorway scheme once and for all. TfL believe that they can raise around £60m over a period of five years from the sale of the majority of the 432 properties which they had acquired in order to expand […] Read more »
Bike theft jumps in London 21 October 2004 by sianberry Jenny Jones, Green Party member of the London Assembly, believes that this is partly connected to the growth in the sale of stolen bikes at Brick Lane market. The overall growth in the number of people cycling also accounts for some of the growth in thefts, with boroughs like Camden, Westminster and Wandsworth all near […] Read more »
Flood map guide makes global warming personal 17 October 2004 by sianberry The map shows which buildings are vulnerable to flooding and will prompt fears that owners and builders will be unable to get insurance cover in future years. Green Party Assembly member, Jenny Jones said: “Global warming is already a reality for people living as far apart as the disappearing islands of the pacific and the […] Read more »
Government under funding and road building to blame for higher London fares 20 September 2004 by sianberry Green Party Transport speaker, Darren Johnson said: “The Government is happy to pay for road schemes like widening the M25, but expects Londoners to find money for major public transport expansion in the capital. The Greens welcome the Mayor’s plans to expand public transport, but we don’t agree with bus fares going up to finance […] Read more »
GREENS CELEBRATE SUCCESS IN LONDON ELECTIONS 14 June 2004 by sianberry Darren Johnson who also ran for Mayor and received over 200,000 second preference votes said today, "The result is tinged with sadness due to the loss of Noel Lynch as an Assembly Member. Noel has done excellent work in promoting local businesses and protecting open spaces as well as being a strong green voice on […] Read more »
London Election Results 11 June 2004 by sianberry For all the results, go to the BBC news London elections webpage: news.bbc.co.uk Or the Guardian London elections webpage politics.guardian.co.uk Read more »
TV Star Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall backs the Greens 9 June 2004 by sianberry He said, "Europe needs more Green MEPs. Most environmental decisions are made at the European level and Green MEPs can have the most far-reaching effect." Hugh, who has advocated using local food in his River Cottage TV series and is a keen supporter of the organic movement, added: Having more elected Greens will increase the […] Read more »
GREENS SLAM HUGHES FOR GUTTER POLITICS 9 June 2004 by sianberry Darren Johnson said, "This slur is amazing. The No Campaign has never given the Green Party money. It did pay for a leaflet for the Green Party to advertise its pro-European stance but its anti euro currency policy as it did for Labour against the Euro. The campaign was led by Dr David Owen, that […] Read more »