GLA Green candidate Miranda Dunn arrested for criminal damage to a carpet at Landmark Hotel 13 May 2004 by sianberry Miranda Dunn is being held at Paddington police station tonight after being arrested for criminal damage to a carpet. Miranda, who was protesting at the Landmark Hotel where George Bush Senior is staying was arrested just before 7.00 pm this evening. George Bush Senior is holding a $1000 dollar fundraising dinner to help re-elect his […] Read more »
Noel saves the day – Green Party Assembly Member demands police return protestor Brian Haw’s placards 10 May 2004 by sianberry Noel Lynch said, "As I speak, the police are returning all the banners belonging to Brian Haw. I can confirm Brian is back protesting in his usual place. I believe this action by the police was politically inspired. If there was a bomb scare caused by a parked car, why did the police endanger their […] Read more »
Greens launch election manifesto -Quality life for a Quality London 10 May 2004 by sianberry Jenny Jones, Deputy Mayor of London, Darren Johnson, Green Party Mayoral Candidate and Jean Lambert, Member of the European Parliament will be setting out Green Party programme for London for the next term of office. The Green Party is putting forward an exciting vision of a Green London where quality of life for all is […] Read more »
Green Party Deputy Mayor Jenny Jones ‘rides out’ with ten year ‘critical mass’ global celebration 30 April 2004 by sianberry The London ride is one of many happening on the same day in cities all over the world, from Delhi to Tokyo, from Adelaide to Zurich, from Rio de Janeiro to the three separate rides in San Francisco, where the mass is so big it has to split up. People are keen to celebrate the […] Read more »
Asthma sufferers will benefit from reduced levels of traffic 30 April 2004 by sianberry A recent report (1) by the Air Quality Expert Group advises that, in 2010, 23% of major road lengths in London are likely to exceed 40 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide (EU limit value), compared with 5% in the rest of England and 0% in Wales. Nitrogen dioxide is formed when fuel is burnt at high […] Read more »
Greens launch manifesto for a gay-friendly London 27 April 2004 by sianberry "As London’s first ever out gay Mayor I will be working to enhance London’s role as a world class gay-friendly city. My plans include establishing a Lesbian & Gay History Museum to celebrate queer history and culture. At the same time, I recognise that there is no room for complacency and will be working to […] Read more »
Jenny Jones Green Party Assembly Member and Deputy Mayor of London joins ‘Mayors for Peace’ delegation in New York 27 April 2004 by sianberry Jenny Jones, Green Party Assembly Member and Deputy Mayor of London, will represent the Greater London Authority on a ‘Mayors for Peace’ delegation to the United Nations in New York on 27th and 28th April. The delegation, organised to coincide with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee at the UN, will use a series of […] Read more »
New report shows 16 of London’s 33 boroughs fail EU pollution standards 27 April 2004 by sianberry Darren said, "We cannot trust Labour, the Tories or the Liberal Democrats on environmental measures. Under their leadership, whether on the Assembly or on Local Authorities, they have failed Londoners miserably." Darren continued, "For those with asthma or respiratory illness, high levels of nitrogen dioxide can be dangerous. My rivals for Mayor of London are […] Read more »
BUY IT NOW! – CD – Paint the whole world Green 27 April 2004 by sianberry In wooing a younger audience for the June elections, London and Southeast Green Parties have sought the help of Brixton-based record producer Charles Bailey. Entitled "Paint the Whole World Green" and catchy beyond anything produced by Pete Waterman, this CD is priced at only £5 for individuals. Order by post from London Green Party, 1a […] Read more »
Darren launches plan for a Green London 26 April 2004 by sianberry Darren is lambasting Mayor Livingstone’s ‘London Plan’, with its emphasis on massive growth in London’s corporate financial sector and new office space: the equivalent of an additional seventy-five Canary Wharfs. Tomorrow, Darren launches his own alternative ‘Plan for a Green London’. "We need planning policies that meet the needs of London’s communities, not serve the […] Read more »