Help refugees with empty fire and police stations, Mayor told 4 September 2015 by sianberry London Green Party Mayoral candidate Sian Berry Sian Berry, the Green Party’s mayoral candidate, has urged Boris Johnson to offer empty fire and police stations as emergency accommodation for refugees, and to lobby the Government to let more refugees enter the UK and settle in London. Several former police and fire stations are already being […] Read more »
Sian Berry declared Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate 2 September 2015 by sianberry The Green Party has selected Sian Berry as their candidate for next May’s London Mayoral election. Transport campaigner Sian, who was elected as a Councillor on Camden Council last year, won an extremely close contest following a month-long internal selection process and a ballot of all London Green Party members. (From left to right) Green […] Read more »
Voting begins in Green Party’s London Mayoral contest 5 August 2015 by sianberry Green Party’s 6 Mayoral candidates line-up at a recent hustings chaired by Jean Lambert MEP (4th from right) Voting has now opened in the race to decide who will represent the Green Party as their Mayoral and Assembly candidates for next May’s London elections. With support for the Green Party in London having trebled […] Read more »
London Green Party hires Caroline Lucas’ campaign manager to steer Mayoral and Assembly bid 16 July 2015 by sianberry Adam McGibbon, who steered Caroline Lucas’ successful re-election in Brighton Pavilion earlier this year, will next month join the London Green Party as their Campaign Manager for the 2016 Assembly and Mayoral elections.Adam (right) with Caroline Lucas MP after her successful re-election in 2015 As Target Constituencies Campaign Manager in the general election, McGibbon supported […] Read more »
A decade after Green proposal, 20mph limit to be introduced in Lambeth 16 July 2015 by sianberry Lambeth Green Party has welcomed Lambeth Council’s decision to put in place a borough-wide 20mph speed limit to reduce the high level of deaths and injuries on the roads. Green Councillor Scott Ainslie, pictured by Brixton Buzz On July 20th Lambeth’s Cabinet Member for Environment & Sustainability Cllr Jennifer Brathwaite is expected to confirm a proposal […] Read more »
Leading Greens welcome Home Secretary’s decision to block use of water cannon 15 July 2015 by sianberry Leading Greens today responded to the refusal of the Home Secretary Theresa May to sanction use of the water cannon bought by the Mayor of London. Shahrar Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, said: “This is welcome news to all citizens who understand the importance of peaceful protest and the meaning of policing by […] Read more »
London Green Party’s Mayoral candidates battle it out in lively hustings 12 July 2015 by sianberry The six candidates competing to be the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate came head-to-head yesterday in their first major hustings event. Candidates Cllrs Caroline Russell and Sian Berry, and Green Party Equality Spokespeople Benali Hamdache (left-hand table, l-r) were quizzed by an audience of over 200 at London’s Birkbeck University along with their fellow candidates, Green Party […] Read more »
Greens pledge to continue resistance to TTIP despite EU vote 9 July 2015 by sianberry The European Parliament has passed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) bill, following the vote’s controversial postponement last month. London’s Green MEP Jean Lambert (second from left) campaigning before the vote Under direct pressure from its President, Martin Schultz, the European Parliament has adopted its recommendations on the TTIP negotiations. Greens continue to oppose […] Read more »
Candidates announced in London Green Party Mayoral contest 8 July 2015 by sianberry Six candidates will compete to be the Green Party’s London Mayoral candidate after candidates were formally announced today. Green Party Mayoral hustings take place on Saturday 11th July. Sign-up here. In what the party is describing as its “most competitive and high profile contest to date”, London Councillors Sian Berry and Caroline Russell, Party Spokespeople […] Read more »
Green Party’s Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson to step-down from London Assembly after sixteen years 29 June 2015 by sianberry Baroness Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson, the Green Party’s two current members of the London Assembly, have confirmed that they will not be seeking re-election next May. Nominations to be the Green Party’s Mayoral and Assembly candidates closed today. After sixteen years’ service as Assembly Members, Jones and Johnson have decided to step-down from their […] Read more »