Cycling deaths: “Morning rush hour HGV ban is minimum Mayor can do” 18 November 2013 by sianberry Green Assembly Member and Working Peer Jenny Jones warns the Mayor his delays will only result in more deaths, as another cyclist is been killed after a collision with an HGV. The man, believed to be in his sixties, is the sixth victim in the last two weeks. Jenny Jones (left) and Green Party Local […] Read more »
London Young Greens hold “Wronga” cake sale in protest against company’s “rampant profiteering” 15 November 2013 by sianberry Today London Young Greens held a “wronga” bake sale outside headquarters of Wonga in protest against payday loans. At the Wronga cake sale today: LYG Campaign Officer Benali Hamdache, London Green Party Students Officer Paul Cohen, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, MEP candidate Amelia Womack and Young Green Ernestas Jegorovas. The Green Party reiterated its […] Read more »
Mayor refuses to accept his part in the death of 5 cyclists in 9 days 14 November 2013 by sianberry It what has been described as “carnage” by London’s Evening Standard, five cyclists have been killed in the city in 9 days. Three of the cyclists were hit whilst cycling along the Cycle Superhighway (CS2) between Algate and Bow. A candlelit bike was lit at the Cycle Safe Vigil at Bow Roundabout Image: Caroline Russell […] Read more »
Councils have the power to halt energy bill hikes, say Barnet Greens 14 November 2013 by sianberry Barnet Greens have called on local councils to do their part in securing affordable energy for residents. In the last month, 5 of the “Big Six” energy firms have announced price increases. Although energy firm bosses have since been called infront of MPs to defend their price hikes, Green Party figures have expressed doubts that […] Read more »
Baroness Jenny Jones, AM: File kept on me by Met spies is “pathetic” 12 November 2013 by sianberry Baroness Jenny Jones has questioned the Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Craig Mackey and the Deputy Mayor on the the ethical and financial implications of spying on “all sorts of innocent people who don’t break the law” A section of Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones’s file, published on the MayorWatch site. Following a Freedom of Information […] Read more »
Europe-wide Green Primary launches, with London Greens to host hustings 10 November 2013 by sianberry The London Green party is pleased to be hosting hustings for an historic pan-European Primary, which gives all EU citizens aged 16 or over a chance to vote for their preferred lead Green candidates for the 2014 European Elections. Between today and January 28 every Green party member or sympathiser in Europe over the age […] Read more »
Green MEP Candidate: “£720,000 ‘affordable’ home is a symptom of a Mayor that doesn’t care” 9 November 2013 by sianberry Green European Parliamentary Candidate Caroline Allen has called for the Mayor to champion social housing and to introduce rent controls as £720k “affordable home” is put on market. Green MEP candidate Caroline Allen called the £720k “affordable” home “a new and depressing landmark in London’s housing madness” Advertised on sharetobuy.com – which describes itself as […] Read more »
“Working together we can resist this government’s ideological onslaught” says Green Welfare Spokesperson 6 November 2013 by sianberry On 5th November people up and down the country celebrated a growing resistance to government policies by engaging in many and varied peaceful acts of civil disobedience that they had planned and organised in their local People’s Assemblies. London Green and Party Welfare Spokesperson Romayne Phoenix (centre left, green scarf) joined protestors against the governments […] Read more »
Over 8% of deaths in Westminster and Islington due to vehicle emissions 6 November 2013 by sianberry Green MEP Jean Lambert and Baroness Jenny Jones AM join campaigners in urging Mayor and councils to do more to curb this “silent killer” as deaths linked to vehicle emissions rise in half of London’s boroughs. Green MEP Jean Lambert, centre, with Clean Air director Simon Birkett and local campaigner Maureen Childs According to data […] Read more »
London Green Party congratulates Jenny Jones AM on her introduction as a working Peer 5 November 2013 by sianberry Today leading Green Party politician, Jenny Jones, was officially introduced into the Second Chamber in the Palace of Westminster, by Baroness Grey-Thompson and Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws as “Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb”. Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett said: “We can only hope this can act as a spur towards wider reform of this house, […] Read more »