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24 January 2013 by sianberry
Islington Green Party has selected Mick Holloway to contest the forth-coming Junction ward by-election. Mick Holloway wants to “offer residents the chance to put a Green voice in the Town Hall again” The by-election was called following the resignation of independant councillor and former Liberal Democrat Arthur Graves. Long-time Islington resident, Mick Holloway has lived off Crouch […]
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21 January 2013 by sianberry
Boris Johnson yesterday in his Daily Telegraph article blamed sun spots and solar activity as the cause of climate change. This follows concerns raised over Boris Johnson’s choice of his keynote speaker Dr Matt Ridley at his Environment Conference last summer who played down the threat climate change poses. London Mayor Boris Johnson has been criticised […]
20 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Party candidate Andrew Child has thanked volunteers for their support after taking second place in Brixton Hill’s local council by-election. The by-election was called after the resignation of Labour’s Steve Reed, who left the post after winning a parliamentary by-election in Croydon North. The seat was won by Labour’s Martin Tiedemann, with Green Party candidate […]
16 January 2013 by sianberry
The Green Party has called for the Observer to drastically change its approach to trans writing after an article by Julie Burchill first published in the paper caused outrage across its readership and the wider world. The article, Transsexuals should cut it out, written by the freelance journalist and published as a comment piece […]
11 January 2013 by sianberry
The Mayor of London has told Darren Johnson AM that he won’t support a campaign based at Save the Children to halve the number of children growing up in overcrowded housing by 2020. 24% of children in London are growing up in overcrowded housing The 4in10 “No Space at Home” campaign have called upon the […]
9 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett visited Brixton today to give her backing to the Save George IV pub campaign. She spoke to shopkeepers threatened by plans to turn the historic pub and music venue on Brixton Hill into another Tesco. Natalie also heard from shop customers as well as locals concerned about the loss of pubs in […]
7 January 2013 by sianberry
Against the backdrop of the launch of the European Commission’s 2013 ‘Year of Air’ on Tuesday 8th January and its review of key European pollution legislation, London still has the worst Nitrogen Dioxide pollution of any major city in Europe. Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones and Green MP Caroline Lucas out campaigning for improved air […]
4 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Assembly Member Jenny Jones has released a report advising Mayor Boris Johnson to disband the Met’s Riot Police, in a push to improve trust in the police among young people. Green AM Jenny Jones has called for all public facing police officers to receive greater training for working with young people “The Kids are […]
2 January 2013 by sianberry
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett has given her support to nationwide protests against a 10th successive above-inflation fare rise. In London, Tube and Bus fares have risen by an average 4.2%, with a number of season tickets for those commuting between London and cities such as Norwich and Plymouth having risen by between 8 and […]
16 December 2012 by sianberry
The Met Police have issued an average of 7-9 Fixed Penalty Notices per year for car dooring during the last seven years. This is despite a Transport for London study finding that drivers opening doors accounted for 8% of the cyclists killed and seriously injured in 2007. This would be the equivalent of 46 cyclists […]