Following the polling station debacle at last year’s general election, with long queues and several residents prevented from voting, the Council revised the arrangements for Highbury West ward, to prevent it happening again. Our experience from the referendum on 5 May, however, suggests they have still not got things right. This time they made residents […]
Month: May 2011
Islington Votes Yes to AV – a word of thanks
On Thursday 5 May, 57% of Islington voters said Yes to AV, making us, alongside neighbouring Camden, Hackney and Haringey, one of the six London boroughs and ten local areas in Britain voting for progressive change to our outdated electoral system. And that, despite both Islington’s Labout MPs publicy supporting the ‘No’ vote. Islington Green […]
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Comment on Fairness Commission
Islington Green Party welcomes the draft report of the Fairness Commission and congratulates the Labour council on commissioning it and all the work that has gone into its production. Its findings are certainly stark; how sad that we should find ourselves in this situation after so long under a Labour government. Now under this coalition […]
