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4th August 2017 by Islington Green Party
Researchers at the LSE have released a report claiming that Islington will be one of the areas worst hit by Brexit. By their ratings Islington ranks as likely to be the 10th most impacted area. The work by Swati Dhingra, Stephen Machin and Henry Overman broke down the likely impact of Brexit by local authority. Their work modelled the […]
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29th July 2017 by Islington Green Party
The fire at Grenfell Tower was a horrific tragedy. It’s clear that lessons must be learned. It’s been alarming to find out that other towers in London are covered in flammable cladding. Braithwaite Tower Here in Islington it’s already clear that there have been shortcomings. Braithwaite Tower (off City Road) has been found to have […]
22nd June 2017 by Islington Green Party
The attack on Finsbury Park Mosque was despicable but our community is stronger than one man’s intolerance. Read Benali Hamdache‘s letter published last week in the Islington Tribune. I spent a lot of my childhood standing outside mosques. After Friday prayers my father would chat to a seemingly endless trail of friends, distant relatives and well-wishers. My ropey Arabic […]
19th June 2017 by Islington Green Party
This letter was first published in the Islington Tribune on June 15th, 2017. For the second national ballot running, Islington has ended up on the wrong side of an extremely close result. Last year the Borough voted solidly for Remain in an EU referendum which chose Leave with only four per cent separating the two sides. Last week Islington’s two constituencies […]
6th June 2017 by Islington Green Party
Your vote matters. Our first past the post system encourages parties to campaign only for enough votes to win, rather than work to bring together the country as a whole. The 75% of voters in Islington who chose to remain in the EU are left behind, ignored by a government that doesn’t see their support […]
5th June 2017 by Islington Green Party
We are already feeling the cost of Brexit. Since June 2016, the value of the Pound has fallen against the Euro and the Dollar. Before Brexit, £1 bought $1.44. Today it buys $1.22. Meanwhile against the Euro, in June 2016 £1 bought €1.3. Today it buys €1.1. That’s a 15% drop against both currencies. That […]
4th June 2017 by Islington Green Party
Great Britain pioneered the use of coal in industrial processes. Later, along with the Americans, we were pioneers in the use of oil for energy, transport and chemical processes. Now the time has come for a third revolution in energy generation. It is imperative for our futures that we take a leadership role in this […]
3rd June 2017 by Islington Green Party
Britain is one of the least equal societies in Europe. Decades of neo-liberal policies under the Tories and then under New Labour have left a large gap between the wealthy and the rest of the community. The Tories believe they can close this gap through the re-introduction of Grammar Schools. There is no evidence to […]
We are raising funds for the Green Party campaign in Islington South and Finsbury, to help our candidate, Benali Hamdache spread our message of equality, environmentalism and a voice for Europe. Britain needs strong voices to fight hard Brexit, reform our unfair taxation system and tackle the climate crisis that threatens our way of life. […]
2nd June 2017 by Islington Green Party
The Tory’s rash and aggressive Brexit threatens not just our economic and social stability, but pensions, retirement, and the quality of life of elder people. The state pension ‘triple lock’, which guarantees pensions rise as prices do, could be threatened as Brexit weakens our economy. The current government has offered no promise of protecting the […]
