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22nd January 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party welcomes the decision of the European Court of Human Rights which upheld the ruling of the UK Supreme Court that Lillian Ladele, a former Islington Town Hall registrar who refused to officiate at same-sex civil partnership ceremonies, was rightfully deemed not to have been discriminated against by Islington Council. Ozoda Muminova said “It is unacceptable for […]
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21st January 2013 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Allen, Green Party Animal Welfare Spokesperson, says that given the multiple crises affecting our food supply chains it is not surprising that cheap filler ingredients make their way onto supermarket shelves. “The relentless rise of food prices- including feed price for animals -means that processors will have to be increasingly inventive to continue to […]
28th November 2012 by Islington Green Party
Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson joined Islington Greens on Friday calling for Mayor of London and Islington resident, Boris Johnson to help make Islington a truly 20mph borough. Darren Johnson said “Islington have taken a very welcome step in introducing a borough-wide 20mph limit but that only affects the roads the council controls directly, not […]
20th November 2012 by Islington Green Party
On Thursday night almost exactly sixty years on from the Great Smog of 1952, Islington Council heard that the borough’s air quality is no better now than it was then. In the middle of another smog episode, Islington Greens were there to hear the highly respected Simon Birkett of the Clean Air London campaign give […]
Dance the night away with Green Kite Midnight and Islington Greens at our fund-raising ceilidh on Saturday 8th December from 7.30 – 10.45. We’re raising money for the Euro and Local Council election campaigns in 2014. To kick off the fundraising drive, we’ve organised a Ceilidh with Climate Camp band Green Kite Midnight – you […]
16th November 2012 by Islington Green Party
Labour councillors on the Council’s centralised planning committee appear to have an incomplete understanding of the benefit to the community provided by Islington’s Union Chapel (“Chapel … ‘not Downton Abbey‘”, Tribune, 16 Nov 12). Highbury campaigner, Emma Dixon said “The Chapel is a magnificent building. It is also a place of worship and an award-winning […]
19th October 2012 by Islington Green Party
Following last November’s decision by the Islington Council Executive to roll out 20mph limits on all borough controlled MAIN roads, the Council Executive last night decided to go ahead with implementation following a statutory consultation despite objections from the police. Caroline Allen said “Green Councillor Katie Dawson’s motion to bring 20 mph limits across Islington […]
9th October 2012 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party activists spent much of the summer successfully fighting Network Rail’s campaign of tree clearance in Islington – but it now appears Network Rail has not learned its lesson, with yet more destruction and broken promises last weekend. The site of the latest devastation is St Paul’s Road, where residents awoke without prior […]
Islington Green Party has this week exposed an event aimed at encouraging women to become councillors in the borough as little more than a recruiting exercise for the local Labour Party – paid for by taxpayers’ money. Islington’s Labour party councillors have been promoting the ‘Be a Councillor’ event which they claim is aimed […]
20th September 2012 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens and Climate Rush campaigners are calling for action to address Islington’s health damaging air pollution. This Saturday, International Car Free Day, they are touring Highbury with a “Clean Air Cloud”, creating an opportunity to imagine life with streets free from cars, and the associated noise, danger and pollution that come with them. Caroline Russell said “Regrettably […]
7th September 2012 by Islington Green Party
Recently released statistics show the number of road accidents has increased in areas with a 20mph limit but contrary to letters in the Islington Tribune (‘Sobering rise in accidents on roads with 20mph limit’ Tribune 31st August) Caroline Russell said “it is wrong to imply that these figures suggest lower speeds somehow increase risk. The numbers […]
3rd September 2012 by Islington Green Party
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12th July 2012 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party has called for Islington’s Labour Council to stop investing in tobacco firms after an FoI request by an NHS nurse revealed that it had put £13 million into tobacco companies as part of its £750m pension pot. Emma Dixon of Islington Greens said: “Smoking is estimated to cost the NHS £5.2 billion every year. […]
5th July 2012 by Islington Green Party
Following the successful campaign to save the Whittington Hospital A&E from Labour Government cuts in 2010, our local hospital is once again under threat. The so-called ‘austerity’ agenda of the Con-Dem government means that the Whittington Hospital faces cuts calculated by the Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition (DWHC) at a total of £13 million up […]
22nd June 2012 by Islington Green Party
Green Party Leader Caroline Lucas MP and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds gave their support this week to Islington Green Party’s campaign against deforestation by Network Rail, which has denuded an area at Ashburton Triangle, Highbury and which threatens an area the size of the Forest of Dean nationally. Dr Lucas MP […]
Islington Green Party supports the petition to extend cycle hire scheme to the whole of Islington. We would particularly like to see docking stations in residential areas and on estates to make the scheme useful and accessible to a broad range of residents. We recognise that the hire scheme is not perfect, but its extension will benefit a wider […]
18th June 2012 by Islington Green Party
The council’s intention to build new homes on existing estates is both sensible and necessary but from recent examples its approach on the ground seems in many cases arbitrary and unhelpfully rigid. Islingtonians recognise that we have a crying need for more affordable family housing and one of the biggest obstacles to this in a […]
14th June 2012 by Islington Green Party
Earlier this week, Islington Green Party received reports from residents at Ashburton Triangle that over the weekend Network Rail had destroyed vast swathes of trees and greenery adjoining the railway line there during bird nesting season. We are challenging Network Rail’s shocking actions by all means available to us, including by: -Reporting the matter to […]
9th May 2012 by Islington Green Party
Greens become third party in Mayoral and Assembly elections in Islington, Hackney and Waltham Forest and register more Green votes than anywhere else in London. • Green Party outpolls Liberal Democrats on party list in North East constituency by over 14,000 votes • Greens outpoll Liberal Democrats for first time in first past the post […]
8th May 2012 by Islington Green Party
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16th April 2012 by Islington Green Party
Green Party Leader praises Jones’ vision for a more equal, healthy and affordable London Caroline Lucas, the UK’s first Green MP and party leader will on Monday visit Islington to show her support for Jenny Jones’ Mayoral election campaign. Lucas, named Westminster’s most influential MP in her first year in the Commons, Jones, Assembly Member […]
11th April 2012 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party called today for enforcement of 20mph speed limits in Drayton Park where vehicles have been recorded traveling at twice the legal limit. One year after the 20mph limits were introduced to all residential roads in Islington, Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones joined London Assembly candidate Caroline Russell with a radar speed […]
4th April 2012 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green, Caroline Russell joined Jenny Jones this morning at London Bridge to launch the Green Party transport manifesto. The Green Party is the only party with policies that will provide the necessary investment in public transport, whilst reducing fares and cutting congestion on London’s roads. This is the message behind a comprehensive set of […]
2nd April 2012 by Islington Green Party
Green Party candidate for North East Constituency, Caroline Allen today laid out policies designed to support Islington’s shopping streets. Green mayoral candidate Jenny Jones said: “Decades of big-business government have left our high streets holding on by a thread. “As Mayor I would give communities and councils more power to keep jobs and money […]