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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 […]
Should you thank an election volunteer? It’s a question I ask myself as people return from delivering leaflets, hand in their canvass sheets or finish another marathon envelope stuffing session in our magnificent basement office. Obviously, if people make me a cup of tea, buy me chocolate, remind me what day of the week it […]
I’m standing for parliament for the Green Party in Islington North. If elected, I would push for people to have a say on the terms negotiated for leaving the EU, work to protect human rights, employment rights and the environment, and be an effective local champion for Islington North. I’m standing against the Labour leader who thinks we should […]
31st May 2017 by Islington Green Party
In 2016, Islington Council moved to adopt anonymous CVs across its infrastructure, led by campaigners from Islington Green Party. Benali Hamdache, candidate for Islington South and Finsbury, who campaigned on anonymous CVs in Islington, said: “Too many people find it more difficult to find a job because of their ethnicity. Countless research has shown that […]
30th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
Teresa May is seeking a mandate for a destructive Brexit which no one wants. In Islington, 75% voted to Remain in the EU, but the Tories are plunging us towards a catastrophic deal with Europe, ignoring the voices of people across the country who stood against UKIP’s fear-mongering campaign, and fought for inclusivity, economic stability […]
29th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
“Brexit means Brexit” – three words that mean nothing at all. It’s time to start talking about what we’re actually getting. The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, entirely and totally, was never supposed to be on the table. It will cripple the country’s economy – which is why the Leave campaign promised it […]
27th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
In Bristol in 2017, the Green Party has a chance to win a second MP, strengthening the voice for equality and environmentalism across the UK. Bristol is already leading the way in the fight against climate change – most recently with the Bristol Energy Cooperative, a publically-owned energy company focused on generating local energy for […]
26th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
The Green Party opposes Brexit and we vehemently reject a hard Brexit. We support a transnational approach to the problems – economic, environmental and political – that we face. It is only through international cooperation that we are going to re-launch our economies still under a cloud from the global banking crisis, that we are […]
25th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
The gap between rich and poor is increasing, while inflation means that peoples’ wages today are lower than ten years ago. Unemployment has fallen since 2008, but 5.4 million people still earn less than the minimum living wage and 28.5% of people in a temporary job are still trying to get a full-time one – […]
24th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
Why do fossil fuel companies behave so badly? In Canada, Fort McMurray nearly burnt to the ground as the tar sands caught on fire. In America, the Dakota Access Pipeline was pushed through across the homes of native peoples, who came out in their tens of thousands to protest to the destruction of their lands, […]
22nd May 2017 by Islington Green Party
Not voting Labour, for many people, is achingly hard. There is an inbuilt loyalty to the party that won so many victories for workers and the vulnerable. It has been the vehicle of serious progress. The bastion of hope for the whole loosely defined coalition on the left side British politics since before WW2. In […]
18th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
Young people are the future, and our future needs protecting. It’s never been harder to be a young person in the UK – struggling with student debt, unreliable job prospects and unaffordable housing. Under a government that is failing them, young people need a voice. The Green Party will be that voice. The Green Party […]
16th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
In January of 2014 I started work on a novel, Fellside, set in a colossal women’s prison on the Yorkshire moors. An imaginary setting, but loosely inspired by the Conservative government’s plans (inherited from New Labour) to build a new generation of so-called “titan” prisons to house Britain’s rapidly increasing prison population. I would be […]
10th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
The Clean Air Act of 1952 was a response to the deaths of 12,000 people in the Great Smog. We have reached a new tipping point. In 2015 London’s air killed 9,500 people. Since then the situation has only gotten worse. In January many areas of London blew their maximum pollution targets for the entire […]
8th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
Today, Islington Green Party launched four key pledges to improve the air we breathe and tackle the rising levels of pollution across the borough. The pledges are the first set of policy announcements from Islington the Green Party in the run up to the General Election on 8th June. The Greens, Islington’s second party, have […]