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7th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
The civilisation-threatening potential of Climate Change has been known for decades. However no election in this country has ever seen Climate Change presented as a top priority, and this year will be no different. As it has been at every opportunity spurned, not for lack of trying by the Green Party, this is a disaster. […]
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5th May 2017 by Islington Green Party
There are only two parts of me that don’t relish elections. My left foot and my right foot. But we have come to an accommodation and despite being barely recovered from the abuse they received in 2015 they are ready and grateful to be employed this time round in Islington. Far fewer hills than Brighton […]
28th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
During last year’s EU referendum, Benali Hamdache worked for ‘Britain Stronger In Europe’, the official campaign group for the Remain side of the debate. Benali is hugely passionate about our relationship with Europe and continues to be actively involved in campaigning against the current plans to take the UK towards an extreme version of Brexit. […]
Cllr Caroline Russell is one of two Green Party representatives on the London Assembly and is a councillor for Highbury East within the Islington North constituency. She is National Transport Spokesperson for the Green Party. Caroline has lived in Islington since 1986, initially in Kings Cross and since 1992 in Highbury. She is married with […]
On April 27th, Islington Green Party launched its biggest and most ambitious General Election campaign yet as it announced its candidates for the two parliamentary seats in Islington. Local party members voted for London Assembly Member and Islington Councillor Caroline Russell to contest the seat of Islington North and for pro-EU campaigner Benali Hamdache to […]
18th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
From the Green Party’s website: The Green Party has responded to Theresa May’s announcement of an early General Election. Caroline Lucas MP has promised a ‘bold, positive vision for a different kind of Britain’ while co-leader Jonathan Bartley said that the Green Party would give people a ‘real alternative to the politics of the past’. […]
17th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
Just back from a meeting at Sotheby Mews Day Centre hearing from users of the services there about what they value most. Friendship kindness and care for each other came up time and time again with countless examples of small actions that seem almost insignificant on their own but together add up to a support […]
15th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
There are over 17,000 EU citizens living and working in Islington, a borough which voted overwhelmingly to remain in Europe. The Green Party rejects the extreme Brexit which is being pursued by the government, and is campaigning locally and nationally for a better vision of the future. We are calling for a parliamentary vote on […]
13th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
Highgate Jobcentre Plus is due to shut its doors following cuts across the country that threaten 1 in 10 Jobcentres nationally. This comes at a time when insecure and exploitative zero-hour contracts are at an all-time high, housing costs are continuing to rise and charities are warning of ongoing pressures on disabled people struggling to […]
11th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
What is your most valuable possession? If you are a homeowner you would probably say it was your house. Otherwise, it might be your car, your TV or even your smart phone. I would argue it is something else. It is one of the things you have a right to as a resident of the UK. […]
7th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
In 2004, Caroline Russell conducted a survey with Christine Mabey of Islington Living Streets and local activists from Highbury Fields Association and Highbury Community Association – of pedestrians crossing at the notorious five-way junction between Highbury Grove, Highbury Hill and Leigh Road. Their results were categorical – 92% thought the crossing was unsafe, over half […]
5th April 2017 by Islington Green Party
After deciding, without consultation or warning, to close Sotheby Mews Day Centre, destroying the community built up over many years in this vital community centre, Islington Council moved to justify their actions by proposing to build much-needed social housing on the site. Islington Green Party welcomes new social housing, but rejects the idea that this […]
3rd April 2017 by Islington Green Party
This is about people. Last Saturday again 100,000 people marched to Parliament. On the 60th anniversary of the European Union, people came together to celebrate 60 years of peace amongst neighbours.But while across Europe people came together in celebration, in London it was also a march of the disenfranchised. Not just the 31,000 EU citizens […]
31st March 2017 by Islington Green Party
Our next Green Party meeting will be held in Islington Town Hall on April 19th at 19.30, and will focus in on “What’s Next after Article 50”. We’ll be discussing the next steps campaigners can take post Article 50 being triggered. London Green Party Assembly Member and local Cllr Caroline Russell will speak of […]
30th March 2017 by Islington Green Party
On Islington Council’s website there is a section urging people to help deal with the budget cuts. Recycling features at the bottom: “It costs £80 per tonne to send rubbish to landfill, but only £15 per tonne to recycle it – and of course it’s better for the environment.” However, as the council dug deeper […]
25th March 2017 by Islington Green Party
In a stunning act of disregard for the residents of Highbury East, the Labour Council voted 9th February, without warning, to demolish Sotheby Mews Day Centre, depriving 120 pensioners of a vital social and caring centre in their neighbourhood. There was no consultation, and the pensioners heard the news not from the Council, but from […]
22nd March 2017 by Islington Green Party
10th March 2017 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Russell said; “Since 2010, Islington Council has lost around £150million of its funding from national government. These cuts have been cruel and highly damaging to our community. An additional £3million of cuts have been proposed by the council and are aimed at services for children, older people and people with learning difficulties. These services […]
3rd March 2017 by Islington Green Party
Ben Hickey, Islington Green Party Member, writes; “No matter where we live in Islington, the air we all breathe is now heavily polluted, even on quieter side streets. Children, old people and those with existing medical conditions such as asthma are especially likely to be affected. Thousands of people are now estimated to die each […]
23rd February 2017 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party held a public meeting on 22nd February to discuss the highly topical and important issue of air pollution. The event was held to hear from residents about their experiences of air pollution in Islington and to also hear about possible local solutions. The meeting also helped people of all ages to get involved […]
13th February 2017 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is inviting people to attend a special public meeting on Wednesday 22nd February to discuss Islington’s recent and continuing high levels of air pollution. The meeting will take place in committee room 4 at Islington Town Hall from 7pm and attendees will hear from experts such as UCL’s Professor Andreas Sella, environmental […]
Islington Green Party has launched a public consultation to ask whether Islington residents would support an additional five percent increase in Council Tax for 2017/18 to prevent proposed cuts to adult social care, children’s services and services for people with learning disabilities. The Greens are encouraging local residents to go to Islington.greenparty.org.uk/budget to give their […]
21st December 2016 by Islington Green Party
21st December – Green Councillor Caroline Russell has welcomed a commitment by Islington Council to apply for funding for bike hangars across the borough. At a council meeting on Thursday 15th, Islington community nurse and Highbury Quadrant resident, Ciara Murphy, spoke of her difficulties as a cyclist who relies on her bike for work. She […]
7th December 2016 by Islington Green Party
Holloway Prison is closed and what comes next should be up to the local and wider Islington community as well as the women and their families that had their lives affected in one way or another by Holloway Prison. Several campaign groups have already organized themselves to try and make sure their voice and the […]