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12th September 2017 by Islington Green Party
Campaigners are celebrating after the Government called for a review of Islington council plans to downsize Barnard Park’s community pitch. Local campaigners have been fighting council plans to remove the community pitch in Barnard Park. Islington Labour had put forward a plan to replace the pitch with a smaller space. Islington Greens have been supporting […]
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10th September 2017 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council has ignored campaigners and pushed ahead with controversial new plans for the Sobell Centre leaving 5 a side footballers, badminton players and others without a home. Over 1,500 people signed a petition against the plans but the council have pushed ahead with building work. The hall was renovated as recently as 2012. £250,000 had […]
16th August 2017 by Islington Green Party
This is a guest post written by Green Campaigner Jonathan Wright. It originally featured as a letter in the Islington Tribune I was pleased to see that TfL is looking at plans to reopen the old Highbury station at the southern end of Holloway Road as part of an expansion of the existing Highbury […]
13th August 2017 by Islington Green Party
London’s housing market is grinding to a halt as only 87 homes were sold in Islington May of this year. Figures from Bloomberg and the Land Registry shows this is down from 139 in 2016 and 259 in 2015. However, Islington house prices remain as unaffordable as before, having declined by less than 1% […]
6th August 2017 by Islington Green Party
This a guest post by Green campaigner Andrew Myer Once again Islington council is acting like a one-party Labour state, unwilling or unable to consult, listen or explain. The Sobell Centre is a tremendous local facility and the magnificent sports hall at its heart, with its Olympic legacy sprung floor, is the envy of […]
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 […]
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 […]