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4th July 2014 by Islington Green Party
A letter by Islington Green Party Member, Andrew Myer It was a timely reminder from Prof Richard Wilkinson in a recent edition of the Islington Tribune that income levels are getting less and less equal in the UK (‘One day we will live in a society … not an economy,’ June 27). A more equal […]
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Green Party London Assembly Member Darren Johnson AM met with local Green Party members, pedestrians and cyclists at one of north London’s most dangerous junctions to highlight repeated delays to safety improvement works there. 17 cyclists were killed or seriously injured on the roundabout between 1987 and 2012 and The Green Party is calling for […]
27th June 2014 by Islington Green Party
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett joined Islington Green Party activists and members of Islington Cycle Action Group to protest at the site of an unfinished and unused cycle path, which could make cycle journeys safer in Clerkenwell. The cyclists, including Islington’s Green councillor Caroline Russell, met at the farcical stretch of raised concrete on Clerkenwell […]
A letter by Islington Green Party Member, Andrew Myer Councillor Joe Caluori has some valid reservations about proportional representation (PR), particularly his point about the importance of the link between citizens and their representatives (Letters page within the Islington Tribune, June 13). No democratic solution is ever perfect, but PR doesn’t have to be as […]
24th May 2014 by Islington Green Party
Voters in Highbury East have elected a Green councillor, Caroline Russell to represent them on the Council for the next four years. Cllr Caroline Russell who holds the only opposition seat to Labour’s 47 seats across the borough said: “My primary focus for the next four years will be to serve the people of Highbury […]
16th May 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington is ready for fresh ideas, a new approach to democracy and a change from the two parties which have dominated the borough’s politics for decades. That’s the message Greens are hearing on the doorstep every day, as we speak to Islington voters who are tired of being let down by Labour and Lib Dem […]
Islington Greens met London Assembly member, Jenny Jones to show her an example of one of the 844 new parking spaces squeezed in to our crowded streets by the Labour council without properly considering the impact on safety for people walking and cycling. Cyclists on the Sustrans Connect 2 route from Finsbury Park to […]
The Green Party is the only party in London to have given its full support to the London Cycling Campaign’s list of ward-by-ward asks for the upcoming local council elections. The “Space for Cycling” campaign, which aims to improve quality of life for all by making local streets in London safe and inviting for everyone […]
The Green Party is the only party in London to have given its full support to a campaign run by the pedestrians’ organisation Living Streets to protect the city’s high streets. The “Speak up for High Streets” campaign is calling on all council candidates in London to pledge to speak up for their neighbourhood high […]
14th May 2014 by Islington Green Party
As if selling off our local Fire Station for private profit weren’t bad enough, current and would-be residents of Clerkenwell will be further enraged by the Islington Tribune‘s revelation that the upper four floors, which could have provided desperately-needed extra housing, have sat empty for decades. While ordinary Londoners struggle to find a place to […]