Greens call on Network Rail to halt all tree felling at St Paul’s Rd site 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 […] Read more »
Greens expose Be a Councillor event as Labour Recruitment Ploy 9th October 2012 by Islington Green Party 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 […] Read more »
Clean Air – it’s only fair! 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 […] Read more »
Rise in collisions emphasises case for 20mph roll out 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 […] Read more »
Natalie Bennett becomes Green Party Leader 3rd September 2012 by Islington Green Party Here is a short film about Natalie Read more »
Islington Green Party slams Council investment in tobacco firms 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. […] Read more »
ISLINGTON GREEN PARTY SUPPORTS WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN 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 […] Read more »
Islington Green Party supports the petition to extend cycle hire scheme to the whole of Islington 22nd June 2012 by Islington Green Party 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 […] Read more »
Green MP Caroline Lucas and RSPB support campaign against Network Rail 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 […] Read more »
Islington Green Party calls on Council to listen to residents of estates on housing 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 […] Read more »