Caroline Russell to contest St Mary’s for Greens 15th October 2011 by Islington Green Party Local walking champion, Caroline Russell has lived in Islington for 25 years. Working with Living Streets she helped campaign for the recent improvements at Angel and collaborated with cyclists on the design of the new crossing at Madras Place. She is passionate about addressing health inequality by improving our streets, making them into places for […] Read more »
What a Green councillor could do for Islington 8th August 2011 by Islington Green Party 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} This letter from our Green candidate for St Peters Ward, Caroline Allen, was […] Read more »
Why St Peters should vote Green on August 11 30th July 2011 by Islington Green Party Islington Green Party activists have been out in force delivering our campaign leaflet to all St Peter’s ward residents in the run up to the by-election for the council seat on August 11. The leaflet introduces our candidate, local vet Caroline Allen, and shows how she aims to build on the achievements of Green Councillor […] Read more »
What our Green Councillor would do for Regents Canal users 29th July 2011 by Islington Green Party St Peter’s ward by-election Green Party candidate Caroline Allen explains how she would help users of the local canal as a Green Councillor. As a regular user of the Regents Canal as it passes through Islington I am well aware of problems over how this resource is shared between the different users; as well as […] Read more »
Sign our petitions to introduce 20 mph limits to Islington’s main roads 28th July 2011 by Islington Green Party Islington Green Party has launched two new petitions to introduce 20 mph speed limits to Islington’s main roads. Part of our Safer Streets for Islington campaign, the petitions call on Transport for London and Islington Council to extend the 20 mph speed limits from Islington’s residential roads to New North Road and Essex Road in […] Read more »
Greens announce candidate for by-election 17th July 2011 by Islington Green Party Caroline Allen to represent the Green Party in the St Peter’s ward by-election The Green Party have announced that their candidate in the St Peter’s ward by-election on 11th August will be local vet Caroline Allen. Caroline, who works as a veterinary surgeon at the Canonbury Veterinary Practice on Essex Road, joined the Green Party […] Read more »
Islington Greens call for collaboration to tackle an INVISIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS 27th June 2011 by Islington Green Party More than half of Islington’s 45 primary schools (23) are within 150m (492ft) of roads arrying more than 10,000 vehicles a day, putting pupils health at risk. Figures obtained by the Clean Air London (CAL) campaign, through a freedom of information request to Transport for London, show 36 primaries and 6 secondaries are within 400m […] Read more »
Voting difficult in Highbury again 16th May 2011 by Islington Green Party Following the polling station debacle at last year’s general election, with long queues and several residents prevented from voting, the Council revised the arrangements for Highbury West ward, to prevent it happening again. Our experience from the referendum on 5 May, however, suggests they have still not got things right. This time they made residents […] Read more »
Islington Votes Yes to AV – a word of thanks 11th May 2011 by Islington Green Party On Thursday 5 May, 57% of Islington voters said Yes to AV, making us, alongside neighbouring Camden, Hackney and Haringey, one of the six London boroughs and ten local areas in Britain voting for progressive change to our outdated electoral system. And that, despite both Islington’s Labout MPs publicy supporting the ‘No’ vote. Islington Green […] Read more »
Comment on Fairness Commission 7th May 2011 by Islington Green Party Islington Green Party welcomes the draft report of the Fairness Commission and congratulates the Labour council on commissioning it and all the work that has gone into its production. Its findings are certainly stark; how sad that we should find ourselves in this situation after so long under a Labour government. Now under this coalition […] Read more »