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November 20, 2019

Green Party General Election Manifesto Launch

If Not Now, When? It was great to attend and share powerful launch of  The Green Party’s ambitious manifesto for the 2019 General Election. As the proud parliamentary candidate for Poplar and Limehouse, our focus is on the urgent challenges of democracy and the Climate Emergency in a manifesto which puts us on track to make the whole country carbon neutral by...
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November 8, 2019

Great To Meet The Students At Central Foundation Girls’ School, Bow Road

I’m just back from the stimulating experience of speaking to bright, interested students at Central Foundation Girls’ School, Bow Road. All Credit to the teachers who invited in the Tower Hamlets’ prospective parliamentary candidates to talk to and answer questions in a citizenship class. What an opportunity to expound and defend our various political policies. The main issues raised by...
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October 16, 2019

End the London-wide ban on peaceful protest

The right to protest is a human right. We’re in a Climate Emergency and Extinction Rebellion have been taking to the streets pushing this do-nothing government to take action. Suddenly the Metropolitan Police have suspended the right to protest. Nowhere in London can Extinction Rebellion lawfully and peacefully campaign. It’s part of a troubling crackdown on the right to protest. Together with campaigners Green...
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October 14, 2019

Queen’s Speech includes an environment bill

Today’s Queen’s Speech included an environment bill to “enshrine principles in law” and set legally binding “improvement targets”. Watch the broadcast on the BBC or read the entire speech here. Or check out Amnesty UK’s alternative Queen’s Speech that puts people first and demands that challenging injustices – both in the UK and around the world – should be at the heart if...
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October 14, 2019

“Adults are failing: It’s the young who are showing us the way forward”, says Alex Phillips MEP

The politicians have floundered on climate change, says Green Party MEP Alexandra Phillips. It’s time to listen to the young Faced with fatal inaction on the part of politicians and parliamentarians, children and young people across Europe are taking matters into their own hands. At the Green Party conference we committed to putting young people first. A raft of new...
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October 14, 2019

Renewable energy generates more electricity than fossil fuels in the UK for first time

Renewable energy generated more electricity than fossil fuel power plants over the past three months, in an eco first for the UK. Wind farms, solar panels, biomass and hydropower plants generated around 29.5 terawatt hours of power. That is higher than the 29.1 for power stations fired by coal, gas and oil, climate website Carbon Brief found. Read more in...
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October 10, 2019

Greens call on European Investment Bank to exclusively back the green transition

Greens have welcomed moves to turn the European Investment Bank (EIB) into Europe’s “climate bank”, which forms part of a pledge by the new Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, to deliver a ‘European Green Deal.’ However, they say such a proposal only makes sense if the EIB agrees to end all financing of fossil fuel projects and rapidly become a...
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