‘Finchley’ Archive

Greens question how £1m culture quarter will achieve its aims

North Finchley is due to acquire a new Cultural Quarter, courtesy of the Mayor’s regeneration funding. Barnet Green Party chair Andrew Newby had a letter published in the Barnet Times (26-1-12, p20), What About the Pollution? Here it is. Below that are Poppy’s reflections on the proposed plans. What about the pollution? The Mayor of [...]

Finchley Forum – observations

Green Party member Donald Lyven’s observations on the forum of 23 November: I attended the Finchley Forum at Avenue House last Wednesday.  The problem with customers not using local shops due to pay and display machines being covered is getting very serious.  I heard testimony from shop keepers in Temple Fortune and East Finchley all [...]

Action Day – East Finchley

On Saturday 19 November, Barnet Green Party members and supporters fanned out in the sunshine, delivering London Green News to local residents. Next Action Day will be in the West Finchley area. Keep an eye out for the date. Meanwhile – pick up copies of the paper, read it and distribute copies in your local [...]

Cyclists vs Pedestrians?!

AM Poppy, our London Assembly candidate for Barnet Camden, writes about the increasingly bad tempered standoff between local cyclists and pedestrians It appears that conflict is escalating in an unlikely power struggle between Barnet cyclists and pedestrians. Since the day a month to two ago when I was on a cycling tour hosted by the [...]

Barnet’s Poppy calls for 20 mph speed limit on residential roads

Please sign our online petition for a 20 mph speed limit in Barnet, at: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/20-mph-speed-limit-on-barnet-residential-streets.html Barnet’s AM Poppy launched her campaign as Green candidate for Barnet and Camden Boroughs in next year’s London Assembly elections by cycling slowly up East Finchley High Road to highlight our campaign for a 20 mph speed limit on Barnet [...]

Join Barnet Greens on anti-cuts march on Saturday

A Barnet Green Party delegation will of course be taking part in the national anti-cuts march on Saturday March 26th.Let’s help make it the biggest march in London since the protests against the invasion of Iraq. You are welcome to come with Barnet Greens. Some Barnet Green Party members will meet up at Finchley Central [...]

Bring in congestion charge at Brent Cross and Tally Ho

Barnet Green Party are calling for the introduction of congestion charges in busy and polluted areas such as Brent Cross and Tally Ho Corner. This is just one of the many ideas the party is putting forward to show how Barnet Council could balance its budget without resorting to welfare cuts or closing libraries. Here [...]

Vote Green in Barnet on May 6

Barnet Green Party urges local people to follow your conscience and vote Green both in Thursday’s general election and in the Barnet Council election on the same day, May 6th. “We know Green policies are popular. Our national policies are in first place in the giant survey of more than 250,000 people on vote for [...]

Meet and greet Green candidates next Saturday

Next Saturday is your final chance to put your questions to local Green Party candidates in a ‘Meet and Greet’ session in East Finchley. Some of Barnet Green Party’s candidates for parliament and for the Barnet Council election will be at our stall outside Budgens on East Finchley High Road from around 10 am to [...]

Election Campaign Launch

Today Barnet Green Party successfully launched its 2010 Council Election at Tally Ho Corner in North Finchley. Candidates from across the borough were  joined by Green Party MEP, Jean Lambert. For more information visit our Council Elections Page. Press coverage: MEP Jean Lambert backs Barnet Green Party’s campaign launch at Tally Ho today