‘General Election’ Archive

Vote ‘Yes’ in the AV referendum

Please go out and vote ‘Yes’ in Thursday’s referendum on bringing in the Alternative Vote electoral system. Don’t think about Clegg – do it for Caroline Lucas and to get more Greens into parliament. We know from proportional voting in London mayoral elections that when people have two choices a large percentage are ready to [...]

Barnet Greens earn 20,000 votes but still denied seats

Barnet Green Party would like to thank everyone in the borough who voted Green in the national and local elections last week and we would particularly like to thank the dozens of people who helped out, some of whom contacted us out of the blue. The number of Green votes in the Barnet borough elections [...]

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 [...]

Greens’ protest kite soars into the empty skies

A protest kite launched by Barnet Green Party was the only authorised craft in the skies above London on Sunday 18th, as Donald Lyven, the party’s candidate for Finchley and Golders Green, attempted to fly the kite to 140 metres, the height of the chimney at an incinerator planned as part of the Brent Cross [...]

Greens to fly kite to 140m height of BXC incinerator chimney

If you are ready for some light relief amid the election campaigning why not join us for kite flying on Sunday at Clitterhouse playing fields near Brent Cross? Anyone who would like to bring their own kites to fly alongside ours will be especially welcome. Next Sunday, April 18th, Donald Lyven, Green Party parliamentary candidate [...]

Caroline Lucas interviewed on the Andrew Marr Show

Yesterday Caroline Lucas was interviewed by Andrew Marr. Here is the interview in full