‘Green Party’ Archive

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 [...]

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 [...]

Green Party Election Broadcast 2010

Today the Green Party’s Election Broadcast was launched via their Only Green website. By visiting the site voters can not only look at our key policies but take a Policy Matchmaker test to see how close their views match ours. Why not visit the Policy Matchmaker page here. You could have more in common with the [...]

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

Barnet election launch at Tally Ho on Saturday

Barnet Green Party will launch its 2010 Barnet Council election campaign at 11.00 am on Saturday 10th April at the pollution monitor at Tally Ho Corner in North Finchley. Green Party candidates from across the borough will be joined by Green Party MEP, Jean Lambert. Why not come along and meet us? For further details [...]

Boris, keep your hands off Tube ticket offices!

Barnet Greens are telling London Mayor Boris Johnson: “Hands off Tube ticket offices”. Three years ago campaigning by  the Green Party helped force Ken Livingstone to scrap plans to shut round 40 London Underground ticket offices, including several in Barnet borough. Now Barnet Greens are ready to wield their placards again to see off reported [...]

Greens say: “Max 20 – that’s plenty”

Barnet Greens are calling for a 20 mph default speed limit on residential and shopping streets across the borough, using as a “case study” the problems in East Finchley’s Church Lane. As well as cutting the number of accidents, a 20 mph limit would be “good for children, cyclists and the planet,” said Andrew Newby, [...]

Don’t miss BXC deadline, warn Greens

Barnet Green Party is urging local people to write in the next seven days to Communities Secretary John Denham to demand a public inquiry into the the 4.5 billion pounds Brent Cross Cricklewood redevelopment. Objectors have only until March 12th to make their views known to Denham, who will then decide whether to over-rule Barnet [...]