Greenwich and Bexley Green Party

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Greenwich Greens are thankful for low-traffic neighbourhoods

9th December 2020 / 13th March 2024 by Matt Stratford

Greenwich Cyclists Coordinator Neil Robertson has recently penned a piece in defence of low-traffic neighbourhoods entitled Thankful for LTNs. We reprint it here to help assure its wider distribution. Greenwich and Bexley Green Party would like to put on record its full support for low-traffic neighbourhoods, safer cycling, walkable neighbourhoods and the lowering of air […]

Green pressure forces council to drop plans to dispose of the Rose Garden

21st September 2020 / 13th March 2024 by Matt Stratford

We are delighted to announce that following significant criticism including our own thoroughly researched opposition, Greenwich Council has rowed back on its secretive proposal to dispose of the precious green space known as the Rose Garden at Blackwall Lane in Peninsula ward. A statement on the council’s website reads: Following a public consultation on the […]

An open letter to Greenwich Council regarding the Rose Garden on Greenwich Peninsula

13th September 2020 / 1st March 2021 by Matt Stratford

Dear Greenwich Council, Greenwich Council has given notice of its intention to sell the public open green space known as the Rose Garden, situated at Blackwall Lane London, SE10 0SP on Greenwich Peninsula. Greenwich and Bexley Green Party strongly oppose the sale of the Rose Garden. Disposing of this green space is inconsistent with the […]

We will not stand down from our opposition to Silvertown Tunnel

27th June 2020 / 5th March 2024 by Matt Stratford

The Green Party has members living across all parts of Greenwich and Bexley borough, indeed we have many members in every London constituency. Seldom has there been an issue to unite them as tightly as opposition to the construction of this new road tunnel between Silvertown in Newham and Greenwich Peninsula. Is there a climate […]

Greenwich Green Party co-founder Dave Sharman dies aged 83

1st May 2020 / 13th March 2024 by Matt Stratford

We are sad to announce the death of Dave Sharman, co-founder of Greenwich Green Party, at the age of 83. He is remembered by Philip Connolly: Dave Sharman was a man who joined things: the Green Party, the Quakers, the Woodlands Farm Trust, The Millennium Sustainability Network, Agenda 21, South London Energy Project, Mycenae House’s […]

Universal Basic Income would put a safety net in place for all in Greenwich and Bexley

17th April 2020 / 1st March 2021 by Matt Stratford

The coronavirus lockdown is worsening an economic crisis that was already happening. And the economic consequences of lockdown are not being felt evenly by all. Anyone working on a zero hour contract has found out how brutally insecure zero hour contracts are. Anyone getting minimum wage is now at risk of being furloughed on 80% […]

Greenwich Carbon Neutral Plan – An initial response

4th April 2020 / 4th March 2021 by Victoria Rance

Greenwich and Bexley Green Party welcomes the council’s engagement with planning for carbon neutrality by 2030, integrating community engagement and a cross-party approach. Here we look at the inception of the plan and raise concerns about some shortcomings in the evidence base. Context leading up to the Carbon Neutral Plan In November 2018, Bristol Council passed […]

Covid-19 is a crisis for which a Green response is needed

17th March 2020 / 1st March 2021 by Matt Stratford

At this time when draconian and long-lasting public health measures have been introduced and the stock market is in free fall, there is no doubt that this is a time of crisis. The Green Party has always worked with others in the community to try to advance the common good. Please involve yourself in whichever […]

Leonie Barron to contest Glyndon ward by-election

13th March 2020 / 3rd February 2024 by Matt Stratford

Owing to the resignation in disgrace by Councillor Tonia Ashikodi of the Labour Party relating to fraudulently claiming council housing, a by-election to elect a new councillor will be held on Thursday April 9th, 2020. Greenwich and Bexley Green Party announce that Leonie Barron will be contesting the seat for the Greens. Leonie has previously […]