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  • Green Party elects first ever London leader

    The Green Party earlier today elected Camden’s Natalie Bennett as leader. Bennett has stood for Parliament in Holborn and St. Pancras, Camden council and the London Assembly for Greens. This is the first time that the Green Party has had a leader (or deputy) from London. “I am honoured by […]

     
  • Stephanie Phillips: 5 Ways to More Efficiently Deal with London’s Waste

    According to a report by the Greater London Authority from January 2010, London produces 55,000 tonnes of waste every day – about 20 million tonnes per year. About 80% of that waste comes from businesses around London, and about 30% of all waste is sent to the landfill each year. […]

     
  • Camden Traffic Wardens’ Strike for a Living Wage

    NSL staff in Camden are taking industrial action for a living wage. The members of Unison are currently working for just £8.09 an hour in what is a difficult and sometimes stressful job. They are calling for a pay rise of £2.50 which would give the the same pay as NSL […]

     
  • Danny Bates: The London Riots – one year on

    Danny Bates is an Officer of Hackney Green Party and London Green Party. He works for Jean Lambert MEP as her London Constituency Co-ordinator.  He has lived in Hackney for 15 years.   One year ago something happened in London which was unimaginable to many. Intense riots spread across the […]

     
  • Stephanie Phillips: How will the Olympics impact London’s environment?

    Stephanie Phillips takes a look at the impact of London’s Games. These Games are likely to set a precedent for decades to come, so that all Olympic Games after them will be as green and sustainable as possible. Even though London did not make the Games completely sustainable, they have certainly […]

     
  • Carl Packman: the dodgy capitalism of the Olympics

    Carl Packman deconstructs where the Olympics are going and why we should have considered human dignity a vital part of the Olympic legacy.   We good people most fondly remember the Mexico City Olympics of 1968 for the sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the black athletes who took home […]

     
  • Danny Bates: Is Another Olympics Possible?

    Danny Bates asks “is another Olympics possible?”   I’m not against the Olympics. The Olympic ideal of celebrating excellent achievement – in sport, arts and culture – is important. Unfortunately the 2012 London Games falls far from this ideal. So, as a longstanding resident of an Olympic Borough (Hackney), I’ll […]

     
  • Music: Kilburn High Road – Jonny Granville

    While we’re singing about Kilburn, Jonny Granville has a different take on the place. Great stuff.

     
  • Natural History Museum: putting the terror into Pterodactyl

    Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) were demonstrating outside the Natural History Museum yesterday in protest against its decision to host a reception for the Farnborough arms fair. Our public institutions should not be supporting the arms trade. The campaign states that “Arms dealers will enjoy cocktails in the shadow of the Museum’s […]

     
  • William Blake, poet of the streets

    William Blake radical, poet and artist was born and bred in Westminster in the 18th century. An advocate of “free love” and opponent of organised religion Blake was not one to swim with the cultural tide of the day and was one reason why he owned his own printing press. […]