London, we just did something amazing.
Sian Berry has just won the best ever result for the Greens in an election for the Mayor of London.
We are London's third Party, and we're ready to make London the greenest city in the world.
#LondonElections
We missed this on election night (too busy!)
Watch this - on C4's alternative election night,
@JimmyCarr
absolutely nails the power of
@theGreenParty
👊
Greens change the game.
Join us -
Yesterday, in Trafalgar Square, there was an outpouring of hate against NHS staff.
We won't share it or give it undeserved attention.
But we will say this: this hate doesn't represent our city and we've
#gotyourbackNHS
💙
We just achieved our BEST EVER result in an election for Mayor of London.
And we’re taking a new Assembly Member into City Hall - congratulations
@ZackPolanski
!
Thank you to every Londoner who voted for our positive vision of a transformed city.
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: Air pollution was found to be a factor in the death of a nine year old girl.
𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: The Supreme Court cleared the way for Heathrow to build its toxic third runway.
It’s time to get serious about deadly air pollution.
@SadiqKhan
You keep saying that. I do not think the Mayor election works the way you think it does.
This election is different so Londoners can vote without risk.
By voting
#SianBeforeKhan
you can back the candidate that you like most (
@SianBerry
), and still choose a backup for round 2.
Huge congratulations to Nikki Crookdake who has taken a new Green seat in Richmond from the Conservatives! That's 5 seats on Richmond Council, what a fantastic result from
@RTGreenParty
Just wow! Green breakthrough in Croydon with TWO fantastic new Cllrs.
Labour loses control of the council, Greens hold balance of Power. Ria become youngest Cllr on Croydon Council.
Fantastic work from the whole team at
@CroydonGreens
💚 Congratulations to
@ZoeGarbett
for an amazing result in the
#London
Mayoral election this year.
💚 Thank you to everyone that voted Green and voted for change.
⏳️ Assembly results coming soon ...
Our manifesto is a new start for London:
🏙️ Fresh thinking for housing.
🚉 A clear plan to keep London moving.
💚 A mission to transform our economy with a real green recovery.
RT if you're ready to transform London with us.
#SianForLondon
🚝 ⭐️ Save Eurostar
🌳It’s the most environmentally friendly way to travel, with 90% less carbon emissions than flying.
💷 Contributes to the UK economy
👩💻 Provides 2000 jobs
Today we can elect London’s first ever Green Mayor.
✅ Vote Sian Berry first preference for Mayor
✅ Vote Green on the Assembly
✅ Share this video
London could be the greenest city in the world, but we can only get there if you
#VoteGreen
.
THE MOST WONDERFUL CAMPAIGN - Danny and Nate take Stratford Olympic Park!!!
First Green Cllrs for
@NewhamGreens
Congratulations
@natehiggins
,
@Dannny_K
and team - you are incredible!
And our second new Cllr in Hackney! So great that
@alastairis
will join
@Zoe4Hackney
.
Fantastic news, we know Alastair will be brilliant community champion for Hackney Downs. Well done team Hackney!
@hackneygreens
“In the last financial crisis.. the Government tightened the purse strings and the country never recovered.
“We weren’t ready for this next shock”
@sianberry
making the case for a Green recovery and a resilient economy today on
#Marr
💚 Welcome to Councillor
@monaadam68
from Kensington & Chelsea Council, who has joined
@TheGreenParty
today.
🔴 to 🟢
💬 "I believe that by becoming a Green Party councillor, I can more effectively address the diverse needs and perspectives of the residents of Golborne ward."
Hackney now has a Green Councillor for Dalston ward and what an AMAZING one!
@Zoe4Hackney
you will make such a different we are so proud. Congratulations to the whole team at
@hackneygreens
Quick reminder that putting Sian Berry as your first preference today could result in the Conservative candidate coming third.
Imagine how that would feel.
📢 Islington Council backs UBI!
This is the first London borough to call for a basic income trial, and it happened because we had a Green in the room.
Well done to
@CarolineRussell
for leading the way 💪
#LetsTryUBI
#BasicIncome
Just brilliant news that
@CarolineRussell
has held her seat in Highbury Islington and is no longer on her own.....
Three Greens elected in Islington!
What a fantastic team effort
@islingtongreens
“Only the Green Party has the courage to consider reversing this huge political mistake and question whether it would be better if the UK were to return to the EU.”
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calls for the UK's current Brexit deal to be renegotiated, but declares the UK must not re-join the EU or single market
For more on this and other news visit
💚 Thank you to everyone who has voted Green across
#London
!
💚💚 You are helping us build a fairer, greener city for all of us.
💚💚💚 Why not join us and together we can get EVEN more done? ⤵️
#GetGreensElected
We are proud that over half of the candidates standing for the Green Party in the London elections are women.
Scientists, librarians, Covid vaccinators, campaigners, artists and engineers - women from all walks of life.
We are ready to give London a new start 👇
#IWD2021
🗳️ TODAY IS THE DAY! DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!
💚Vote for Green Mayor of London
@ZoeGarbett
💚Vote for your Green Party constituency candidate
💚Vote for The Green Party
🏘️ London needs a change. The time is now.
#VoteGreen
Last weekend, the police chose the most dangerous, most distressing option for so many women across London. Policing approaches must be fixed. That starts with reform, not the
#PolicingBill
.
@sianberry
#AssemblyPolice
London housing is
🏠29% privately rented
🏠22% social rented
Greens will support all renters:
✅Introduce rent controls
✅End right to buy
✅Bring empty housing back into use
✅Make all housing energy efficient
✅Build social rent housing
🏘️
@ZoeGarbett
was very clear whose side she's on - she's on the side of renters
🟢 As a Green Mayor of
#London
, she would:
- Set up a rent commission
- Demand powers for a rent freeze
- Hold landlords to account on repairs
🗳️
#VoteGreen
on 2nd May.
#ITVDebate
📻
@ZoeGarbett
, was on
@NickFerrariLBC
this morning and set out why she should be the next Mayor of
#London
.
🗣️ "I stand for a fairer, greener, safer city, with more affordable transport and better quality housing for everyone."
#VoteGreen
🗳️ Voters up and down the country will be able to vote Green at this election, many for the first time.
💚 On 4 July you will have the opportunity to vote for real hope and real change.
🇪🇺 A People’s Vote
🚨 Act on the Climate Emergency - Zero Carbon by 2030
😡 End the Hostile Environment
🏥 Reverse privatisation of the NHS
👶 Free childcare for 35 hours a week
☢️ Scrap nuclear weapons
💰 Scrap Universal Credit
💴 Introduce a Citizen’s income
#VoteGreen2019
Today is anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. They and the Levellers before them fought for fair representation in Parliament.
200 years later it’s time to finish that work. It’s time for Proportional Representation. It’s time to
#MakeVotesMatter
London Green Party members have re-affirmed their commitment to:
💚Make London Green Party a welcoming and safe place for all
💪Oppose all forms of dog-whistling and bigotry, including transphobia
📢Urge
@TheGreenParty
to continue to take a strong stance against transphobia
⏰ ONE WEEK LEFT! ⏰
➡️ Sign up for your postal vote today to help elect
@sianberry
and Green Assembly members to give London a fairer, greener, healthier new start.
Deadline 20th April:
#TuesdayMotivation
The incredible
@CarolineRussell
and others shut down discriminatory language during
#MQT
.
'Trans rights are human rights' -
@AndrewBoff
Couldn't have put it better ourselves. 👏🏳️⚧️
Incredible breakthrough in Tower Hamlets!
@BienfaitNat
has been elected after a relentless campaign in Bow West.
Well done to Nathalie and her team
@thgreenparty
🥀 The outgoing Mayor is building his campaign around why voters shouldn't vote for
@TheGreenParty
.
💚 But
#London
needs a mayor who is going to tackle the crises facing our city: housing, inequality and the
#ClimateCrisis
.
🗳️The answer is
#VoteGreen
this May
Every worker deserves a living wage.
We stand with
@UVWunion
and workers at SAGE care home calling for
✅ £12 an hour
✅ Full sick pay
✅ Proper PPE
Here’s
@ZackPolanski
speaking for Greens everywhere in London.
We are with you until we win ✊
💚 Thank you for voting Green in
#London
!
💚💚 We are working to build a fairer, greener city for all of us.
💚💚💚 Why not join us and together we can get EVEN more done? ⤵️
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#GetGreensElected
⚠️Coronavirus has exposed some of the worst gaps in our systems, but these systems can be changed.
📢Today, our manifesto will set out a new start for London: a real green recovery that builds a secure future.
@sianberry
for
@BBCRadioLondon
#ThursdayMorning
#ThursdayMotivation
Drugs related deaths are at a record high in London.
Prohibition, policing and punishment haven’t kept people safe. We need to treat problematic drug use as a public health issue.
@sianberry
speaks to the
@Independent
about her fresh approach to drugs
We will keep fighting the third runway at Heathrow.
Today, the Supreme Court overturned a landmark ruling which blocked a new runway because it wasn’t compatible with the Paris Agreement.
This is a setback, not a defeat. Together, we will still win.
#NoThirdRunway
Two massive endorsements for Sian!
Watch as both the Labour and Conservative candidates for Mayor choose to praise Green Sian Berry because of her...
✅Hard work
✅Good ideas
✅ Practical policies for housing
We say cut out the middle men!
#SianForMayor
❄️ Rents in
#London
are rising fast! We must take action to get them under control!
🏠
@ZoeGarbett
is clear whose side she is on - she is on the side of
#renters
and will demand powers to freeze rents across the city.
🗳️
#VoteGreen
on Thursday.
3 very simple facts:
1. The
#PolicingBill
must not pass, we can’t ever let last night happen again.
2. Grieving women deserve their space to grieve safely.
3. Peaceful protest is our human right.
London is home to nearly a million EU nationals.
Our neighbours. Our friends. Our colleagues, our carers, our fellow citizens of this city.
Whatever happens next, we stand with you 🇪🇺
Today
@TheGreenParty
members, MEPs & AMs and Councillors marched in the
#MarchForChange
We’re fighting for a
#PeoplesVote
, a reformed Europe and against the nightmare of no deal Brexit 🇪🇺
🚌 We need to make
#PublicTransport
more affordable.
💰
#London
is one of the most expensive cities in the world to get around on bus, train or tram.
🧵Take a look at the thread below for
@ZoeGarbett
, our Mayor of London candidate's demands to bring down costs for Londoners 👇
📢 We CAN achieve zero carbon transport by 2030. Only a Green Mayor will be ambitious enough to reach that target.
The time is now to get London onto the path of becoming the greenest city in the world.
@sianberry
has the plan.
#SianForLondon
➡️
🌳 London has just half the green space it needs for a population its size.
🥀 There are many green spaces across our city which are just sitting there – neglected by councils or land banked by developers.
🟢
@ZoeGarbett
would create
#TenNewParks
for
#London
Sian Berry, Green Mayor of London candidate , has overtaken the Lib Dems in the latest
@yougov
poll by
@QMUL
Sian said: "This poll shows solid support for Green ideas and that the first Green Mayor of London is possible.
#SianBeforeKhan
1/3
💰 London is too expensive for too many people.
🟢
@ZoeGarbett
will prioritise making
#London
more affordable for everyone.
🗣️ “London desperately needs a Mayor that understands the issues that most Londoners are facing."
🗳️ On 2nd May,
#VoteGreen
in London.
🟢 Just a reminder that
@ZoeGarbett
,
@SianBerry
and London Greens have been campaigning against
#Silvertown
for years.
🚸 A Green Mayor will repurpose Silvertown for walking, wheeling, cycling and
#PublicTransport
🗳️ For REAL action on the environment, Vote Green on 2nd May.
💚"Clean air...must be a human right."
💪
@CarolineLucas
,
@GreenJennyJones
and
@EllaRobertaFdn
are working to get a new Clean Air Act ("Ella's Law") passed by parliament.
✅Let's ensure no more children grow up breathing polluted air.
‼️ London’s Green Belt is under threat – eroded by development and neglected by our current Mayor’s policies.
📢 It's time to gold plate our Green Belt.
🏞️
@SianBerry
will work with farmers, landowners, residents and green groups to protect our vital green spaces:
Our candidate
@ZoeGarbett
was on
@itvlondon
last night talking about her plan for
#London
if she is elected
#MayorOfLondon
.
🏠 Action to freeze rents
🚇 A plan to bring down fares
🍴 Free school meals for primary and secondary school pupils
What do you think?
We don't have billionaire donors.
@sianberry
's campaign for Mayor is powered by small donations
Can you give? We launched on Sunday & we're already at 40% of our target
Every contribution helps us reach voters, build support & keep climate on the agenda
"As a lawyer himself, he must have seen lives ruined by the criminal justice system, just as I have"
Only the Greens have a grown up, evidence based approach to drugs.
Our London Assembly candidate and criminal barrister
@TimKiely1
for
@LeftFootFwd
:
Sian also called for...
✅ a just transition for workers
✅ investment in new, Green industries
✅ a basic income to protect everyone
This is our chance to invest in people.
#Marr
All workers deserve a living wage.
Especially care workers who have worked every single day through this pandemic.
Our candidate
@ZackPolanski
joined striking staff today to say it’s
#TimeFor12
✊