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The Green Party’s focus on ‘progressive alliances’ risks sending it backwards

May 15, 2017 by Darren Johnson

Darren Johnson, the Green Party’s 2000 and 2004 mayoral candidate, a London Assembly member for 16 years and former councillor, warns the party’s focus on electoral pacts risks harming its standing.

Filed Under: Comment Tagged With: General Election 2017

London’s Greens have grown over the past 16 years, it’s no longer appropriate to endorse rival mayoral hopefuls

April 19, 2016 by Darren Johnson

What we are seeing now is London Green Party doing exactly the same as virtually every other political party in virtually every mayoral contest – promoting our own candidate and our own party and leaving voters to make up their own mind on second preferences.

Filed Under: 2016 London Elections, News Tagged With: 2016 London Elections

Estate regeneration is a big test for mayoral candidates

March 31, 2016 by Darren Johnson

While every mayoral candidate promises they can build the most homes, few are talking about the homes they’ll demolish. This really matters, because as I’ve found we can end up actually losing more homes to demolitions and sales than we build.

Filed Under: 2016 London Elections, Comment Tagged With: 2016 London Elections

The Mayor should create a People’s Housing Precept

January 25, 2016 by Darren Johnson

Which do you think is the bigger challenge for London? The cost of your council tax bill, or the failure of the Mayor’s big investors and developers to tackle our housing crisis?

Filed Under: Comment

London’s next Mayor must build on Boris’s cycling legacy

December 4, 2015 by Darren Johnson

After years working with cycling campaigners to lobby for safe and pleasant streets, the Mayor and TfL are finally delivering some really good infrastructure.

Filed Under: Comment

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