The Green Party has been in power in Southwark for 100 days. Here's 10 achievements in 60 seconds 💪

New gas drilling could be approved within weeks. This would be a climate disaster. The decision belongs to the Energy Secretary - our local MP for Peckham, Miatta Fahnbulleh. @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social - please stand by your previous commitments. Reject Jackdaw! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say

The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

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It's time Parliament genuinely reflects our votes. And with the majority of the public rejecting Nigel Farage's politics of hatred and division, we can't let a broken voting system hand him unchecked power. It's time for proportional representation. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour MPs will push Burnham to back voting reform in first 100 days

Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election

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Dolly Parton stood for feminist, anti-racist and pro-LGBT+ class-conscious politics. A Freewoman of Southwark, in 2016 she launched her Imagination Library in the borough, delivering thousands of free books to Southwark's children. Rest In Peace, Dolly

We've all experienced the cost of water privatisation: droughts, flooding and excess pay for the bosses. The Prime Minister has it the wrong way around. We can't afford to not bring Thames Water into public ownership.

Our local MP, Miatta Fahnbulleh, faces a choice: protect the planet and the people of Peckham or prioritise the profits of polluters. Help her make the right one. Tell her: No New Oil & Gas. Sign the petition 📝 www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandgas

Six Green council leaders in London - @zoegarbett.bsky.social, @martinabrams.bsky.social, @liamshrivastava.bsky.social, @jamesmcash.bsky.social, Paul Perkins, and Mark Blake - have signed an open letter calling for new legislation to protect trans people following the EHRC code of practice.

Six London councils demand new legislation to protect trans people following EHRC ‘attack’ on trans community

The Green Party run councils said they would seek to continue to deliver trans-inclusive services, despite the new code of practices

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The Prime Minister wants to take power from local councils and give them to more distant regional Mayors He says he's pro-devolution - but this is the wrong way around. Power should move closer to people, not further away. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Mayors to get new powers over planning decisions under Burnham proposals

Move would allow mayors to greenlight large-scale developments and have more say on national housing funding

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I have left the Labour Party and joined the @greenparty.org.uk. Full statement below. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @southwarkgp.bsky.social

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating conversation with Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social about the Streets For People program, a series of low-traffic neighborhood and safer streets initiatives that London's Borough of Southwark has implemented. www.activetowns.org/2025/04/01/s...

Streets For People

EPISODE 291, SEASON 9: In this episode, I connect with Cllr James McAsh, London's Southwark Borough We discuss the background story that led him into politics, his transition into land use and trans...

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We're stepping up action on graffiti and flyposting across our town centres with new dedicated ‘blitz’ teams targeting hotspots in Peckham, Camberwell, and Elephant and Castle. Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social visited Camberwell to see the clean-up in action. www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/so...

A survey of councils, collectively managing over 870,000 council homes, has shown that council housing finances are on the brink. The government's upcoming housing strategy needs to #SaveCouncilHousing See the full results and our recommendations southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/tw...

Turns out, for 15 years, Southwark had a secret shortcut to Malibu and Laurel Canyon! 🚗✈️ Why we didn't pick up on the misdirected sign for over a decade? Well, as I joked to @metrouk.bsky.social : 'You’d be forgiven for confusing Rotherhithe with California...' 🌴