Green Party ains in Great Britain


	Green Party ains in Great Britain

papananook

5-3-2008 11:27 AM

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papananook says:

News from my friend Minto, green advocate in London. Great bloke--see his LJ

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c8fd1c81-371f-4049-a999-e8aaa0a31147/75D9F85B-2333-4D3F-83B6-3DFE0E1F156D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708" href="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708" style="font-size: 11px;">mintogrubb.livejournal.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="caption"><IMG height="15" width="14" alt="[protected post]" src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/icon_protected.gif" /> Greens make gains!!!</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708">In London the Green vote held up well against the two-party squeeze,<BR />returning Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson to the London Assembly with an<BR />increased percentage of the vote and seeing highly respectable results for<BR /><DIV>Sian Berry in the mayoral contest, and for the constituency candidates.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708"><BR />There were spectacular gains in Norwich, where we’re now the official<BR />opposition; an astonishing leap in Solihull, from fourth to first in one<BR />year to displace the Labour council leader; group status in Liverpool with<BR />a second seat; and first seats in Cambridge and Stroud. Sheffield and<BR />Camden Greens (north London) both gained one seat to make full Green wards<BR /><DIV>in Central and Highgate respectively.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708">The grand tally sees us with five extra seats to a total of 116 on 39<BR /><DIV>unitary authority councils.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708"><B> Go them Greens!!!</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708"><DIV>But the news is not all good. Boris has won as the Mayor. Also, the BNP has taken a seat on  Greater London assembly.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mintogrubb.livejournal.com/498804.html?view=2798708">I am more worried by the BNP bloke, to be honest.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/75D9F85B-2333-4D3F-83B6-3DFE0E1F156D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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