Labour can block Tory attempts to scrap pollution rules – but will they?
The House of Lords has a chance to save environmental protections
Jenny Jones
Jenny Jones is a Green Party life peer. She was a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority and has taken up civil liberties matters into the Upper House. She can be found tweeting here.
Labour has failed to stand against the Tories’ attack on the right to protest
Green Party peer Jenny Jones gives her account of the parliamentary battles over the Tories’ protest laws
Baroness Jones: Tactical voting needs to be more than a vote against the government
‘A green vote has become something that the other parties have to take notice of.’
Baroness Jones: Why we need to talk about the bigger picture of government corruption and rule breaking
‘The system of self-regulation that monitors political standards in public life has failed’
Baroness Jones: Why the Green Party poses a threat to the Tories in their rural heartlands
‘This isn’t just a dip caused by Boris Johnson’s lies and PartyGate, it’s an indicator of a more serious problem facing the Conservatives as they lose the support of rural communities.’
Baroness Jones: 19 government defeats on Nationality and Borders Bill
The government’s awful response to the plight of Ukrainian refugees highlights everything that is wrong with its Nationality and Borders Bill.
Baroness Jones: The impacts of government corruption on climate change
‘Between July 2019 and March last year, Ministers had 63 meetings with fossil fuel and bio-mass producers.’
Baroness Jones: The police are in thrall to a corrupt government that regards itself above the law
‘Instead of an independent criminal investigation, the police will be relying on the outcome of the report by the Cabinet Secretary to provide them with any ‘evidence’.
We desperately need to replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber
‘Replacement of the Lords with an elected second chamber is an essential step towards restoring democracy in this country’.
Baroness Jones: The government has legitimised the sewage discharges that will be happening from now on
‘They had the chance to deal with the pollution of our chalk streams, rivers and sea, and refused.’