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’.
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.
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.’
Jenny Jones: Sewage and the Conservatives’ lack of clear blue water
Daily maps of the sewage dumping, along with graphic pictures of murky coastal waters have illustrated the scale of it (400,000 incidents in the last year alone).
Jenny Jones: Archaeologists’ exclusion from Environment Bill must be challenged
The current prohibition of archaeology from the forthcoming Environment Bill needs to be contested, writes Jenny Jones.
Jenny Jones: The G7 needs to work towards an international carbon tax
‘The top four oil companies alone have made more than $2 trillion in profit since 1990.’
Jenny Jones: The Tories are planning an assault on democracy. The left needs to unite
Could a defence of demcoracy become the basis for a progressive alliance?
Spycops scandal: We’re still waiting for answers
We may never know the full extent of the Spycops scandal.
Jenny Jones: It was just a vigil
The police had a choice with the Sarah Everade vigil. And they choose wrongly.
The government needs to close these lethal loopholes in the Domestic Abuse Bill
The bill marks a step forward for women – but there’s more that ministers must do.
Jenny Jones: The spycops bill is looking more worrying by the day
When the police can break the law with little oversight, all campaigners should be concerned.
