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Caroline Russell

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London Assembly Member since 2016, Green Group Leader and Transport lead. Highbury Councillor since 2014. Green Party https://cityhallgreens.com/ Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of Caroline Russell, Green Party, c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer

Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui

25.11.2025 20:09 — 👍 213    🔁 103    💬 19    📌 4

The most perverse thing about the fuel duty freeze is it has repeatedly - by removing investment in alternatives to the failing model of cars in busy cities - failed to make transport faster, cheaper or easier.

And despite the political debate on it, people still think fuel is too expensive.

25.11.2025 18:39 — 👍 30    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

The @saveoursaferstreets.org community team is appealing the results of the judicial review on Tower Hamlets decision to remove the liveable streets measures in Bethnal Green.

Keeping everything crossed for them. 🤞

24.11.2025 19:58 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

402 signatures, over 100 a day.

My goal of 500 by Monday is within our sights.

Are you a supportive mum, dad, aunt, uncle, sibling, grandparent, extended family member, friend, neighbour, work colleague of a trans person?

Take a look at the Transparent Pledge and help Transparent Action grow.

23.11.2025 12:56 — 👍 111    🔁 63    💬 7    📌 5

Yes. Casual lazy misogyny last week and it needs calling out. The rules are complicated so you have to be prepared and ready to intervene. I will be, going forward.

22.11.2025 11:14 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I was literally thinking after Mayor’s Questiontime last week that I must look up the standing orders that would allow a challenge to any member talking about “Rachel from accounts”. It’s misogynist, deliberately disrespectful and never necessary to make their point.

22.11.2025 06:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
21.11.2025 19:43 — 👍 55    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 0

I think of chugging as meandering slowly along a canal and what’s happening right now does not feel like that at all! 😉

21.11.2025 20:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not sure the Polanski
⚡️ ✨whoosh ⚡️ ✨
is exactly chugging?

21.11.2025 20:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Mayor resists call to ban fossil fuel ads on TfL as 'guidance needed' Less than 0.02 per cent of TfL advertisement comes from ads for the fossil fuel industry so critics argue that cutting it would not leave a financial hole

More on that here from @dailykj.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...

21.11.2025 18:23 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We need to ban ads on TfL that promote fossil fuels. I spoke to the Maor about how cities like Gothenburg already ban fossil fuel ads on public transport.

Good to see the Mayor taking this call seriously.

Shout out to @badvertising.bsky.social for the Southwark station campaign.

21.11.2025 18:18 — 👍 28    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Bribery is a "malignancy" at the heart of British public life, says judge.

The law responds with "stern punishment"

21.11.2025 12:51 — 👍 218    🔁 33    💬 9    📌 2

If you are interested in protecting our democracy from putinist influence, this live posting of the Nathan Gill hearing from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social is worth watching.

21.11.2025 12:54 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

THIS!!!!!!! 👇

I don't care what a person looks like or whether they identify as Male/Female/Other. This is just divisive politics designed to stir up hatred & division.

Live & let live, but we MUST stop the hate.

#HopeNotHate #TransRights

21.11.2025 07:16 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Candle light alter with "not a phase" logo

Candle light alter with "not a phase" logo

Zoë with candle. Wearing hat and scared

Zoë with candle. Wearing hat and scared

"I dont want anymore of us to die" - Trans Youth Deserve Better.

Powerful @notaphaseorg.bsky.social vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance.

Stop trans people being scapegoated, erased or used as a political football, it is costing lives.

Love & solidarity to anyone who has lost friends or family 💗

20.11.2025 23:37 — 👍 65    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0
Sian Berry speaking in Trafalgar Square under Nelson’s Column at TDoR

Sian Berry speaking in Trafalgar Square under Nelson’s Column at TDoR

Olivia from trans legal clinic and former judge Victoria Macloud with an inclusive pride flag under Nelson’s column while speaking at TDoR

Olivia from trans legal clinic and former judge Victoria Macloud with an inclusive pride flag under Nelson’s column while speaking at TDoR

Kate Nash singer speaking. Surrounded by trans flags floating in the wind.

Kate Nash singer speaking. Surrounded by trans flags floating in the wind.

Powerful speeches on Trans Day of Remembrance from @sianberry.bsky.social Olivia from Trans Legal Clinic with @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social and Kate Nash. #TDoR2025

20.11.2025 20:11 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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How does Islington feel about @zackpolanski.bsky.social ?

👇🏻

19.11.2025 09:00 — 👍 28    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Wow! Welcome to the Greens @russell-moyle.co.uk

And join.greenparty.org.uk

20.11.2025 18:17 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Everyone needs to wee and poo every day.

Access to toilets should simply be a public health and accessibility issue and not dependent on other people’s views of how much you “look like” a man or a woman.

The EHRC has no clue about equalities and their priorities are shamefully discriminatory.

20.11.2025 17:48 — 👍 75    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 1

I should give a massive shout out to the work of @badvertising.bsky.social and @adfreecities.bsky.social and their awesome station “domination” at
Southwark.

Worth dropping by Southwark station (Jubilee line) to have a look and ponder why ads for fossil fuel products are still allowed?

20.11.2025 17:10 — 👍 37    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0
Do ads for fossil fuels on TfL undermine the Mayor's clean air efforts? | Caroline Russell
YouTube video by Caroline Russell Do ads for fossil fuels on TfL undermine the Mayor's clean air efforts? | Caroline Russell

Cities like Gothenburg already ban fossil fuel ads on public transport, it's time for London to follow suit.

Watch the exchange here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Ok...

20.11.2025 16:31 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Caroline Russell AM persuades the Mayor to push Government on climate-damaging TfL ads Following questioning from Green Party London Assembly Member Caroline Russell, the Mayor has said he will push the government for national guidance on advertising policies to cover fossil fuels.

Spoke with the Mayor today about banning adverts on the TfL network that promote fossil fuels and undermine his climate goals.

He’s now taking it to Government to push for updated advertising rules.

www.london.gov.uk/caroline-rus...

20.11.2025 16:31 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

As an older, cis woman I include all women in my feminism and stand with trans friends and work colleagues, especially today on Trans Day of Remembrance, when we recognise the continued violence directed toward transgender people.

Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

#TDoR2025

20.11.2025 13:15 — 👍 38    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

I met residents at this junction just last month to see how bad it is for walking and cycling: bsky.app/profile/caro....

They told me that TfL and Wandsworth Council have done nothing for three years to make it safer.

❓ will this junction still be the most dangerous in London in 12 months time.

20.11.2025 13:12 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
Dangerous Junctions Most serious and fatal collisions happen at junctions – fixing them is one of the most important things we can do to make cycling in London safer.

📢 The most dangerous London junction for people cycling has been announced by @london_cycling.

🚲 For the third year in a row, it’s where Ansell Road, Lessingham Avenue and Derinton Road meet the CS7 on Upper Tooting Road.

🚲 Read more here lcc.org.uk/campaigns/da...
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20.11.2025 13:12 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0

🚗 💨 This is motonormativity!

20.11.2025 10:17 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

TfL now accepts provision of toilets as part of providing an accessible transport network.

20.11.2025 08:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week, we’ve taken over the ad space of London's Southwark tube station.

Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6

15.11.2025 13:19 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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Mayor Sadiq Khan has overseen significant investment in sustainable public transport and cycling infrastructure.

Yet London's trams, trains, and buses continue to promote the very industries profiting from pollution. 4/5

17.11.2025 12:24 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Our country is in crisis. Bills are too high. People are being forced to live in mouldy, unaffordable homes. One in three kids is living in poverty.

The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.

19.11.2025 09:22 — 👍 289    🔁 93    💬 10    📌 4

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