Caroline Russell
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
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
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
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
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
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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.
And despite the political debate on it, people still think fuel is too expensive.
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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.
And despite the political debate on it, people still think fuel is too expensive.
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. 🤞
Keeping everything crossed for them. 🤞
📣APPEAL HEARING CONFIRMED
We are appealing the result of our judicial review at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice on Weds 26 Nov.
Please join us for a photocall at 8.30am at the pedestrian area near St Mary-Le-Strand. We'd love to see you there, DM if you're coming!
We are appealing the result of our judicial review at the Court of Appeal, Royal Courts of Justice on Weds 26 Nov.
Please join us for a photocall at 8.30am at the pedestrian area near St Mary-Le-Strand. We'd love to see you there, DM if you're coming!
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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. 🤞
Keeping everything crossed for them. 🤞
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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.
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.
I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
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.
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More on that here from @dailykj.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...
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
www.mylondon.news
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
More on that here from @dailykj.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/transpo...
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.
Good to see the Mayor taking this call seriously.
Shout out to @badvertising.bsky.social for the Southwark station campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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.
Good to see the Mayor taking this call seriously.
Shout out to @badvertising.bsky.social for the Southwark station campaign.
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Bribery is a "malignancy" at the heart of British public life, says judge.
The law responds with "stern punishment"
The law responds with "stern punishment"
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Bribery is a "malignancy" at the heart of British public life, says judge.
The law responds with "stern punishment"
The law responds with "stern punishment"
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.
NEW: The judge has begun her sentencing remarks in Nathan Gill hearing.
She notes the behaviour expected of MEPs "members are to act solely in the public interest".
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She notes the behaviour expected of MEPs "members are to act solely in the public interest".
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November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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.
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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
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
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.
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.
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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
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
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"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 💗
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 💗
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"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 💗
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 💗
Powerful speeches on Trans Day of Remembrance from @sianberry.bsky.social Olivia from Trans Legal Clinic with @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social and Kate Nash. #TDoR2025
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Powerful speeches on Trans Day of Remembrance from @sianberry.bsky.social Olivia from Trans Legal Clinic with @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social and Kate Nash. #TDoR2025
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November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"I always believed in working with people to achieve the best for our city..."
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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.
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.
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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.
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.
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?
Southwark.
Worth dropping by Southwark station (Jubilee line) to have a look and ponder why ads for fossil fuel products are still allowed?
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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?
Southwark.
Worth dropping by Southwark station (Jubilee line) to have a look and ponder why ads for fossil fuel products are still allowed?
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...
He’s now taking it to Government to push for updated advertising rules.
www.london.gov.uk/caroline-rus...
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.
www.london.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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...
He’s now taking it to Government to push for updated advertising rules.
www.london.gov.uk/caroline-rus...
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
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
#TDoR2025
In the lead-up to Trans Day of Remembrance, I won a cross-party commitment on the London Assembly to protecting and advancing trans rights.
It has never been more important for our institutions to stand together unequivocally with the trans community.
It has never been more important for our institutions to stand together unequivocally with the trans community.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
#TDoR2025
📢 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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🚲 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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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.
lcc.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📢 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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🚲 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...
🧵
🚗 💨 This is motonormativity!
What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🚗 💨 This is motonormativity!
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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
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
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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
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
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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
Yet London's trams, trains, and buses continue to promote the very industries profiting from pollution. 4/5
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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
Yet London's trams, trains, and buses continue to promote the very industries profiting from pollution. 4/5
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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.
The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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.
The budget is this government's chance to turn things around: it's time to cut bills and tax billionaires.
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📍Inspecting the toilets at Seven Sisters Station
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@inclusionlondon.bsky.social
@gaillyk.bsky.social
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@inclusionlondon.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📍Inspecting the toilets at Seven Sisters Station
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@inclusionlondon.bsky.social
@gaillyk.bsky.social
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
@inclusionlondon.bsky.social
@gaillyk.bsky.social
Great to have @unitetheunion.bsky.social campaigning so strongly on toilet availability.
It is a matter of public health and human dignity and also an issue of safety - if people are distracted by needing a toilet when driving a bus, that’s a risk that can be designed out by providing toilets.
It is a matter of public health and human dignity and also an issue of safety - if people are distracted by needing a toilet when driving a bus, that’s a risk that can be designed out by providing toilets.
🚽 Research by @unitetheunion.bsky.social has found over half of UK bus routes have no toilets available for drivers.
These findings show a complete failure when it comes to providing decent toilet facilities for bus drivers. 1/2 ⤵️
These findings show a complete failure when it comes to providing decent toilet facilities for bus drivers. 1/2 ⤵️
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Great to have @unitetheunion.bsky.social campaigning so strongly on toilet availability.
It is a matter of public health and human dignity and also an issue of safety - if people are distracted by needing a toilet when driving a bus, that’s a risk that can be designed out by providing toilets.
It is a matter of public health and human dignity and also an issue of safety - if people are distracted by needing a toilet when driving a bus, that’s a risk that can be designed out by providing toilets.