James McAsh
@jamesmcash.bsky.social
Leader of Southwark Council.
Southwark Green Party councillor for Goose Green.
Ex-primary school teacher & trade unionist. Personal capacity. Socialist. 🪿🟩
Southwark Green Party councillor for Goose Green.
Ex-primary school teacher & trade unionist. Personal capacity. Socialist. 🪿🟩
Great to see @owenjones.bsky.social campaigning for @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the Greens in H&SP at the weekend.
He thinks @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social should say NO to new Oil & Gas in the North Sea.
Agree with Owen? Sign & share our petition 👇
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandg...
He thinks @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social should say NO to new Oil & Gas in the North Sea.
Agree with Owen? Sign & share our petition 👇
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandg...
September 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Great to see @owenjones.bsky.social campaigning for @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the Greens in H&SP at the weekend.
He thinks @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social should say NO to new Oil & Gas in the North Sea.
Agree with Owen? Sign & share our petition 👇
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandg...
He thinks @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social should say NO to new Oil & Gas in the North Sea.
Agree with Owen? Sign & share our petition 👇
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandg...
The Green Party has been in power in Southwark for 100 days.
Here's 10 achievements in 60 seconds 💪
Here's 10 achievements in 60 seconds 💪
September 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
The Green Party has been in power in Southwark for 100 days.
Here's 10 achievements in 60 seconds 💪
Here's 10 achievements in 60 seconds 💪
New gas drilling could be approved within weeks. This would be a climate disaster.
The decision belongs to the Energy Secretary - our local MP for Peckham, Miatta Fahnbulleh.
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social - please stand by your previous commitments. Reject Jackdaw!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The decision belongs to the Energy Secretary - our local MP for Peckham, Miatta Fahnbulleh.
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social - please stand by your previous commitments. Reject Jackdaw!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
New gas drilling could be approved within weeks. This would be a climate disaster.
The decision belongs to the Energy Secretary - our local MP for Peckham, Miatta Fahnbulleh.
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social - please stand by your previous commitments. Reject Jackdaw!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The decision belongs to the Energy Secretary - our local MP for Peckham, Miatta Fahnbulleh.
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social - please stand by your previous commitments. Reject Jackdaw!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's time Parliament genuinely reflects our votes.
And with the majority of the public rejecting Nigel Farage's politics of hatred and division, we can't let a broken voting system hand him unchecked power.
It's time for proportional representation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And with the majority of the public rejecting Nigel Farage's politics of hatred and division, we can't let a broken voting system hand him unchecked power.
It's time for proportional representation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs will push Burnham to back voting reform in first 100 days
Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM
It's time Parliament genuinely reflects our votes.
And with the majority of the public rejecting Nigel Farage's politics of hatred and division, we can't let a broken voting system hand him unchecked power.
It's time for proportional representation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And with the majority of the public rejecting Nigel Farage's politics of hatred and division, we can't let a broken voting system hand him unchecked power.
It's time for proportional representation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dolly Parton stood for feminist, anti-racist and pro-LGBT+ class-conscious politics.
A Freewoman of Southwark, in 2016 she launched her Imagination Library in the borough, delivering thousands of free books to Southwark's children.
Rest In Peace, Dolly
A Freewoman of Southwark, in 2016 she launched her Imagination Library in the borough, delivering thousands of free books to Southwark's children.
Rest In Peace, Dolly
August 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Dolly Parton stood for feminist, anti-racist and pro-LGBT+ class-conscious politics.
A Freewoman of Southwark, in 2016 she launched her Imagination Library in the borough, delivering thousands of free books to Southwark's children.
Rest In Peace, Dolly
A Freewoman of Southwark, in 2016 she launched her Imagination Library in the borough, delivering thousands of free books to Southwark's children.
Rest In Peace, Dolly
We've all experienced the cost of water privatisation: droughts, flooding and excess pay for the bosses.
The Prime Minister has it the wrong way around.
We can't afford to not bring Thames Water into public ownership.
The Prime Minister has it the wrong way around.
We can't afford to not bring Thames Water into public ownership.
August 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
We've all experienced the cost of water privatisation: droughts, flooding and excess pay for the bosses.
The Prime Minister has it the wrong way around.
We can't afford to not bring Thames Water into public ownership.
The Prime Minister has it the wrong way around.
We can't afford to not bring Thames Water into public ownership.
Our local MP, Miatta Fahnbulleh, faces a choice: protect the planet and the people of Peckham or prioritise the profits of polluters.
Help her make the right one.
Tell her: No New Oil & Gas.
Sign the petition 📝
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandgas
Help her make the right one.
Tell her: No New Oil & Gas.
Sign the petition 📝
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandgas
August 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Our local MP, Miatta Fahnbulleh, faces a choice: protect the planet and the people of Peckham or prioritise the profits of polluters.
Help her make the right one.
Tell her: No New Oil & Gas.
Sign the petition 📝
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandgas
Help her make the right one.
Tell her: No New Oil & Gas.
Sign the petition 📝
www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandgas
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Six Green council leaders in London - @zoegarbett.bsky.social, @martinabrams.bsky.social, @liamshrivastava.bsky.social, @jamesmcash.bsky.social, Paul Perkins, and Mark Blake - have signed an open letter calling for new legislation to protect trans people following the EHRC code of practice.
Six London councils demand new legislation to protect trans people following EHRC ‘attack’ on trans community
The Green Party run councils said they would seek to continue to deliver trans-inclusive services, despite the new code of practices
leftfootforward.org
August 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Six Green council leaders in London - @zoegarbett.bsky.social, @martinabrams.bsky.social, @liamshrivastava.bsky.social, @jamesmcash.bsky.social, Paul Perkins, and Mark Blake - have signed an open letter calling for new legislation to protect trans people following the EHRC code of practice.
The Prime Minister wants to take power from local councils and give them to more distant regional Mayors
He says he's pro-devolution - but this is the wrong way around.
Power should move closer to people, not further away.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
He says he's pro-devolution - but this is the wrong way around.
Power should move closer to people, not further away.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Mayors to get new powers over planning decisions under Burnham proposals
Move would allow mayors to greenlight large-scale developments and have more say on national housing funding
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2026 at 9:08 AM
The Prime Minister wants to take power from local councils and give them to more distant regional Mayors
He says he's pro-devolution - but this is the wrong way around.
Power should move closer to people, not further away.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
He says he's pro-devolution - but this is the wrong way around.
Power should move closer to people, not further away.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
I have left the Labour Party and joined the @greenparty.org.uk. Full statement below. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @southwarkgp.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM
I have left the Labour Party and joined the @greenparty.org.uk. Full statement below. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @southwarkgp.bsky.social
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ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating conversation with Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social about the Streets For People program, a series of low-traffic neighborhood and safer streets initiatives that London's Borough of Southwark has implemented.
www.activetowns.org/2025/04/01/s...
www.activetowns.org/2025/04/01/s...
Streets For People
EPISODE 291, SEASON 9:
In this episode, I connect with
Cllr James McAsh, London's Southwark Borough
We discuss the background story that led him into politics, his transition into land use and trans...
www.activetowns.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating conversation with Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social about the Streets For People program, a series of low-traffic neighborhood and safer streets initiatives that London's Borough of Southwark has implemented.
www.activetowns.org/2025/04/01/s...
www.activetowns.org/2025/04/01/s...
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We're stepping up action on graffiti and flyposting across our town centres with new dedicated ‘blitz’ teams targeting hotspots in Peckham, Camberwell, and Elephant and Castle.
Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social visited Camberwell to see the clean-up in action.
www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/so...
Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social visited Camberwell to see the clean-up in action.
www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/so...
April 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We're stepping up action on graffiti and flyposting across our town centres with new dedicated ‘blitz’ teams targeting hotspots in Peckham, Camberwell, and Elephant and Castle.
Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social visited Camberwell to see the clean-up in action.
www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/so...
Cllr @jamesmcash.bsky.social visited Camberwell to see the clean-up in action.
www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/so...
Reposted by James McAsh
A survey of councils, collectively managing over 870,000 council homes, has shown that council housing finances are on the brink. The government's upcoming housing strategy needs to #SaveCouncilHousing
See the full results and our recommendations
southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/tw...
See the full results and our recommendations
southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/tw...
January 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A survey of councils, collectively managing over 870,000 council homes, has shown that council housing finances are on the brink. The government's upcoming housing strategy needs to #SaveCouncilHousing
See the full results and our recommendations
southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/tw...
See the full results and our recommendations
southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/tw...
Turns out, for 15 years, Southwark had a secret shortcut to Malibu and Laurel Canyon! 🚗✈️
Why we didn't pick up on the misdirected sign for over a decade?
Well, as I joked to @metrouk.bsky.social : 'You’d be forgiven for confusing Rotherhithe with California...' 🌴
Why we didn't pick up on the misdirected sign for over a decade?
Well, as I joked to @metrouk.bsky.social : 'You’d be forgiven for confusing Rotherhithe with California...' 🌴
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Turns out, for 15 years, Southwark had a secret shortcut to Malibu and Laurel Canyon! 🚗✈️
Why we didn't pick up on the misdirected sign for over a decade?
Well, as I joked to @metrouk.bsky.social : 'You’d be forgiven for confusing Rotherhithe with California...' 🌴
Why we didn't pick up on the misdirected sign for over a decade?
Well, as I joked to @metrouk.bsky.social : 'You’d be forgiven for confusing Rotherhithe with California...' 🌴