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James Mcash

James Mcash

Oct 8, 2026

2:15
Yeah.
2:15
And it was very clear to me that was not currently the case, um, because we overwhelmingly advocate our street space to private motor vehicles.
2:25
And in Southwark, 60% of residents don't have access to a private motor vehicle, and that for me struck me as a point of inequity.
2:34
You know, this is a precious resource.
2:36
We need to share it, um, fairly.
2:38
But it's also a point about the climate and about social justice as well.
2:41
So Streets for People has four categories of... or four themes running through it.

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8:00
Could you talk a little bit about some of the strategies or design tools that you use to manage vehicular access in and out of the zones?
0:43
Uh, how are you finding it so far?
0:46
Yeah, it's really great.
0:46
The mood in the conference is really, really optimistic, really positive.
0:50
Obviously, we've just come out of our best election results ever in May, um, electing, well, six green councils, six green-led councils across London, including, uh, mine, Southwark Council, which is a joint administration with the Liberal Democrats.
1:04
Um, and overall, people are really excited to see, you know, what we can do in power, you know, what we can do on local level, making the change, turning those green values from letters on a leaflet into things that people can really see, feel, and touch.

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12:00
How do you carry on campaigning day to day and against the Labor Party, or, you know, nego- being- holding the Labor government to account or disagreeing with it, but also ensuring, if you believe we should, that there's space for the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats and others to maybe talk to Labor post polling day at the next general election?
12:18
election?The best case scenario after the next election, frankly, is that we still have a Labour prime minister.
12:26
You know? It's n- Zac GoldSmith is not gonna become prime minister after the next election.

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