The campaign for a four-day working week: Good for wellbeing or economic disaster?
“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” Michelle Obama When was the last time you felt relaxed? Last night...
An open letter to the labour movement: support the strike, don’t cross the climate picket line
On 15th March 2019, from Scotland to South Africa, an estimated million children and teenagers skipped school to participate in the global youth climate strikes. As the world’s...
Green MEP candidate: There are many problems in our country, but Nigel Farage isn’t the answer
As a Green candidate in these EU elections, I’ve spent the last 3 weeks travelling across the South East of England. Oxford, Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Dover, the Isle of...
The hashtag that’s giving young people a voice in the EU elections
Young people are the ones who will live to see the worst impacts of climate change. But they are also the ones who have the least say in their...
Green MEP candidate: Vote Green to stop the far right
To my absolute horror, a racist came to Burnley yesterday. I don’t want to name him – but think of thuggish violence and far-right extremism, and you’ll have a...
Green MEP candidate: We need a humane migration policy
Content note: mentions rape, torture, domestic violence and conversion therapy I am Jan Doerfel and I am a Green Party European election candidate for the South East. I have...
Air pollution and the school run: Why we need to go further than Walk to School Week
Every weekday morning in term-time, a massive queue of cars crawls along outside my daughter’s school in Brighton. The entire line grinds to a halt each time the car...
Green MEP candidate: We must not frack away our future
It was in the Sussex village of Balcombe that fracking exploded into the public consciousness in the UK. In August 2013 Caroline Lucas was arrested as part of the...
Labour’s new energy policies show the party is taking climate justice seriously
In just one week Labour have taken their ambitions on tackling the climate crisis to the next level. Bringing Energy Home, a new report outlining Labour’s proposal for publicly...
Corbynism 2.0: Why Momentum backing a four day week is a big deal
Momentum is getting behind a series of “radical and transformational” policies to be passed at this year’s Labour conference, including a Green New Deal, ‘Inclusive Ownership Funds’ and perhaps...