The future is… Fully Automated Luxury Communism?
Fully Automated Luxury Communism is the hottest thing on the futurist Left block right now. It is a term used to describe the shift towards robots taking the jobs...
Progressive alliances are more than formal pacts: this is a culture shift
Number of seats the Green Party will stand aside in to help unseat the Conservatives: 24. Number of seats other progressive parties will stand aside in to help others:...
A Plea to Fellow Remainers – Our Best Chance Lies In Jeremy Corbyn
If you are a hard-core Remainer, it might present a depressing prospect that the Labour Party officially “accepts the result” of the referendum, but ask yourself this question:...
Sortition: the way to remake democracy for the 21st century
One of the big – perhaps even the biggest – philosophical questions that any society must answer is how to live together. How should a group of people...
To pact or not to pact: the Northern Ireland Green dilemma
From the moment when Theresa May, contradicting every previous promise, brought our Easter to an abrupt end with her announcement of a snap election, the talk has all...
Are we witnessing populism, or extremism?
Populism. You can’t get away from the term in the current climate of political commentary. At least in Europe this is true, but also in other parts of...
With a historic election looming, what should Green strategy be?
For Greens, the snap election has in a way made things easier. The biggest debate in the party in England and Wales of late has been around the...
Patrick Harvie: ‘minority of aggressive voices’ must not dominate next referendum
At the end of March, the Scottish Parliament did the political equivalent of a two-finger salute to Westminster – by voting for a second independence referendum. While they don’t...
The case for Progressive Alliances
In 2020 or sooner, the Conservative Party will win the next general election with an increased majority. It will be a party in the hands of the state-shrinking,...
Nicola Sturgeon’s Great Gamble
Earlier this week, the Scottish Parliament voted to support First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s call for a Second Referendum on Scottish Independence. Yesterday, Theresa May triggered Article 50. Now...