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Free public transport: why the Scottish Greens’ win is the first step to creating a new economy
Greens have won free bus transport for under-18s as part of the Scottish Budget process. It’s a big win, but the story behind it shows some really important things about…
The rich should be paying for energy efficiency, not the poor
It’s time to challenge the political consensus about energy customers paying for all the green measures that are needed to deal with the climate emergency. The big problem with these…
Funding a Green New Deal for Brighton and Hove
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Brighton Pavillion This week, Brighton and Hove councillors meet to debate and vote on the city’s budget. Our city faces three challenges in this budget: a…
How can the Green Party build relationships with the farming sector?
Image credit: David McDermott - Creative Commons Nowadays, not many people in the UK have personal experience of farming. Despite living in a market town in a rural area, I…
Brighton and Hove still has a way to come to being the perfect LGBTIQA+ city
On a Friday afternoon at the end of January, I sat with nine other councillors for Trans Awareness Training. It was delivered by the brilliant The Clare Project, a small…
Our children need proper mental health provision
‘School days are the best days of your life’, the saying goes. But growing evidence is showing us that childhood is increasingly fraught with stress and anxiety. The pressure to…
To save the planet, we have to kill capitalism
Image credit: Neil Cummings, Creative Commons We’ve missed the chance to introduce steady change to save our society and our planet. Had we listened and acted in the late 80s,…
The grassroots green revolution is why I’m proud to have represented the South East in the European Parliament
It sometimes feels at the moment like the world is a dangerously depressing place. Fires continue to rage, air pollution is still killing thousands of Brits a year and many…
The truth behind the Greens’ performance in the General Election
Image credit: YouTube Screengrab The election is over. Social media is filled with rancorous debate - unpicking Labour’s defeat. But what of the Greens? How was this election for us?…
The Green Party’s future lies in a transformative, participatory programme of the left
Image credit: Bristol Green Party - Creative Commons There have been lots of different responses to the general election writ large. Mired in defeat and punch-drunk with the loss of…