Archives for Green Parties - Page 2
Forget tactical voting. Now’s the time to vote Green.
Greens didn’t call this election. And we think it’s wrong to proceed to an election now instead of attempting to resolve the single biggest constitutional crisis first with a People’s…
Capitalism is undermining animal welfare
Four years ago, when my kind and generous Aunt Nancy died, aged 94, she asked that we should donate to the charity Compassion in World Farming. I felt that the…
Young Greens launch “most ambitious” election campaign ever
The UK has entered the throes of a General Election. And the Young Greens - the youth and student wing of the Green Party of England & Wales - have…
BREAKING: New poll shows Greens on track for best ever result in Cambridge
With the UK now entering a General Election, there are early signs of good news for the Greens. A new poll of voters in Cambridge has put the party on…
Scotland’s transport system needs a radical overhaul
Radical transformation of transport will have to form the bedrock of any meaningful response to the climate emergency. Transport is the single biggest source of net carbon emissions in Scotland…
Green New Deal on tour – UK Green news round up week 43
Alex Phillips launches Green New Deal report The Green New Deal is all the rage right now. One of its most prominent proponents in the Green Party of England and…
The Young Greens have never been more ready for a General Election
Image credit: Young Greens On Monday, parliament looks set to call a snap General Election - and as the Young Greens, we've never been more ready for it. Across the…
I was arrested fighting for the right to protest – a fight that matters to us all
On the evening of Monday October 14 I was arrested in Trafalgar Square, while defending the right of Extinction Rebellion to peaceful assembly and public protest. I happened to be…
Abolishing Brexit and the House of Lords – UK Green news round up week 42
Natalie Bennett starts time in House of Lords as she means to go on Creative Commons: Global Justice Now This week, Natalie Bennett formally joined Jenny Jones in the House…
The Green Party’s radical conscience – an interview with Alex Phillips MEP
Often political interviews are dull affairs. A politician runs through a series of rehearsed points, refusing to deviate from them. In some instances, they will have a staffer present, lingering…