Tag archives for Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has taken a wrecking ball to democracy – but we can fix it
Parliament has just won the first step in wrangling power away from Boris Johnson - the weakest leader we have ever experienced - who has been taking a wrecking ball…
Greens fight Boris Johnson’s parliament shutdown – UK Green news update week 35
Content note: this article contains mentions of abortion and miscarriage Greens fight Johnson's prorogation of parliament Boris Johnson this week suspended the sitting of parliament in an attempt to shut…
BREAKING: Green London Assembly member Caroline Russell arrested
Image credit: Creative Commons: Joe Dunckley Green Party politician and member of the London Assembly Caroline Russell was arrested today. The arrest took place at the London demonstration against Boris…
Johnson’s shut down of parliament is the tip of the democratic crisis iceberg
On Wednesday we learnt that Boris Johnson intends to shut down Parliament for five weeks in order to force through a disastrous no-deal Brexit. This week opposition parties met to…
Breaking Boris Johnson – Lessons from Brecon and Radnorshire
Image credit: Chatham House, Creative Commons We are in volatile political times; the dramatic result in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election shows this more clearly than ever. But when co-operation…
18 months to save the planet
Image credit: Creative Commons, Tom Corser Another week, and apparently another delay to the long-awaited energy white paper. Bigger news may have rocked the political boat over the last week,…
Boris Johnson would let the planet burn
Image credit: Andrew Parsons, Creative Commons It’s hard to work out what Boris Johnson, who took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom yesterday, genuinely believes. This is particularly…
Hillsborough: Two oranges
When a Bright Green editor texted me to ask if I would write a few hundred words on Hillsborough today for the website, I stared at a blank screen for…
LOLBoris and LOLObama
OK, I'm going to make a clear prediction: Barack Obama is gonna win. I should add that, when Gordon Brown was 10 points down in 2010, I predicted he'd be…
What’s bigger, “peanuts” or “chicken feed”?
I know that Bright Green readers are also avid fans of the Daily Telegraph, so you have no doubt seen the page 16 story that suggests this knotty arithmetical conundrum.…