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Sturgeon, Bennett and Wood have blown open English politics
The Palace of Westminster. Image: Herry Lawford. One of the constant refrains from unionists during the independence campaign was that Scotland wasn’t that politically different to the rest of the…
39 Critiques of the Labour Manifesto
Bristol Green Councillor Rob Telford challenges Labour's 2015 election manifesto with arguments for Greens on the doorstep The Green Party’s top three target seats are Brighton Pavilion, Bristol West and…
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner goes Green
Creative Commons The Green Party seems to be winning in Westeros as actress Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, has told The Telegraph that she supports…
How the spectacle of politics is running the day
Photo by Mike Mozart of JeepersMedia Has politics lost all sense of reality, creating a spectacle at the expense of public voices? On Sunday whilst walking through Hyde Park I…
UKIP on the Thames estuary. A worrying trend.
Riverside Grays. Image: Andy Howell I'm the Green prospective parliamentary candidate for Mid Sussex 2015; I wasn’t born here though. Life began for me in Thurrock, Essex, in the same…
Greens: It’s time to hunker down
Source: This week, the Green parties of the UK will likely pass 70,000 members. That’s no mean feat. But it will mean little if those people don’t kick into gear…
Party consumerism: what it is and how we defeat it
Speakers on May Day 2012 in Trafalgar Square, London. Image: Jaggers, Flickr. The rise of consumerism over the past century shows the overwhelming power of capital. Not content with determining…
Confirmed: Green Party’s manifesto ‘For the Common Good’ to be launched on Tuesday
You may remember Bright Green reporting rumours last week that the Green Party's fully-costed manifesto was rumoured to be launching this Well, we've just seen this (it went out this morning…
Scottish Young Greens release Youth Manifesto
Scottish Young Greens launch their Youth Manifesto at their AGM today in Glasgow. Photo: Scottish Young Greens. Today, the Scottish Young Greens released their first ever Youth Manifesto at…
The Greens have a better chance of being in power than the Tories…
One thing has been clear over the past couple of weeks - the polls have shifted in Labour's favour. Miliband's ratings are going up after the leader's debate and pledges…