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Green Party Executive election kicks off – UK Green news round up issue 62
Candidates throw their hats into the ring for GPEx elections Nominations for the forthcoming Green Party of England and Wales Executive (GPEx) elections open on June 1. These elections will…
The Green Party needs collective leadership
Green leadership is collective, and the leadership candidates need to reflect this in the way they approach this election. Ever since Natalie Bennett ran her first leadership election campaign on…
Greens must be at the forefront of resistance to the far right
The far-right is on the rise across the world. From Germany - where the AfD host neo-Nazi views and holocaust apologia, to Italy - where the Northern League have been…
Greens reiterate calls for Universal Basic Income – UK Green news round up issue 59
Greens reiterate calls for a Universal Basic Income Image credit: Bristol Green Party and Callum MacLellan Photography - Creative Commons With the latest government announcements providing little alleviation of lockdown,…
Greens say no return to “normal” after the crisis – UK Green news round up issue 57
Greens say no return to "normal" Image credit: Kaihsu Tai and Ric Lander - Creative Commons, and YouTube screengrab As another week of lockdown continued, people have begun discussing what…
Green councillors demand emergency funding to tackle coronavirus crisis – UK Green news round up issue 56
Green councillors demand emergency funding to tackle coronavirus crisis Image credit: YouTube screengrab With the coronavirus crisis rumbling on, local councils are increasingly facing pressure on services and their finances.…
Wales Green Party picks new deputy leader – UK Green news round up issue 54
Lauren James becomes new deputy leader of the Wales Green Party While most of the media's eyes will be on the election of the new Labour leadership team, there have…
Three former MEPs join over 200 Greens in condemning Population Matters – UK Green news round up issue 52
Population Matters: correction and apology In March, we published the open letter referred to below criticising the charity Population Matters. We have now added an editorial note (here) to the…
How the Green election campaign went from bad to worse – and where we go from here
Image credit: Creative Commons: Jwslubbock The dust has now settled on the most heartbreaking election since the last one. All the votes are now counted. And for the fourth election…
Four days until polling day – UK Green news round up weeks 48 & 49
Green Party would invest £12 billion in renewables Image credit: Creative Commons: GPEW The Green Party of England and Wales has this week fleshed out its proposals regarding renewable energy.…