Conference firsts, publicly owned trains and Young Greens campaigns – UK Green news round up week 6
Clare Bailey hosts first conference of Green Party in Northern Ireland as leader While Stormont is still at a standstill, the ongoing churn of the political calendar continues. On...
Tax reform, the backstop and Churchill’s white supremacy – UK Green news round up week 5
Scottish Greens win major budget concessions from SNP After protracted negotiations, the Scottish Government agreed a budget this week with the support of the Greens. The Greens successfully won...
Abortion rights, budget wars and Brexit tours – UK Green news round up week 4
Green Party in Northern Ireland demand abortion law reform The Green Party in Northern Ireland called for legalisation of abortion this week. While legal in the rest of the...
Brexit, railways and Thatcher – UK Green news round up week 3
Caroline Lucas enters Brexit negotiations with Theresa May After a week of intense political machinations, we’re still no closer to clarity on the direction of travel for Brexit. During...
Small sausages – Green news round up week 2
Amelia Womack 1, Piers Morgan 0 After last week‘s furore over Caroline Lucas’ proposals on taxing meat, Green Party of England and Wales Deputy Leader Amelia Womack went head...
New year, new structures and new policies – Green news round up week 1
Welcome to the first of many Bright Green news round-ups. As part of the revamped and relaunched Bright Green, we’ll be bringing a weekly round up of news on...
Patrick Harvie: ‘minority of aggressive voices’ must not dominate next referendum
At the end of March, the Scottish Parliament did the political equivalent of a two-finger salute to Westminster – by voting for a second independence referendum. While they don’t...
Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas kick off #sgpconf weekend
Last night Scottish Green Party conference weekend opened with two of the biggest names in Green politics in the UK, as Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas discussed defeating austerity...
Greens offer hand of friendship to Labour following Jeremy Corbyn landslide
View image | Following Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide victory today in the Labour leadership election, in which he won in the first round of voting with over 59% (a...
An SNP member on the importance of the Scottish Greens
Last week, Caroline Lucas—following the position of the Scottish Green Party—voted against the Scottish National Party’s amendment for ‘full fiscal autonomy’ in the Scotland Bill, attracting the ire of...