Author Archives: Chris Jarvis
Ten things the Green Party should do to build on its biggest ever success
Image credit: YouTube screengrab 2019 has been an unprecedented year for the Green Party of England and Wales. In English local elections, we won more councillors than ever before -…
Green New Deals and new Green leaders – UK Green news round up week 25
Magid Magid and Alex Phillips set out how a Green New Deal could beat the far right Image credit: YouTube screengrab The Green New Deal is all the rage right…
Jenny Jones to join campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy
Image credit: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Creative Commons The campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy is about to be boosted by a high profile backer. Jenny Jones, the Green member…
Fighting privatisation, from buses to schools – UK Green news round up week 24
John Finnie celebrates victory that could transform bus services in Scotland Image credit: YouTube screengrab This week, the Scottish Parliament made an historic decision. It voted to accept amendments to…
Greens hit out at Lib Dem austerity pushers and Tory bigots – UK Green news round up week 23
Siân Berry slams Liberal Democrats for their part in austerity Image credit: Rosie Rawle This weekend the Green Party of England and Wales held its Spring conference in Scarborough. One…
Breaking records again and again – UK Green news round up week 22
Greens celebrate best ever European election results Image credit: YouTube screengrab After all the votes had been counted last Sunday, the Green Party of England and Wales had won seven…
Who are the new Green MEPs? #4: Magid Magid
Image credit: YouTube screengrab In this year's European elections, the Greens won an unprecedented seven seats in the European Parliament. Among those seven was the closest thing to a Green…
Who are the new Green MEPs? #3: Catherine Rowett
Image credit: YouTube screengrab Earlier this week, the Green Party of England and Wales had a historic election night. After a similarly unprecedented set of local elections, the Greens won…
Who are the Greens’ new MEPs? #2: Scott Ainslie
Image Credit: Scott Ainslie Over 2 million people voted for the UK's Green Parties in this year's European elections. This is the second highest number of votes the Greens have…
Who are the Greens’ new MEPs? #1: Alex Phillips
Image credit: YouTube screengrab Green Parties have achieved historic results across the continent in this year's European parliamentary elections. These results have been mirrored in the UK, where the Green…