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8 reasons Greens should stand in Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections

Adam McGibbon 7 September 2015 8 reasons Greens should stand in Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections2015-09-07T10:22:40+01:00 Comment 5 Comments
Police officers during the 2013 anti-fracking protests in Balcombe, West Sussex. Photo: Crawley News. Adam McGibbon, Caroline Lucas’ campaign manager for the General Election, and now the Greens’ London Mayoral…
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After Brighton Pavilion – Nine Thoughts

Adam McGibbon 13 May 2015 After Brighton Pavilion – Nine Thoughts2015-05-14T01:28:53+01:00 Comment 6 Comments
Caroline Lucas with husband Richard (left), Campaign Manager Adam McGibbon (right) and supporters following the result Adam McGibbon, Caroline Lucas’ Campaign Manager, gives Bright Green some brief thoughts after Thursday’s General…
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Prominent feminist is new Northern Ireland Green Party Deputy Leader

Adam McGibbon 20 November 2014 Prominent feminist is new Northern Ireland Green Party Deputy Leader2014-12-15T10:56:52+00:00 Green Parties No Comment
Clare Bailey makes her first speech as Deputy Leader with GPNI Leader Steven Agnew. She was elected unanimously to the new Deputy Leader position, which follows the Northern Ireland Green…
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How Do We Stop The Student Loan Book Sell-Off?

Adam McGibbon 2 July 2013 How Do We Stop The Student Loan Book Sell-Off?2015-03-11T00:42:13+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 16 Comments
The Gown student newspaper, November 1995. NUS call for a bank boycott over student loan privatisation plans.   Not content with attacking current and future students, the Coalition government now…
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Inez McCormack – A Tribute

Adam McGibbon 22 January 2013 Inez McCormack – A Tribute2015-04-17T15:10:43+01:00 Northern Ireland No Comment
Mention Inez McCormack to many Northern Irish people of this generation and get blank faces. But Inez McCormack was an incredible, lifelong fighter for justice.  Through her activism, she affected…
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Union of Students in Ireland votes to retain free education stance

Adam McGibbon 29 May 2012 Union of Students in Ireland votes to retain free education stance2015-11-03T12:54:50+00:00 1 Comment
A special conference of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), the national union of students in Ireland, has voted to retain the union’s stance that higher education should be…
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Students' union letting agencies – Part of the Solution?

Adam McGibbon 30 April 2012 Students' union letting agencies – Part of the Solution?2012-04-30T13:00:53+01:00 *Society* 1 Comment
After two long years, the project that has dominated most of my Vice Presidency of Queen's University Belfast Students' Union has come to fruition – the creation of 'SU Lets',…
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Where Next For Northern Ireland? The Agreement, 14 Years On

Adam McGibbon 3 April 2012 Where Next For Northern Ireland? The Agreement, 14 Years On2016-03-18T11:52:00+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 2 Comments
When I was ten years old, I remember being dragged out one evening by my parents to the local primary school in Dundonald, East Belfast. Uncooperative and grouchy, I had…
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Occupy Belfast create ‘The People’s Bank’

Adam McGibbon 30 January 2012 Occupy Belfast create ‘The People’s Bank’2016-03-18T11:57:50+00:00 *Society* 2 Comments
Royal Avenue, Belfast’s main city centre thoroughfare, mixes classic architecture with more obviously new arrivals. On the corner of Royal Avenue and North Street lies a grand, art deco building…
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Why I’m using my tax rebate to sue the taxman

Adam McGibbon 29 December 2011 Why I’m using my tax rebate to sue the taxman2011-12-29T10:00:18+00:00 6 Comments
A couple of days before Christmas, a letter came in the mail for me. It was for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, telling me I was due a tax rebate…
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