Podcast: A chat with John Finnie, Maggie Chapman and co. at Scottish Greens conference
Left to right: Maggie Chapman, Adam Ramsay, Alys Mumford, John Finnie MSP, Isla O'Reilly, Peter McColl For our second podcast Bright Green visited the 2016 Scottish Greens Spring Conference for…
Who will the new Green MSPs be?
A poll came out this week which gave the Greens nine or ten MSPs. In a parliament where most SNP seats will be held by those already there, and Labour…
Scotland’s voting system stooshie is about politics, not maths
Image: Wikimedia Commons Much of the brawl about D'Hondt isn't really about D'Hondt. What it's really about, it seems to me, is the relative importance of an SNP majority vs…
RISE and the Greens must work together, and here’s how
Radical Independence campaigners including Scottish Greens at the Lothians region count of the 2014 referendum. Photo: Ric Lander This week, a new political group is coming together in Scotland. RISE…
Why the 2016 elections will be vital for Greens (and why I’m hoping Sian Berry is London Mayor candidate)
In May 2014, Sian Berry was elected as Green local councillor for Highgate ward, Camden in 2014 to the seat previously occupied by Cllr Maya de Souza. Thursday the 5th…
A crisis is at hand: only voting green will do
Caroline Lucas elected as the first Green MP in the UK Parliament, 2010. She couldn't have won without Brighton Pavillion residents voting Green in previous elections. Image: BBC News. The…
Whatever your views on copyright, Green policies are good for the arts
The Greens have come under fire for our policy on copyright UPDATE: Caroline Lucas has now clarified the policy in a blog post, writing: "There's been some concern expressed in recent days…
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…
“Troubling the troubles” – the Northern Irish Greens are an inspiration to us all
Green Party NI at their recent conference - Where the Short Strand's Mountpottinger Road meets the Albertbridge Road, the houses have thick steel mesh over their windows and, at first, no…
#GPconf: Green care policies could pay for themselves
Social Work week in British Columbia. Image: BCG Photos. There has been a bit of chat on the Twitters about the Green Party of England and Wales policy relating to…