Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections – a guide for Greens
By Adam Ramsay and Peter McColl This Thursday, 3 new Governments will be elected in the UK. Yes, you read right, 3 countries in Britain are electing their governments this…
Fire Brigades Union funds Green Party MSP’s campaign
The following press release has just come from the Scottish Green Party election campaign: The FBU today confirmed a donation of £500 to Patrick Harvie's campaign for re-election as Glasgow's…
11 reasons to vote Yes on Thursday
1) AV abolishes tactical voting. Have you ever voted for someone you didn't like in order to keep someone you liked even less out? If you haven't, I'm sure lots…
Get out the vote week
They say that history is made by the people who turn up. Surely though, if anyone makes history, it is those who ensure that people turn up. And this week,…
#facebookpurge & #squatageddon: we should have seen this coming
We should have seen it coming. All of the pieces were lined up. When the police told most of the people arrested at Fortnum & Mason's that their sole bail…
Mass Facebook purge of activist groups
Facebook seems to have taken the chance of the distraction during the royal wedding to delete around 50 activist groups. The list of groups removed has been compiled by the…
GDP figures – what’s Osborne’s plan?
First, let's teach some journalists a little basic maths. 100 - of 100 = 100 - That's of is + = To put it another way, if GDP…
A generation’s choice
This piece first appeared on the Edinburgh Green Party blog Edinburgh’s Meadows in the spring sun are always a sight – scattered with revising students and pink cherry blossom. I imagine…
A more civilised kind of politics is not ‘from another planet’
I had forgotten how civilised Scottish politics is. Last night, I was representing the Greens at the Edinburgh University Students' Association hustings. Three years ago I stood on the same…
Tories don’t want a snap election – why I disagree with Jackie Ashley
Jackie Ashley has written an interesting piece arguing that the Tories may well want a snap general election this year. This is why I disagree. But I should be clear…