#GPconf: An unofficial guide for journos heading to Green Party conference
Image: London Young Greens. Green Party Spring Conference this weekend will have more journalists at it than any other in the party's past. As an old Green member (and recent…
8 thoughts on the Natalie Bennett interviews
Natalie Bennett had what, by common consensus, was a couple of awful interviews on Tuesday - there's no denying it. Nor was it helped by Jenny Jones then utterly stuffing up…
Contenders announce bids for 2016 Holyrood elections
MSPs John Finnie, Alison Johnstone and Patrick Harvie with party Co-Convenor Maggie Chapman at the 2014 SGP conference. Image: Scottish Green Party/Callum MacLellan Scottish Greens have been doing pretty well…
Greece: the first Green government in Europe?
Image: Stefan Gabrieli The sound system was playing Bella Ciao. Flags of parties from across the left and the continent wiggled as their bearers danced and sang along. Ouzo flowed…
The Green surge: a history
It's always hard to look back in time and determine exactly when something started. One key date which sticks out in my mind is February 23 2013. On that day,…
Farage, Greens and the culture war
UKIP protestors in May 2014. Image: Gordon Maloney. “I'm not particularly bothered by it, but I know a lot of people do feel very I mean, look, it's just a…
Natalie’s Train Ride: The Potency of Eco-Individualism
Natalie Bennett with 'renationalise the railways' poster and Green PPC Tony Mabbott. Photo: Leighton Buzzard Observer Adam Ramsay writes on why the Evening Standard's attack piece on Natalie Bennett taking a train…
Time for Plaid and the Greens to collaborate
I watched Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood's speech to her party conference this weekend on my laptop. My housemate – an economist and environmental activist – was next door, and…
What to do with all these new members? On Brighton strategies and national strategies
Brighton Greens on the sea-front at an Anti-EDL protest this Spring. Image: Tim Buss. Here's a stat for you: membership of the Green parties in the UK has trebled since…
The next Green MP? Peter McColl
In 2015, Greens are targeting a number of seats across the UK. With this in mind, I thought I'd do a quick series of profiles of the candidates in these…