Gillard: Australia’s left-winger for the right?
Australia suddenly got a new Prime Minister on the 24th of June, resident Aussie expert Nishma Doshi agreed to write for Bright Green about her first impressions. It was clear…
Cuts to legal aid risk its collapse
a guest post by Pete Speller, who blogs at the dead goat - where this originally appeared. Access to legal representation in the UK is a right, one that won’t…
Lefty co-operation – dragging the debate back onto our turf
I was asked to write something for the excellent folks at Broad Left Blogging. Here it is, cross-posted. When Philip of Macedon – father of Alexander The Great – fought…
Will Obama guaruntee Palestinian security?
So, Barack Obama has said he won't ask Netanyahu to do anything which compromises Israeli security. This initially seems a perfectly reasonable guarantee. But, the obvious question is, will he…
Why are bp so keen to sponsor art?
On Monday, The Tate will celebrate their sponsorship by bp. Artists and art lovers will be protesting outside. Today, oil industry experts at PLATFORM have launched a new briefing on…
Climate change & cuts
In my recent "a-z of why cuts are mad", "George Osborne: move over Keynes" and on our campaign site , I give a number of reasons why I oppose cuts…
Australia v Serbia: a bloody history
My latest piece on the excellent WDM World Cup blog So, here’s a question. Which member of the OECD “rich countries club” allowed slavery until 1969? Here’ s another. In…
A-Z of why these cuts are mad
I just tweeted an A-Z of why I oppose public spending cuts. Here it is. a) the biggest waste in our economy is unemployment not spending b) we've lower debt:GDP…
Check out this new No Cuts film
The Bright Green crew have teamed up with various friends to campaign against cuts. The excellent Pete Speller did the animation and all for this film. Enjoy.
George Osborne: Move over Keynes – The Shock Axeman Cometh
This is a cross post of a piece I was asked to write for the excellent folks at According to the Sunday Times Rich List, the richest 1,000 in Britain…