Former Northampton Labour MP Tony Clarke joins Green Party
Tony Clarke, former Labour MP for Northampton, has joined the Green Party. Mr Clarke, a one time rebel Labour MP, is now an independent councillor in his city, and stood…
Labour party backs bedroom tax
Here is Labour frontbencher Helen Goodman confirming that her party supports the 'Bedroom Tax'. The charge, a deduction from benefits for anyone who lives in social housing and who has…
Scottish Wildcats on verge of extinction
There are, perhaps, less than 100 Scotish wildcats remaining. 2013 is likely to be the year which defines whether or not our own unique sub-species, felis silvestris grampia, becomes extinct.…
Communication Workers' Union branch backs independence
The CWU Scotland No 2 Branch has voted to back a yes vote in the independence referendum next year. The union, which covers postal workers in the Stirling, Edinburgh, Fife…
Alan Milburn was paid by NHS privateers while still an MP
This isn't new information, but it was new to me. This Guardian article from two years ago says that, when he was still an MP, Alan Milburn was getting £25-30k…
We must make EDF regret their choice to sue activists
The powerful win not by convincing the people, but by removing our tools for organising. Mrs Thatcher's great victory was not her privatisations. It was not her cuts, and it…
Huge quantities of public money propping up big oil, new report shows
Big oil companies are plundering the public purse. As the government pushes through vast cuts to the services for which we pay our taxes, oil companies are benefiting from taxpayer…
Tory detoxification continues…
I wrote last week about Cameron's re-de-toxification strategy - that he seems to be working hard to recruit well-off liberals. This weekend, I happened to notice his last three Facebook…
Green World is right not to run adverts for Population Matters
Someone isn't happy. Here at Bright Green towers, we received a pretty miffed email from a member of the Green Party complaining about the party magazine - Green World. They…
Cameron's re-de-toxofication campaign is in full swing
From the moment he declared he would stand for Tory leader, Cameron's strategy was clear. He pulled up a white flag in the culture war so he could pull out…