Battle of the Plaids
A guest post by Welsh Green Matt Townsend After a year of working towards the Welsh election, we are now on the final sprint. In less than a week we…
Guardian closes local blogs
The Guardian has chosen to end its trial local blogs in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Leeds. Here, Ruth Dawkins writes about the loss of the Edinburgh blog - the piece first…
On Gandhi and the green movement
This is a guest post by David Mentiply who runs the greensen blog. Gandhi prophesised that an economy built on material consumption would cause a serious threat to the environment.…
The Battle of #StokesCroft
This eyewitness account first appeared on Neurobonkers. At the top in bold is a comment on the events. Below is an account of what happened last night. I was dismayed…
Gulf Voices Silenced as BP try their hardest to move on from an awful year
By Matthew Butcher - reporting from inside yesterday's BP AGM It hasn’t been the easiest year for BP or their shareholders. First their was the disastrous Deepwater Disaster which killed…
Small parties, but not extremists, benefit from AV
A guest post by Rupert Read. As a Green Party activist, I am passionate about changing our world for the better, and changing it soon. That’s the first reason why…
Public services or an unnecessary road bridge?
By Francis Stuart We all know the upcoming Scottish election campaign will be dominated by cuts. This isn’t surprising given we are looking at significant cuts year on year to…
Edinburgh University students vote overwhelmingly for boycott of Israeli goods.
A motion to boycott Israel was overwhelmingly passed at the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) General Meeting on Monday 14th March. In what was described as a ‘landslide’, the motion,…
Libya – time for Egypt to step up?
by Gilbert Ramsay There are occasions when world events seem to laugh at pure political principles. There certainly aren't as many as there seem to be. Often our politicians and…
University Students Support Lecturers’ Strike.
The University and College Union (UCU), the recognised trade union for lecturers and academic support staff at Edinburgh University, have balloted to strike on Thursday the 17th and Thursday the…