Conference Fragments – My First Time
On Thursday last week, Ash Haynes was elected coucillor for Town Close Ward in Norwich. It was her 20th birthday. The next day, she went to her first party conference.…
Conference Fragments – Backing the AV Bandwagon
in our first of a series of conference fragments, Spin Pitman is glad he was persuaded to back AV At the Green Party autumn conference last weekend we passed a…
Climate 9: Why closing down Aberdeen Airport was so important
Our guest writer is Jimmy Kerr - one of the Climate 9. It is hard not be sympathetic with the public when it comes to the complexities of climate change…
Lucas to Call for Job-Sharing MPs
Our guest contributor is Dawn Foster Today is the first day of the Autumn Green Party conference, and will feature a landmark speech: Caroline Lucas will address the party faithful…
On Route to Green Party Conference
Our guest contributor is Sam Coates
Sunny Hundal – why Greens should back AV
The Green Party conference will vote on whether to support a Yes vote in the AV referendum. Nishma Doshi argued against. Here, Sunny Hundal argues that we should. The history…
Scottish Greens announce 2011 candidates
The Scottish Green Party has announced the names of the top two candidates for six of the eight regional lists in next May's Scottish Parliament election: Central: 1. Kirsten Robb…
James Youd: No to a Green shadow cabinet
This weekend's Green Party conference will hear a motion to have a shadow cabinet of national spokespeople elected by the membership. Two weeks ago, Jonathan Kent argued in favour; here…
On Scotland’s People…
This article is cross-posted from Lallands Peat Worrier The Scottish Household Survey "is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland" which…
Why the Green Party should elect a ‘Shadow Cabinet’
This guest post is by Jonathan Kent, and was first published on his blog, The Headstrong Club. This September, when the Green Party of England and Wales meets for the…