Lincoln SU votes to re-affiliate to NUS
The Yes campaign team at Lincoln. Photo credit: Bradley Allsop University of Lincoln Students' Union has become one of very few Students' Union to rejoin NUS after having voted…
Political engagement: what have we learnt?
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Part of Bright Green’s new political engagement series For the last few weeks Bright Green has been publishing a series of articles on political…
Caring isn’t enough: to engage, people need to believe they can affect political change
Part of Bright Green’s new political engagement series As a psychologist, you face a unique problem: everyone and their dog thinks they know the subject as well as you, someone…
Natalie Bennett on her proudest achievements, progressive alliances and the future of the Green Party
Natalie Bennett, the outgoing Green Party leader As the rest of the media clamoured to interview the two newly-elected co-leaders of the Green Party, at Bright Green we thought it’d…
Revealed: GPEx election results full breakdown
Bright Green can reveal the full breakdown of the Green Party internal election votes. There was record turnout for the 9 positions that make up the executive team of…
Political engagement in the UK: Starting a conversation
Part of Bright Green's new political engagement series As a species we face truly existential threats. The creeping financialisation of western economies is dampening innovation and progress whilst shackling the…
Concerns over rejection of Green Party election candidates
Voting begins on 25 July. Credit: Elliot Corner/Green Memes Commitee A number of Green Party members have expressed concern that several Executive members and activists of both LGBTIQ+ Greens and Young…
To solve climate change, we have to learn to speak to our political opponents
The impacts of climate change. Image credit: Simon Wilches Castro Two weeks ago a brutal murder was carried out on a Labour MP, Jo Cox, as she finished up her…
Winds of change in Northern Ireland as Greens and People Before Profit win seats
Clare Bailey, Green Party in Northern Ireland deputy leader, upon winning her seat in South Belfast. Photo: Green Party in Northern Ireland It’s a good day to be a leftie…
NUS: poison or panacea to the student movement?
Photo: National Union of Students Watching the setting sun cast an orange glow across the English Channel from the Brighton seafront, your eyes are instantly drawn to the rusting remains…