A green, more equal, fairer, and independent Scotland
Maggie Chapman - former co-convener of the Scottish Green Party and a long-term contributor to Bright Green was elected as an MSP for the North East region in the 2021…
Abolish alienation and build belonging: Maggie Chapman’s address to Scottish Greens
Co-convenor Maggie Chapman addressed a Scottish Green Party Conference that saw the party welcome a record number of Green Councillors and MSPs. Here's what she had to say. Good afternoon…
Podcast: A chat with John Finnie, Maggie Chapman and co. at Scottish Greens conference
Left to right: Maggie Chapman, Adam Ramsay, Alys Mumford, John Finnie MSP, Isla O'Reilly, Peter McColl For our second podcast Bright Green visited the 2016 Scottish Greens Spring Conference for…
“The future belongs to us all, and we are here to take it back.” Maggie Chapman closes 2015 Scottish Greens Conference
Well, it has been quite a conference, and quite a weekend. Thank you all for being here, and sticking at it right to the end. And I’m delighted that so…
Women in Politics: Maggie Chapman at the University of Stirling
Panel at the Centre on Constitutional Change’s discussion event at Stirling University on "Women in Politics" earlier this week. Image: Maggie Chapman. Earlier this week Maggie Chapman, Co-convenor of the…
Powers to the People: Maggie Chapman’s Green Party Speech
Good morning conference and welcome. My name is Maggie Chapman. I’m co-convenor of the party and also a Councillor here in Edinburgh. When we last met, a year ago, in…
Greens win Edinburgh council stand against Workfare
Workfare - forcing people to work on pain of withdrawal of benefits - has formed a core part of the Coalition's work strategy. It massages unemployment figures and provides a…
We need better regulation of Private Landlords
I was delighted to attend the Edinburgh Private Tenants Action Group (EPTAG) campaign launch for tougher enforcement against rogue and criminal landlords. Over 50 people turned out to a public…
Why we need a more participatory and inclusive approach to local politics
At last week’s full council meeting I had two motions up for debate. One in support of participatory budgeting (PB) as a means of deciding 1% of the Council’s discretionary…
A Year of BS: 3 Reasons why The Big Society is a Big Fraud
For some time in opposition David Cameron had been quietly supportive of a group of people doing things most people didn’t rate, but that made a huge difference to the…