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…
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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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…