#SGPconf: Alison Johnstone opens Scottish Greens Conference, Dundee
Nice of @AlisonJohnstone do give us a @FalkirkGreens selfie today, with @bryandeakin and @rhysfalkirk #SGPconf — Darren Jalland ن (@larbertred) March 7, 2015 Quick @FalkirkGreens selfie with @Maggie4Scotland earlier this…
Nuclear bomb factory, Berkshire, blockaded
On Monday morning police and military staff arrived to find AWE Burghfield in Berkshire, Britain's nuclear-bomb factory, blockaded. 150 campaigners from the across the UK and Belgium, Finland, France, Spain,…
The fight against fossils: are we beginning to win?
Protest against coal-seam gas (known as coal-bed methane in the UK) in Australia. Image: No CSG Illawarra. Tomorrow is the world's first ever Global Divestment Day. I'm quite excited. The…
Breaking: Fracking and unconventional oil and gas halted in Scotland
Protesters at the SNP conference in Perth, October 2013. Image by the author. "From today there will be a moratorium on all unconventional oil and gas extraction", Scottish Energy Minister Fergus…
Scotland: Total ban on fracking and unconventional gas in sight
Image by the Author. Protester at INEOS, Grangemouth in December 2014. After a flurry of announcements and counter-announcements this week the campaign to ban toxic and risky forms of gas drilling…
Greens pass Lib Dems to become UK’s 4th biggest party
Green Member of the Scottish Parliament Alison Johnstone with Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in September. Total UK green party membership has just passed…
Murphy wins: 2 sarcastic comments, 5 reflections, and the results
Image: Ric Lander Scottish Labour have elected Westminster MP Jim Murphy as Leader with support from members and parliamentarians. Murphy gained 56% of votes in the electoral college but failed…
Hundreds at Grangemouth for a Frack Free Scotland
Protesters today in Grangemouth. Image: Ric Lander. Around 500 people came to Ineos' Grangemouth Headquarters to say no to fracking today. The rally follows outrage at the Ineos' announcement to…
Dust. Settled. Go Scotland: a 7 item to-do list
For two years up to September the country was in fever pitch with friends, colleagues, families and strangers debating and cajoling each other on every issue we have. It was…
Yes Campaigners at Faslane: “We Will Scrap Trident”
Faslane today (Images by Ric Lander) Over 1000 people gathered at the gates of Britain's nuclear submarine base on the Clyde today at the start of a renewed effort to…