Why I’m backing Amelia Womack for re-election
Amelia Womack is one of the candidates for the Green Party deputy leadership So, here we have it, the final few days of voting in The Green Party leadership…
Who are the Green Party’s deputy leadership candidates?
Voting began on 25 July and ends on August 25th Credit: Elliot Corner/Green Memes Commitee There’s just a week to go until ballots close for the Green Party’s leadership election…
Scottish Independence must be about breaking from flawed economics
Scotland and UK flags, by The Laird of Oldham (jza84) on Flickr The lack of opposition to Conservative Mark Garnier’s suggestion that Scotland should become a “financial services hub" has…
Why Indy Ref 2.0 is not ‘inevitable’
Wikipedia: The Scottish Parliament from Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. The consensus is that a second independence referendum is now inevitable. The SNP assertion in its 2016 manifesto of the Scottish Parliament’s…
Congratulations Hillary, but you can’t and won’t end sexism alone
Hillary Clinton during her first week of campaigning as a Democratic presidential candidate. Image: IPR Photo. I’m supposed to be happy. As a woman, and a woman involved in politics…
Analysis: Who should lead the Green Party?
As voting for the Green Party's leadership team opens on 25 July, Bright Green sent all the candidates some questions to answer and you can see their responses here. Below,…
Only connect: lessons for the Green Party from Labour’s divisions
The importance of communication. Image credit: Simon HuggIns, via flickr “Live in fragments no longer. Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life…
Why the Green Party must reach out to all corners of Britain
Map of the UK, from the Frack Off film Doreen's Story. At the moment, the majority of Green councillors on principal authorities, as well as the only Green MP, Caroline…
Is a Progressive Alliance a Progressive Solution?
Photo by The ascent of right-wing hegemony in an increasing number of countries in Europe is forcing progressives to rethink their agendas and strategies. For years it appeared that conservative…
Less Diverse than UKIP?
The GPEW equality and diversity policy At the last General Election the Green Party had fewer BME candidates than UKIP. As a headline it was definitely a blow in our…