2024 must be the year people and planet are defended, Lorna Slater says in new year’s message
The text below is a new year's message issued by Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater. The New Year is a time for reflection on the year that has been…
Introducing Green Humanists
At October's Green Party Conference in Brighton, the Green Humanists took an important step forward and adopted a constitution. The group is now organised on a formal basis and Party…
Physical thoughts to begin 2024 – The new story of “stuff” is that it is killing us
That Ed Conway is the Economics and Data Editor at Sky News is undoubtedly helpful in promoting his 2023 doorstep-sized book Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and…
Labour could have blocked the government’s latest anti-union laws. They chose not to.
Unions and their members woke this morning in a new world, one in which the “hostile environment” for their collective work, the already highly restrictive framework of laws in place…
Has Rachel Reeves misread Elinor Ostrom’s contribution to green economics?
Rachel Reeves, assuming that Labour win the next General Election as current opinion polls indicate, is likely to be Keir Starmer’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. Britain’s finances are in a…
The Green League: Who are the Greens with the biggest social media following? – November 2023
Every month Bright Green takes a look at Greens on social media, breaking down who has the most followers in the UK’s Green Parties with a rolling league table. We…
4 things we learnt from Wales Green Party conference
You'd be forgiven for thinking that conference season was over weeks ago, such is the media's lack of interest in the goings on in the UK's smaller parties and those…
Why a ceasefire, not a ‘pause’ is needed in Gaza
Two weeks ago, the House of Lords debated the situation in Gaza and Israel. When I spoke then, calling for an immediate ceasefire, as the Green Party has been doing…
Greens need to fall on the right side of the coming pylon wars
Every time I look at the news or social media, I am assailed by stories of angry protests against cycle lanes, bus lanes, solar farms, traffic calming and other small…
Remembering Deyika Nzeribe
Black History Month, 2023, in the UK, is themed ‘Celebrating Black Women’, and working alongside the Green Party of England and Wales press team, we’ve been focussing on some phenomenal…