7 things I’ve learned as a climate activist
I have been active in the climate justice movement for almost seven years to the day. I was part of environmental campaigns at college, but it really started for me…
What we’d deliver in our first 100 days as Green Party co-leaders
The polls have confirmed it once again: the Green Party is on track to become the third party of England and Wales, overtaking the Liberal Democrats. As candidates for the…
Progressive alliances are a dead end approach for the Greens
People are not lego. That's not an original thought. Yet, to some progressive logic, voters are. So - the argument goes - you can easily put the green and yellow-orangey…
A new wave of climate fiction could help young people’s mental health
It turns out that living in a sci-fi dystopia isn't good for young people's mental health. We've seen this in the news recently, with numerous reports of an increase in…
We need a Financial Health Service to provide financial security from cradle to grave
When we have the next banking crisis, what should we do? From the experience of the last banking crisis, we have a reasonable idea of what the other parties would…
Omond and Womack will provide the vibrant, inspirational leadership the Green Party needs
Voting has opened in the Green Party of England and Wales leadership election. We are nearly halfway through the current Parliament, with the country limping under the combined strain of…
Why the Wales Green Party should take inspiration from Scotland and become independent
It's been three years now since Green Party members in Wales voted against the party becoming independent. This has left an inconsistency that while Scotland and Northern Ireland have independent…
Denyer and Ramsay are best placed to speak to people beyond the Green bubble
Before I became involved with Solihull Green Party, I had very little idea what local politics was about or what local Councillors did. I think in this regard, I was…
Is the UK’s hydrogen strategy propping up the gas industry?
In August, the government finally published it’s hydrogen strategy with great aplomb. For several years the government has made it clear that it sees the nascent hydrogen industry as a…
From Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia – it’s time to end Britain’s lethal arms peddling
Politics has its cycles, not just elections, but events that come around again and again. But that doesn’t make it repetitive. No event occurs twice in the same political environment,…