The Green Party is “ready to absolutely explode” – an interview with Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley
Speaking to Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley for an extended period, I notice two things above anything else. Rather than common features of interviews - the earnest flag waving around…
With culture in crisis, workers like me are paying the price
Last month, executives at Southbank Centre told me and my colleagues that at least 365 jobs - including my own - were at risk of redundancy. After weeks of uncertainty…
Beyond Politics or beyond parody?
Last week the offices of Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and Christian Aid were all attacked. Pink paint was thrown over their facades, with a new organisation ‘Beyond…
The next Green Party leaders must be actively anti-racist
The turbulence of 2020 has laid bare deep-rooted problems which have been ignored for far too long: the fragility of the current socio-economic system, the inequalities that constitute the core…
The First Nations people battling against coal mining
We come from Wangan and Jagalingou country. We are the people of the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, whose lands and waters of the Carmichael and Belyando Rivers area, the…
The Green Party’s leadership gender balancing rules aren’t fit for purpose
All elections in the Green Party are conducted by the single transferable vote method of proportional representation. This voting form is fairly simple and allows you to put your preferences…
Brighton & Hove’s new Green leader’s first speech in full
On July 23, the Green Party took control of Brighton & Hove City Council. This followed two Labour councillors resigning from their party, making the Greens the largest group on…
The Greens must be “explicitly anti-capitalist” – an interview with Tom Pashby
Internal elections in the Green Party of England and Wales are often light on politics. With the Greens' policy platform being decided not by leaders but by members, it's easy…
The Scottish Green Party needs to put members at the centre of all its decisions
What gets people elected? Obviously, in this country, the answer is mega-bucks from large corporate interests. But, failing that, what? Great parliamentarians doing brilliant work, or a large active membership…
What we’ve learnt about GPEx candidates from their favourite biscuits
When reading the Young Greens written hustings for the Green Party Executive elections, I found myself drawn to the only question that really mattered: the favourite biscuit. Inspired by Young…