A peace proposal for the Russia-Ukraine War
'We will provide the weapons you need, this year, next year, and for as long as it takes.' This was foreign secretary David Cameron’s promise to Volodymyr Zelensky in November.…
Waverley Borough Council’s campaign to stop the drilling for fossil fuels in the Surrey Hills
Earlier this month (January 9), we learned the proposal from UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) to drill for hydrocarbons in the heart of the Surrey countryside has now been given…
Why getting Siân Berry elected to parliament is vital
My aim is simple: I hope everyone who reads this works in a practical way to elect Siân Berry as MP for Brighton Pavilion. England currently has one Green Party…
Every voter should have equal power. But right now our system works only for the wealthy.
The House of Lords this week debated, at the request of Baroness Featherstone, the “current standing of parliamentary democracy and standards in public life”. Unsurprisingly, few thought the “standing” was…
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…