Wales Should Elect its Next First Minister
The Welsh Senedd. Photo credit: Alison Haden With Carwyn Jones standing down as Welsh Labour Leader and as First Minister of Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government needs to call…
THE FUTURE OF STUDENTS’ UNIONS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #4
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
To save democracy, we must end capitalism
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Creative Commons license This article is part of Bright Green’s ‘End of capitalism’ series– if you’d be interested in contributing something to this series,…
Greens, pay attention: antisemitism is not just Labour’s problem
In 2012 Corbyn expressed concern about the removal of this East London mural, featuring antisemitic imagery. Image: Fair Use. Hundreds of Jewish people gathered in Parliament Square on 26 March…
A TRULY RADICAL NUS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #2
Photo from the recent NUS conference stage occupation. Photo credit: Rebecca Chapman It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end…
Iceland’s Left-Greens make progress but must be wary of coalition scandals
Katrín Jakobsdóttir. Photo credit: flickr user 'NordForsk', Creative Commons license. The Icelandic Left-Greens have entered government for only the second time in their history. They aim to implement an…
Peace at any cost? The Good Friday Agreement, 20 years on
Stormont, the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Photo Credit: pixabay user 'veve' CC0 license On 10th April 1998 the Great and the Good, from President Bill Clinton, to…
Beyond Tuition Fees – Higher Education in a Post-Fees World
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin Politics is in a very different place than a few years ago. Radical change feels possible, tangible, close. The Labour Party’s pledge to scrap tuition…
Report from NUS conference, 2018
The occupation on the NUS conference stage. Photo credit: Rebecca Chapman The National Union of Students conference kicked off in Glasgow last week, with delegates representing students from across…
Brexit is too dangerous to be left in the hands of the Brexiteers
Trying to reverse a democratic decision made at the ballot box is a waste of time and resources. Worse than that, it risks handing over the negotiations to the…