With a historic election looming, what should Green strategy be?
Isla O'Reilly, John Finnie MSP and Caroline Lucas MP. Photo credit flickr user: Ric Lander Creative Commons license: For Greens, the snap election has in a way made things…
Patrick Harvie: ‘minority of aggressive voices’ must not dominate next referendum
Patrick Harvie, Scottish Greens co-convener and MSP. Photo credit: flickr user 'Ricjl' Creative Commons license: At the end of March, the Scottish Parliament did the political equivalent of a two-finger…
The case for Progressive Alliances
Photo credit: flickr user Matito under Creative Commons license In 2020 or sooner, the Conservative Party will win the next general election with an increased majority. It will be…
Nicola Sturgeon’s Great Gamble
Earlier this week, the Scottish Parliament voted to support First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s call for a Second Referendum on Scottish Independence. Yesterday, Theresa May triggered Article 50. Now seems…
The greatest tragedy of Brexit? What could have been
Yes to Europe rally at Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 21 June 2016. Image credit: Garry Knight, We'll never know what the worst impact of Brexit was. There are plenty of…
The case against ‘Progressive’ Alliances
It’s taken a while for me to get around to writing this piece. It could probably have been written at just about any point since the 2015 General Election,…
A change of Labour leadership is needed (but not a move to the right)
Labour Party conference in 2008: a Blairite Labour party winning another UK election is as undesirable as it is likely. Image: Adrian Scottow, Flickr. In a recent letter, a group…
Dutch elections: A big Green win against a bleak backdrop
Jesse Klaver led GroenLinks to a breakthrough result Left-leaning media in the UK and elsewhere have been teeming with jubilant headlines hailing the success of GroenLinks in the Dutch parliamentary…
America is not the world – Why we should not obssess with Trump but think globally
William Hague with the Gulf Cooperation Council secretary Whenever a disaster takes place somewhere in the 'Western' world - in North America, Europe or Australasia - it is inevitably followed first by…
In an age that seemingly hates experts, how should academics respond?
Academics are needed, but not in their ivory towers. Image credit: flickr user Timothy Vollmer @N00/ A lot of things were said during the Brexit referendum. Some of them…