Conference Fragments – My First Time
On Thursday last week, Ash Haynes was elected coucillor for Town Close Ward in Norwich. It was her 20th birthday. The next day, she went to her first party conference.…
Conference Fragments – Backing the AV Bandwagon
in our first of a series of conference fragments, Spin Pitman is glad he was persuaded to back AV At the Green Party autumn conference last weekend we passed a…
On Route to Green Party Conference
Our guest contributor is Sam Coates
Is there an epochal significance for British politics in the upcoming local elections in Norwich?
By Rupert Read Regular readers of my articles will no doubt have noticed that I sometimes use words like ‘epochal’ and ‘history-making’ when describing Green Party achievements. I use these…
Let’s win Britain’s first Green council
Our guest writer is Samir Jeraj, who is currently leader of the Green group of councillors in Norwich A few weeks ago I was sitting in a library when I…
Norwich Greens launch ‘Open Council’ manifesto
Norwich Greens have this morning launched their manifesto for the special by-election on September 9th, brought about by a court ruling overturning a one-year term extension for nine city councillors.…
Reaching beyond the core
Our Guest writer is Chris Williams, who has run a number of Green Party election campaigns, and was manager of the Norwich South General Election campaign. This is the latest…
Where next for Welsh politics?
By Sam Coates, who works for the Green Party in Wales Now that Labour is out of power in Westminster Wales has an interesting medal, it hosts the highest level…
Vote Green on Thursday, or: Why Green MPs Change Everything
The 2010 election is the most significant election for greens in the UK. It comes at the pinnacle of a series of important elections. The outstanding performance of 1989 where…
Tories propose corporate tax break?
It wasn't just Greens keeping a close eye on our spring conference. Tory candidate for Brighton Pavillion, Charlotte Vere, was regularly tweeting about the event. This particular one caught my…