Local Elections: Greens advance in Scotland; Challenge now set for the left at Westminster
Edinburgh Greens won eight councillors, their best ever result. Image: Edinburgh Greens. The Green Parties in England, Wales and Scotland had an encouraging day following local elections across Britain. Emily…
Bristol Greens launch crowdfunder to elect Molly Scott Cato
Bristol Greens are crowdfunding to help elect Molly Scott-Cato as the UK’s second Green MP. The local party are trying to raise £11,000 through crowdfunding site FundSurfer, with the fundraiser…
GPEW at the Global Congress – What was achieved?
Left to right: Aimee Challenor, Vera Van Gool, Jess Northey|Courtesy of Jessica Northey Earlier this month the Green Party of England and Wales helped host the Global Greens…
Winning second MP in Bristol West is ‘number one’ Green priority, says source
Scott Cato has been an MEP since 2014 Electing South West MEP Molly Scott-Cato to become the Green Party’s second MP will be the party’s ‘number one’ priority for this…
Scottish Greens brand early election ‘opportunist’ amid signs of UK parties split
Scottish Green Party co-convener Maggie Chapman The Scottish Green Party have condemned Theresa May's calls for an early General Election as 'weak and opportunist' - while Greens south of the…
Confirmed: Caroline Lucas WILL vote for early General Election
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas will vote in support of Theresa May’s motion for an early General Election tomorrow. A spokesperson for the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion told Bright…
Green co-leaders: Corbyn has surrendered over Brexit
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley accused the Labour Party of ‘trading their red flag for a white flag’ over the EU today. In a joint speech at the Green Party’s…
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…
Greens rake in more donations than UKIP in second half of 2016
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Caroline Lucas MP The Greens brought in more money than UKIP in the last quarter of 2016, new figures from the Electoral Commission reveal.…
Stoke-on-Trent and the working classes aren’t broken; our political system is.
Many will have breathed a sigh of relief this week when news broke that UKIP resoundingly failed to win a parliamentary seat in Stoke-on-Trent, often touted as the Brexit Capital…