Greens hit out at Lib Dem austerity pushers and Tory bigots – UK Green news round up week 23
Siân Berry slams Liberal Democrats for their part in austerity Image credit: Rosie Rawle This weekend the Green Party of England and Wales held its Spring conference in Scarborough. One…
“What we need is really massive radical change”: An interview with Lib Dem MP Layla Moran
Image credit: Creative Commons, UK Parliament Layla Moran has a lot of reasons to be happy. She isn’t just celebrating the Lib Dem’s recent electoral successes – last week also…
Milkshakes and bad mouthing: time for an Anti-Moaning Movement?
Image credit: YouTube screengrab “Nothing unites people more strongly than a common dislike. The easiest way to build friendships and communicate is through something negative,” author Trevor Blake. A harmless…
The government is fiddling while the planet burns
As a new MEP representing the North West, it’s been a fascinating and hugely positive start. Being part of the larger European Greens group has made so much more seem…
Breaking records again and again – UK Green news round up week 22
Greens celebrate best ever European election results Image credit: YouTube screengrab After all the votes had been counted last Sunday, the Green Party of England and Wales had won seven…
Who are the new Green MEPs? #4: Magid Magid
Image credit: YouTube screengrab In this year's European elections, the Greens won an unprecedented seven seats in the European Parliament. Among those seven was the closest thing to a Green…
Why Pride is still relevant
Image credit: Creative Commons, The Lilac Bonzai Every year in June we celebrate Pride month. We do this to remember the Stonewall riots which occurred in 1969, which happened in…
6 reasons Tom Watson has to go
Image credit: Creative Commons: Rwendland Hackney South & Shoreditch Constituency Labour Party (CLP) have passed a motion calling on Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, to stand down…
After the European elections, we have to stop Brexit and resist climate change
Image credit: YouTube Just two months ago, the UK was legally bound to leave the European Union and subsequently withdraw our MEPs from the European Parliament. Following the European elections,…
Who are the new Green MEPs? #3: Catherine Rowett
Image credit: YouTube screengrab Earlier this week, the Green Party of England and Wales had a historic election night. After a similarly unprecedented set of local elections, the Greens won…