Who are the Greens’ new MEPs? #2: Scott Ainslie
Image Credit: Scott Ainslie Over 2 million people voted for the UK's Green Parties in this year's European elections. This is the second highest number of votes the Greens have…
Who are the Greens’ new MEPs? #1: Alex Phillips
Image credit: YouTube screengrab Green Parties have achieved historic results across the continent in this year's European parliamentary elections. These results have been mirrored in the UK, where the Green…
Goodbye Theresa: UK Green news round up week 21
Greens respond to Theresa May's resignation Image credit: YouTube Screengrab After a premiership almost unparalleled in its chaos and incompetence, Theresa May finally announced her departure date this week. In…
The campaign for a four-day working week: Good for wellbeing or economic disaster?
Image credit: Vimeo screengrab “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” Michelle Obama When was the last time you felt…
Renewable energy company becomes first business to declare a climate emergency
Image credit: Creative Commons, Tom Corser On May 20, Ecotricity became the first UK company to declare a climate emergency through a Facebook post by its founder Vince Dale. The…
An open letter to the labour movement: support the strike, don’t cross the climate picket line
On 15th March 2019, from Scotland to South Africa, an estimated million children and teenagers skipped school to participate in the global youth climate strikes. As the world’s youth gear…
Green MEP candidate: There are many problems in our country, but Nigel Farage isn’t the answer
Image credit: YouTube screengrab As a Green candidate in these EU elections, I've spent the last 3 weeks travelling across the South East of England. Oxford, Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Dover,…
The hashtag that’s giving young people a voice in the EU elections
Image credit: Creative Commons, Mark Dixon Young people are the ones who will live to see the worst impacts of climate change. But they are also the ones who have…
Green MEP candidate: Vote Green to stop the far right
To my absolute horror, a racist came to Burnley yesterday. I don’t want to name him – but think of thuggish violence and far-right extremism, and you’ll have a pretty…
Green MEP candidate: We need a humane migration policy
Content note: mentions rape, torture, domestic violence and conversion therapy Image credit: Creative Commons, Ilias Bartolini I am Jan Doerfel and I am a Green Party European election candidate for…