Sadiq Khan must ditch the Silvertown Tunnel if he’s serious about the climate emergency
Image credit: Creative Commons, Centre for London The cancellation of a major urban road project – the M4 relief road in Newport, Wales – announced on 4 June, should embolden…
Who will be the next leader of the Scottish Greens? – UK Green news round up week 26
Maggie Chapman and Patrick Harvie seek to continue leading Scottish Greens Image credit: YouTube screengrab and Ric Lander, Creative Commons Nominations for the Scottish Green Party's co-leader election closed this…
The Brighton school fighting tooth and nail against becoming an academy
Image credit: Alex Sallons At a much-loved school, in the heart of a tight-knit community, in a northern suburb of Brighton, parents are furious and their children are upset. Teaching…
Ten things the Green Party should do to build on its biggest ever success
Image credit: YouTube screengrab 2019 has been an unprecedented year for the Green Party of England and Wales. In English local elections, we won more councillors than ever before -…
Green New Deals and new Green leaders – UK Green news round up week 25
Magid Magid and Alex Phillips set out how a Green New Deal could beat the far right Image credit: YouTube screengrab The Green New Deal is all the rage right…
The government is letting the fashion industry trash our planet
The proposals from Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee to begin to address the thoroughly outsized contribution of the fashion industry to the trashing of our planet were modest. If they could…
Never trust a COP: How the left should respond to COP26
Image credit: COP Paris, Creative Commons The UK will host COP26, the 26th round of the United Nations Climate Change Conferences, in November 2020. Jeremy Hunt is pleased. Buzzfeed reported…
Jenny Jones to join campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy
Image credit: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Creative Commons The campaign to stop a Brighton school becoming an academy is about to be boosted by a high profile backer. Jenny Jones, the Green member…
“If stranger, no longer be”: welcoming refugees in Brighton & Hove
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Brighton Pavillion The UK is deeply divided over its place in the world and on how it should treat others. Since 2016, we have had the…
Fighting privatisation, from buses to schools – UK Green news round up week 24
John Finnie celebrates victory that could transform bus services in Scotland Image credit: YouTube screengrab This week, the Scottish Parliament made an historic decision. It voted to accept amendments to…