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…
Building a Green, Black and Brown New Deal
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Senate Democrats Around a year ago I knocked on the door of a Black family. The parents asked me about jobs and opportunities for young people.…
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…
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…