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…
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…
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,…
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…
Air pollution and the school run: Why we need to go further than Walk to School Week
Image credit: Creative Commons, Des Blenkinsopp Every weekday morning in term-time, a massive queue of cars crawls along outside my daughter’s school in Brighton. The entire line grinds to a…