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…
New poll has Greens on track to win FOUR seats in the next Welsh Assembly election
Another day, another impressive opinion poll result for the UK's Green Parties. This time, it's for the next Welsh Assembly elections scheduled for 2021. YouGov's latest voting intention poll has…
Four days until polling day – UK Green news round up week 20
Greens continue to surge in opinion polls Image credit: Rosie Rawle As polling day edges closer and closer, the Greens' fortunes look strong. For the first time ever a national…
Green MEP candidate: We must not frack away our future
It was in the Sussex village of Balcombe that fracking exploded into the public consciousness in the UK. In August 2013 Caroline Lucas was arrested as part of the protests…
Second Euro poll puts Greens ahead of Tories
Image credit: Creative Commons, Kelly Hill For the second time in the European election campaign, the Greens are polling ahead of the Tories. With six days to go until polling…
Green MEP candidate: Young people will stand up for our futures
Young people are voting Green because we are the only party that is standing up for us and our futures. As a young person myself, I am disgusted at the…
Siân Berry on track for best ever Green result in London Mayoral election
Image credit: Rosie Rawle Good news for the Greens keeps on coming. The party achieved its best ever local election results earlier this month. This was followed by a huge…
My week arguing with climate deniers on the internet
Image credit: Creative Commons: Dcpeopleandeventsof2017 During the last week, I’ve been exchanging points with Twitter climate dissenters. With support from a Canadian Green, some of their claims have been refuted.…
SATs are damaging, misleading and not fit for purpose
This week, children in year 6 will sit their Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs). To me, they quite simply make no sense: created to assess schools, not children, they assume that…