Only connect: lessons for the Green Party from Labour’s divisions
The importance of communication. Image credit: Simon HuggIns, via flickr “Live in fragments no longer. Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life…
Why the Green Party must reach out to all corners of Britain
Map of the UK, from the Frack Off film Doreen's Story. At the moment, the majority of Green councillors on principal authorities, as well as the only Green MP, Caroline…
Less Diverse than UKIP?
The GPEW equality and diversity policy At the last General Election the Green Party had fewer BME candidates than UKIP. As a headline it was definitely a blow in our…
Who I’m hoping people vote for in the 2016 GPEx Election
The campaigning period for the Green Party of England and Wales internal elections is now upon us. The campaign period will be running throughout July, with the vote being conducted…
Australian Greens get 10% of votes but just 0.7% of seats
Adam Bandt remains the party's only MP In Australia's national election, the Green Party has received of the vote, a 13% increase on the last election. Despite this increase, it…
Green GPEx Candidates – Male, pale and stale
Everybody knows that you don’t have to be a woman to know that sexism is wrong, a person of colour to know that racism is unacceptable nor identify as LGBTIQA+…
Green Party leadership candidates declared
Candidates are competing to replace Natalie Bennett (Photo: Carl Court) The full list of candidates for the roles of leader and deputy leader of the Green Party of England and…
Progressive Alliance? We need a plan
If we have learnt anything from Brexit, it’s that we need to be prepared. Leaders of UK Green Parties have called for progressive parties to work together to beat the…
Greens quadruple vote but just miss out in South London by-election
Held it together all night until I saw this sign at Green and Brown Cafe at Gypsy Hill on my way into work. — Gauge Opinion (@gaugeopinion) May 8, 2015…
Huddersfield councillor Andrew Cooper announces Deputy Leadership bid
Cooper speaking at the EU's Committee of the Regions Kirklees Green Party councillor Andrew Cooper has fired the starting gun on the party's Deputy Leadership race after becoming the first to…