Who exactly were the “Green surge”?
The figures are frequently thrown around Green circles – 14,000 members at the start of 2014, 67,000 by the General Election this year. The ‘Green surge’ is fairly well documented,…
Zara Kitson promises Scottish tour ahead of Holyrood elections
Photo: Allan Whyte Scottish Greens’ Zara Kitson has pledged to visit every single one of the party’s local branches ahead of next year’s Holyrood elections, if she is elected as…
Convention shows Young Greens ready to focus on intersectionality, EU campaign
This weekend, I attended the annual convention of the Young Greens of England and Wales in Nottingham. The main thing I took away from the weekend was that the Young Greens have made…
Young Greens committee 2015-16 elected
All of the candidates for the Young Greens elections, before the results were announced. Photo: Anne-Sophie Bauer This weekend saw the Young Greens of England & Wales hold their…
5 reasons why #sgpconf changed my mind about the Greens
Scottish Greens launched a Trade Union group at the 2015 conference in Glasgow. Image credit: Ric Lander. Until about two weeks, I’ve had one foot in and one foot out…
Meet your Green lead candidates for Holyrood!
At Scottish Green Party conference last weekend, each of the lead regional candidates for next May's Holyrood election had a chance to introduce themselves, and explain what they would focus…
Young Greens co-chair election hustings: as it happened
Content warning: discussion of sexual harrassment. The Young Greens, the youth wing of the Green Party of England and Wales, held an online hustings on Monday for those running for…
“The future belongs to us all, and we are here to take it back.” Maggie Chapman closes 2015 Scottish Greens Conference
Well, it has been quite a conference, and quite a weekend. Thank you all for being here, and sticking at it right to the end. And I’m delighted that so…
SNP, Greens, RISE and Labour talk collaboration at Bright Green fringe
Left to right: Kirsteen Fraser (SNP), Maggie Chapman (Scottish Greens), Katie Gallogly-Swan (Common Weal, chairing), Mary Lockhart (Labour), and Jonathan Shafi (RISE: Scotland's Left Alliance). It is sometimes said that…
Bright Green’s cut out and keep guide to #SGPConf 2015
Scottish Greens are holding their largest ever conference this weekend, in the SECC, Glasgow. Image: Stevie Brown, Flickr. Greens are gathering at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on the…