The #LabourPurge exposes a Labour Party afraid of democracy
In the USA in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy (shown) led a campaign in which thousands of Americans were accused of being communist infiltrators, on the basis of largely unsubstantiated…
A Green hierarchy of needs—time to prioritise?
Photo: William Pinkney-Baird. So many newspaper stories about the Greens, but it's always the zany ones people remember: ban cars, ban the Grand National, ban Beyonce. These were the favourites that…
Is it time for the Greens to get clear about Corbyn?
View image | Today is the last day people can register to vote in the Labour leadership contest. So I'm going to say it: the Green Party has been relatively…
Green Party Executive (GPEx) elections – is potential worth more than experience?
View image | It's Green Party of England and Wales internal election time again, and I've been thinking about a contest between a 20-year-old undergraduate student and a 47-year old…
Rashid Nix for London: “I am the candidate Labour fear”
It might be obvious, but the current London Green Party Mayoral race has largely centred on two candidates – Camden councillor Sian Berry and Lambeth Green Party’s Jonathan Bartley. But…
Win or lose, Corbyn poses deep questions for the Greens
View image | With thanks to Sam Mace, Labour Party member, for his excellent knowledge of Labour and electoral politics. The unexpected rise of Jeremy Corbyn poses a dilemma for…
Prospective Mayoral candidate Caroline Russell: ‘As a lone Green councillor, you must be tough’
Photo: Chris King. As voting gets underway for the Green Party’s candidates for London Mayor and for the London Assembly, Joe Lo talks to Caroline Russell who is in the…
Bright Green’s guide to the Green candidates for London Assembly
Photo: Francisco Conde Sánchez, via Wikimedia. With ballots for the Green candidates for London Assembly and Mayor being sent out today to all London members of the Green…
Prospective London Mayoral candidate Benali Hamdache: ‘Elected Greens should be activists, too’
The prospective Green Party Mayoral and Assembly candidate Benali Hamdache has described his vision for the Greens' campaign next year – and what separates him from other candidates - in…
Sian Berry fighting to win London Mayoral contest
Joe Lo interviews Sian Berry, one of six Green candidates for the London Mayoral Election. Selection ballots for the London Mayoral and Assembly elections will be sent by email…