Maggie Chapman elected Aberdeen University rector – speech in full
Today Scottish Green Party co-convener Maggie Chapman was installed as Rector of the Univeristy of Aberdeen. This is her installation address, reposted from her blog here. “Good morning Pro-Chancellor, Principal,…
Food writer Jack Monroe and singer-songwriter Grace Petrie back the Greens
Jack Monroe's membership letter after joining the Greens. Anti-poverty campaigner and food blogger Jack Monroe has joined the Green Party, it was announced on Monday. The writer and Labour activist of…
EXCLUSIVE: Greens replace £1,000 black tie event with ‘lottery’ dinner
The Green Party of England and Wales has cancelled its controversial £500-a-head black tie dinner following an angry response led by Young Greens. The event would have seen donors give…
When will journalists understand the Greens?
The Green Party held its biggest conference ever at the weekend with 1,300 attendees, far more than ever before. Also attending were an unprecedented number of journalists, many of whom…
#SGPconf: We need more jobs and workers need more power
We need to radically rethink our relationship with work, give workers more power and end austerity - that was the message from a discussion session on jobs and austerity at…
#SGPconf: Alison Johnstone opens Scottish Greens Conference, Dundee
Nice of @AlisonJohnstone do give us a @FalkirkGreens selfie today, with @bryandeakin and @rhysfalkirk #SGPconf — Darren Jalland ن (@larbertred) March 7, 2015 Quick @FalkirkGreens selfie with @Maggie4Scotland earlier this…
#GPconf: Natalie Bennett’s speech in full
Thank you everyone, and particularly thank you Caroline – for being the standout MP in the parliament of 2010, just as I’m sure you’ll be the standout MP of the parliament…
#GPconf: An unofficial guide for journos heading to Green Party conference
Image: London Young Greens. Green Party Spring Conference this weekend will have more journalists at it than any other in the party's past. As an old Green member (and recent…
Green and MK candidates pull out – opportunity for a pact?
On Tuesday, another brace of candidates in Cornwall fell by the wayside. The Green Party’s Sharron Kelsey, fairly invisible in Truro & Falmouth, pulled out for ‘personal reasons‘. As did MK’s…
‘Enough is Enough’ – Green Councillor Alex Phillips speaks out against Brighton cuts
Yesterday Brighton and Hove City Council held a second budget-setting meeting after a Green rebellion led to last Thursday's full council meeting unable to pass a budget, due to six Greens…