New Green Party leader: Natalie Bennett
Australian-born journalist Natalie Bennett has been elected leader of the Green party, with Dudley councillor Will Duckworth as Deputy. Bennett defeated Liverpool's Peter Cranie after three rounds of transfers under…
Green Party Executive results announced
Jon Nott, the electoral returning officer for the Green Party of England and Wales' internal elections, has announced the results for posts on the party's executive, known as GPEx. Members…
Paralympic ceremony performers join disabled activists and UK Uncut to target Atos HQ in London
Today Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and UK Uncut will pile pressure on the controversial Paralympics sponsor Atos. Over 700 hundred protesters from across the UK are expected to descend…
Green leadership candidates breached election rules
The Returning Officer of the Green Party has ruled that two of the candidates for party leader, and two of the candidates for deputy, have breached election rules. The four…
Pippa Bartolotti’s antisemitic comments
Those who campaign alongside the people of Palestine are all too often accused of anti-semitism. Most of the times I have come across this allegation, I have not believed the…
The Green Party and Class – some reflections on our leadership survey
Josiah Mortimer The response to the University of York Green Party’s leadership election survey on class has been fantastic. So far over half a thousand people have read the it,…
Campaigners target Adidas with huge projection at Olympic park
Last night, this is the scene that greeted thousands of people as they left the Olympic Park after the men's 100 metres final. Projected on to a building overlooking the…
Green Party leadership race – Class Survey
The York Young Green Party has done a survey asking candidates for party leader or deputy various questions relating to class. The results are all interesting. However, amongst the more…
Peter Cranie and Alex Phillips are the team to lead the Green Party
The longest economic crisis since the 1870s shows no sign of abating. The great institutions of justice – the National Health Service, comprehensive education and the benefits system – are…
Greens can either pay their leader, or be led by the rich
Negative campaigning has a long and inglorious history. Early American electioneers took advantage of the lack of rolling news channels by riding from town to town, scattering scurrilous leaflets to…