Brighton Green Party votes for ‘no cuts’ budget
Pic from Red Pepper - Ed: A fascinating new development in the city of the Greens' only council, at a time when the party is surging. Update: we're now hearing that the…
#GreenSurge latest: Green Party website back online after crashing
The party is struggling to cope with such an unprecedented increase in numbers The Green Party website reportedly crashed last night and parts of this morning under the strain of…
Greens pass Lib Dems to become UK’s 4th biggest party
Green Member of the Scottish Parliament Alison Johnstone with Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in September. Total UK green party membership has just passed…
BREAKING: Green Party membership overtakes UKIP
UPDATE: On Thursday UK Green membership also overtook the Lib Dems, after gaining more than 6,000 members in just two days as we reported here. In what appears to be…
The ‘Green Surge’: what’s behind it, and where next?
This article was first published here in the Green European Journal UPDATE: Ofcom's decision not to give the Greens major party status this week led to nearly 300 people joining…
Ofcom rejects the Greens… and the PM steps in
Credit: World Economic Forum. So today has been a busy day for the Green Party, even if they've technically had nothing to do. Or rather, it's because they're being told…
4 Things the Green Party Are Not
With any success, criticism and accusations inevitably swiftly follow. The current #greensurge is no exception. Bearing this in mind, here’s a few myths surrounding the Greens cleared up: 1. ‘Vote…
UK polls: Greens firmly in 4th place
While the BBC this week issued an apology of sorts (see below) for omitting the Green Party from a graph of a poll which showed them ahead of a party…
BBC apologises to Greens over dodgy poll reporting
The BBC has been forced to apologise after completely leaving out the Green Party from its poll coverage earlier this month - despite the Greens being ahead of the Lib…
‘Politics CAN be different’ – Hungary’s Green Party shows the way
LMP on the campaign trail in Budapest. Image: Violeta Vajda Lehet Más a Politika (LMP), the name of Hungary’s Green Party, translates as ‘Politics can be Different’ or ‘Another Politics…