Conference shows Scottish Greens are a force to be reckoned with
Last Thursday, the people of Clacton dealt a massive blow to the establishment by voting UKIP re-electing their former Tory MP. After having the media spotlight on them for such…
Scottish Green Party Conference 2014 – Live Blog
Alison Johnstone MSP closed conference showing off our latest membership count (just passed 7,000) and lauding Patrick Harvie MSP’s emergency motion on Green Yes (see below). Free Public Transport was…
Independent MSP John Finnie joins the Greens
John Finnie, the independent MSP for the Highlands and Islands, has joined the Scottish Green Party. John was welcomed with a standing ovation as he was unveiled to the party's…
Powers to the People: Maggie Chapman’s Green Party Speech
Good morning conference and welcome. My name is Maggie Chapman. I’m co-convenor of the party and also a Councillor here in Edinburgh. When we last met, a year ago, in…
The next Green MP? Peter McColl
In 2015, Greens are targeting a number of seats across the UK. With this in mind, I thought I'd do a quick series of profiles of the candidates in these…
Hong Kong is Occupied – but what comes next?
Hong Kong, with its gleaming skyscrapers and an economy relatively unscathed by the 2008 global crash, is the poster boy of free market capitalism. Since its handover back to its…
Green Party of England and Wales membership passes 20,000
* Membership passed 20,000 today * Young Greens' 100% growth this year is ‘testament to a sea-change going on in politics’ * Green candidates will be standing in 50% more…
What Winning Looks Like: Photos of Radical Meetings in Edinburgh after the Referendum
To view a complete slideshow of all the photos click here. Radical Independence moved their meeting onto the Meadows Park to accommodate over 150 folk coming on Monday. Last night…
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to: on Greens and the referendum
I am a member of the Green Party. In fact, I am a member of two Green Parties – the Scottish Green Party, and the Green Party of England and…
Why I’ve complained to House of Commons Library
I’ve just written to the House of Commons Library over their recent publication ‘Membership of UK politics parties‘, released on Tuesday. It’s a highly interesting document that myself and other…