The next Green Party leader needs a strategy based in movement building
Movement building should be the Green Party of England and Wales' most important long-term aim. One of the most important things brought about by Natalie Bennett’s 2012 was her advocacy…
The Green Party needs collective leadership
Green leadership is collective, and the leadership candidates need to reflect this in the way they approach this election. Ever since Natalie Bennett ran her first leadership election campaign on…
The next leader must make the Greens the party of true democracy
From his first London mayoral success to his victory in December, Boris Johnson has been consistent in one thing. In 2008, he campaigned in the London suburbs with a simple…
Greens must be at the forefront of resistance to the far right
The far-right is on the rise across the world. From Germany - where the AfD host neo-Nazi views and holocaust apologia, to Italy - where the Northern League have been…
Alex Phillips rules herself out of Green Party leadership election – UK Green news round up issue 61
Alex Phillips rules herself out of Green Party leadership election Image credit: YouTube screengrab Nominations for the Green Party of England and Wales leadership election open on June 1, as…
The current crisis shows how our justice system needs an overhaul
When the UK finally began official lockdown on 23 March, Owen Jones joked on Twitter, “Never thought I'd be relieved to be placed under house arrest along with millions of…
Greens must stick to the radicalism these times demand
The last few years have been a dizzying time for Green Party members. For most of the 2010s we took up the lonely role of opposing the ruinous austerity policy…
The next Green Party leader must embody a fresh Green class politics
The Green Party is a radical party. The nature of our dual struggles - for social justice and for climate justice - demand we stay that way. With nominations for…
The Scottish independence movement needs the radical vision of the Greens
I have a bit of a confession to make: I used to be a Unionist. If you were to go back in time and tell my 18-year-old self that she’d…
Councils must do more to make our cities car-free
In January this year, myself and my Green colleagues put forward a proposal to Brighton and Hove City Council – calling on them to consider the possibility of implementing a…