Green Party leadership election underway – UK Green news round up issue 63
Content note: This article discusses transphobia in the second and third articles, domestic abuse and sexual violence in the third article, and racism in the fifth and sixth articles. First…
Ten ways Green councillors can engage the public on the climate emergency
1. Public engagement is critical to tackling the climate emergency Rising to the challenge of the climate emergency cannot be successful if it is all top-down. Councils doing it on…
The next Green leader must mobilise an alliance to kick out the Tories
A year ago, alongside six other Green Party MEPs, I was elected to the European Parliament in a vote that no one expected to happen, even just weeks earlier. The…
First candidate announced in the Green Party deputy leadership election
The Green Party of England and Wales is electing a new leadership team this summer. And now, the first contender for the deputy leadership has thrown their hat into the…
Care home privatisation: the destruction of what the NHS built
Last night the House of Lords debated a “regret” motion about “the lack of a long-term plan to ensure the financial sustainability of care homes”. Such motions are part of…
These people want to reshape the Green Party’s relationship with trade unions
Earlier today, Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley announced they are restanding for their positions as co-leaders. But alongside the more high profile leadership contest, Green Party of England and Wales…
Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry to restand as Green Party co-leaders
The Green Party of England and Wales' leadership race has officially kicked off, with incumbent co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry announcing they will be restanding in their current roles.…
How “Scotland’s Rainforest” is disappearing and the Green fight to save it
Peat has an image problem – bog standard, bog off, bog roll – lowland raised bogs are dismissed as barren, irrelevant and dull and yet just 15cm of peat contains…
Green Party Executive election kicks off – UK Green news round up issue 62
Candidates throw their hats into the ring for GPEx elections Nominations for the forthcoming Green Party of England and Wales Executive (GPEx) elections open on June 1. These elections will…
Is the right wing press changing its tune on climate change?
The Economist newspaper has cultivated a self-image of being the paper of rational capitalist elites for nearly two centuries. In many ways diametrically opposed to the Green movement that challenges…