Climate change is environmental racism. A Green New Deal is the only way to fight it.
This summer has seen the UK swelter under some of the hottest days on record. While much of the media irresponsibly framed this heatwave as a good thing, for the…
Greens fight Boris Johnson’s parliament shutdown – UK Green news update week 35
Content note: this article contains mentions of abortion and miscarriage Greens fight Johnson's prorogation of parliament Boris Johnson this week suspended the sitting of parliament in an attempt to shut…
BREAKING: Green London Assembly member Caroline Russell arrested
Image credit: Creative Commons: Joe Dunckley Green Party politician and member of the London Assembly Caroline Russell was arrested today. The arrest took place at the London demonstration against Boris…
Johnson’s shut down of parliament is the tip of the democratic crisis iceberg
On Wednesday we learnt that Boris Johnson intends to shut down Parliament for five weeks in order to force through a disastrous no-deal Brexit. This week opposition parties met to…
Greens and Extinction Rebellion
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of chairing the workshop at the Spring Conference of the Green Party of England and…
Brexit, migration and getting elected key topics at Young Greens Convention 2019
Beating Brexit and getting young people elected were top of the agenda as the Young Greens of England and Wales held their annual convention in Norwich this weekend. The event…
New Young Greens co-chairs elected – UK Green news round up week 34
Rosie Rawle and Thomas Hazell elected co-chairs of the Young Greens of England and Wales The Young Greens of England and Wales have got new leadership. After a ballot of…
Greens back Corbyn government to stop no-deal Brexit: UK Green news round up weeks 32-33
Greens support a Corbyn caretaker government to oust Boris Johnson and stop no-deal Brexit With every passing day, the debacle surrounding Brexit gets more and more intense. A combination of…
The rising threat of Green Nationalism
A week ago, on August 3, a man walked into the parking lot of a Walmart in El Paso Texas. He opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on the crowd…
Taking the crisis seriously – Greens and a progressive alliance
If politics moves from the edges, then the Green parties of these islands have, in many ways, had outrageous success over the last decade. In 2017, a Labour party which…