Scotland: Total ban on fracking and unconventional gas in sight
Image by the Author. Protester at INEOS, Grangemouth in December 2014. After a flurry of announcements and counter-announcements this week the campaign to ban toxic and risky forms of gas drilling…
Vivienne Westwood pledges £300,000 to the Greens
Creative Commons - Southbank Centre Legendary punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is to donate £300,000 to the Green Party, the New Statesman's May2015 site reported today. Westwood told the site:…
Just one full day left to vote on motions for Green Party conference
There's just one full day left of voting in the Green Party's 'prioritisation ballot' for the upcoming Spring Conference in March. The ballot determines which motions will make it onto…
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…
Exeter Young Greens’ event shows extent of the #GreenSurge among students
Joe Levy—Exeter Young Greens Publicity Officer—discusses Natalie Bennett's recent visit to Exeter, which attracted over 650 students and trended nationally on Twitter. Article originally published in the South West Young Greens…
#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…
Nick Clegg suffers social media fail over TV debates
Nick Clegg appears to have suffered one of his worst social media fails since the 'I'm Sorry' video today, after sharing his letter to David Cameron which tried to steam-roller…
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…