BREAKING: Greens launch manifesto with 10 bills for radical change
With the General Election campaign now fully underway, the Green Party of England and Wales will today launch its manifesto with a set of 10 radical proposals. The party will announce…
Election fever – UK Green news round up week 46
Isle of Wight Greens launch General Election campaign Image credit: Cameron Palin There's less than a month until polling day. And local Green Parties are kicking off their campaigns to…
Election launches and electoral pacts – UK Green news round up week 45
Greens join election pact with Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru With just over a month until the UK goes to the polls in the General Election, the Green Party of…
Central Europe’s Green leap forward – Global Green column #3
The last decade or so has seen Central Europe make clear moves towards authoritarianism. Far-right national populist governments has mostly ruled, combining xenophobic rhetoric with increasing Euro-scepticism and the rollback…
Five bits of environment news you don’t want to miss – week 1
In another eventful week for British politics, there was some good and some less good environment news around the world. Here are five stories from this week that you wouldn’t…
Greens get General Election ready – UK Green news round up week 44
Isle of Wight Green Party boosted by Lib Dems standing down The campaign to elect the UK's second Green MP stepped up a gear this week. With the General Election…
The grassroots activists fighting fracking at Preston New Road
In May 2014, oil and gas exploration company Cuadrilla applied for planning permission for a shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. A grassroots activist collective quickly…
Lib Dems stand aside for Green Party’s Vix Lowthion on Isle of Wight
The General Election campaign has only just started. But the Green Party's prospects are beginning to look good. It was revealed today that the Liberal Democrats are standing aside in…
Young Greens launch “most ambitious” election campaign ever
The UK has entered the throes of a General Election. And the Young Greens - the youth and student wing of the Green Party of England & Wales - have…
BREAKING: New poll shows Greens on track for best ever result in Cambridge
With the UK now entering a General Election, there are early signs of good news for the Greens. A new poll of voters in Cambridge has put the party on…