Meet your Green lead candidates for Holyrood!
At Scottish Green Party conference last weekend, each of the lead regional candidates for next May's Holyrood election had a chance to introduce themselves, and explain what they would focus…
Young Greens co-chair election hustings: as it happened
Content warning: discussion of sexual harrassment. The Young Greens, the youth wing of the Green Party of England and Wales, held an online hustings on Monday for those running for…
SNP, Greens, RISE and Labour talk collaboration at Bright Green fringe
Left to right: Kirsteen Fraser (SNP), Maggie Chapman (Scottish Greens), Katie Gallogly-Swan (Common Weal, chairing), Mary Lockhart (Labour), and Jonathan Shafi (RISE: Scotland's Left Alliance). It is sometimes said that…
Young Greens highlight ‘radical possibilities’ of UK’s EU membership as Caroline Lucas joins official ‘In’ campaign
Mini Europe. Photo by Smabs Sputzer. The Young Greens of England and Wales have called for young people to “fight for the EU” in the forthcoming referendum, saying that…
STUC leader: Unions will take civil disobedience against Trade Union Bill
The Scottish left took another stride forward on Sunday as the Greens launched the party’s trade union group at their conference in Glasgow. Grahame Smith, General Secretary of the Scottish…
Bright Green’s cut out and keep guide to #SGPConf 2015
Scottish Greens are holding their largest ever conference this weekend, in the SECC, Glasgow. Image: Stevie Brown, Flickr. Greens are gathering at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on the…
Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas kick off #sgpconf weekend
Last night Scottish Green Party conference weekend opened with two of the biggest names in Green politics in the UK, as Patrick Harvie and Caroline Lucas discussed defeating austerity and…
Candidates announced for Young Greens committee elections
Photo: Young Greens Bright Green is pleased to break the news of the candidates standing for the Young Greens of England and Wales committee elections. The positions up for election are…
Greek Green appointed deputy environment minister
Photo: Wikimedia A Greek Green politician has been re-appointed as the country’s deputy environment minister, following the victory of the left-wing Syriza coalition in Sunday’s national election. Giannis Tsironis is…
#GPconf: Green Party votes to pay Deputy Leaders
Today at Green Party conference, the Green Party of England and Wales voted overwhelming in favour of paying its Deputy Leaders. In her speech proposing the motion, Hannah Clare argued that…