Osborne’s tampon tax windfall: disgusting, cynical and dangerous
On Wednesday, in an austerity budget designed to make the poor wince and the struggling think they were let off lightly, George Osborne announced that not only would he continue…
I’ve graduated from uni, but I fear for those who come after me
View image | In July, I graduated from my university, bringing to an end the best 3 years of my life. I discovered so much about myself and fell in love…
Beyond a Tin of Food: fighting food poverty with community action
A stall giving away free food set up by Exeter Food Fight, which has inspired South West Young Greens' 'Beyond a Tin of Food' campaign. Photo: Exeter Food Fight More…
Faith changes everything – the missing element in climate activism
Photo by Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik The sorrowful facts are all too familiar. Our ecosystems are being destroyed. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more destructive. Emissions of greenhouse gases…
We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change
Photo: Living Rent Campaign This article was written under a pseudonym. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher scrapped rent controls for the Private Rented Sector (PRS) – laws limiting the amount landlords…
Budapest diary: another brick in the wall
NATO specification barbed wire. Photo by Lars Plougmann. It reads like a work of fiction in instalments, published in the daily newspaper, Népszabadság, that I avidly study with my morning…
Greens slam Osborne’s 2015 budget
View image | This morning, George Osborne unveiled the first Conservative government Budget since 1996, which he claimed was 'a plan for Britain for the next five years to keep…
Religion is a mixed bag – the crucial task is to sort the good from the bad
"In my television debate during the General Election as the Green Party's Work and Pension's spokesperson, Iain Duncan Smith accused me of being a 'bad Christian' for challenging him over…
Greek people reject austerity in decisive referendum vote
Mass demonstration for a 'no' vote at Syntagma Square, Athens. Photo: Wikimedia The people of Greece have voted to decisively reject austerity in today's referendum. Voters were asked whether to…
The strengths of faith-based politics
"The Green Party’s emphasis on social justice is put into action by food banks which are nearly all run by churches, and the most influential report urging action on climate…