Greens in Europe – putting hope into action
Image credit: Creative Commons: Greens/EFA It is wonderful to feel a shiver of hope. I spend so much of my time feeling anxious and angry: anxious about people drowning in…
What is the Green solution to Brexit?
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Alexas Fotos It’s the story you’ve heard a hundred times, and rightly so: citizens across the country, in the left-behind towns and cities. They have low…
Anyone seen Jeremy?
Image credit: Creative Commons: terimakasih0 Nope! You haven't heard it wrong. Over a million people have marched in London, on Saturday, March 23, to demand a people’s vote, exactly two…
5 ways the Greens should respond to the Labour Party’s split
via YouTube Screengrab Today, what many had been predicting for some time happened. The cold war in the Labour Party became hot, as seven Labour MPs resigned their membership, and…
Conference firsts, publicly owned trains and Young Greens campaigns – UK Green news round up week 6
Clare Bailey hosts first conference of Green Party in Northern Ireland as leader Via YouTube screen grab While Stormont is still at a standstill, the ongoing churn of the political…
If there’s an early General Election, Greens shouldn’t rule out electoral alliances
Creative Commons: Amtec Photos Nobody has the slightest idea whether there will be a general election this year. Except perhaps Theresa May, and she will deny it right up to…
Brexit, railways and Thatcher – UK Green news round up week 3
Caroline Lucas enters Brexit negotiations with Theresa May Creative Commons: GPEW After a week of intense political machinations, we’re still no closer to clarity on the direction of travel for…
Greens join calls for no-confidence in government
Creative Commons: GPEW Caroline Lucas signed a motion of no-confidence in Theresa May’s leadership, after a day of intense of anti-Brexit campaigning from the Green Party of England and Wales.…
Another referendum is the only way to settle Brexit
Creative Commons: Alexas Fotos The European Union. It’s always been there, gnawing away at British politics, but over the past 3 years our relationship with the EU has gone from…
With Brexit looming, environmentalists must fight for a robust, codified constitution
Photo credit: flickr user Gerry Machen Creative Commons license: The right to peaceful protest has been highly effective in the hands of the anti-fracking movement in both stalling the…