Conference Preview and Highlights
This will be the third Green Party of England and Wales conference I've covered for Bright Green, and (I think) the sixth I'll have attended. It already looks like it…
Bright Green (not just Scotland)
Exciting times here at Bright Green. First, as you may have noticed, we've got a sexy new re-design courtesy of our very own Gary Dunion. The categories along the top…
Younger, Calmer and a Little Less Ideological: An Outsider’s View of Scottish Green Conference
This is a Guest Post by Jim Jepps, who blogs at The Daily (Maybe). This weekend I attended my very first Scottish Green Party conference. As a member of the…
Day One – Scottish Green Party Conference
The most vital Scottish Green Party Conference to date kicked off today in the fantastic Craiglockhart venue we last visited in 2007. The spacious lobby allows plenty of room for…
Conference Fragments: Engaging Gets Easier
By Kieran Anderson, who you'll find on twitter at @andersonkieran This was my second time at conference and when arriving, even in my somewhat dazed state having come direct from…
Conference Fragments – A Crisis Not of Debt, but Unemployment
Conference is nothing new to me, last weekend’s in Birmingham being my 10th (makes me feel very old at 22!) but this one I expected to be different, being our…
Conference Fragments: Democracy in Action
by Rustam Majainah Those of you who remember your schooldays will probably be familiar with the concept of Model United Nations, Mock General Elections and other events, set up to…
Conference Fragments – My First Time
On Thursday last week, Ash Haynes was elected coucillor for Town Close Ward in Norwich. It was her 20th birthday. The next day, she went to her first party conference.…
Conference Fragments – Science Funding
On Monday the Green Party of England and Wales kick-started next year's review of science policy with an excellent fringe session on "Science Funding in an Age of Austerity" with…
Conference Fragments – Backing the AV Bandwagon
in our first of a series of conference fragments, Spin Pitman is glad he was persuaded to back AV At the Green Party autumn conference last weekend we passed a…