Ed Miliband Shares Some of the Greatest Responsibility for Brexit – Can We Please Stop Trying to Rehabilitate Him?
Ed Miliband, former Labour Party leader. Image credit: flickr user Plashing Vole I often think back often to the optimism of 2010. Yes, Labour had lost an election,…
To defeat the Tories in 2020, we need a progressive alliance
Tories: The enemy within. This article is part of Bright Green's 'Labour or Green?' series- if you'd like to contribute to this series, please send a draft to The…
Only Pluralism Can Save Us Now
Corbyn has so far rejected the idea of a 'progressive alliance' This article is part of Bright Green's 'Labour or Green?' series- if you'd like to contribute to this series,…
How local Greens are fighting air pollution
One of the Green Party members installing air monitoring devicesCredit: Steve Miller To a lot of people, Northampton will mean little more than a stopping off point on the…
This boundary review risks skewing our democracy. It’s time to think again
By Slaunger (Own work) , via Wikimedia CommonsIt’s fair to say the boundary review has caused a stir. Why? Let’s start with the whole basis of this shakeup. The boundary…
It’s human, not ‘British’, rights that we must fight for
The ECHR- by Flickr user 'Outlandos ' Creative Commons license: ’s be honest: many of us dislike the actions taken by the current Conservative government. However, nothing is more stomach…
Did the Greens give the Tories a majority? No.
Peter Cranie busts the myth that the Greens gave the Tories a majority on May The Past As I predicted before the election, there is little thanks in the blogosphere…
Forced labour was popular rhetoric, it won't be popular policy
There has to be a line. There has to be a point at which the balance tips. There has to be a moment when people see that too much 'getting…
Lib Dems aren’t modifying Tory policy. They are allowing it.
As the European elephant in the cabinet room finally rears and strains the Clegg-Cameron bonds, many Liberal Democrats are once again questioning why they are in government at all. And…
For our grandparents, our children, and our friends
This post first appeared on the blog Why Trafalgar? The history of Britain is a history of struggle. The institutions which to us feel permenant are nothing of the sort.…