Greens need to resist mainstream pressure for political ‘justification’…
There are two key paragraphs from Rupert Read’s recent article, which addresses the impressive growth of the Green party membership and its implications, I wish to highlight: “We need to…
How the left won the argument on inequality… and where it got us…
People's politics are very often located very deep in their psychological makeup. I am someone who finds it very hard to see the worst in human character. I am therefore…
Education is a Public Good – We Should Fund it Publicly
"universities have a unique role. We cannot have an economically dynamic, socially mobile or culturally rich society without strong universities." So started Vince Cable's speech today at London South Bank…
Climate change & cuts
In my recent "a-z of why cuts are mad", "George Osborne: move over Keynes" and on our campaign site , I give a number of reasons why I oppose cuts…
A-Z of why these cuts are mad
I just tweeted an A-Z of why I oppose public spending cuts. Here it is. a) the biggest waste in our economy is unemployment not spending b) we've lower debt:GDP…
Check out this new No Cuts film
The Bright Green crew have teamed up with various friends to campaign against cuts. The excellent Pete Speller did the animation and all for this film. Enjoy.
George Osborne: Move over Keynes – The Shock Axeman Cometh
This is a cross post of a piece I was asked to write for the excellent folks at According to the Sunday Times Rich List, the richest 1,000 in Britain…
Check out our random cuts generator
The team here at Bright Green have got together with various friends to try and make the case against the economically illiterate cuts to jobs and public. Check out our…
In Defence of Universalism
The Scottish Greens have been arguing for a couple of years that the government should create a universal free household insulation service. This has been very successfully rolled out in…
Clueless Cameron u-turns on the economy – again
The Tories have backed off proposals to appeal to the frothy mouthed party loyalists and funders. They’ve decided not to drive the economy back into a recession in the first…