When the lobbyists take over…
By Nishma Doshi Imagine a world where everything we own is trademarked. Where even the most simple of celebrations is constructed around a roundabout of corporate logos and business-fuelled ideology.…
The Poor had no Lawyers
Our guest writer is land reform activist Andy Wightman, author of 'Who Owns Scotland', and now 'The Poor Had no Lawyers'. A few years ago I bought some land. Not…
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: 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 – 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…
How Edinburgh Council risks Squandering £168k
On the old ward based statistics, Craigmillar was the most deprived area in the East of Scotland. Years of economic decline compounded by high levels of drug use and unemployment…
Sunny Hundal – why Greens should back AV
The Green Party conference will vote on whether to support a Yes vote in the AV referendum. Nishma Doshi argued against. Here, Sunny Hundal argues that we should. The history…
100 Days of Solid Ideology
The coalition is 100 days old. And what a hundred days it’s been. They’ve ended the huge waste of building new schools. They’ve said they’ll end detention of children of…
Shedding the AV mask: lessons from Australia
By Nishma Doshi. This is the first in our series in the run up to the Green Party conferences, where, among other things, Green Party of England and Wales policy…