A route to 50:50: Paired Nomination
MSPs supporting 50:50, in aid of the Women's Aid white ribbon campaign. Image by the author. Editor: Marco Biagi MSP discusses Women 5050, a Scottish campaign for women to have…
The spoils of 308 years of struggle
This is the first of three referendum night blogs. Read the second and third. Last night, referendum eve, I was at a local Greenpeace talk with Benny Wenda, exiled West Papuan…
First Euro poll sets up Green vs UKIP clash in Scotland
The Scottish Green co-convenor - and Bright Green co-editor - Maggie Chapman is in a neck-and-neck race with UKIP for the last of Scotland's six Euro Parliament seats, according to…
Time for a chat about left electoral pacts?
"There is nothing more divisive on the left than a call for unity”. These wise words came, I am told, from the ever witty Scottish Socialist Party leader Colin Fox…
Online survey shows Green Party has most popular policies
This should be old news by now. Once more, the excellent folk at 'Vote For Polices' have produced a survey encouraging people to do a blind comparison of their beliefs…
Independents day
The dust has settled on Thursday's ramshackle polling day. It is now clear that there were a few general trends: the gradual rise of the Labour party, the success of…
A 5 Year Plan for the Left in the NUS
In April 2016, the NUS elects a progressive left-wing President and two or three VPs. This is no surprise: there have been a couple of lefty officers for a few…
The Labour Party and Northern Ireland
At the risk of sounding like I have too much experience of this, I imagine that being voted out of government must be a lot like getting chucked by someone…
2011 Election Night Liveblog
Tonight we’re going to try something different (well, for us) here at Bright Green and attempt to live blog the results of today’s elections as they come in. It’s not…
Robots Against Fairer Votes
Are you a fanatical party hack? Do you believe the party you choose to vote for is perfect beyond measure, and every other party evil beyond redemption? If you live…