Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections – a guide for Greens
By Adam Ramsay and Peter McColl This Thursday, 3 new Governments will be elected in the UK. Yes, you read right, 3 countries in Britain are electing their governments this…
Get out the vote week
They say that history is made by the people who turn up. Surely though, if anyone makes history, it is those who ensure that people turn up. And this week,…
Green broadcast – the struggle of memory against forgetting
Is it just me or was anyone else hoping that that final Caroline Lucas speech ended with "the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting"?…
Green lessons from Down Under
by Kevin Meaney (@oxkev) it first appeared on his blog I grew up and worked in Australia before moving to the UK 13 years ago. Having recently become more actively…
Let’s win Britain’s first Green council
Our guest writer is Samir Jeraj, who is currently leader of the Green group of councillors in Norwich A few weeks ago I was sitting in a library when I…
Democratising and professionalising our Party further
Our guest writer is Cllr Rupert Read In my 'series' here on BG (see here) exploring the direction our Party (GPEW) needs to take, I have covered a little about…
Reaching beyond the core
Our Guest writer is Chris Williams, who has run a number of Green Party election campaigns, and was manager of the Norwich South General Election campaign. This is the latest…
Greens need to get out of the Comfort Zone to win
In the 2009 Rectorial election at Edinburgh University New Labour grandee George Foulkes was on his way to defeat by Iain Macwhirter. Foulkes couldn't escape the consequences of voting for…
How The Scottish Parliament Can Make Fair Votes a Reality
There’s one pressing issue that faces the UK now. That is the response to recession from the Westminster government. As other contributors here have pointed out, the current approach is…
Students preparing to bite back
This time last year, I wrote a comment piece for "the Herald", arguing that today's students are the most politicised for a generation. The main (though not only) piece of…