Greens lead fight against London Arms Fair
Photo: Campaign Against the Arms Trade As one of the world’s biggest weapons fairs sets up in the East End of London, Greens have been at the forefront of the…
Sortition: the way to remake democracy for the 21st century
Photo credit: flickr user Amy West used under Creative Commons license: One of the big – perhaps even the biggest – philosophical questions that any society must answer is…
Prison reform and the arts: to re, or not to re?
Image of a pensive skeleton in front of the words 'To be or not to be'; From losminos on flickr I recently watched a fascinating video on Facebook. In it…
Young Greens slam “callous” government over scrapped maintenance grants
Photo: William Pinkney-Baird The youth and student wing of the Green Party has criticised the government over its plans to scrap maintenance grants for poorer students, as contained in yesterday's Budget.…
NHS Surcharge for Migrants: the latest slide on the slippery slope to full American-style privatisation
Image: Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. When news was announced last week that the government was introducing a new NHS surcharge for incoming migrants, I saw several friends posting…
The Greens have a better chance of being in power than the Tories…
One thing has been clear over the past couple of weeks - the polls have shifted in Labour's favour. Miliband's ratings are going up after the leader's debate and pledges…
Scottish independence would be good for the English left
No Labour government has relied on Scottish MPs to get into power. They have, however, relied on Scottish MPs to get right wing policies through. The former point may be…