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5 reasons Caroline should be speaking
Caroline Lucas hasn't been invited by the TUC to speak at the march on Saturday. If you think she should be, email 1) It's good for the message: Caroline Lucas…
A green ‘Plan B’ – why we need a low-carbon strategy out of recession
By Mark Watts, chair of the Environment session at this weekends Progressive London Conference, former environment adviser to Ken Livingstone From 2000 to 2008 London became recognised for its world…
The Green solution to Unemployment, Deficit and Recession
The country is at an economic turning point. Wednesday was the most significant domestic political event of most of our lives. It was the full announcement of a Comprehensive Spending…
No ideas? Try the Greens
This piece by Tom Chance is a review of this pamphlet If you're looking for an advert against pinning the hopes of entire social movements on one political party, this…
Caroline Lucas – fighting privatisation: why we need the Green Party
Caroline Lucas opened the party conference with clear fighting talk about the need for a truely progressive party in British politics. With her emphasis on opposition to public spending cuts,…
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…
Caroline Lucas’ Maiden Speech: A new Leader for Progressive Politics
Last week Caroline Lucas made both her maiden speech in the House of Commons and the front page of The Independent newspaper this week. Her speech was a brilliant account…
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…
We can’t go on like this. Cut the deficit obsession, not the deficit.
There have been a number of mash ups of the David Cameron “We can’t go on like this” poster. Possibly the most entertaining is this: There has been, however, a…