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What the Greens Leadership Election Means for Wales
The current co-leaders, Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley. By Jwslubbock - Own work, CC BY-SA , The looming leadership election of the Green Party of England and Wales is…
The post-Brexit challenges facing the Greens
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons There is considerable discussion of how the Green Party should position itself following Jeremy Corbyn’s election as…
Why we still need the Green Party
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons Since the turn of the century, the Green Party has blossomed from obscurity to a major, professional…
Brexit and Bank Holidays – What is being discussed at Green Party Conference?
Jean Lambert, Keith Taylor and Molly Scott Cato at the Global Green Gathering in Liverpool 2017. Image: Molly Scott Cato It’s Sunday in Harrogate, and the Harrogate Convention Centre is…
The Green Squeeze and proportional representation
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons The Green Party in this past election managed roughly 525,000 votes compared to the previous election result…
Progressive alliances are more than formal pacts: this is a culture shift
Photo credit: flickr user Matito under Creative Commons license Number of seats the Green Party will stand aside in to help unseat the Conservatives: 24. Number of seats other progressive…
The case for Progressive Alliances
Photo credit: flickr user Matito under Creative Commons license In 2020 or sooner, the Conservative Party will win the next general election with an increased majority. It will be…
The case against ‘Progressive’ Alliances
It’s taken a while for me to get around to writing this piece. It could probably have been written at just about any point since the 2015 General Election,…
2017 will bring political chaos: the left must capture it
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.” So goes the quote from George Orwell’s dystopian novel, Nineteen-Eighty-Four. It…
The Greens must stand in the Copeland by-election
I’ve been a somewhat sceptical supporter of a progressive alliance, but the Greens simply must stand in Copeland. It would be to the detriment of both us and the…