DUP Minister Under Pressure As Anti-Fracking Campaign Grows
The issue of hydraulic fracturing – fracking – has been catapulted into mainstream attention in Northern Ireland over the last few weeks. For those not yet in the know, fracking…
Scottish Green Party Conference Review 2011
Scottish Green Party conference 2011 was a pretty subdued affair as might be expected after the poor election result in May. There were some real highlights, though. The speakers gave…
Northern Ireland Green Party Conference 2011
The Green Party in Northern Ireland’s conference took place in the Ramada Encore Hotel in Belfast’s trendy Cathedral Quarter last weekend – five minutes’ walk away is Writer’s Square, where…
Scottish Green Party Conference Preview 2011
Scottish Green Party conference kicks off today in Aberdeen. Many party members will be hoping to regroup after the disappointment of May’s election. Having failed to pick up the masses…
Barbarism With and Without a Human Face: Dale Farm, Brighton and Liberal Racism.
“Leaving with supporters today is about our own dignity and our appreciation of the support we’ve received. We’re leaving together as one family, and we are proud of that- you…
Greens and growth
Greens don’t like growth. It’s the mantra. We like to talk about a ‘stable’ economy; one that neither grows nor shrinks. The trouble with maintaining a zero growth economy is…
Boundary review – Greens do pretty well
Boundary reviews are always a frighting time for MPs. You can fight for years to win a constituency, then have it dissolved in the blink of a commission. For the…
Adrian Ramsay conference speech: “we are proud of the NHS”
This was the speech Green Party deputy leader Adrian Ramsay gave to the Green Party conference in Sheffield I'm delighted we're meeting here in Sheffield. Did you know that Green…
“Unrestrained capitalism eats away at the fabric of our society” – Caroline Lucas’ conference speech
Thank you for that introduction and for your warm welcome. It’s great to be here in Sheffield. And what a chance to see first-hand the excellent work of the City’s…
Northern Irish Greens 2011 – Election Review
After reading Peter and Sam’s post-election thoughts on Green performance in Scotland and Wales, I thought I’d complete the regional picture. Less than a week after the Assembly elections in…