Caroline’s Speech: we are ready to fight these cuts
Lucas slams cuts and privitisation Caroline Lucas has addressed Green Party spring conference today by slamming the government over spending cuts and privatisation. Calling the Green Party "the true opposition…
Conference Preview and Highlights
This will be the third Green Party of England and Wales conference I've covered for Bright Green, and (I think) the sixth I'll have attended. It already looks like it…
Bright Green (not just Scotland)
Exciting times here at Bright Green. First, as you may have noticed, we've got a sexy new re-design courtesy of our very own Gary Dunion. The categories along the top…
It’s better to break the law than to break the poor
We need a little perspective before discussing the cuts. The fact of the matter is that the cuts will beyond any doubt kill people. M Harvey Brenner showed through his…
Bright Green Live: the Green Party and the anti-cuts movement
Coming to Green Party (of England and Wales) Sping Conference this weekend? The first ever Bright Green Live event will be at the conference, this Saturday. To discuss the role…
Why I’m not a member of the Labour Party
Lefty blogger Ellie Mae has just joined the Labour Party. She explains why over at Liberal Conspiracy. So, I thought I'd follow the trend, and write about my membership status…
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"?…
Potential Green candidates for London announced
The Green Party has announced the candidates in the running for nomination for Mayor of London and the London-wide Assembly list. The Greens currently have two Assembly members elected from…
How the Irish Greens got into a Coalition mess…
The Irish Greens have finally pulled the plug on the Fianna Fail led Government of the dead that has been staggering from crisis to crisis since the economy collapsed in…
The People’s Bank; a way out of the current crisis for Britain – and Ireland
By Rupert Read The Dail voted through Ireland’s Euro-bailout package. The Irish Greens wanted an election in January: they haven’t got it. But Cowen, the Irish PM, did say in…