Conference Fragments: Democracy in Action
by Rustam Majainah Those of you who remember your schooldays will probably be familiar with the concept of Model United Nations, Mock General Elections and other events, set up to…
Conference Fragments – My First Time
On Thursday last week, Ash Haynes was elected coucillor for Town Close Ward in Norwich. It was her 20th birthday. The next day, she went to her first party conference.…
Conference Fragments – Science Funding
On Monday the Green Party of England and Wales kick-started next year's review of science policy with an excellent fringe session on "Science Funding in an Age of Austerity" with…
Conference fragments – Right decision on home education
When I first joined the Green Party back in the eighties you could almost put money on any debates about education being dominated by discussions on home schooling and experimental…
Conference Fragments – Backing the AV Bandwagon
in our first of a series of conference fragments, Spin Pitman is glad he was persuaded to back AV At the Green Party autumn conference last weekend we passed a…
Conference so far…
The weekend of conference so far has been pretty packed - motions, workshops, plenaries, etc. The theme for Saturday was essentially cuts and credit crunch. In the morning, the party…
My Green Conference Highlights (Saturday and Sunday)
I have never been to a political conference, so the Greens will be my first! The conference is very much like Compass’: to borrow a phrase from Yes Minister’s Bernard…
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,…
Lucas to Call for Job-Sharing MPs
Our guest contributor is Dawn Foster Today is the first day of the Autumn Green Party conference, and will feature a landmark speech: Caroline Lucas will address the party faithful…
On Route to Green Party Conference
Our guest contributor is Sam Coates