On Gandhi and the green movement
This is a guest post by David Mentiply who runs the greensen blog. Gandhi prophesised that an economy built on material consumption would cause a serious threat to the environment.…
Why the Green Party should elect a ‘Shadow Cabinet’
This guest post is by Jonathan Kent, and was first published on his blog, The Headstrong Club. This September, when the Green Party of England and Wales meets for the…
Norwich Greens launch ‘Open Council’ manifesto
Norwich Greens have this morning launched their manifesto for the special by-election on September 9th, brought about by a court ruling overturning a one-year term extension for nine city councillors.…
Green shoots of a different kind
This is a guest post from Norwich Councillor Rupert Read on the challenges and opportunities facing the Green Party of England and Wales, which raises issues of importance also to…
Ken Livingstone hints at endorsement of Tony Juniper (but couldn’t possibly comment)
Fans of House of Cards will recognise it immediately. When asked whether he was urging Cantabrians to vote for Green candidate Tony Juniper over Labour's Daniel Zeichner, Ken Livingstone cannily…
UKIP and the Culture War
I was surprised to find that Godfrey Bloom, the UKIP MEP for Yorks and Humber had been running his re-election campaign on the basis of climate change denial. This seemed…
Guardian video – Brighton Pavilion: A Green leap forward?
The Guardian seem pretty insistent on not allowing me to embed this, so I'm going to have to take the extraordinary editorial step of imploring you to leave Bright Green…
Clarifications and questions on Green spokespeople
Well, this is not the blog I had intended to write today. Yesterday morning I was very pleased to bring you the current line-up of Green Party spokespeople. Some rising…
Breaking news – Green Party front bench reshuffle
Important edit - Have had urgent emails from the Green Press office disputing my reporting of this story. More details as I get them, but for the time being, what…