Youth turnout in the 2017 general election- what was going on?
Student protest in 2014. Photo credit: flickr user Chris Beckett Creative Commons license: While the opinion pollsters are still crunching the data, initial evidence suggests that there was a…
A Plea to Fellow Remainers – Our Best Chance Lies In Jeremy Corbyn
Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Photo credit: flickr Andy Miah Creative Commons license: If you are a hard-core Remainer, it might present a depressing prospect that the Labour Party…
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,…
Ed Miliband Shares Some of the Greatest Responsibility for Brexit – Can We Please Stop Trying to Rehabilitate Him?
Ed Miliband, former Labour Party leader. Image credit: flickr user Plashing Vole I often think back often to the optimism of 2010. Yes, Labour had lost an election,…
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…
Only Pluralism Can Save Us Now
Corbyn has so far rejected the idea of a 'progressive alliance' This article is part of Bright Green's 'Labour or Green?' series- if you'd like to contribute to this series,…
I’ve joined Labour. There’s never been a better time for Green socialists to do so too.
This article is part of Bright Green's 'Labour or Green?' series- if you'd like to contribute to this series, please send a draft to A few months ago, I resigned…
Greens rule out Momentum chief’s call for merger with Labour
Corbyn has so far rejected the idea of a 'progressive alliance' The Greens have hit back at calls by a key Corbyn ally for a formal merger between the…
Sunday at the Labour Party conference
A labour conference isn’t just the motions, but the speeches, the fringes and the rallies too. Following Corbyn’s overwhelming victory yesterday, today’s focus outside the conference hall and sometimes…
Labour leadership: the result and future challenges
Corbyn has won a bigger mandate than the last leadership election and once again won in all 3 categories of electorate. This includes the membership of the party where…