The Green League: Who are the Greens with the biggest social media following? – July 2022
Every month Bright Green takes a look at Greens on social media, breaking down who in the UK’s Green Parties have the most followers with a rolling league table. We…
The Green League: Who are the Greens with the biggest social media following? – June 2022
Every month Bright Green takes a look at Greens on social media, breaking down who in the UK’s Green Parties have the most followers with a rolling league table. We…
The Green League: Who are the Greens with the biggest social media following? – May 2022
In a new monthly column, Bright Green will be taking a look at Greens on social media. We'll be breaking down who in the UK's Green Parties have the most followers with…
We must break the power of the rich. It’s time to #StopTheRot.
The #StopTheRot campaign kicked off on Sunday. Organised by Open Britain and calling for an end to the rotten politics of the UK, backing a petition to rewrite the ministerial…
Review: Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree
I was given Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest by a friend who knows me well. She was undoubtedly thinking of the…
6 things we learnt from the first Green Party leadership hustings
The Green Party of England and Wales leadership election is now in full swing. And this evening, members were given their first proper opportunity to question the candidates at the…
The Environment Bill needs to go much further
Amendments to Bills can be opaque, impenetrable things: “delete the word ‘may’ and replace with ‘must’” and such like. Even with the increasingly standard practice of including a sentence of…
The next Green Party leader needs a strategy based in movement building
Movement building should be the Green Party of England and Wales' most important long-term aim. One of the most important things brought about by Natalie Bennett’s 2012 was her advocacy…
The Green Party needs collective leadership
Green leadership is collective, and the leadership candidates need to reflect this in the way they approach this election. Ever since Natalie Bennett ran her first leadership election campaign on…
Greens say no return to “normal” after the crisis – UK Green news round up issue 57
Greens say no return to "normal" Image credit: Kaihsu Tai and Ric Lander - Creative Commons, and YouTube screengrab As another week of lockdown continued, people have begun discussing what…