A Green New Deal needs public abundance
The McDonald’s close to my apartment is closed. It’s a shame, because it was basically our neighbourhood’s most important social centre. Before Montreal went into lockdown, seniors spent whole days…
Free public transport: why the Scottish Greens’ win is the first step to creating a new economy
Greens have won free bus transport for under-18s as part of the Scottish Budget process. It’s a big win, but the story behind it shows some really important things about…
New poll: mass support for public ownership
Privatisation is unpopular, a failure, and being rejected across the Western world. That's the finding of a major report from the new campaign group 'We Own It', which calls for…
A Cap on GP Appointments and Other Tory Health Proposals
By now most of you will have heard that the Tories have asked local party groups whether they think there should be a cap on the number of GP appointments…
Privatisation Reversed? Chile shows the way to reclaim public services
In Chile, a challenge has emerged to the idea that privatisation is permanent. Student led protests and demonstrations have focused on reversing the privatisation of education. Protests in Santiago were…
Cuts and Privatisation: Still on Edinburgh's Agenda in 2012
In November 2011, the City of Edinburgh Council took the decision not privatise environmental services (that's waste and recycling, street cleaning, and parks maintenance), following pressure from a local grassroots…
Why privatisation is wrong – from a parent of a child with special needs.
This post is published as a series of blogs about privatisation and in support of the ‘Week of Auctions organised by an alliance of anti-cuts groups across the UK. The…
Privatisation and the SNP
While Alex Salmond received a hero's welcome at the SNP conference in Inverness last weekend, controversy has been brewing back in Edinburgh. On Thursday, the City of Edinburgh Council –…
Adrian Ramsay conference speech: “we are proud of the NHS”
This was the speech Green Party deputy leader Adrian Ramsay gave to the Green Party conference in Sheffield I'm delighted we're meeting here in Sheffield. Did you know that Green…
Why We Have A Welfare State
David Cameron thinks that the only way to save our public services is by harnessing the opposing forces of volunteerism and capitalism. I'd like to think that history proves him…