Womack and Omond would enable the Greens to transform UK politics
Which party has changed British politics more during the last decade? UKIP, or the Lib Dems? Who had more of an impact, Nigel Farage, or Nick Clegg? Neither is exactly…
Green MEP candidate: There are many problems in our country, but Nigel Farage isn’t the answer
Image credit: YouTube screengrab As a Green candidate in these EU elections, I've spent the last 3 weeks travelling across the South East of England. Oxford, Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Dover,…
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,…
Mockery will only make Trump and Brexit worse
The average Trump supporter and Brexiteer, though separated by thousands of miles and countless other cultural differences, tend to have a general feeling in common. They’re sick of not being…
New political tribes – who should Greens be targeting?
Back in 2013, during my campaign to be Elections Coordinator of the Green Party I wrote a piece laying out my thoughts on who we should be targeting in the…
Only by citizens “taking back control” can public confidence be restored in politics
Part of Bright Green’s new political engagement series British politics in 2016 is in a peculiar state. Our society is recovering from the recent EU referendum in which the…
The National Front Falls Short in Regional Elections. A Time for Self-reflection, not Self-congratulation
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. In France, after leading the first round of voting in regional elections last week, the far right National Front failed to take control of any regions after…
7 reasons the Greens should NOT work with UKIP for electoral reform
Natalie Bennett and Nigel Farage on Newsnight. While it may lead to increased support for electoral reform, there are a number of compelling reasons why the Green Party should avoid…
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5 reasons the Greens should work with UKIP for electoral reform
Politics has changed a lot since the 2011 AV referendum. We need real PR. (CC lewishamdreamer, flickr) It probably sounds like heresy in Green circles, but hear me out. The…
UKIP on the Thames estuary. A worrying trend.
Riverside Grays. Image: Andy Howell I'm the Green prospective parliamentary candidate for Mid Sussex 2015; I wasn’t born here though. Life began for me in Thurrock, Essex, in the same…