Is there an epochal significance for British politics in the upcoming local elections in Norwich?
By Rupert Read Regular readers of my articles will no doubt have noticed that I sometimes use words like ‘epochal’ and ‘history-making’ when describing Green Party achievements. I use these ‘hyperbolic’ phrases to reflect reality. They are a reflection of the massive steps the Green Party has taken in recent years, and in anticipation of [...]
100 Days of Solid Ideology
The coalition is 100 days old. And what a hundred days it’s been. They’ve ended the huge waste of building new schools. They’ve said they’ll end detention of children of asylum seekers, and explained that this will be by speeding up deportations. And they’ve delivered their promise to be the ‘greenest government ever’ by supporting [...]
Shedding the AV mask: lessons from Australia
By Nishma Doshi. This is the first in our series in the run up to the Green Party conferences, where, among other things, Green Party of England and Wales policy on the AV referendum will be debated. The current AV reform in the UK is viewed by many in the left as a progressive move; [...]
Make Renewables a Charitable Purpose and Reap a Community Windfall
There’s been a lot of attention paid to community owned renewables in Scotland, with the Dancing Ladies of Gigha generating power and saving money for the community. Many other mainland communities have also been investing in power. Sadly, none so far has been urban. This is partly because of difficulties with the Castlemilk project in [...]
Bond markets boom – why are we cutting?
The Tories originally told us that they had to make cuts because we were borrowing too much. The argument was that the bond traders, from whom we were borrowing, would take fright and insist that the government pay higher interest rates. This was always largely bollocks, for a number of reasons. One of those – [...]
Why not nationalise to cut the deficit?
The national deficit isn’t really a problem. Well, at least, certainly not in the short or medium term. The UK government is borrowing less per unit GDP than most other Western countries. And 80% of this money is borrowed from UK citizens – largely pension funds. This means, in the unlikely event that interest rates [...]
Let’s win Britain’s first Green council
Our guest writer is Samir Jeraj, who is currently leader of the Green group of councillors in Norwich A few weeks ago I was sitting in a library when I received a phone call. It was my friend and Leader of the Green Party on Norwich City Council, Claire Stephenson. She and all the other [...]
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. Read the Norwich manifesto summary here (PDF) Read the full Norwich manifesto here (PDF) Following the judge’s action, the Greens are neck-and-neck with Labour as [...]
Adam Pogonowski: Derek Wall for Deputy Leader
Guest writer Adam Pogonowski is a Cambridge City councillor, and blogs at adampogonowski.blogspot.com. Here he explains why he’s backing Derek Wall for Deputy Leader; you can read Adam Ramsay’s case for re-electing Adrian Ramsay (no relation) here. The role of Deputy Leader is to build and maintain grassroots support for the Green Party, and to [...]
Adrian Ramsay for Deputy Leader
The Green Party of England and Wales has leadership-team elections every two years. This time, the two incumbents are up for re-election. Caroline Lucas is unchallenged, but her running mate, Adrian Ramsay, is up against Derek Wall. Here is a list of reasons why I will be voting to re-elect Adrian (who is no relation). [...]
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