Articles by Jane Watkinson
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Dick of the year: Ed Miliband
Posted on December 31, 2010 | 5 Comments
This is a nomination for the Bright Green #dick2010 award from Jane Watkinson Ed Miliband, the flip-flop… When Ed Miliband (EM) was elected, many on the left believed Labour would become closer to its roots, the labour movement. However, many Greens (sadly, not me at first) rightly had a much more apathetic stance to EM’s [...]
My Green Conference Highlights (Saturday and Sunday)
Posted on September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
I have never been to a political conference, so the Greens will be my first! The conference is very much like Compass’: to borrow a phrase from Yes Minister’s Bernard when Jim orders an economy drive, but meant in a nice way – CBA (can’t be everywhere). In other words, the conference has a wide [...]
Greens need to resist mainstream pressure for political ‘justification’…
Posted on July 29, 2010 | 13 Comments
There are two key paragraphs from Rupert Read’s recent article, which addresses the impressive growth of the Green party membership and its implications, I wish to highlight: “We need to review our policy commitments to ensure that there is nothing there to embarrass us, because our policy commitments are going to come under more scrutiny [...]