Articles by Sam Coates
Greens who oppose HS2 are being short sighted
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 11 Comments
I must say I’m quite surprised by the enthusiasm for greens opposing HS2, announced to get ahead today. People say the business model doesn’t imply it will cut CO2 and merely increases demand for travel, and that the money would be better spent on improving local services that communities rely on. I can certainly think [...]
Plaid’s new independence report
Posted on August 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
Plaid Cymru have today launched what they are reporting as ‘proof’ that Wales would not flounder under independence, but would soar. My sympathies for an independent Wales are a bit unclear, as within the EU it seems to be that the only ‘benefits’ of sovereign statehood against autonomy within a federal UK would be the [...]
Welsh Greens Election Review
Posted on August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments
I just read Peter’s post about the performance of Greens in Scotland and thought I should finally contribute something about the experiences in the May Welsh Assembly Election. But first the stats, in South Wales Central we saved the deposit for the first time ever at 5.2%, but were 2.7% away from what we would [...]
Challenges and chances for Young Greens
Posted on December 20, 2010 | 9 Comments
England & Wales Young Greens co-chair Sam Coastes reflects on the tuition fees vote. I couldn’t get to London for last Thursday when Parliament voted to give England the most expensive public universities in the world, but I followed the day’s events very closely. I didn’t quite believe the horrifying stories coming out of the [...]
Conference Fragments – A Crisis Not of Debt, but Unemployment
Posted on September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
Conference is nothing new to me, last weekend’s in Birmingham being my 10th (makes me feel very old at 22!) but this one I expected to be different, being our first with an MP. Unfortunately I couldn’t arrive until after Caroline and Wales Leader Jake’s speeches but I heard they were both very good. The [...]