Green Party, Social Policy
Barbarism With and Without a Human Face: Dale Farm, Brighton and Liberal Racism.
Posted on October 21, 2011 by Alasdair Thompson | 5 Comments
“Leaving with supporters today is about our own dignity and our appreciation of the support we’ve received. We’re leaving together as one family, and we are proud of that- you can’t take away our dignity.” – Dale Farm resident Mary Sheridan Two days ago bailiffs and police moved into Dale Farm to brutally remove residents [...]
Greens and growth
Posted on September 20, 2011 by Jonathan Kent | 7 Comments
Greens don’t like growth. It’s the mantra. We like to talk about a ‘stable’ economy; one that neither grows nor shrinks. The trouble with maintaining a zero growth economy is that you have to maintain zero population growth alongside it. Have zero economic growth and twenty percent population growth and it means you have the [...]
Boundary review – Greens do pretty well
Posted on September 13, 2011 by Adam Ramsay | 7 Comments
Boundary reviews are always a frighting time for MPs. You can fight for years to win a constituency, then have it dissolved in the blink of a commission. For the Green Party, whose work to win Brighton Pavilion has gone on for years, it was a potentially terrifying time. But today’s results of the first [...]
Adrian Ramsay conference speech: “we are proud of the NHS”
Posted on September 11, 2011 by Admin | No Comments
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 Councillors have held seats in this city centre ward for seven years now? Yesterday I was given a tour of the area and visited two [...]
“Unrestrained capitalism eats away at the fabric of our society” – Caroline Lucas’ conference speech
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Admin | 2 Comments
The full text of Caroline Lucas’ keynote speech to the 2011 Green Party Autumn Conference at Sheffield Hallam University.
Northern Irish Greens 2011 – Election Review
Posted on August 28, 2011 by Adam McGibbon | No Comments
After reading Peter and Sam’s post-election thoughts on Green performance in Scotland and Wales, I thought I’d complete the regional picture. Less than a week after the Assembly elections in May, new Green MLA Steven Agnew was standing in the chamber making his maiden speech. Despite the sudden shift from count centre to Assembly floor, [...]
Welsh Greens Election Review
Posted on August 1, 2011 by Sam Coates | 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 [...]
Scottish Greens 2011: Election Review
Posted on July 26, 2011 by Peter McColl | 9 Comments
It would be a mistake to think that the Scottish Green Party’s performance in the 2011 election was anything other than a profound failure. As Green blogger Jeff Breslin said the day after the election “the Greens are stuck in the mud. I’m aghast that the Greens have fared so badly, not even moving on [...]
Green-led council announces first steps towards living wage
Posted on July 23, 2011 by Adam Ramsay | No Comments
Press release from the Brighton Green Party: Green council leader Bill Randall (21 July) announced radical plans to introduce a Living Wage in the city of Brighton & Hove. At a meeting of the whole council, he confirmed that the council will be taking a number of steps to reduce inequality in the city through [...]
Class still counts
Posted on July 16, 2011 by Alex Wood | 9 Comments
The past year has witnessed an unprecedented level of class struggle, never before have the various mechanisms for mobilising class interests been so perfectly enacted. Sadly, I am not referring to the recent TUC demonstration or coordinated strikes. Unfortunately, no matter how positive, these acts are no more than flashes in the pan when compared [...]
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