Democracy

“Without an alternative direction, the field is left to people (largely men) of rampant ambition, without the conviction or desire to deliver for the common good, but simply aiming to enj...

“The long list of speakers showed how united the community is behind the demand to stop the tunnel project.” The Stop the Silvertown Tunnel coalition describes how Newham-based community ...

“Too often we forget that protests are one of the reasons why we have many of the freedoms and rights we now cherish.” Kevin Blowe, Campaigns Coordinator for the Network for Police Monito...

Upon the announcement by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick MP that Tory commissioners will be sent in to run key parts of Liverpool City ...

“It is unbelievable that two years after declaring a climate emergency, decisions were still being made in silos, not knowing what the climate implications are.” Geraldine Coggins, Green ...

“Too often out of sight are people in real need no longer reached by depleted council services.” Paul Corry outlines how a failed strategy, perpetuated by the lack of democratic checks an...

In the first blog released on the ‘IN PROPORTION’ series of GET PR DONE!,  a cross-party/no-party campaigning group for proportional representation, Alan Story, the group’s coordinator an...

“Not only has Hong Kong suffered, as we all have, from the global pandemic, but it has also been forced to fight for fundamental rights.” Natalie Bennett outlines the actions Young Greens...

Following the storming of the Capitol Building yesterday evening, Green Peer Jenny Jones reflects on how protest from the left and right is, and could be, handled by the US and UK governm...

The Compass Greens Network, founded in 2019 to explore how the Green Party can shape the UK’s approach to the climate crisis, explains its achievements to date and plans for the future an...

“What if every community formed a ‘Citizen Committee’, which is authentically inclusive of diverse voices and without political affiliation to any party?” Green Party member Chris Nash su...

“We would now urge all councils across Wales to make this change and ditch the archaic First Past the Post system. Or else, we risk a situation where votes in some parts of Wales are fair...

Green Peer Natalie Bennett emphasises the importance of standing with the city’s journalists, citizens, medical workers and protesters and calls for the UK Government to impose sanctions ...

Ruth Chambers explains why proposed amendments to the Bill are a 'get out of jail free' card for the UK Government.

“The Green Wave is there because citizens trust Greens not only to find solutions for a better world, but to make them happen.” Evelyne Huytebroeck and Thomas Waitz, co-chairs of the Euro...

A year on from being introduced to the House of Lords as a Green Peer, Natalie Bennett describes some of what she’s learnt about working in the upper house of Parliament

Reflecting on the results of New Zealand’s recent election, Green Party member and co-founder of proportional representation campaign group GET PR DONE! Alan Story explains the importance...

“This has the makings of a tragedy for the Liverpool City Region. It will take decades to recover.” Following the announcement that Liverpool City Region is in Tier Three of the new Covid...

“US Greens support increasing the number of justices as a way to dilute the current misbehavior of the court.” Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg on 18 Septe...

Following the Sheffield Labour administration’s proposition to cancel all political debates in full council meetings until April 2021, Sheffield’s Green councillors accuse the Labour Part...