Police

Zoë Garbett, Co-convenor of the Green Party Drug Policy Working Group, considers the merits of Sadiq Kahn’s cannabis decriminalisation trial.

Yesterday evening (17 December), the House of Lords rejected the best part of 18 pages of late amendments to the Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill, in a historic defeat. Green Peers Jenny...

The House of Lords rejected the majority of the 18 pages of late amendments to the Bill, putting a stop to a range of ‘draconian’ measures.

The Green Party is urging Labour and independent Lords to take a stand against the Bill, which it says threatens the right to take part in peaceful protest.

Green peer Natalie Bennett reflects on the Lords’ discussion of Policing Bill amendments, questioning the Government’s decision to attack peaceful protestors rather than protecting women ...

For one week in June 2021, a derelict plot – which once housed a public swimming pool but was sold off to developers in 2004 – was reclaimed by York residents, and a boat called Sue. Patr...

Co-chair of Young Green Women Emily Herbert gives a first-hand, on the ground account of Extinction Rebellion’s recent ‘Impossible Rebellion’ protests, which have seen activists come toge...

“What concerns me most right now is the influence of the Home Office on police operations and the Orwellian use of conspiracy law.” Former detective sergeant for the Metropolitan Police P...

Green Peer Jenny Jones outlines the institutional corruption that permeates the police force, drawing on the Daniel Morgan case to illustrate this.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections will run alongside local and mayoral elections on 6 May. Cleo Lake, PCC candidate for Avon and Somerset, and Kahina Bouhassane, PCC candi...

“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...

The Green Party has condemned the harmful Metropolitan police action at a vigil in Clapham on 13 March, with spokespeople voicing opposition against the Home Secretary’s controversial pol...

“This legislation will ensure that the future is littered with numerous examples of abuse, corruption and official cover ups.” Green Peer Jenny Jones outlines her views on the Covert Huma...

“The police are paid to uphold the law; this Bill allows officers to either act illegally, or to pay others to break it.” Following the passing of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bi...

With reports of heavy handed policing of Extinction Rebellion protests and rumours that the government plans to reclassify the group as an ‘organised crime’ organisation, our right to pro...

The US is convulsing with protest over the shocking murder of African American George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, who kneeled on his neck for eight minutes, suffocating him. So...

“By working together, in a spirit of cooperation and mutual support, we can put this virus to bed and come out of this with a stronger sense of community and a fuller understanding of our...

“Parallels between the war on drugs and policing under lockdown are striking on a global scale.” Carrie Hamilton, Zoë Garbett and Alex Armitage, Co-authors of Green Party’s Drug Policy, h...

“The police making political judgements is not new and it will continue until Parliament sets clear limits and definitions.” After it was revealed that Extinction Rebellion had been place...

The police’s handling of October’s Extinction Rebellion demonstrations has been the subject of significant controversy – not least due to the city-wide protest ban which was recently rule...