Well, my third day at conference was rather less busy than my second, although it also feels like more happened. I aimed to catch a fringe session that was happening at 9, but was late leaving home, and having missed a lot of it, I instead had a nice chat with the lady running the [...]
So, thoughts on my second ever day of Party Conference. I started at 9 am, with a session on the new members’ website, which looks like it’s going to be a fantastic resource for communication within the party. This was followed by a plenary (voting) session, which started by accepting various committee reports – with [...]
I’ve spent today at my first ever Green Party conference, so I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it. When I arrived, I wandered around the exhibition stalls, before going into the opening speeches. Caroline Lucas was really good, highlighting some of our successes, some of our ideas, and making the case why disaffected [...]
Following various conversations, I’ve been thinking about the issue of vegetarian and vegan food. Whilst I have dietary restrictions that would make a vegetarian diet difficult and a vegan one impossible, many of my fellow Greens follow one or the other on a point of principle. I thought I’d explore the common reasons that people [...]