Following the recent news that Caroline Lucas has decided not to stand for a third term as leader of the Green Party, I feel I ought to comment on the whole thing. Before diving into the question of who the candidates to replace her might be, it’s worth saying something about the other debate the [...]
I’ve been catching up on some of the party election broadcasts for the local elections, I’m rather worried by what I’m seeing. There’s very little good (telling us what the party would do to improve the area), and far too much bad (focusing on national issues, rather than ones local government has any control over, [...]
There’s been a bit of controversy within the Green Party recently (yes, this is a Green Party specific post – if you’re not a party member this post may be a waste of your time), which I think illustrates the problems with trying to do principled politics in the real world. If you’re a political [...]
Well, I’ve just got back from the Green Party Spring Conference, and thought I’d share how it went. The conference was four days (Friday to Monday). As I couldn’t get the Friday off work, I arrived on the Saturday. Because it was in Cardiff, rather than Birmingham, it was a more relaxing time – instead [...]
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 [...]
Whilst it wasn’t the most exciting election of recent times, it certainly proved to be the most interesting. Here’s some brief thoughts on how it went. Nationally, the big three parties all lost. Labour lost a lot of seats, the Lib Dem surge lost them seats, and the Tories frittered away what had been a [...]
I’ve not had time to write anything here for a while, mostly due to a combination of real life busyness, but also due to having had an emergency operation a couple of months back, which I’m recovering from quite well. So here’s a few things related to the upcoming election that I would have shared [...]
The recent news that the Conservative party is losing its members offers a great opportunity for other parties. Falling party membership usually means that the party membership is, in large part, disillusioned with the direction in which their party is going. Not only are there fewer members to campaign for the party, but also those [...]
