Bright Green

13/10/2025

'The proposal treats members as voting fodder to legitimise the diktats of the leadership of the party.'

At its most recent conference in Bournemouth, the Green Party of England and Wales adopted a change to its constitution in motion D28 which would allow the party leadership, in the broadest sense (The Regional Council, the Party Executive) to issue a proposal to the membership to vote on. There woul...

04/10/2025

The Green Party has claimed it now has more members than the Liberal Democrats

The Green Party of England and Wales has claimed that it now has more members than the Liberal Democrats. The party's deputy leader Rachel Millward announced that there are now more than 83,500 members of the her party in her first speech to the party's conference since she was elected to the post e...

03/10/2025

Giving his first speech to Green Party Conference as the party's leader, Zack Polanski accused the Labour Party of being 'handmaidens' to Reform's 'dangerous, deceitful politics' and an ‘active participant in the murdering of the Palestinians’

The leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, railed against a 'political class poisoned by extreme wealth' in his speech to the party's conference today (2 October). The address was his first speech to Green Party's conference since he was elected as the party's leader in Septe...

16/09/2025

'We cannot claim to stand with Palestine while undermining the unified, strategic voice of its people. If we are serious about justice, then we must do more than signal support, we must practice principled solidarity.'

In his recent article, Craig Simmons urges the Green Party not to "ban" Palestinian peace activist Sally Abed from addressing its upcoming conference, warning that doing so would play into the hands of Israel’s right-wing government. His piece, however, misses crucial context, mischaracterises the...

15/09/2025

'We need to be working with those inside and outside of Israel who want peace. The Standing Together movement is not the enemy.'

The Ancient Greek writer Aeschylus observed that, in war, truth is often the first casualty. However, in the increasingly polarised discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is more likely to be empathy. As the Green Party gathers for its Autumn conference, a party rooted in social....

21/08/2025

Green Party deputy leadership candidate Chas Warlow looks at what it would take for the Greens to cut through.

There’s been a lot of talk in the leadership and deputy leadership contests about “cutting through”. But what does that mean? What does “cutting through” look like? When we talk about cutting through), I guess we mean having a high profile in the media and in general public awareness. For ...

20/08/2025

'I fear that by trying to compete from a much more political base, hoping for something – anything – transformative, we will lose sight of these hard-learned lessons about how to get wide-enough appeal to win elections.'

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (George Santayana) My first ever Green Party meeting was nearly 25 years ago, in February 2001. I’d had a leaflet through the door from the local Green Party in Camden, and thought I’d go along and see what a meeting was like. O...

19/08/2025

Missed our interview with Ani Townsend about their bid for the deputy leadership of the Green Party?

Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01u4yzhnMGM

18/08/2025

Missed our interview with Alex Mace about his bid for the Green Party deputy leadership?

Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLyoUJM_Q7E

18/08/2025

Missed our interview with Thomas Daw about his bid for the deputy leadership of the Green Party?

Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_OGQgqSb2Q

18/08/2025

Missed our interview with Zack Polanski about his bid for the Green Party leadership?

Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRUR278c8J0

17/08/2025

'We need leadership that inspires hope in the face of cynicism, speaks truth to power with compassion, and mobilises people who’ve given up on politics'

In 2010 I stood in two elections on the same day. One was carefully targeted and delivered Surrey’s first Green councillor by 800 votes. The other, a long-shot attempt to be elected as the first Green MP in Surrey, in the concurrent General Election (I came last!). That contrast taught me somethin...