In the last couple of weeks, Brighton has been transformed into a sea of scarves and darker clothes. We feel instinctively drawn to the safety and warmth of home as winter sets in for the long haul. For many, the shift in season happens imperceptibly and goes unremarked for some time. Something similar often happens…
I must confess I was overwhelmed by the response I received to my decision to resign from the Greens in favour of the Labour Party. Whilst it surprised a few, the thinking that lay behind it seemed to strike a chord with many more readers and at the time of writing, that blog post has…
You’ll have to excuse the slightly playful title. I couldn’t resist it. 😉 Concluding the first in this series of blog posts on the political crisis facing the Brighton and Hove Green Party last week, I argued that we need to make a conscious decision to respond pragmatically to the hard lessons of our time…
Sustaining success as a national political party has always depended upon building a credible political narrative, one that resonates amongst voters across wide stretches of the country. Yet at a time when the impact and reach of the Green Party has risen substantially through the election of our first MP and Council, we find our…
As the dust settles on the London Mayoral election and out of date leaflets (hopefully not too many!) are put out to be recycled, I thought it might be worth sharing my reflections on that election before our attention becomes firmly fixed on the unfolding Leader and Deputy Leader elections. Moving back to London a couple…
Two weeks to go in the London Mayoral election and we are starting to get a sense of the degree to which the candidate’s policy platforms have resonated or not with the electorate. There have been two opinion polls in the last couple of days that contain really important strategic advice on how we should…
Stephen Wood 