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Published in: Home: OpinionTrue democracy would mean paying people to engage with politicsOPINION: It’s not fair to ask the most disadvantaged to give up their time during a cost of living crisis
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Published in: Home: OpinionI sit in the House of Lords. That’s how I know it needs to goNATALIE BENNETT: I’ve seen first-hand how our unelected upper chamber stops us tackling the government’s bad laws
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Published in: Home: NewsLabour loses grip of council coalition as trio quit in stitch-up rowExclusive: Labour no longer largest party in Stroud’s long-running rainbow council after selection backlash
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Published in: Home: OpinionElected mayors don’t ‘level up’ anything. It’s time we binned the lotDirectly elected mayors are a fig leaf of democracy. Let’s follow Bristol’s lead and design a fairer system
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionCan the resurgent Greens win over the youth vote?The frontrunners for the leadership in England and Wales speak the language of social justice. It needs to be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionScottish Green members hold unprecedented power. How will they use it?For the first time in UK political history, a party membership has direct influence over government policy
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisWill the SNP use its powers to halt exploitation of the Cambo oil field?As Nicola Sturgeon negotiates with the Greens, a controversy over oil exploitation and its implications for a...
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Published in: 50.50: Interview‘I lost my candidacy because I’m trans’: English Green Party member Kathryn Bristow‘I’ve been deemed a risk to the party’s reputation for being transgender,’ Bristow tells openDemocracy in an...
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Published in: 50.50: InterviewSiân Berry on transphobia in the Green Party: ‘We have a problem to solve’
Exclusive: Days after quitting as co-leader, Berry talks to openDemocracy about the rifts in her party and the need...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsGreen Party co-leader stepping down amid divisions over trans rights‘More urgently than ever we need a transformed society that respects everyone’s rights,’ said Siân Berry in a letter...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: InterviewInformed opinion carves a new democratic path for BristolCouncillor Paula O’Rourke explains how Bristol’s citizens’ assembly is helping them to build back better
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Published in: Home: Opinion‘Stop voting from a place of fear’ – the other candidates deserve a hearingThe Green and Libertarian candidates for US president don’t agree on much. But they do agree US politics is broken.
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Published in: Home: OpinionIreland’s Greens have betrayed their voters and the planetIn February, Ireland voted Left. So why have the Greens put the establishment back in power?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGreens could now benefit from more radical co-operation with other partiesThe Brecon and Radnorshire deal has worked, but if the Greens want to get in a position to avert climate disaster,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson’s strength is his divided opposition – is Labour brave enough to respond?With Boris Johnson vocally setting up 'the people vs parliamentary elites' and promising a public spending splurge,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKVoters deserve a vision for Europe, not a cabinet of curiositiesThe South West's European election ballot paper will resemble a celebrity game show. But there are real dangers in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe have the answers to Brexit’s causesBritish voters were right to demand radical change – those in power owe them action to rebalance our unequal society.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaScottish Green solidarity with the Kurdish peopleWe must support the people of Kobane in their fight against ISIS and Turkey's plans to install a buffer zone, both...
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Published in: ourNHSOur political system is stagnant - let in the airCurrent rules give smaller parties like the Greens and National Health Action Party little chance to break through -...
