January 23, 2016
The post-Paris scene, part 6: So what are the implications of all this for the UK?
Here’s something telling: for the first time (as far as I can remember) the UK did not have a presence at the World Future Energy Summit. China, Japan, Germany, France, South…
May 2, 2015
The Green Party on Poverty
Caroline Lucas and Natalie Bennett, Green Party Leader, did a really good job in their interviews with Russell Brand. The only thing I was disappointed by was that they weren’t…
April 27, 2015
Supporting Caroline Lucas
I’m down in Brighton this weekend to support the campaign of Caroline Lucas. To state the obvious, if Caroline is not re-elected in Brighton Pavilion, it would be a significant…
April 24, 2015
Green Party has no cause to feel bad about its campaigning on climate change
I was in Cambridge last night, with the Cambridge Young Greens, to support Rupert Read, the Green Party’s candidate in Cambridge. Given the coverage in the Independent yesterday,…
April 21, 2015
Green Votes for a Green MP
Environmentalists often worry about casting their vote for Green Party candidates, on the grounds that it’s likely to be a ‘wasted’ vote in our first-past-the-post system. But one…
November 19, 2014
The Green Ribbon Political Awards
Really good that the Green Ribbon Political Awards have been resuscitated - after quite a long break - and yesterday I handed out the Awards to the deserving winners at the House…
July 14, 2014
World Population Day: So What?
It was World Population Day on Friday. I don’t know why 11th July was been chosen as World Population Day, but given that we can’t really have World Population Day every day for…
July 7, 2014
Telling Cameron: Get Behind Solar!
This is my last word on solar issues – for a bit! One hundred and fifty businesses have joined forces to deliver a letter to David Cameron today – simply to urge him to support…