THE GREEN PARTY DEPUTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: ANDREW COOPER

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged #GPLE2018, #greenleadership, Amelia Womack, Andrew Cooper, Brexit, british politics, caroline lucas, deputy, election, featured, fracking, grassroots, Green, Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, jonathan chilvers, Kirklees, Labour, labour party, leader, lgbtqia, maggie chapman, natalie bennett, politics, Sian Berry.

The Norwich Radical aims to offer wide and fair coverage of both national and international politics, including elections, campaigns, and movements affecting local and wider scale policies. In light of this, we have contacted all the candidates standing in both the Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections for The Green Party of England and Wales, asking them to explain their vision for the Party and the country. We will be publishing their responses over the week leading up to the elections.

by Andrew Cooper

Political parties are increasingly viewed with contempt by many people. Though you don’t have to have abhorrent sexist and racist views to be in the Conservative Party it is the Party where this is most tolerated. In Government the Conservatives have largely been fronted by ‘characters’ or probably more accurate to say cartoon-like caricatures. Jacob Rees-Mogg, Boris Johnson and William Gove. The point is that they are often so bizarre in behaviour as well as their politics that they are completely unrelatable to by millions of people.Continue Reading

THE GREEN PARTY DEPUTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: JONATHAN CHILVERS

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged #GPLE2018, #greenleadership, Amelia Womack, Andrew Cooper, Brexit, british politics, caroline lucas, deputy, election, featured, grassroots, Green, Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, jonathan chilvers, Labour, labour party, leader, LGBTQIA+, maggie chapman, natalie bennett, politics, Sian Berry.

by Jonathan Chilvers

My favourite part of Question of Sport used to be ‘What Happens Next?’ A piece of recorded sporting action would be paused and the teams would guess what amusing blunder was about to happen before it was revealed by the presenter.

In British politics at the moment nobody knows what is going to happen next. Politics is always unpredictable, but in UK even the most powerful players just don’t know what Brexit deal will happen or what that will mean for the country. This is before we all try and predict the impact of Trump, Russia and Climate Change. This is deeply unsettling for most of the public. What most people want whether they voted leave or remain is for politicians to get on and sort it out. To protect stability, prosperity and a general sense of everyone rubbing along without being too upset.

But the scale of the challenges we face as a nation don’t allow for the status quo. Change is going to continue to come and the Green party is well placed to make a significant positive era to a new political and economic settlement.Continue Reading

THE GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: LESLIE ROWE

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged #GPLE2018, #greenleadership, Amelia Womack, Andrew Cooper, british politics, caroline lucas, climate change, deputy, election, featured, grassroots, Green, Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, Labour, labour party, leader, leslie rowe, lgbtqia, maggie chapman, Naomi Klein, natalie bennett, politics, privatisation, radical, Sian Berry.

by Leslie Rowe

I am deeply disappointed at the current state of British politics. For too long we have allowed a Tory minority to undermine our NHS, social services, local government, emergency services and indeed the full plethora of public services. The Conservative policy of forcing up the costs of services by privatisation and then cutting those services in the name of austerity, is a fraud being perpetrated on the British people, which the mass media have singularly failed to call out.Continue Reading

THE GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: SIAN BERRY & JONATHAN BARTLEY

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged #GPLE2018, #greenleadership, Amelia Womack, Andrew Cooper, british politics, caroline lucas, deputy, election, featured, grassroots, Green, Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, Labour, labour party, leader, LGBTQIA+, maggie chapman, natalie bennett, politics, Sian Berry.

by Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley

The Green Party’s recent local election success around the country shows the impact we can have when we get our politics and strategy right. We took seats from both Conservatives and Labour with our clear message that having a Green on your council holding them to account benefits everyone. We won votes from across the spectrum by showing our councillors are effective, principled and hard-working.Continue Reading

WE STAND ON A PRECIPICE – THE SNAP GENERAL ELECTION

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged austerity, benefits, Bernie Sanders, Brexit, british politics, caroline lucas, civil liberties, climate change, comprehensive schools, conservative party, conservatives, corbyn, cuts, education, election, elections, emmanuel macron, GE17, general election, grammar schools, Green, Green Party, green surge, greens, incarceration, international development, islamophobia, jean-luc melenchon, jeremy corbyn, Jonathan Bartley, Labour, labour party, leanne wood, Liberal Democrats, macron, market, melenchon, migration, military intervention, NHS, nick clegg, nicola sturgeon, Northern Ireland, owen smith, paul nuttall, politics, privatisation, progressive alliance, public sector, public services, sanders, schools, Scotland, scottish national party, SDLP, Sinn Féin, snp, social democratic and labour party, theresa may, Tim Farron, Tories, Tory, tory party, uk politics, Wales, war, welfare, xenophobia.

by Chris Jarvis

With Theresa May having all but called an early General Election, on June 8^th, the UK will go to the polls for yet another vote that will have long-reaching consequences for the future of the nation, the third in as many years. For the people of Scotland and Wales it will be the fourth – and those living in Northern Ireland will face their fifth. Right now, our political leaders can’t seem to get enough of sending people trudging out to schools, churches and community centres to scribble little pencil crosses in printed boxes.Continue Reading

THE FAILINGS OF GREEN GOVERNMENT – AN INTERVIEW WITH CARL SCHLYTER OF THE SWEDISH GREEN PARTY

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Carl Schylter, caroline lucas, climate change, coalition, economy, environment, environmental sustainability, environmentalism, gdp, Global Greens, Global Greens Congress, GMOs, goal, Green, Green Party, Green Party of England and Wales, green politics, greens, Gustav Fridolin, immigration, Isabella Lovin, Jonathan Bartley, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, liberals, migrants, migration, military, miljopartiet de gronne, Nato, politics, privatisation, sustainability, Sweden, Swedish Green Party, swedish politics, Swedish Social Democrats, tax.

By Olivia Hanks

There were inspiring stories from Green parties all around the world at the Global Greens congress in Liverpool, but arguably one of the most uplifting came from Isabella Lövin. The Swedish Green Party spokesperson has been minister for international development cooperation since her party entered government in coalition with the Social Democrats in October 2014.

Lövin recounted how, despite being by far the junior partner in the coalition (25 seats in parliament to the Social Democrats’ 113), the Greens have brought about numerous changes in policy: “We have put forward a climate law obliging all future governments to achieve net zero emissions by 2045,” she told delegates. “We also have a broad cross-party agreement to have 100 percent renewable electricity by 2040. And, mind you – without nuclear power!”

THE NORWICH RADICAL YEAR IN REVIEW 2016

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community, Inter|national, Perspectives, Student and tagged #noDAPL, #readwomen, #shakespeare400, #standwithJNU, 2016, academies, Amelia Womack, articles, arts, Australia, BDS, Beyonce, biomass, black lives matter, BLM, Brazil, Brexit, canada, caroline lucas, Chris Jarvis, Colombia, comics, Community, conference, cricket, cuba, david bowie, divestment, easter rising, editorial, education, empire, Ende Gelände, energy, erik petersen, EU ref, feminism, football, fossil free, France, gender, Green Party, hate crime, HE, Heathtrow 13, housing, India, international, iraq, israel, Italy, IWD, JNU, Jonathan Bartley, journalism, Leave, LEMONADE, LGBTQIA+, malia bouattia, Marina Prentoulis, meantal health, media, mental health, migration, mischief brew, music, national, Nigeria, norfolk, Norway, norwich, Norwich Radical, NUS, owl sanctuary, Panama Papers, people and planet, Perspectives, Peter Tatchell, poetry, PokemonGO, politics, punk, queer, racism, radical, reclaim the power, refuge, refugee, refugees, Remain, representation, resist, review, round up, SAAC, sadiq khan, school, sexuality, Standing Rock, student, student movement, Syria, the gambia, the Philippines, trans, translation, UEA, UEA SU, uk, university, US, US presidential election, violence, visibility, War of Words, whitewashing, wrestlemania, writing, year in review, Zambia.

by The Norwich Radical

2016 was a bleak year for many. Across the world, the forces of liberty, of social progress, and of environmental justice lost time and again in the face of rising fascism, increased alienation, and intensifying conflict. That notwithstanding, there have been moments of light. In the Austrian Presidential election, the electorate confirmed the independently Green candidate Alexander van der Bellen; the #noDAPL water protectors gained a soft victory in early December; in fact, there is a full list of positives from the past year, if you want cheering up.

2016 saw our team expand to more than 25 writers, editors, and artists as well as host our first ever progressive media conference, War of Words. Our readership has grown from 5,000 per month to more than 6,500 per month. In total, nearly 80,000 people have read content on The Norwich Radical website this year.

In 2017, The Norwich Radical will turn three years old, with plans to grow our team and publication more than ever before. We’ll also be returning to Norwich to bring debate and discussion on the future of the media, with War of Words back for a second year. Continue Reading

WE NEED MORE THAN TALK IF WE’RE TO TAKE ON THE TORIES

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national and tagged british politics, Community, corbyn, education, electoral reform, Green Party, greens, international, jeremy corbyn, Jonathan Bartley, Labour, labour party, Marina Prentoulis, media, momentum, norfolk peoples assembly, norwich, people's assembly, progressive, progressive alliance, student, UEA, uk politics.

by Olivia Hanks

“I will never campaign on anything with the Tories! Not Europe, not anything!” Marina Prentoulis’s passionate declaration summed up why we were all there, as did the title of the panel discussion: ‘Taking the Fight to the Tories’.

The event, organised jointly by UEA Greens and Momentum UEA, brought Greens, Labour and the People’s Assembly together to discuss how the left might co-operate to get the Tories out of power.

FIVE IMPRESSIVE FACTS ABOUT THE GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Amelia Womack, BAME, caroline lucas, co-convenors, co-leaders, conservatives, differently, green leadership, Green Party, green party leadership, greens, job share, Jonathan Bartley, Labour, leadership, Liberal Democrats, margaret thatcher, model of politics, natalie bennett, Parliament, political party, politics, puffles the dragon, representation, scottish green party, Shahrar Ali, theresa may, UKIP, women, Young Greens.

by Chris Jarvis

Last weekend, the Green Party crowned its new leader, at its largest conference to date. The result came as no surprise to anybody – Caroline Lucas and her Co-Leader running mate Jonathan Bartley were elected with an overwhelming mandate, scooping up a phenomenal 86% of the vote. Given that the result was largely a foregone conclusion at the point that candidates were announced, and that the election would naturally get swallowed by the much larger, more adversarial battle in the Labour Party, this was a subdued, uninspiring election.

In spite of that, the Green Party and their leadership are unique, fascinating and impressive in a whole range of ways. Here are five of them.Continue Reading

BRITAIN NEEDS A PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged #greenleadership16, Brexit, british politics, caroline lucas, climate change, electoral reform, EU, EU referendum, Europe, european union, food banks, Green, green leadership, Green Party, greens, hate crime, Jonathan Bartley, Labour, politics, progressive alliance, trident, uk politics, UN, welfare.

by Jonathan Bartley & Caroline Lucas

This week’s House of Commons vote to renew Trident and the scrapping of the Department for Energy and Climate Change are the latest reminders of the scale of the task we face together as progressives.

The future looks far more dangerous and insecure even than it did just a few weeks ago. The UN has found our welfare system seriously wanting. Over a million people still rely on food banks. And hate crime is on the rise.

Jonathan Bartley

THE GREEN PARTY DEPUTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: ANDREW COOPER

THE GREEN PARTY DEPUTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: JONATHAN CHILVERS

THE GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: LESLIE ROWE

THE GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2018: SIAN BERRY & JONATHAN BARTLEY

THE NORWICH RADICAL YEAR IN REVIEW 2016

WE NEED MORE THAN TALK IF WE’RE TO TAKE ON THE TORIES

BRITAIN NEEDS A PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE

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