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Ani Townsend is standing to be deputy leader of the Green Party.
12/06/2025

Ani Townsend is standing to be deputy leader of the Green Party.

A flurry of candidates for the deputy leadership of the Green Party have started to announce. The fourth candidate to enter the race was Ani Townsend, who announced their intention to stand on 9 June. Townsend has been a councillor in Bristol since 2015. In the 2024 general election, they stood for....

Patrick Harvie has said that pride protests are needed now more than ever.
09/06/2025

Patrick Harvie has said that pride protests are needed now more than ever.

Pride protests are needed more than ever, the Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie has said. According to Harvie, Scotland should use Pride month to stand up for equality and against the 'toxic campaigns' against LGBTIQA+ rights. The Scottish Greens argue that these rights are being rolled....

Mothin Ali is standing for deputy leader of the Green Party
09/06/2025

Mothin Ali is standing for deputy leader of the Green Party

Nominations are now open in the Green Party leadership and deputy leadership elections. While the leadership election is currently getting an unprecedented amount of coverage, the deputy contest is a little more under the radar. Two candidates announced in May - Antoinette Fernandez and Thomas Daw.....

More than 130,000 people have signed the petition calling for Donald Trump to be blocked from addressing the House of Co...
09/06/2025

More than 130,000 people have signed the petition calling for Donald Trump to be blocked from addressing the House of Commons

More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for Donald Trump to be blocked from speaking at the House of Commons as part of his state visit to the UK. The petition comes ahead of Trump's planned visit in September 2025. The petition says that 'Trump's hate fuelled rhetoric has no place i...

All four Green Party MPs have signed an Early Day Motion in parliament which says “transition liberates trans people to ...
08/06/2025

All four Green Party MPs have signed an Early Day Motion in parliament which says “transition liberates trans people to be their true selves”

All four Green Party MPs have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) in parliament which calls for the elimination of discrimination against trans people. They're among 28 MPs who have signed the EDM. Starting by stating that "transition liberates trans people to be their true selves", it goes on to criti...

This is what we've learnt from Zack Polanski's leadership campaign media appearances.
08/06/2025

This is what we've learnt from Zack Polanski's leadership campaign media appearances.

Zack Polanski was the first person to announce his candidacy for the Green Party leadership election. He had a good launch. Coming out the gates first, he got all the attention and made sure that he emerged as the frontrunner. Alongside this, he had an unprecedented amount of media attention for a G...

This is what happened at Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay's campaign launch 👇
20/05/2025

This is what happened at Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay's campaign launch 👇

The Green Party of England and Wales leadership election is well and truly underway. There are already two tickets standing for the top job, with both having now held formal campaign launches. It was Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay's turn on May 20. Rather than taking the form of a rally, the pay ins...

Who's standing for the leadership of the Scottish Greens?
14/05/2025

Who's standing for the leadership of the Scottish Greens?

Members of the Scottish Green Party will be voting for new co-leaders this summer. Whatever happens, the party will be electing at least one new co-leader, as Patrick Harvie has announced that he won't be standing for re-election. With 8 MSPs, there's a good number of parliamentarians who could thro...

Two candidates for the Green Party's deputy leadership election have announced.
13/05/2025

Two candidates for the Green Party's deputy leadership election have announced.

Members of the Green Party of England and Wales will this summer be voting to elect new leaders and deputy leaders. Under the party's rulebook, if members elect co-leaders, a single deputy leader is elected. However, if they choose to elect a single leader, there will be instead be two deputy leader...

Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay are standing for the Green Party leadership
12/05/2025

Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay are standing for the Green Party leadership

Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay have announced they will be standing to be the next co-leaders of the Green Party of England and Wales. They will be standing in the leadership election set to take place this summer. Ramsay is one of the two current co-leaders of the Green Party alongside Carla Denyer...

A date has been set for a parliamentary debate on allowing gender recognition certificates to be provided on the basis o...
07/05/2025

A date has been set for a parliamentary debate on allowing gender recognition certificates to be provided on the basis of self-id

A date has been set for a debate on a parliamentary petition calling for the law to be change to allow transgender people to be granted gender recognition certificates on the basis of self-identification. The petition - submitted through the parliamentary petitions website - reads: "We believe the g...

NEW: Zack Polanski has announced he's standing to be the next Green Party leader
05/05/2025

NEW: Zack Polanski has announced he's standing to be the next Green Party leader

The current deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales Zack Polanski has announced he is standing to be party's next leader. He's the first candidate to announce he's in the running in the leadership election set to take place this summer. Launching is campaign in the Guardian, Polanski s...

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