Thirteen Brighton & Hove green councillors elected in 2020 lost their seats in May 2023. From twenty down to a mere seven, lessons have to be learnt. Or will this fiasco be quietly swept under the carpet ? The Autumn Conference is to be held in Brighton.
Author: The Green Light
Officers must come clean with expenditure on legal fees
Concerned with potentially crippling costs of claims submitted by alleged victims of discrimination and victimisation under the Equality Act 2010, long standing members have been sending letters to their elected representatives serving on the Green Party Regional Council requesting that a breakdown of such expenditure so far be made available to members. Requests for clarification … Continue reading Officers must come clean with expenditure on legal fees
BACK TO THE FUTURE…
September 21 on LBC. Green Party Leader's contest. Shahrar Ali, former Deputy Leader and Amelia Womack, the incumbent Deputy Leader at the time, clash over "debating" biological women's rights and transwomen's rights. What's new? https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=360554319061496
“we can disagree reasonably and still be friends”
Professor Kathleen Stock questioned by Oxford University Students. A turning point ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuR_yuDqOXw
green party mp caroline lucas announces her standing down
13 years in the job and such a great campaigner. She will be sorely missed. The proposed amendment to the Equality Act 2010 confirming that "sex" as a Protected Characteristic - alongside "gender" - is meant to be biological sex will be her last chance to put the record straight about her feminist credentials.
Green Party regional council co-chair resigNs; who will be next ?
Green Party candidate for Houghton and Sunderland at the 2019 General Election, elected as the North East Regional representative and Iterim co-chair, Richard Bradley has resigned from the Green Party Regional Council (GPRC). Evidence is emerging that he has been bullied out of office by identinarian activists who now control GPRC. A long serving member … Continue reading Green Party regional council co-chair resigNs; who will be next ?
a second court case in the making ?
Inspired by the Maya Forstater and Alison Bailey's successful court cases under the Equality Act of 2010, former co-chair of Green Party Women Emma Bateman is now considering taking the Green Party of England and Wales to Court for sex discrimination and victimisation. In her candid interview with Graham Lineham a few months ago, this … Continue reading a second court case in the making ?
Party policy on trans identities in need of a review
Adopted at the 2016 Autumn Conference in Birmingham, motion C4 " Recognising Trans Identities" was proposed by Aimee Challenor with support from 29 members. 15 of those have since left the GPEW. This is the motion which triggered the resignation of former co-leaders Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry. It is the same motion which has … Continue reading Party policy on trans identities in need of a review
GREEN “SOCIAL JUSTICE warriors ” & KINDNESS
Focussing on micro-aggressions, green social justice activists who have now completed their control of all the GPEW's instruments of governance believe that any member who disagrees with their theories on race or gender in particular have some deep prejudice against them and are out to hurt them. They will interpret the smallest disagreement, remark or … Continue reading GREEN “SOCIAL JUSTICE warriors ” & KINDNESS
is the scottish gender recognition act in violation of human rights ?
What we do when the rights of one group potentially conflict with the rights of another group ? That is precisely the question addressed by Human Rights lawyer Joanna Cherry MP at this recent conference hosted by UCL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNytDKktXs0
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