Author: The Green Light

With such positive and encouraging results across the the UK, the loss of 13 green councillors at the May local election in Brighton and Hove is perplexing. The Council has been led by the Greens as the largest group without a majority since July 2020. On May 4th 2023 the Labour Party took control with … Continue reading From 20 down to 7: what went wrong at brighton & HOVe? →

This post is to be home-based with one day per month in the London Office. One of the key role of the EEDI manager will be to ensure that the party's activities are " lawful, according to the Equality Act 2010 and all other relevant legislation that addresses discrimination and promote equality and diversity". Two … Continue reading up TO £47, 697 FOR AN eQUITy,EQUALITY, dIVERSITy & iNCLUSION MANAGER →

Due to internal conflicts regarding sex and gender, the Green Party Executive hired DIVERSE MATTERS consultants to identify the cause and extent of the conflicts. Here are the 5 key themes they highlighed in their EDI Audit Report published in May 2022 under "Challenges and areas of development": Management and handling complaints - mistrust in … Continue reading “harassment, bullying and other unacceptable behaviours” →

With 3 regional representatives vacancies - out of 20 posts - still to be filled since the AGM of December 2022, 12 members are on the record to be either directly or indirectly involved in a campaign against members who take the view that sex is biological. The small minority of GPRC members who do … Continue reading Transactivists take control of the green party regional council →

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"My belief that gender is not a fact but a social construct which varies over time and between cultures has been known publicly for many years. No one complained about my tweets in 2017 regarding women's best interests " " If I was being cynical, I might think that the no-fault suspension has been applied … Continue reading Alison Teal, Selected parliamentary candidate still suspended from the party →

GPW welcomes the EHRC calling for "the public debate on issues of sex and gender" to move "to a more informed and constructive basis."  We in GPW have differing views on this topic but are committed to well-informed and respectful discourse on the subject. https://twitter.com/GreenPartyWomen/status/1643661261987540993

" Some members report older women, once the lifeblood of the party, are too scared to go to meetings over fears they will be abused and accused of being transphobic for attempting to engage in a policy discussion about how self-declared gender identity will affect women’s access to public spaces and services such as domestic … Continue reading Australian greens split over “what is a woman?” →

Baroness Kishwer FalknerEquality and Human Rights CommissionThird FloorWindsor House50 Victoria StreetLondonSW1H 0TLDear Baroness Falkner,We are writing to you as the LGBTIQA+ affiliate of the Green Party of England and Wales inregards to a recent article posted on your behalf with the title ‘Clarifying the definition of ‘sex’in the Equality Act’. We are deeply concerned that … Continue reading lgbtiqa+ greens “deeply concerned” about the ehrc proposed amendment to the equality act →

From Geoff Holloway, Secretary, United Tasmania Group (UTG) Kellie-Jay Keen’s recent Let Women Speak tour of Australia and New Zealand began quietlyin Brisbane (it was raining); the police did not keep control in Sydney; then there was theMelbourne rally where neo-Nazis tried to hijack the rally - that began the Nazi mantraagainst Kellie-Jay which was … Continue reading COGNITIVE DISSONANCE WITHIN AUSTRALIAN GREENS →