Ben Foley has been a Green Party councillor since 2019, being one of the first Greens ever elected to a Bedfordshire unitary council. He stood as a Parliamentary candidate for the Party in 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019 and 2024. Foley has also served on the Green Party Regional Council to represent the Eastern Region for … Continue reading zack polanski and ben foley: the toxic trans connection
let’s talk about ‘sex’
Whilst the Green Party 's leadership contest is gathering momentum with a marked difference in style between new MPs Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns and Deputy Leader Zack Polanski's solo candidature, it is hard to find much fundamental disagreement between them in terms of policies and priorities. Key to Zack Polanski's style and campaign strategy … Continue reading let’s talk about ‘sex’
thoughts on the green party leadership election 2025
From a friend of The Green Light BlogAt present there are two declared leadership contenders, Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns as co-leaders, and Zack Polanski. There could be more before the June 30th deadline. The election is for a one year term after internal delays last year.This already gives Party members a real choice of … Continue reading thoughts on the green party leadership election 2025
muslim greens – an identinarian cautionary tale
" To imagine politics not as a means of effecting social change in more universalist terms, but as a process bound by the limits of identity, is deeply corrosive". Kenan Malick. Horrified by Israel relentless obliteration of Gaza in retaliation to the 7th October 2023 Hamas-led Nova Music festival massacre, a number of British Muslims … Continue reading muslim greens – an identinarian cautionary tale
green party to challenge supreme court ruling on the definition of a woman
Deeply worried about direct or indirect discrimination against trans women and trans men as a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling that "sex" under the Equality Act of 2010 means biological sex, non-binary Green Party co-leader and MP Carla Denyer confirmed on Sunday with Laura Kuenssbeg that she "will not hesitate to push for … Continue reading green party to challenge supreme court ruling on the definition of a woman
official: a woman is not a concept and sex is binary
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has praised today's Supreme Court's ruling, saying the law has finally caught up with science. "Supreme Court rules that a woman is legally defined as ... a woman," he said. "Congratulations. And 'The concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man'. Yes, the science was … Continue reading official: a woman is not a concept and sex is binary
northern greens on a mission to win back control of the Green Party
By booting out extreme trans-activists Melanie Earp (12.1% of the vote) and Lindsey McTeer (7.4% of the vote), members of the North West Green Party have put a stop to having their liberal, non sectarian views on sex and gender being misrepresented on the Green Party Regional Council (GPRC). As recorded in the 131 articles … Continue reading northern greens on a mission to win back control of the Green Party
brighton alex sallons’ loose talk speaks volume
“What are the big campaigns of Caroline Lucas’ tenure as an MP ? “asks former Green Party councillor Alexander Sallons and suggests that “the lasting one seems to be Natural History GCSE, not exactly capturing the zeitgeist...”. Whilst Labour seems to have shamelessly taken this option off the list of GCSE’s, such unwarranted comment towards … Continue reading brighton alex sallons’ loose talk speaks volume
whither ‘greens organise’ ?
'Greens Organise’ launch at the Manchester Mechanics Institute 8/9/2024. Deeply disappointed by the Labour Left under Jeremy Corbyn, the collapse of Momentum and the demise of The World Transformed , a series of ongoing conversations about the possibility of ‘a new party of the left’ have been taking place over the past couple of years … Continue reading whither ‘greens organise’ ?
stonewall’s u-turn on the definition of transphobia
Widely recognised as experts on discrimination towards LGBTIQA+ members and leading Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI ) training accreditation body, Stonewall has quietly done a U-turn in their definition of transphobia. This is their new version: Transphobia Prejudice or negative attitudes or beliefs or views about trans people. This include the fear or dislike of … Continue reading stonewall’s u-turn on the definition of transphobia
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