Greens on the Up

When you’re a member of a small party to the left of Labour, elections rarely give you much to cheer. Thankfully, the Greens (in England at least) have provided a somewhat more positive narrative for those of us who believe the Labour party’s dominance over the progressive vote is a dangerous thing. Reading some of [...]

£18m to crush the big society at Dale Farm

One might be forgiven for assuming that the Tories would support initiatives like Dale farm. After all here is legally purchased former scrapyard which – through communal effort and ingenuity – has been made into home for a thousand citizens. Indeed, if it didn’t happen to involve the wrong kind of citizen, Dale Farm might [...]