Vote Green on Thursday, or: Why Green MPs Change Everything

The 2010 election is the most significant election for greens in the UK. It comes at the pinnacle of a series of important elections. The outstanding performance of 1989 where Greens got 15% on the basis of Chernobyl put Greens on the political map. The European and Scottish elections in 1999 put Greens in Parliament. [...]

Ken Livingstone hints at endorsement of Tony Juniper (but couldn’t possibly comment)

Fans of House of Cards will recognise it immediately. When asked whether he was urging Cantabrians to vote for Green candidate Tony Juniper over Labour’s Daniel Zeichner, Ken Livingstone cannily replied: “If I sit here all night you will not get me to say it. It would make life so difficult.” Or, as Francis Urquhart [...]