Yes to an EU referendum
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas today backed a referendum of Britain’s membership of the EU. This was apparently such a surprise to the world at large that her name was instantly trending on Twitter. But that someone on the left supports a referendum should come as no shock. Because this country’s public debate about the [...]
film: a reminder after DSEi arms fair of Eisenhower’s warning
Last week we saw the return of the DSEi arms fair, and the usual protest against its presence. Defence Secretary Liam Fox went to bow down before these peddlers of death tools, whilst Caroline Lucas helped uncover illegal cluster bomb sales. Inside, machines of murder were bought and sold, outside, protesters exchanged slogans and leaflets. [...]
Boundary review – Greens do pretty well
Boundary reviews are always a frighting time for MPs. You can fight for years to win a constituency, then have it dissolved in the blink of a commission. For the Green Party, whose work to win Brighton Pavilion has gone on for years, it was a potentially terrifying time. But today’s results of the first [...]
“Unrestrained capitalism eats away at the fabric of our society” – Caroline Lucas’ conference speech
The full text of Caroline Lucas’ keynote speech to the 2011 Green Party Autumn Conference at Sheffield Hallam University.
Caroline Lucas’ bill fights taxdodging
Caroline Lucas’ office have announced that her anti-tax dodging bill is due for its second reading on Friday: Caroline’s new Tax and Financial Transparency Bill, which could help the UK recover billions of pounds of lost tax by forcing companies to be more transparent in their accounting, is on the agenda for debate in Parliament on [...]
5 reasons Caroline should be speaking
Caroline Lucas hasn’t been invited by the TUC to speak at the march on Saturday. If you think she should be, email *info@tuc.org.uk* 1) It’s good for the message: Caroline Lucas actually opposes cuts. Ed Miliband is speaking, he supports the same level of cuts as the Tories. He just wants to do it over [...]
Video – Caroline Lucas attacks Cameron’s gunrunning trip
Caroline’s Speech: we are ready to fight these cuts
Lucas slams cuts and privitisation Caroline Lucas has addressed Green Party spring conference today by slamming the government over spending cuts and privatisation. Calling the Green Party “the true opposition to the Conservatives”, she highlighted the complicity of the Liberal Democrats with the government’s cuts, and the previous Labour government’s support for the same policies. [...]
Green broadcast – the struggle of memory against forgetting
Is it just me or was anyone else hoping that that final Caroline Lucas speech ended with “the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting”? Probably just as well for everyone that it didn’t, but that is of course exactly what she meant. Though superficially this broadcast opens like the [...]
The Case for Parliamentary Reform
Image courtesy of UK Parliament via flickr In all the debate around the AV bill we often forget that democratic reform is much wider than just electoral reform. A modern, democratic parliament needs to be not just representative but accountable and transparent as well. Today, as Caroline Lucas’ report “The Case for Parliamentary Reform” gets [...]
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