Green Chat – Chris Napier

By Morvern Rennie

In which Chris proves that there are more ways to contribute to the movement than showing up to a meeting!

@chriscrowing

Green Chat – Isla O’Reilly

@islaOReilly

In which I want to give Isla a cape so she can just go and be a superhero already!

No (Effective) Representation Without Taxation – How Greens Will Shake Up Council Funding

Allan Faulds

Following on from David Allison’s piece yesterday about how important local empowerment is, as a matter of democratic principle rather than cynical policy, it seemed a good time for to follow up by getting a little  bit more technical on some of what we need to put that principle into practice – namely, an enormous shift in the level of responsibility our local councils have over their own revenues and expenditure.

Politics good, jargon bad

Alasdair Duke

Almost any subject can be made to look complicated. Whether it’s the job market, international migration or Aston Villa’s poor form this season, it often suits those in power to cloud issues, especially unpopular ones, with narratives and subtexts. When this happens, almost any version of events that is presented to us can seem plausible and hard to refute. People become confused and drop out of the debate.