Difficult debates and big decisions: The Green Party’s autumn conference in tweets
From new policies on well-being to debates on antisemitism, here’s some highlights from the Green Party of England and Wales’ gathering in Bristol at the weekend.
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McDonald’s and Wetherspoon’s workers mount unprecedented strike
This is all part of a campaign to organise workers in areas of the employment sector that are often without trade union representation
Vince Cable’s speech on creating ‘Moderate Momentum’ in full
“By opening up our party, I hope to convince those who agitate for a new force that there is already a strong movement for open, centrist, and internationalist politics: the Liberal Democrats.”
Back door privatisation? Union resists NHS trust moving staff to ‘arms length’ companies
There’s a risk staff will have worse terms and conditions.
Here are the Green Party’s election results in full
LFF has the breakdown of the Green Party’s internal elections – read them here.
Fracking: Environmental campaigners challenge new government planning framework
Friends of the Earth say it will make it “virtually impossible” for councils to stop local fracking schemes.
EXCLUSIVE: Theresa May would be to blame for ‘no deal’ Brexit outcome, say voters
41% of the British public would hold the Prime Minister responsible – rather than ‘saboteurs’ or the EU – if we’re pulled out of Europe with no deal.
PETITION: We need a maximum workplace temperature in the UK
As amazing as this weather is, in many workplaces it’s just too damn hot to function. It’s time for a legal maximum temperature.
EXCLUSIVE: Parties’ positions on Brexit are totally unclear, say voters
Chris Leslie MP: “Labour voters are overwhelmingly opposed to a hard and destructive Brexit, so it’s time for the party’s position to start reflecting that more clearly.”
BREAKING: Majority back new in-out EU referendum in event of ‘no deal’
The findings come in the wake of a government defeat on membership of the European Economic Area – and amid growing splits in the main parties.