Natalie Bennett: The Queen’s Speech was devoid of ideas on both the economy and environment
The emptiness of the government’s “programme”, a grab bag of philosophically incoherent and half-baked ideas, has been widely noted.
Natalie Bennett
Baroness Natalie Bennett is a Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward, and the former leader of the Green Party of England & Wales.
Why we need to introduce automatic voter registration
‘Individual electoral registration was introduced in 2014. It cleaned up the rolls to a degree, but also cleaned them out of millions who should have been there.’
To combat the threats posed by land contamination to building safety we need Zane’s Law
‘The initial draft of Zane’s Law is simple. It demands that local authorities assess the risk posed by land contamination to building safety.’
How we can reverse the financialisation of the care sector
The care sector is only one example of how financialisation – the turning of society to serve finance, rather than seeing finance serve society is a leader, in the wrong direction
Boris Johnson is the shameful product of a rotten political system
‘Why does the country have such a clearly inappropriate man as Prime Minister, one who’s making us an international laughing stock and leaving a long-term legacy of disastrous laws and regulations inadequately administered, and a demoralised, deeply damaged civil service?’
Natalie Bennett: The policing bill represents the greatest attack on peaceful dissent in living memory
‘The government is trying to take away people’s agency and power, but there’s a growing determination – and organisation – determined not to let that happen’.
Clean air – we need it, urgently, inside buildings, as well as outside
“Proper ventilation “can reduce airborne risks by up to 70% compared to poor ventilation”.
Natalie Bennett: Reparations need to be guaranteed at the COP26 climate talks
‘Reparations – partly but certainly not only in the form of “loss and damage” – are essential, and need to be guaranteed at this COP climate talks’
Natalie Bennett: Young people must be given not just a voice, but power, at COP26
‘Seventy-eight-year-old Joe Biden and 59-year-old Boris Johnson are typical at the COP26 climate talks, where the average age of participants is over 60’
Why the inclusion of climate and nature priorities in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a sign of progress
‘The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill was slightly unusual in that it started its life in the House of Lords.’
