Caroline Lucas
Caroline Lucas is Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, and became the first leader of the Green Party in 2008.
Articles by Caroline Lucas
Results 1 to 10 of 17
UK Politics
Now is the time to modernise and reform our parliament
- 03 February 2011
- 35 comments
The Green Party leader outlines a few simple steps to make parliament a more effective – and less archaic – institution.
Environment
Why we need direct action on climate change
- 21 December 2010
- 48 comments
Governments are not responding with anywhere near the urgency that climate change demands.
UK Politics
Attack of the Labour clones
- 01 September 2010
- 27 comments
As the leadership contest draws to a close none of the candidates has shown anything other than blandness, amnesia about the past and lack of vision. To move forward, whoever wins must take a far more pluralistic approach.
Environment
'Hoon is the real vandal'
- 09 December 2008
- 16 comments
UK Green Party leader Caroline Lucas gives her take on this week's runway protest by direct action group Plane Stupid which saw 52 cancelled flights at Stansted
UK Politics
A Living Wage for Britain
- 16 October 2008
- 14 comments
During Blog Action Day, the Green Party advocates for raising the minimum wage to a living wage to tackle poverty in the UK
UK Politics
A Green New Deal?
- 07 October 2008
- 21 comments
In her newstatesman.com blog, Green Party leader Caroline Lucas says it's time to make finance the servant of the economy and gives her vision for coping with the meltdown
UK Politics
Taking a lead
- 01 September 2008
- 13 comments
The race is on to be the first ever leader of the Green Party. Here candidate Caroline Lucas MEP sets out her vision and explains her party's place in British politics
UK Politics
Provocative policing
- 07 August 2008
- 13 comments
It's hard to see the police approach to this year's climate camp as anything other than a bid to provoke breaches of the peace writes Green Caroline Lucas
Global Issues
Cut the bullfighting
- 05 June 2008
- 24 comments
Green MEP Caroline Lucas explains why she thinks that, despite its ancient history, the cruelty of bullfighting can never be justified and calls on the EU to cut its subsidy
UK Politics
On course for a Green MP...
- 02 May 2008
- 5 comments
The Green Party's Caroline Lucas responds to their performance in the 1 May local elections
