Greens in Exile Gender Critical, what does it mean? “Gender identity v gender critical beliefs – the great divide” (Didlaw) This “great divide” has certainly been playing out in the Green Party over a number of years now, and has led to the recent setting up of the Exiles group and this website. It’s important to state that … Read more
Listen to Andy Healey’s experience in the Green Party by watching the interview below. Andy was suspended in 2019 and then subsequently expelled. He was one of the people who whistleblew about Aimee and David Challenor .
Experience with the Green Party I stood as a Green Party candidate for the 2015, 2017 & 2019 General Elections and was the MEP candidate in 2019 EU elections, after we had already decided (through the 2016 referendum) to leave the European Union. I have sat on the Green Party International Committee and attended international … Read more
I was first involved with the party as a student and recently stood as the GPEW candidate for the local council. My first brush with trouble was when I supported a motion in my local party calling for tolerance and empathy around the subject of gender. For this I was placed under a disciplinary investigation. … Read more
What is the Equality Act 2010? The Equality Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament passed in the UK during the Brown government. It brought together, consolidated, updated, and supplemented the many other acts and regulations that formed the basis of UK anti discrimination laws. It affects England, Scotland and Wales and some sections of … Read more
I re-joined the party in 2018. Became Campaign Manager for my local party in 2022 where we successfully increased our number of district councillors from 4 to 10 in May 2023. I was co-opted onto the Policy Development Committee in early 2024 and brought the PSS, which hadn’t been updated since 2019, up to date. … Read more
Green Party Disciplinary Process… and where it has gone wrong The Green Party disciplinary process is set out in the Standing Orders for Party Discipline (SOPD) and the Code of Conduct (CoC) and on the members-only website at my.greenparty.org.uk. Any member of the Green Party of England and Wales who believes that another member has … Read more
What is a no fault suspension? A No Fault Suspension, NFS (now renamed ‘Suspension Pending Investigation’!) is used as part of the Green Party disciplinary process. It is supposed to be used temporarily whilst an investigation is made into a complaint against a member. As the original name implies, ‘no fault’ means that the member … Read more
This is Caitlin Collins’ resignation letter: Dear Green Party colleagues It is with great sadness that I am resigning from the Green Party. There have been several recent events each of which I thought at the time was my last straw. Now I really have had enough. Green Parties all over the world – America, … Read more
I joined GPEW after hearing Adrian Ramsay speak approx 17 years ago. Attracted by the policies, the understanding of climate chaos etc and the respect the party seemed to have for women. I was a regular at local meetings, carried the banner at demos, delivered leaflets and knocked on doors. Myself and husband were also … Read more