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Welcome to the Greens in Exile news page, keeping you informed with updates, insights, and developments surrounding the Exiles and the Green Party.

  • Darren Johnson Resigns from the Green Party
    Darren Johnson, a long-standing and influential member of the Green Party of England and Wales, has officially tendered his resignation. Johnson, who served as a London Assembly Member and was formerly the Party’s Principal Speaker, cited his deep dismay over the recent statements made by Green MPs Sian Berry and Carla Denyer during last week’s … Read more
  • Do our Green MPs risk bringing the Party into disrepute?
    On December 11, Wes Streeting, the UK Health Secretary, announced an indefinite ban on the use of puberty blockers for under 18s questioning their gender identity. This decision followed expert consultations, advice from the Commission on Human Medicines, and the findings of Dr. Hilary Cass, Chair of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for … Read more
  • Understanding the management challenges of the Green Party
    A resource-stretched organisation The Green Party at national level has a budget of around £3m. This is a fraction of what others parties have to run their organisations. When it comes to elections, the money has been spent efficiently and effectively. The cost per vote is the lowest of any other political party by a … Read more
  • Green Party AGM: Discord and Leadership Challenges
    A Call for Reform The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 9, 2024, in an online format. This standalone event, separate from the Autumn Conference, serves as a platform for elected bodies to present their reports to the membership. Only members of GPEW in good … Read more
  • Eric Walker counting down to his 100th birthday
    Eric Walker is counting down to his 100th birthday on 6 February 2025 with a plea to the Green Party to lift his No Fault suspension and reinstate his membership in full before then. He is the oldest member of the party and also a D-Day veteran and has been a long time member of … Read more
  • Dawn Furness vs GPEW Statement
    Update 13/11/2024: The StrikeOut Case Hearing has been cancelled at short notice and is to be rescheduled. More details to follow in the future. StrikeOut Case Hearing 10:00am 14 Nov 24 After 2 years of delays and obfuscations, the Green Party has attempted to strike out myclaim in the courts. A hearing is set for … Read more
  • Green Party silent on AMOC
    The looming Atlantic Ocean Crisis With the recent report on the increased likelihood of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC ) coming to a standstill, you might have expected England and Wales’ only environmental political party to sound the alarm. Yet, there’s been no public response from the Green Party on this pressing issue. What … Read more
  • Charity Commission report criticises Mermaids’ Governance
    Calls for transparency and alignment with Cass Review In a long-awaited report published on October 24, 2024, the Charity Commission has concluded that the charity Mermaids “was not governed to the expected standards” over several years. For many who have followed Mermaids with concern, these findings come as little surprise. Mermaids, founded in 1995 by … Read more
  • End the speculation: publish the legal advice
    The ongoing controversy surrounding the Green Party’s refusal to publish the Bates Wells legal advice has reached a point where transparency is not just a preference—it’s a necessity. Earlier this week, we reported on the Green Party’s failure to follow its own legal advice. Now, in an unsettling twist, a key figure within the Party’s … Read more
  • Green Party fails to heed its own legal advice
    As previously reported, it has come to light that the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) has spent £1 million on legal fees over the past four years. However, more concerning is that a portion of these fees was used to obtain legal advice, which the Party then disregarded. In February 2023, the Party … Read more
  • £1,000,000 legal fees over four years
    Will members hold GPEW to account at the AGM on 9 November? The Green Party has spent £1,000,000 on legal fees over the last four years, according to a report in PoliticsHome of the joint meeting between Green Party Executive (GPEx) and Green Party Regional Council (GPRC) on Tuesday 8 October 2024. Most of it has … Read more
  • Internal conflict and calls for reform in the Green Party
    Last week may turn out to have been a turning point in the reform of The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) as it faces increasing internal conflict, largely over its controversial disciplinary procedures, which have led to over 20 recent expulsions and suspensions, particularly of members with “gender-critical” views. Recent events highlight the … Read more
  • Exile Richard Clark
    In 2017, I was the secretary to the Green Party executive and a Green town councillor in Padstow and the PPC for the St Austell and Newquay constituency for the local Party. By the time a year had passed I had been removed from my positions and then excluded.  Ostensibly, I was suspended due to … Read more
  • The Hounding of Shahrar Ali
    By any measure Shahrar Ali is a significant figure in the Green Party of England and Wales. He was the deputy leader from 2014 – 2016, has stood as a parliamentary candidate many times, was recently a candidate for the London Assembly and has been the party spokesperson for policing. However he also believes in … Read more
  • Regional Council Urgently Needs a Change of Eastern Rep
    Green Party Eastern Region is holding an election for a Regional Council Representative (who must be a man or non-binary person). Nominations close at 23:59 on Thursday 19 September 2024. The election arises due to the current rep, Ben Foley, being up for re-election. “Green Party members in the Eastern Region may be interested to … Read more
  • Ali vs GPEW: Dr Shahrar Ali awarded £90,000 costs
    Yesterday the much anticipated cost awards hearing for Ali vs GPEW took place. The Green Party of England and Wales was ordered to pay former deputy leader Dr Shahrar Ali £90,000 after he won his discrimination case against the party. That was in addition to the £9,100 in damages he was awarded earlier this year. … Read more
  • Green Party Conference 2024 Summary
    Greens in Exile gain momentum at Green Party conference in Manchester Before the Green Party of England and Wales conference 2024 at Manchester Central we put out a press release about our protest where Jude English of Greens in Exile and a former Bristol City Councillor said: “We want Greens to come and talk to us outside … Read more
  • Dr Pallavi Devulapalli – Statement
    Sunday Sept 8 2024 – 15:00 I was suspended from the Green Party just two days before National Party conference thus removing my ability to speak on behalf of the party on social media and at local, regional and national party meetings. We don’t need a medical education to know that biological sex is a … Read more
  • Greens in Exile protest at party conference in Manchester
    Greens in Exile Press release Sept 5 2024 On Friday 6 September at 12:00 noon, former and suspended members of the Green Party of England and Wales will be demonstrating outside the party conference at Manchester Central.   They are the Greens in Exile, a group of long-serving and loyal Green Party members forbidden to attend … Read more
  • Exile Eric Walker
    Eric Walker was Membership Secretary of Green Party Seniors, and a frequent contributor to the Green Seniors email group (a private and informal email group for older Green Party members). In late 2023, Eric posted questions to the group about the identity of the GPRC reps who take the decisions to place party members on … Read more
  • Exile Deborah Fink
    I joined the Green Party in January 2010 and never had any problems until Autumn 2018. Until then, I was an active member and a three time local election candidate, London Social Officer, member of the conferences committee and regular leafleter in my local party. I was admired as a Jew who is very critical … Read more
  • Gender Critical Belief
    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
  • Exile Andy Healey
    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 .
  • Exile Dawn Furness
    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
  • Exile Nathan Williams
    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
  • The Equality Act 2010
    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
  • Exile John Hopes
    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
  • Disciplinary process
    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
  • No Fault Suspension (NFS)
    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
  • Exile Caitlin Collins
    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