Being a councillor: part 1 – casework
Local politics was never something I paid much attention to when I was younger. Although I grew up in a household where national politics was discussed around the dinner table, I had only the very vaguest idea what local government does. As a young adult, my main experience of actually interacting with my local council […]
Politics and mental health
For all the work that’s gone into reducing stigma about mental health recently, this still feels like a hard thing to write. I’ve not been well recently. This isn’t a new thing; I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression periodically since being a teenager. There have been episodes over the years where things have been particularly […]
Speech to Green Party Autumn Conference 2020
I never meant to become a politician. That wasn’t in my game plan. I first joined the Green Party, perhaps like many of you, because I saw the urgency of the environmental crisis we were facing, and that this wasn’t being prioritised by any of the other parties. Then a few years ago, a local […]
Politics media articles
Local Government Chronicle, March 2022 – Interview: The cage fighter with the good fight https://www.lgcplus.com/services/health-and-care/interview-the-cage-fighter-with-the-good-fight-14-03-2022/ Left Foot Forward – Leadership pitch: The Green Party needs to represent ‘the outsiders’ https://leftfootforward.org/2020/07/leadership-pitch-the-green-party-needs-to-represent-the-outsiders/