What the press say
Caroline's historic campaign to be elected the UK's first Green MP, in Brighton, has gained significant national and local press interest - both before and after her election.
Below are links to key media coverage and comment on Caroline, the campaign and related issues.
Housing crisis
Letter in Argus 15 July 2010
http://www.theargus.co.uk/yourargus/letters/8275073.Housing_crisis/
Observer Ethical Politician Award
Guardian 13 June 2010
After weeks aboard a battlebus that ran on recycled cooking oil, Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, learned she had trounced her nearest Labour rival by 1,200 votes. Meet the first Green Party representative in the House of Commons...
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'An historic moment for anyone who cares about the enviroment' Caroline Lucas' maiden speech in Parliament
Independent 28 May 2010
[On Con-LibDem coalition] 'We could have had a new politics. This isn't it'
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Guardian Online and hard copy 15 May 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/15/caroline-lucas-green-party-new-politics
Caroline Lucas: 'We could have had a new politics.
This isn't it' So far, Britain's first Green MP is not impressed. Westminster is 'archaic' and the Lib-Cons, for all their talk, are simply 'an awful lot of men in a lot of grey suits, doing things in much the same way'
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Clamour for change grows
The Independent on Sunday - 2 May 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/electoral-reform-clamour-for-change-grows-1960378.html
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Can Caroline Lucas change politics for ever?
The Independent - 25 April 2010
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Fertile ground?
Why the Green breakthrough may finally have come
The Economist - 31 March 2010
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15821483
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Greens will get 'historic' first MP, says Lucas
BBC News - 19 February 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8524066.stm
The BBC pull out their highlights from Caroline's Leader's speech to the Green Party Spring Conference
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Green Party 'has real chance' in election
The Today show - 18 February 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8521000/8521507.stm
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Could Brighton Pavilion elect Britain's First Green MP?
The Guardian - 8 February 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/08/brighton-green-mp-caroline-lucas
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Will Brighton give Lucas the Green light?
The Guardian - 4 February 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/04/brighton-caroline-lucas-green
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Brighton Pavilion: A Green leap forward?
The Guardian - 3 February 2010
John Harris voyages to the seaside seat where Caroline Lucas could become Britain's first Green MP.
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Greens sow the seed for political optimism in Brighton
The Badger - 27 January 2010
http://www.thebadgeronline.co.uk/comment/greens-sow-the-seed-for-political-optimism-in-brighton/
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You ask the questions
The Independent - 25 January 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/caroline-lucas-you-ask-the-questions-1877889.html
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Greens on course for first MP
The Independent - 11 January 2010
A poll of voting intentions carried out by ICM Research shows that the Greens, who had their best-ever result in the constituency in 2005, hold an eight-point lead over their nearest rivals, the Conservatives, with the Greens on 35 per cent, the Tories on 27, Labour on 25 and the Liberal Democrats on 11 per cent.
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Compass gives platform to woman Greens hope will be their first MP
Guardian.co.uk - 27 September 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/sep/27/compass-caroline-lucas
Detractors are mumbling after Caroline Lucas was scheduled to appear alongside Harriet Harman at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting in Brighton.
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