Editing Robin Harper (section)

==After Parliament==
''Dear Mr. Harper'', Harper's autobiography written with journalist [[Fred Bridgland]], was published in 2011.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/scot.2013.0029 |title=Dear Mr Harper: Britain's First Green Parliamentarian, Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2011 |first=Eberhard |last=Bort |journal=[[Scottish Affairs]] |number=84 |year=2013|doi=10.3366/scot.2013.0029 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

In September 2014, Harper became chairman of the [[Scottish Wildlife Trust]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=News: Former Green MSP becomes Trust Chairman|url=http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/article/former-green-msp-becomes-trust-chairman/|website=scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk|publisher=Scottish Wildlife Trust|access-date=8 October 2014|date=22 September 2014}}</ref> He remained in that role for three years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-news/major-conservation-body-seeks-new-chair |title=Major conservation body seeks new chair |first=Susan |last=Smith |work=Third Force News |date=4 January 2017 |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref>

At the beginning of December 2013, Harper announced that he would "absolutely vote no" in the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|2014 referendum on Scottish independence]], going on to say that he would be happy to help the [[Better Together (campaign)|Better Together campaign]] and that there was a "significant minority" of [[Scottish Greens|Greens]] who were opposed to independence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-independence-robin-harper-vote-no-1551413 |title=Robin Harper to vote No|work= The Scotsman |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref>

In August 2021, Harper criticised the [[Bute House Agreement]] that the Greens had struck with [[Nicola Sturgeon]]'s government, claiming that his party had failed to take tougher action on North Sea oil, marine protection and taxation.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 August 2021|title=Former Scottish Greens leader criticises 'disappointing' agreement with SNP|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/26/former-scottish-greens-leader-criticises-disappointing-agreement-with-snp|last1=Carrell|first1=Severin|last2=Brooks|first2=Libby|work=The Guardian|access-date=28 August 2021|language=en}}</ref>

In September 2022, he joined the board of [[Gordon Brown]]'s unionist think tank, Our Scottish Future.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/22317504.gordon-brown-appoints-new-advisory-board-unionist-think-tank-scottish-future--/|title=Gordon Brown launches new advisory board for his Unionist think tank – here's who's in|last=Webster|first=Laura|date=20 September 2022|website=The National|accessdate=20 September 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In August 2023, he announced that he had resigned from the Scottish Green Party, citing differences of opinion on independence, concerns over what he described as the party's move to the left and their position on trans rights.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66389816|title=Robin Harper quits Scottish Greens as party has lost the plot|date=3 August 2023|website=BBC News|access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref> Harper also stated his intention to vote Labour at the next election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/robin-harper-says-vote-labour-30617144|title=Robin Harper says he will vote Labour after quitting Scottish Greens|first=Paul|last=Hutcheon|date=3 August 2023|website=Daily Record}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.holyrood.com/comment/view,robin-why-i-had-to-leave-the-scottish-greens|first=Robin|last=Harper|title=I am a builder not a destroyer - that's why I had to leave the Scottish Greens|date=4 August 2023|website=Holyrood Website}}</ref>

In June 2024, he joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] citing their plan for combatting climate change and their ability to beat the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]].<ref name="auto"/>