Why @TheGreenParty surge is more than a protest vote
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“We've broken onto 21* council this year - councils often dominated by Labour or the Tories. A single seat breakthrough is usually followed by multiple seat gains in future elections"
*now 23!
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newstatesman.com/politics/elect…
“We've broken onto 21* council this year - councils often dominated by Labour or the Tories. A single seat breakthrough is usually followed by multiple seat gains in future elections"
*now 23!
In Bristol, for example, @TheGreenParty now has 24 councillors, an equal number to Labour. This was how we paved the way for our first parliamentary seat in Brighton Pavilion, and it’s how we will do so again and send more MPs to Westminster.
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.@PeterJNewell, Sussex Uni prof & author of Global Green Politics:
“The spread of Green support across regions and voter profiles this time suggests they are extending and deepening their appeal beyond their core constituency.”
Greens are now in Govt in many European countries:
“The spread of Green support across regions and voter profiles this time suggests they are extending and deepening their appeal beyond their core constituency.”
Greens are now in Govt in many European countries:
Plus there is another crucial aspect to the Greens' surge. In January 2019 only two of the party's councillors elected England and Wales were @YoungGreenParty members. This year 25 of them were.
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