Now at 115,000 members and in some polls level with Labour in terms of public support, CHRIS JARVIS looks at the factors behind the rapid rise of the Greens, internal and external
Green shoots are growing
The Labour Party’s rightward shift has given space for the Greens to flourish, meaning they could emerge as the primary voice of British left-wing politics, writes CHRIS JARVIS
ON THE WAY UP: Green Party co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay at their local election campaign launch in Bristol on April 4 2024
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IN MAY 2014, the Green Party was in celebration mode. In that year’s local elections, the Greens made 18 net gains. At the time, this was the party’s second most successful set of local elections in its history.
Twelve months later, the 2015 general election would see over one million people vote Green, more than at any election before or since. While record-breaking, that election was bittersweet.
The Greens only managed to retain their sole MP, failing to make further inroads. And within months the position of the Greens as the only mainstream party offering a left-wing diagnosis of the crises facing the country was thrown into doubt by the arrival of Jeremy Corbyn, the most radical leader the Labour Party has ever elected.
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