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The Greens and the wider left
The Green Party saw an impressive resurgence at the latest local election polls in England – but the future direction the party takes, whether to the left or the right, remains to be seen, says NICK WRIGHT
Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party, (left) and Kat Belfield, 33, gastroenterology registrar and BMA rep, (second right) join striking NHS junior doctors on the picket line outside Bristol Royal Infirmary, April 11, 2023

LABOUR won the English local elections. Wins were mainly in urban settings and in places where backsliding over Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge to honour the referendum result had weakened the Labour vote.

The Tory media management strategy fell apart when the 1,000-seat reduction they trailed — in the expectation that their losses might be less — itself proved to be too low. For the first time this century Labour is now the largest party in local government.

Now the interesting bit. 

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