‘Disastrous’ alliance with Lib Dems cost the Greens its ‘credibility,’ leadership candidate says
Shahrar Ali says the Lib Dem compromise was a ‘compromise too far’
Green Party leadership hopeful Shahrar Ali
THE Green Party “lost credibility” when it formed a “disastrous” electoral alliance with the Lib Dems last year, a candidate for the party’s leadership has told the Star.
Shahrar Ali, who is standing to be the next leader for the Green Party of England and Wales, said that, if elected, he would draw a line under making future pacts with other parties.
The Greens sparked outrage among its left membership in the 2019 snap election when it entered a “Unite to Remain” pact with the Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru to avoid splitting the remain vote.
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