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Green Party
Politics
A party history that flinches from its subject
Andrew Hedges
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The Green Socialist, Russel Warfield’s account of the rise of the Green Party and Zack Polanski, is strong on reportage and weak on judgement.
Politics
Burnham’s Labour faces first big test as Polanski eyes Starmer’s old seat
Andy Walker
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The Green Party leader’s bid for Holborn and St Pancras could become the first real verdict on whether Andy Burnham’s early poll bounce survives contact with actual voters.
OpinionPolitics
The Greens don’t have a Burnham problem. They have a structure problem
Andrew Hedges
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A Burnham bounce and a string of Polanski own goals have put the Greens under pressure. But the party's deeper problem is a structure built for consensus, not confrontation – and a conference clash over defence spending is about to test it, says Andrew Hedges.
UK
Pushing back against Reform in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Jamie Driscoll
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Newly-elected Newcastle city councillor Jamie Driscoll explains how the Greens won a seat in the working-class ward of Walker in the city.