Exclusive: Green party launches pushback against idea that next PM will have more left-leaning agenda than Starmer
Andy Burnham is “too in hock to vested interests” to offer real change, Zack Polanski has said as the Greens launched a pushback against the incoming prime minister, portraying him as cautious and weak on such areas as wealth taxes, Gaza and rent controls.
Under Polanski’s leadership the Green party in England and Wales has more than tripled its membership, and is closely tracking Labour in opinion polls, with much of the new support coming from former Labour voters disenchanted with Keir Starmer’s approach.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent.
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