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Progressive alliances are a dead end approach for the Greens

Sebastian Cousins 14 September 2021 Progressive alliances are a dead end approach for the Greens2021-09-14T18:39:21+01:00 Comment 6 Comments
People are not lego. That's not an original thought. Yet, to some progressive logic, voters are. So - the argument goes - you can easily put the green and yellow-orangey…
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Greens making the case for progressive cross-party collaboration

Compass Greens 14 December 2020 Greens making the case for progressive cross-party collaboration2020-12-14T15:28:39+00:00 Comment 2 Comments
The Compass Greens Network wants to help the Green Party achieve much greater political influence in the UK. We formed shortly after the 2019 general election to host an open…
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Taking the crisis seriously – Greens and a progressive alliance

Adam Ramsay 10 August 2019 Taking the crisis seriously – Greens and a progressive alliance2019-08-10T10:19:33+01:00 Comment 5 Comments
If politics moves from the edges, then the Green parties of these islands have, in many ways, had outrageous success over the last decade. In 2017, a Labour party which…
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Fighting every seat – why Greens should reject electoral alliances

Tom Pashby 28 July 2019 Fighting every seat – why Greens should reject electoral alliances2019-07-28T10:35:10+01:00 Comment 6 Comments
Image credit, Martin Deustsch, Creative Commons When I joined the Green Party seven years ago, it was because it’s the only party which takes seriously the physical reality that infinite…
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Brexit and Bank Holidays – What is being discussed at Green Party Conference?

Molly Gerlach-Arthurs 8 October 2017 Brexit and Bank Holidays – What is being discussed at Green Party Conference?2017-10-09T09:25:17+01:00 England & Wales 3 Comments
Jean Lambert, Keith Taylor and Molly Scott Cato at the Global Green Gathering in Liverpool 2017. Image: Molly Scott Cato It’s Sunday in Harrogate, and the Harrogate Convention Centre is…
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Progressive alliances are more than formal pacts: this is a culture shift

Josiah Mortimer 29 May 2017 Progressive alliances are more than formal pacts: this is a culture shift2017-06-01T14:12:44+01:00 *Rights & Democracy* 2 Comments
Photo credit: flickr user Matito under Creative Commons license   Number of seats the Green Party will stand aside in to help unseat the Conservatives: 24. Number of seats other progressive…
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With a historic election looming, what should Green strategy be?

Adam Ramsay 21 April 2017 With a historic election looming, what should Green strategy be?2017-06-06T15:39:02+01:00 Comment 3 Comments
Isla O'Reilly, John Finnie MSP and Caroline Lucas MP. Photo credit flickr user: Ric Lander Creative Commons license:   For Greens, the snap election has in a way made things…
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The case against ‘Progressive’ Alliances

David Morgan 24 March 2017 The case against ‘Progressive’ Alliances2017-03-24T19:44:41+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 3 Comments
  It’s taken a while for me to get around to writing this piece. It could probably have been written at just about any point since the 2015 General Election,…
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Labour activist calls on Greens to stand aside in Copeland by-election

Josiah Mortimer 30 December 2016 Labour activist calls on Greens to stand aside in Copeland by-election2016-12-30T12:06:37+00:00 England & Wales 12 Comments
Resigned MP Jamie Reed A Labour activist has penned an open letter to the Greens calling on the party to stand aside in the upcoming Copeland by-election. Debate is growing within…
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The Greens must stand in the Copeland by-election

Alex Powell 28 December 2016 The Greens must stand in the Copeland by-election2016-12-28T10:57:04+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 13 Comments
  I’ve been a somewhat sceptical supporter of a progressive alliance, but the Greens simply must stand in Copeland. It would be to the detriment of both us and the…
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