Deirdre Wood had a humiliating defeat in the 1987 Greenwich by-election.
Labour realised that by-election candidates face way more scrutiny than in a general election. So they adopted a much more intensive selection process for by-election.
The Kinnock/Hattersly leadership abused the centralised system to enforce the energing neoliberal stance. 😡
But the principle of extra scrutiny was right. #GPEW are new to the frontline of by-elections, but now need to up their selection game.
…Have you *ever* voted for the Green Party of England and Wales?
You can vote ‘No’ if you like but I’m only interested in the extent of the ‘Yes’.
Please boost for reach. Poll runs for 1 week.
The Press don't want to admit it, but the Left Wing is resurgent in the UK
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
#Greens #Hackney #UKPol #UKpolitics #GPEW #London #ZoeGarbett
Greens leader celebrates his party’s first ever elected mayor, and winning four councils outrightLisa O’Carroll (the Guardian)
#ClimateDiary This really is a wonderful Easter present. Greens leading UK polls!
For those of you not in UK: this is unprecedented, and as little as six months ago pretty unimaginable. Happy Eastear everyone!
