2025-09-03
26 分钟This is The Guardian.
Today, can the Green Party's new leader galvanise the left?
We're at Coyne Street Neighbourhood Community Centre on the South Bank,
which is part children's nursery, part social hub.
A very on-brand venue for the Green Party.
And of course, it's where we're about to find out who's going to be the next party leader.
For a party with only four MPs, the Greens represent a tiny fraction of the House of Commons.
And usually, they generate very little interest.
But this moment feels very different.
I think, you know, the campaign has had a lot more coverage.
It feels like there's a momentum and it feels like there's something that we're at the centre of the debate about what politics is for.
And we need to be there to make the case for all the really important issues which are being ignored by the current government.
The Labour Party has been spiralling,
sinking lower in the polls in the first year of government than any other party in modern history,
all the while shifting further and further to the right.
Many on the left are searching for a new political home.
And for the next leader of the Greens, this is a real opportunity to capitalise on that frustration.
This is the first time that the old grey parties have seemed less relevant than new parties.
So this is really our break point.
This is where we are able to actually put ourselves forward to be credible challengers in Parliament.