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What’s the future for the Green Party? Should it be socialism? | Joe Todd

The party must aspire to be more than a Labour pressure group.

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The Guardian reports that the party must aspire to be more than a Labour pressure group.

It should offer a vision for radical reform – and ways to implement it It’s a strange time to be a Green. We have just held our largest conference ever, but it was overshadowed by a controversial motion that was attacked by the media as racist.

This politics story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Green Party, Joe Todd and Labour.

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United Kingdom · Europe
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Green Party, Joe Todd, Labour, Camden
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