"In the latest local elections, the Greens took more seats from the Conservatives than from Labour (32 to 31). It’s the second wave of a dramatic surge: in May last year, three-quarters of the party’s gains were from the Tories across the south, south-east & east of England. Much of this was in picturesque areas where, says Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay, locals feel “overlooked” or “left behind”. #GreenParty#UKPol
"The Green Party is becoming a dustbin, a repository not only for climate activists but for disgruntled hard leftists leaving the Labour Party, and some fairly unpleasant Free Palestine activists as well."
Peter Mandelson to Matt Chorley on Times Radio, yesterday
@fkamiah17 I work in a market town in rural Gloucestershire. A Tory heartland in the shires. I'm engaged with the local community and a small business owner. Like many other Green Party members in our district we stood for election and won 22 seats. We are now the largest group at Stroud District Council.
So, for Mandelson to say that “The Green Party is becoming a dustbin, a repository not only for climate activists, but for disgruntled hard leftists." makes me think that he is so far out of touch with the ethos of the Green Party and the concerns of the electorate that his opinion is completely irrelevant. Maybe it is Mr Mandelson who should be consigned to the dustbin of history?
#ClimateDiary Hugely important and heartening interpretation of yesterday’s local elections:
Rishi Sunak's decision to row back on a number of decarbonisation policies has "done less than nothing for his chances of re-election", according to campaigners who today argued the local election results demonstrated how moves by the government to weaken UK climate efforts had been roundly rejected by voters.
RT by @CarolineLucas: 🌱 Thank you to everyone who voted Green yesterday! Six Green Party councillors have been elected to the city council, meaning the council is under no overall control.
Still waiting on the local election results where I am, predicted to be announced at 19:00. The council website is showing turnout data for most, but not all, areas (including a miscalculation) so I'm guessing it won't be soon, but would also like to know if I should keep checking tonight or wait until tomorrow. A friend was going for election. #LocalElections#UKPolitics
My councillors stayed the same (good), just waiting to find out if the leafleting I did on Wednesday bore fruit in a neighbouring ward. #GreenParty#LocalElections#UKPolitics
The Tory representation on Bristol City Council has been halved: from 14 to 7. They are now the smallest party on the Council. 10 seats gained by #GreenParty with Labour losing 3.
For anyone who's interested & wants to know about the Green Party of the United States, we've been doing workshop videos to fill in the gap of many others questions.
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