Friday 27 February
Commenting on the Green Party winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Greenpeace UK Head of Politics Ami McCarthy (they/them) said:
“The message from Gorton and Denton to Westminster is loud and clear: people are hungry for change. This is a victory for people power over billionaires and big polluters, for the politics of hope over the politics of hate, for decency over denial and division. More than twice as many votes went to parties determined to tackle the climate crisis than to Reform, showing the limited public appeal of Nigel Farage’s climate-denying, renewable-hating, Trump-loving platform. And there’s a clear lesson here for Labour too: if they want to regain ground from the Greens, they need to offer the bold solutions on cost of living, climate and nature that people are clearly looking for.”
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