Zack Polanski, the new-ish leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, has a problem: such has been the recent surge in his party’s membership that it is having to book bigger rooms for meetings. The party has also just registered its highest poll rating in decades, at 17 per cent, on the verge of overtaking Labour and the Conservatives. Indeed, given the usual polling margin of error, it may already have done so.
What explains this remarkable trend, and where are the Greens going?
How big is the surge?
Membership of the Greens has overtaken that of Labour and the Conservatives, and their sup
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