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GREEN councillor Sian Berry vowed to block plans to demolish a west London council estate yesterday after being selected to fight next year’s London mayoral election.
Ms Berry (pictured), who came fourth for the Greens in the 2008 election and had the support of MP Caroline Lucas, was widely seen as the favourite to win selection.
On the left of the party, she will target traditional Labour voters but says Greens should not give Labour their second preference.
Now at 115,000 members and in some polls level with Labour in terms of public support, CHRIS JARVIS looks at the factors behind the rapid rise of the Greens, internal and external
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
Sixty Red-Green seats in a hung parliament could force Labour to choose between the death of centrism or accommodation with the left — but only if enough of us join the Greens by July 31 and support Zack Polanski’s leadership, writes JAMES MEADWAY