The Green Party is a renegade feature in UK politics. It strikes out to represent green issues without apology. It campaigns hard even without the limelight.
Its lack of prominence means that new things like GB Energy – a Government-owned sponsor of renewables – don’t hit home as a specific win for its way of politics. The truth is, however, green is still on the agenda. It must be to the credit of this party.
The problems scale out from there. The lack of direction – or focus – in the green movement in the UK is telling in a plethora of names and eccentric events that don’t bite as hard as some hope.
The slogans, signage, and statements of the mainstream must feel like a whitewash. It’s must look like a denial of the truth. However, their truth needs to come across as more than a feeling and much more like a purpose.
The success of Mothin Ali, for example, joining Rachel Millward as Deputy Leader of the Green Party yesterday, shows that progress is being made. Ali is an avid gardener and political activist, making links using his local roots.
This makes sense because it shows what green politics can be locally when so much of the national debate is narrative of back and forth accusation.
