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Green Leadership Contest Divided Over Pact with Corbyn’s New Left Party

Green members will decide in August if they will back a pact with Corbyn and Sultana’s yet-to-be-formed left-wing party.

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Overview

  • Zack Polanski signalled he would cooperate with the interim Your Party if Green members approve an agreement.
  • Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay have warned that an alliance would compromise Green autonomy and turn the party into a Corbyn support act.
  • The campaign group We Deserve Better urged a formal coalition to avoid splitting the progressive vote and potentially unseat Labour ministers such as Wes Streeting and Shabana Mahmood.
  • Polling experts from Savanta cautioned that with no formal policies or leadership in place for the new party, its electoral impact remains unpredictable under Britain’s first-past-the-post system.
  • The Greens’ decentralised governance requires broad member consent for any pact, limiting a leader’s power to forge alliances unilaterally.