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Last modified on Sun 16 May 2021 05.08 EDT The co-leader of the Green party, Jonathan Bartley, has issued an invitation to the Labour leader to discuss a progressive alliance on left-of-centre politics, after a record showing in last week’s local elections. Bartley told the Guardian: “I’m saying to Keir Starmer: my door is open. You have my number – give me a call.” The Greens entered a pact with the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru at the last general election in 2019, covering 60 seats, to avoid splitting the anti-Brexit vote. The Green party increased its share of the vote in th...

Will the Greens become England’s third largest party? Josh Martin 3 hr Building on a solid performance in the local elections and higher salience of environmental issues, the Green Party is looking likely to play a bigger role in British politics by taking votes from Labour, the Conservatives and challenging the Liberal Democrats to become England’s third-largest party. The headlines following the local elections may have been dominated by Conservative gains and a chaotic Labour reshuffle, but the results were also a fresh sign that more of the British electorate is ch...

Bristol Greens want 'significant role' in leadership of city council They say a new power-sharing arrangement is needed after a 'Green surge' at the polls 17:35, 11 MAY 2021 THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The Green Party wants a “significant role” influencing major policy de...

‘There is no corner of UK Greens can’t win,’ says party co-leader By Ellie Pipe, Monday May 10, 2021 Some of Bristol’s newly elected Green councillors were jumping for joy – literally – moments before they were officially sworn in on Monday. Party members and supporters were flying high after a so-called ‘Green surge’ saw them gain a number of seats in the local elections to become the joint biggest group in City Hall, holding 24 seats on an equal pegging with Labour. Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley quickly hot-footed it down to Bristol to join the cel...

Bartley notes that his party polled higher than the Liberal Democrats, long seen as England’s third party, in “virtually every mayoral election”, including in London where fellow co-leader Sian Berry came third, with 7.8% of the first-round vote, ahead of the Liberal Democrats’ Luisa Porritt on 4.4%, Overall, in England’s local elections, the Green Party increased its number of councillors by 88 to 151.  But Chris Mason, political correspondent for BBC News, says: “We should be clear: that’s a rise from a very small number, to a slightly bigger small number.” While the Gree...