How the Green Party is professionalising

How the Green Party is professionalising

On 13 November 1972 at the Bridge Pub in Napton, near Coventry, the foundations of what would later become the Green Party of England and Wales were laid. After reading an article about climate change in Playboy magazine, a “Gang of Four” – Tony and Lesley Whittaker, Michael Benfield and Freda Sanders – decided to found their own political party. It was initially called PEOPLE but by 1990 had adopted a new moniker: the Greens.  Originally a nich…