Green leadership contenders reject calls for Corbyn pact - and say party must retain 'distinctive identity'

Greens begin voting in leadership battle between ‘eco-populist’ and ‘proven’ MPs

Members face a choice between MPs Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, and an insurgent campaign led by London Assembly member Zack Polanski.

Green party members elect new leader: who are the candidates?

Whichever candidate emerges at the helm of the Greens will have a defining influence on the shape of any future left-wing alliance.

Jeremy Corbyn rules out Green alliance - not leftwing enough

Jeremy Corbyn has ruled out an alliance with the Green Party, arguing they aren’t leftwing enough. The Independent MP also said the Greens are too frequently in “eternal, riven debate” over what they stood for him to let them join his new party. But he added that he’d be able to work with the party on specific issues. “We’re not forming an alliance” with the Greens, he told Owen Jones. He said: “Would we work with them? Yes, on issues. Generally…

Adrian Ramsay’s success could be the reason for his downfall

I first met Adrian Ramsay 15 years ago during my first year of university. He had stepped down as a councillor earlier that year, but remained one of the central figures of Norwich Green Party. What was abundantly clear from the first interactions I had with him was that he was a rare individual in the Green Party at the time; a keen strategist with an unrelenting focus on transforming the party into an organisation that was professional, that c…

The Canary says it's time to 'back Zack' in the Green Party leadership election

Voting in the Green Party leadership and executive elections is now less than 24 hours away. At midday on 1 August, ballots will open to members – where they’ll choose who is set to lead the party into the next two years. In the last week leading up to it, the candidates standing to be leader of party have set out their final case to its 60,000-plus-strong membership. And some last-minute mudslinging has underscored the stark and significant dif…

Green leadership contenders reject calls for Corbyn pact - and say party must retain 'distinctive identity'

Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay argue the Greens risk losing broad appeal if they form an alliance with other left-wing and independent parties.