The article is entirely speculative about what the Greens think. It draws ambitious conclusions from local towns where they have been elected. My understanding is that if elected to governments, they will have the strength and the power to do what is intended. The FT article entirely fails to capture the balance that the Green Party tried to achieve between development and sustainability.
The german Greens dropped all their ideals (environmentalism, pacifism, social equality, etc) and transformed into a liberal-centrist party, the moment they came into power for the first time (achieved by forming a coalition with the firmly anti environment conservative party). Lets Hope UK Greens are different…
The article is entirely speculative about what the Greens think. It draws ambitious conclusions from local towns where they have been elected. My understanding is that if elected to governments, they will have the strength and the power to do what is intended. The FT article entirely fails to capture the balance that the Green Party tried to achieve between development and sustainability.
The german Greens dropped all their ideals (environmentalism, pacifism, social equality, etc) and transformed into a liberal-centrist party, the moment they came into power for the first time (achieved by forming a coalition with the firmly anti environment conservative party). Lets Hope UK Greens are different…
If it’s drawing conclusions from actual examples where they’ve been elected, it’s by definition not entirely speculative.
This is what everyone* wants to do. The point is that the Greens have a tendency to oppose development, including sustainable development. So, far from balancing the two, they end up achieving neither.
*Well, perhaps not Reform or the current Tories, but Labour, the SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid would all say this is what they want.