UK letting US use its bases is ‘participation in aggression’, Iran’s foreign minister tells Yvette Cooper – UK politics live
Abbas Araghchi says decision to allow use of RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia will be ‘recorded in the history of relations’ between Iran and UKEarlier this week YouGov published a poll showing the Green party in second place in general election voting intention. The Greens were on 19%, behind Reform UK (25%), but ahead of the Conservatives and Labour (both on 17%) and and the Liberal Democrats (both on 14%). Most other polls have not put the Greens quite this high but, as Politico’s poll of polls shows, they do show the Greens competitive with what until recently we used to call the two main parties in UK politics.All of this explains why Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said that he now starts to think about the possibility that he might one day become prime minister. He said this in an interview with the BBC’s Nick Robinson for his Political Thinking podcast.That really isn’t the target right now.It’s definitely in my mind because I get asked about it all the time. But my burning ambition really is to have a wealth tax, action on the climate and proportional representation. I think a change to the voting system is a huge prize.The next step is to win a lot more MPs and potentially hold the balance of power and then I think that’s really interesting because you’re having conversations about proportional representation, a wealth tax, climate action and various other policies to reduce people’s cost of living and make life better for everyone in this country. Continue reading...
Abbas Araghchi says decision to allow use of RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia will be ‘recorded in the history of relations’ between Iran and UK
Earlier this week YouGov published a poll showing the Green party in second place in general election voting intention. The Greens were on 19%, behind Reform UK (25%), but ahead of the Conservatives and Labour (both on 17%) and and the Liberal Democrats (both on 14%). Most other polls have not put the Greens quite this high but, as Politico’s poll of polls shows, they do show the Greens competitive with what until recently we used to call the two main parties in UK politics.
All of this explains why Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said that he now starts to think about the possibility that he might one day become prime minister. He said this in an interview with the BBC’s Nick Robinson for his Political Thinking podcast.
That really isn’t the target right now.
It’s definitely in my mind because I get asked about it all the time. But my burning ambition really is to have a wealth tax, action on the climate and proportional representation. I think a change to the voting system is a huge prize.
The next step is to win a lot more MPs and potentially hold the balance of power and then I think that’s really interesting because you’re having conversations about proportional representation, a wealth tax, climate action and various other policies to reduce people’s cost of living and make life better for everyone in this country. Continue reading...
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