Caroline Lucas’s National Government and the Green Party’s Slow Move Away from Progressive Politics
In the 2015 general election, the Green Party represented the progressive left. While Ed Miliband was buckling under the pressure from his right-wing colleagues, the Green’s unapologetically championed public ownership, fairer taxes and more. Sadly, in 2019, the situation is rather different. Today the Green Party talks less about public ownership and instead is spending most of its time using, together with the Liberal Democrats, a Brexit stick to bash Jeremy Corbyn and Labour – a leader and party that is, more than ever before, in tune with Green Party values. Of course, the Green Party is free to criticise Labour, and just because they do so doesn’t mean they’re no longer progressives – Labour still holds regressive positions which deserve to be pointed out, e.g. its conservative approach to drug reform. Moreover, campaigning heavily to revoke the 2016 referendum isn’t itself anti-progressive, especially considering the no-deal Brexit we’re potentially facing. Th