The Tories are the real green party
You might describe it as the Polanski paradox. The party which calls itself Green, which has concern for the environment as its raison d’être, has never been more popular. Four Green MPs returned at the last general election. Victory in the recent Gorton and Denton by-election. Local election gains in May predicted to be sweeping. Running second in many national opinion polls, and in the projected seat tally for the Scottish parliament. And yet while the Green party surges ahead, green issues fall by the wayside. As Angus Colwell explores in this week’s cover piece, Zack Polanski has focused the Green party away from the environment and turned it into
