The eco-activists are back in the news this morning after Carla Denyer announced she will not stand again as co-leader of the Green party of England and Wales. The parliamentarian has claimed she will instead focus her energies on her MP role after leading the environmentalists for the last four years alongside co-leader Adrian Ramsay. While Denyer achieved the party’s best result ever in winning her Bristol seat last year – ousting Labour frontbencher Thangam Debbonaire in the process – it hasn’t all been plain sailing in recent months…
This morning Carla Denyer announced she will not stand again as co-leader of the Green party of England and Wales
The Greens suffered a blow in the West of England mayoral election last week when they were bumped into third place by Reform’s Arron Banks and on Monday, deputy leader Zack Polanski launched a leadership bid of his own – claiming the group is ‘too polite’ and urging the eco-zealots to be ‘bolder’.
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