34. Keir Starmer's worst nightmare? Green Party leader Sian Berry on why they're here to stay
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🗓️ 24 February 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Green Party are surging in many polls, and with Labour causing disaffection among some of its natural supporters, should Keir Starmer worry? Their co-leader Sian Berry gives her verdict on Labour and their positioning in the pandemic, why the Greens are doing well - and discusses everything from our broken electoral system to the climate emergency.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Owen Jones here. Welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:12.4 | Is this Keir Starmer's worst nightmare? |
| 0:15.6 | Sean Berry is the very eloquent leader, co-leader of the Green Party, who are creeping up in |
| 0:22.4 | the polls. And the evidence suggests that not only some Labour members but some Labour |
| 0:27.9 | voters are currently looking at the Labour Party and saying, nah, I'm alright, thanks. I'm |
| 0:33.6 | giving the Greens a go instead. Attracted by their stance on the climate emergency and |
| 0:40.1 | very progressive policies, that time when Labour's political positioning is, if I'm going |
| 0:45.0 | to be honest, not as clear as it could be. So, I want to talk to her about how much of |
| 0:51.8 | a threat the Greens do pose to Labour, about their policies, about their position on things |
| 0:58.6 | like trade unions, for example, about what she thinks about Keir Starmer and Labour. And |
| 1:04.9 | we talk about things like the climate emergency. We talk about a lot of stuff. Now, a little |
| 1:08.7 | bit of housekeeping. We're building this podcast to try and offer a bit of a balance to |
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| 1:42.1 | Hello, Barry. Hello, hello, hello. Hello. I like the way you did that. It was almost like |
| 1:47.2 | I'd interrupted you. You were like, oh, hi there. You know, like in those, those |
| 1:51.5 | can try. I did very slightly, just check my printer one last time, wasn't standing. |
| 1:56.3 | Hi. Hello. Hi there. If you've just joined us, do you like the fact that I've come dressed |
| 2:03.0 | in Green Party for those who are listening to the podcast, I'm wearing a green, I'm |
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