64. Caroline Lucas: Leading the Green Party, leaving politics, and the importance of protest

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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How hard is it to be a one person party in parliament? What can the left learn from the populist right? Could electoral reform actually help Keir Starmer? On today's episode of Leading, Rory and Alastair are joined by the Green Party's Caroline Lucas to answer all these questions and more. Pre order Caroline's book, Another England, here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/another-england/caroline-lucas/2928377252441 🌏 Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/leadingvpn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✅ TRIP ELECTION TOUR: To buy tickets for our October Election Tour, just head to www.therestispolitics.com TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.3	Caroline Lucas and we get a lot of listeners suggesting interviewees for leading
0:59.3	Caroline and I have to say there have been quite a few suggesting we get you.
1:02.4	Well that's very lovely so there you are and I think to say there have been quite a few suggesting we get you.
1:02.6	Well that's very lovely.
1:03.6	So there you are and I think it is fair to say you are a leader, twice leader of the Green
1:07.8	Party of England and Wales.
1:09.5	You are also literally unique, the only member of Parliament representing that party in Parliament,
1:16.2	a Parliament which you are soon to be leaving, much to the chagrout of many I suspect,
1:21.2	and we'll maybe get into why but I suspect you won't be
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