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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 4 December 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Climate change remains a key political issue. But with multiple crises mounting, are the Greens a one policy party? Ros Taylor is joined by Zack Polanski, deputy leader of the Green Party, to talk about what they want and what's missing from mainstream political discourse. “Only two countries used FPTP – Belarus and the UK.” “Too often politics operates in silos – and we are interested in systems thinking and change.” “People are sick of the two party system.” “We need a positive message on immigration.” “Keir Starmer won’t talk to us, even though the environment is a crucial issue.” “It's irresponsible for a leader to say they will get to net zero on technologies that don’t exist yet.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Alex Rees, Jet Gerbertson. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. Music: Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.5	But with disruptive protest groups like Justop Oil getting all the media attention,
1:18.5	how can the Green Party break through? With me is the new deputy leader of the Green Party, freshly elected in September and a member of the London Assembly,
1:26.9	Zach Polanski. Welcome to the bunker, Zach.
1:28.9	Thanks so much for having me, I'm excited.
1:30.8	Zach, when I listen to Just Up Oil and Exile Protesters, there's a desperation there.
1:36.7	It suggests that they've given up on the hope that conventional politics can achieve anything
1:41.1	to slow down climate change. Do you sometimes fear that they may be right?
1:45.9	I think there's a real danger there and I think that Conservative government have been very deliberate
1:49.5	in that in terms of taking away the mechanisms for people to be heard.
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