How green is the Green Party?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Green Party support is surging after its by-election victory in Gorton and Denton last month.
But is Zack Polanski’s party leaving its environmental principles behind?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Megan Kenyon to discuss.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:06.0 | Green Party support is surging after its by-election victory in Gorton and Denton last month. |
| 0:12.0 | But is Zach Polanski's party leaving its environmental principles behind? |
| 0:17.0 | New polling reveals more green voters' support drilling in the North Sea for oil than oppose it, |
| 0:23.4 | and almost a third are in favour of fracking. |
| 0:26.6 | Is this the end of eco-populism? |
| 0:29.6 | I'm Anous Shekelian, and you're listening to Daily Politics from the New Statesman. |
| 0:33.6 | And joining me today is Megan Kenyon. |
| 0:35.6 | Hi, Megan. |
| 0:36.2 | Hi, Anish. |
| 0:37.0 | You are our political correspondent who knows all things about the Greens. |
| 0:40.8 | So I'm very glad that you've joined me for this conversation. |
| 0:43.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.8 | Thanks for having me in the new studios. |
| 0:45.8 | Yeah, welcome. |
| 0:47.0 | Green chairs, no less. |
| 0:49.2 | So our colleague and senior data journalist Ben Walker, who couldn't join us for this chat, |
| 0:54.0 | he's written |
| 0:54.7 | a brilliant piece online. Everyone should go and read it on our website about this new polling that |
| 1:00.3 | suggests that green voters support North Sea oil drilling more than they don't support it. So there's |
| 1:05.4 | 38% who support it, 33% who don't. And also 29% of green voters support fracking and 28% support fracking, |
| 1:14.8 | even if it's in their local area. What do these figures tell you, Megan, from your experience |
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