It's Not Easy Being Green
Analysis
BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
If the future of politics must include tackling climate change, it holds that the future should be bright for the Greens. In parts of Europe, their influence is growing. In Germany the Green Party is enjoying unprecedented support. But in the UK there’s only ever been one Green MP and the party won just 2.7 per cent of the vote in last year's election. In this edition of Analysis, Rosie Campbell, Professor of Politics and Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at Kings College London, goes in search of the Green vote. Who are they? If the Parliamentary path is blocked due to the voting system, how do they make an impact? And can they persuade more people not only to vote Green but also to become “Greener”?
Producer: Jim Frank Editor: Jasper Corbett
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| 0:41.0 | Hello and thanks for listening to this analysis podcast. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm Jim Frank, the producer. |
| 0:47.8 | In this edition, Rosie Campbell, Professor of Politics and Director of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at the Kings College London |
| 0:57.0 | is asking why, when we're bombarded by images of climate change, the Green Party isn't more popular. |
| 1:05.0 | The fires eating this land have burnt from the mountains to the sea. |
| 1:12.0 | It's hard but save the forest and you save Australia. |
| 1:16.2 | What do we want? |
| 1:19.7 | What do we want now? |
| 1:22.2 | It was very nearly the most serious disaster involving a UK down in over a century. |
| 1:28.0 | It's the change of climate change. |
| 1:31.0 | Lives are said to be still at risk in parts of South Yorkshire that have been flooded since Friday. You might think the terrifying scale of global climate-related emergencies would provide a favourable electoral |
| 1:55.2 | environment for green parties. Whilst in parts of the world they are riding high |
| 2:00.5 | on a green wave, notably in some European countries. |
| 2:04.0 | Here in the UK, the Green Party received just 2.7% of votes cast in December's general election. |
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