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Politics Unpacked

The Greens

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

Politics, News & Politics, News

4.11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

As The Green Party host their party conference, Matt Chorley asks whether they can gain from environmental issues becoming mainstream and what they can learn from successful green parties in other countries.


PLUS


Melanie Reid and James Forsyth discuss the day's news. 


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating 5 feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.

0:12.0

Not a car in the world, as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there.

0:20.0

This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does.

0:25.0

Avanti West Coast, feel good travel.

0:32.0

This episode of Red Box is brought to you in association with SSE, a leading clean energy champion, accelerating the transition to net zero.

0:43.0

SSE is investing over 9 million pounds a day in cleaner, more secure, homegrown energy.

0:50.0

That includes transforming networks across the country to connect renewable energy, households and businesses to a greener grid.

0:58.0

Pioneering low carbon flexible technologies such as carbon capture and storage, and building the world's largest offshore wind farm, a doggar bank off the coast of Yorkshire.

1:09.0

When complete, doggar bank will be capable of powering over 6 million homes a year with clean renewable energy.

1:16.0

A major step towards the UK achieving net zero carbon emissions.

1:21.0

And all this is creating thousands of sustainable green jobs in communities right across the UK.

1:29.0

Find out more about what SSE are doing at SSE.com slash change.

1:37.0

Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt Chawley, a very green episode of your Red Box.

1:46.0

Today, coming up in our big thing, we're talking about the Green Party.

1:49.0

It's Green Party Conference this weekend. We'll speak to their co-leader, but how they're actually getting on in the polls.

1:54.0

Look at the polling with Patrick Ignition from YuGov, and we've got a panel explaining exactly how well the Greens are doing in Scotland and Germany.

2:03.0

Lots of talk of greenery courses, week, net zero and COP26, and how do you power your boiler and all of that.

2:09.0

So if you've got any questions, you'll find it all a bit faculty.

2:12.0

Next week on the podcast, you'll be able to hear from a legra stratum, the Prime Minister's COP26 spokesperson.

2:18.0

And she's going to answer your questions. So if you've got a question for a legra, you could be about anything.

2:24.0

Why is everyone flying to Glasgow? Who are the goodies and who are the baddies when it comes to cutting emissions?

2:31.0

Or things close to your lives? What's it actually going to cost the impact on your car, burning coal, whatever it might be?

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