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The Green Party is now bigger than the Tory Party

Membership of the Green Party of England and Wales has now outstripped that of the Conservative Party:


It follows a phenomenal start for Greens leader Zack Polanski, and an embarrassing year for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

Green Party numbers will go higher

Polanski won the leadership contest in September this year, and he immediately got to work going after the billionaires, the privatisers, and the ripoff merchants:

As Politics UK noted, Green membership has surged significantly since Polanski took the reins:

Clearly, his message has resonated with voters. Polanski has smashed it so hard, in fact, that some think he came out of nowhere (note who ‘reposted’ this):


In actuality, Polanski has been building support for several years by targeting the issues which are driving inequality:

Kemi Badenoch, meanwhile, has overseen what looks like the terminal decline of her party:


Digging a hole for herself, she went into the leadership position claiming she ‘never gaffes’:


She also made it clear her party is anti-worker (unless you’re a worker who can afford to send your kids to private school, that is):

The future’s Green

It’s not hard to see why the Green Party is resonating with voters under Zack Polanski. It’s also not hard to see why the reverse is true of Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives.

With the Green surge still surging, we’re not sure how high their membership will go, but we’re confident the Tories won’t catch up.

Featured image via Parliament / Roger Harris (Wikimedia) / Bristol Green Party (Wikimedia)

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.