Your Party, the Green Party, and the future of left-wing politics

Is the party over before it has even begun? Tens of thousands of people signed up to be members of Your Party, the new political project founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. But within hours, rumours of a rift within the party leadership exploded into warring public statements and threats of legal action.

Meanwhile, Zack Polanski won eighty-five percent of the vote in the Green Party leadership election, with record numbers of members signing up to his eco-populist vision. But the Greens face an electoral system stacked in favour of the bigger parties.

As of the time of recording, Your Party has relaunched its membership drive. So what would it mean for them to get off the ground? Will Polanski change the fortunes of the Greens? And do either of these parties have what it takes to challenge the rise of the far right?

This week Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Adam Ramsay and Shanice McBean to discuss.

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