5 January 2015
This massive growth in membership has rocketed since we first reported the Green Surge in October when it passed 20 000. This is again mirrored by our by rising standing in opinion polls. We have passed into double figures on a poll from the 13th to the 15th of December (Ipsos-Mori/Evening Standard). [2]
Adding the figures from England and Wales and Scotland gives a total membership of nearly 39 000. To put this in perspective, UKIP have reached just over 42 000 and the Liberal Democrats are in the region of 44 000. If this momentum continues, GPEW and Scottish Greens could overtake them both in under two months.
Opinion poll averages 2010-2015. Source: Wikimedia foundation (Impru20)
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett's New year message:
We’re approaching a general election like no other – a five- or six-party election that promises to be the most unpredictable in generations.
We saw in 2014 what’s being called – and not just by us – a green surge. That represents a huge opportunity and challenge for the Green Party in 2015: a chance to reshape British politics.
Young Greens blogger Sam Murray writes:
The 2015 general election is already shaping up to be an opportune moment for the UK to realise the same old politics just isn’t working.
Most parties are holding the British public to ransom, saying ‘vote for us or else’. Vote for us or else we’ll be flooded with immigrants, vote for us or we’ll fall off the road to recovery that was just for the wealthy, vote for us or the nasty party will get in.
We’re saying something different. 2015 is the year when we say ‘vote for us and together’. Vote for us and together we’ll fight for a fair and equal society. Vote for us and together we’ll find social prosperity. Vote for us and together we’ll work for the common good.
[1] https://twitter.com/MCRYoungGreens/status/550041723628711936
[2] https://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Publications/polmon-dec14-tabs-VI-THR.pdf
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