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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Greens examining how party decides policy as membership triples under Zack Polanski

Green Party leader Zack Polanski runs between seated audience members who are clapping
Zack Polanski runs into the hall to deliver his first party conference speech as leader of the Greens in Bournemouth in October. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Senior Greens are examining ways to revamp the party’s structures to make it more effective and representative now its membership has more than tripled since Zack Polanski became leader.

Under the party’s direct-democracy model, policy is voted on only by members who attend one of its two annual conferences, a system some Greens believe risks empowering organised fringe activists who make the effort to travel to the events.

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