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The Guardian - UK
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Aditya Chakrabortty

The Green surge shows UK politics has reached a turning point – and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski

Illustration by Sebastien Thibault

“How many?”

On the end of the phone is a nice press officer for the Greens, head full from a long day in Gorton, Manchester, showing off their would-be MP. And now, as Friday’s sky turns indigo, I’m calling about reports from Lewisham, south London, that tomorrow they’re expecting a flood of 500 Green activists. This comes as a surprise to the party’s own news machine.

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