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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent

‘Voting Green will stop Reform’: party eyes kingmaker role in Wales

Green Party leader Zack Polanski with party candidates and supporters after making a speech at the Church of Saint John The Evangelist in Cardiff, ahead of the Senedd election on 7 May
Green party leader Zack Polanski (centre) with party candidates and supporters in Cardiff Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The church hall in Cardiff’s Canton neighbourhood was packed with Green party supporters who had spent Saturday canvassing ahead of next week’s crucial Senedd elections. Green party members from Northern Ireland, Sweden and Denmark had all joined the local campaigners, adding to the sense of momentum for the Welsh Greens.

After waiting for more than an hour, the crowd cheered when Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party of England and Wales, appeared from behind the nave, hugging the Wales leader Anthony Slaughter as he did so.

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