[The Weeping Angel]

Grace Blakeley has joined the Greens

[Youngian]

It'll be more than Corbyn outriders switching to the Greens if Starmer joins Trump bombing raids on Iran.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Last time I saw Blakeley she was being schooled by Frances Coppola on basic banking. But the Greens should be formidable in lots of seats where they are second to Labour- see Bristol Central last time, wasn't even close. I wonder if we might see their vote get a lot more efficient, with some "Stop Farage" where they can't win, but an Ed Davey like focus on where they can.

[Youngian]

Last time I saw Blakeley she was being schooled by Frances Coppola on basic banking.

Sounds like interesting viewing, Coppola is a better economics communicator. Unusual for someone from the left to be a regular unchallenged pundit on the BBC but would rather it was Grace B then Richard Tice or similar. Very good at preventing mansplainers from butting in but find Blakeley hard work to follow.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Article on the Greens' leadership election.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... pulism-bid

Green party leadership race is between joint-MP ticket and deputy’s ‘eco-populism’ bid

I find Ellie too populist, so God knows what Polanski would be like. Hope she and Adrian Ramsay win. I think we have to increasingly take the possibility of them getting lots more seats seriously. Could be in coalition on that basis. See how long the populism lasts in that case.