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Turborama

(22,109 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 10:34 AM Jan 2015

Greens get new member every 10 seconds to surge past Ukip in membership numbers ahead of May's GE

The Green parties have overtaken Ukip after a record-breaking surge in membership numbers.

The Greens – who are devolved into parties in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – received a boost of around 2,000 new members yesterday after media coverage that they were on the verge of overtaking Nigel Farage's party.

The parties now have a total of 43,829 people signed up across the UK. Ukip has confirmed 41,966 members as of present.



Natalie Bennett, the leader of the Greens in England and Wales told London Live today that “there was an hour yesterday when a new person was joining every 10 seconds.”

More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/green-parties-overtaking-ukip-with-rapid-2000-rise-in-memberships-amid-tv-debate-exclusion-9979765.html

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Greens get new member every 10 seconds to surge past Ukip in membership numbers ahead of May's GE (Original Post) Turborama Jan 2015 OP
Hope UKIP takes a big dive down in May .Media panders to UKIP same with teabaggers in US lunasun Jan 2015 #1
Agreed; certain elements in the media like to promote UKIP LeftishBrit Jan 2015 #3
Good n/t Denzil_DC Jan 2015 #2
They've now passed the Lib Dems! Denzil_DC Jan 2015 #4

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
1. Hope UKIP takes a big dive down in May .Media panders to UKIP same with teabaggers in US
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 11:05 AM
Jan 2015

Greens should be allowed in the debates

LeftishBrit

(41,192 posts)
3. Agreed; certain elements in the media like to promote UKIP
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:41 PM
Jan 2015

And I rarely agree with Cameron about anything, but I do about allowing the Greens in the debates- if UKIP are allowed, there is no sense in excluding the Greens.

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