article_snippet: One of The Greens deputy leaders had just blown a few billion pounds more from The Greens wish-list budget when the chairwoman – who could hardly be seen in Natalie Bennett green jumper against the vast green background – announced an ‘attunement’.
article_snippet: Welcome to the world of Britain’s wackiest political party, on display this weekend at Britain’s wackiest political party spring conference in Liverpool.
article_snippet: There is something mildly amusing about a party that insists on meditative breaks, has a keynote speaker identified as ‘a non-binary person from Belarus’ and chairwomen who say things like:
article_snippet: Joining the hundreds of enthusiastic delegates – a mixture of grizzly bearded hippies, elderly ideologues, earnest young recruits and well-spoken women in charity shop chic – offered fresh insight into what is now the third biggest party in England and Wales.
article_snippet: status and enthusiastically snapped up green T-shirts on sale.
article_snippet: Yet for all these new recruits rushing around excitedly, there were also the same old stalls offering vegan recipes for raspberry cake, T-shirts emblazoned with ‘Still Hate Thatcher’ and angry leaflets denouncing the monarchy.
article_snippet: ’ the grey-haired woman next to me turned out to be a Labour deserter.
article_snippet: And this is why the sudden Green surge is giving the grey-haired woman next to me previous party palpitations as the sudden Green surge is outflanked on the left.
article_snippet: There’s lots of money around,’ replied one party veteran, looking at me as though I was stupid.