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Will 2021 see a resurgence for the Greens?
With elections looming next year and the Labour Party lurching to the right, can the Green Party seize the moment and turn its electoral ambitions into reality, asks CHRIS JARVIS
Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley, joint leaders of the Green Party of England and Wales

THE global coronavirus pandemic has thrown out politics as usual. 

Governments across the world have crafted responses ranging from bumbling incompetence to opportunistic and ideologically driven attempts to further privatise public health systems. 

The consequent needless and preventable loss of life has dominated column inches and broadcast hours.

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