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Smaller parties aim for outsize impact
George Galloway speaking to the media during a press conference on Parliament Square in central London, where he announced the selection of hundreds of Workers Party General Election candidates, as well as announcing the Workers Party's intention to contest every seat in Great Britain at the upcoming election, April 30, 2024
“At local level, it’s different."
SMALLER parties may make an outsize impact in the election, with the governing parties converging on many issues at home and abroad.
The Greens will be aiming for a powerful electoral presence, buoyed by their best-ever local election results this month and hoping to pick up the votes of Corbyn supporters alienated by Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour.
The party will stand candidates across the country but is targeting strongly just four, one of whom is Sian Berry, aiming to replace the party’s only MP Caroline Lucas, who is standing down as representative for Brighton Pavilion.
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