by Jill Foster, Telegraph
It was a party united by a single mission – to save the planet. But now the gender identity debate has left it divided and in chaos
With one in five Britons now saying they would consider voting for the Green Party at a future election, there is no doubt of its popularity with the public.
Over the last forty years, it has moved from a fringe environmental movement to the political mainstream, widening its focus from the state of the environment to issues including the UK’s relationship with Europe and the voting age as it has done so.
But during the last decade, one particular issue appears to have taken precedence within the party – trans rights. And in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that transgender women are not legally women, it appears to be tearing the movement apart.
While Carla Denyer has affirmed her belief that trans women are women, calling for their rights to be “enshrined and strengthened through the law” and the withdrawal of guidance on single-sex spaces issued following the court’s judgement, her fellow co-leader Adrian Ramsay has faced calls to resign after repeatedly refusing to do the same.