The Green Party is launching a national campaign in Bristol

The Green Party came to Bristol to launch their general election campaign.

The party’s joint leader Carla Denyer said the Greens believe they can win four seats at the next election.

One of the target seats is Bristol Central, where Denyer is a candidate.

The Green Party won 74 councilors in the local elections, meaning it now holds 812 seats in over 170 councils. They are currently the largest council in Bristol.

Denyer said: “We know from the experience of our elected Greens at all levels of government, including our fantastic London Assembly members and now more than 800 Green Party councilors in England and Wales, that even just one or two or a handful of Greens in the room can make all the difference. The Greens can ask questions that no one else does, make proposals that no one else does.

“We have seen the huge impact that just one Green MP in the fantastic Caroline Lucas has had at Westminster. Imagine the impact we could have with four MPs. To pick up the baton from her, keep up the fantastic work.”

The Green launch was held at St George’s, a concert hall converted from a Georgian church close to the party’s offices in Bristol.

Denyer added: “People are disappointed with the way Starmer has backtracked on his green investment promises, his weak housing offer and now we have Wes Streeting telling us more NHS privatization is a good thing.

“When the challenges we face are so great, people tell us they are disappointed by the Labor Party’s lack of ambition. Our policy is broken. Our public services are on their knees and people are worse off now than when the Tories came to power 14 years ago. The case for change is obvious, but it must be real change that offers real hope. Half measures and broken commitments will not work.

“The Tories are clearly on their way out of government, but Labor is failing to deliver the real change that is needed. We have practical solutions to the cost of living crisis by building new affordable homes, protecting our NHS from creeping privatization and cleaning up our toxic rivers and seas.

“That is why it is so important that when Labor forms the next government, they are pushed beyond the smallest change they offer. They are being pushed to be more ambitious, more courageous, not to skirt around the massive crisis facing our country, but to actually make a real difference that benefits people’s lives every day.”