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Thank you to the many members who submitted questions. Sorry we didn’t have time for all of them, but after their opening statements Zack Polanski and Adrian Ramsay answered questions on the following topics (in this order, with timings in case you want to home in on particular ones):
- How to break through on media visibility (10:00)
- How to ensure that our complaints and disciplinary policies and procedures are applied fairly (15:00)
- Implications of the new Corbyn/Sultana party for the Green Party (21:00)
- Anti-racism policy and how to make the Green Party more inviting for Global Majority members (26:00)
- How to protect the party from the risk of hostile internal takeover, while preserving democratic accountability (30:45)
- How to broaden support for the Greens in traditional working class communities (36:15)
- How we can get more (northern) MPs elected and scale up our pool of volunteers (40:55)
- How we can support disabled people, not just in terms of benefits but access to things like transport and housing (46:10)
- One-state vs two-state solutions to the Israel-Palestine conflict (51:15)
- Candidates’ top 5 Green Party policies and ideas on promoting these in a general election (56:00)
- Practical, tangible actions to fight for and protect transgender rights (1:01:10)
- Candidates’ experience of working with Trade Unions (1:06:40)
- Pros and cons of having two co-leaders vs. one leader (1:12:20)
- Closing statements from Zack then Adrian (1:17:30)