Wales leader Anthony Slaughter told the Green Party Autumn conference in Manchester that “the old two-party system is finished.”
He said:
“Voters are tired of stale ‘business as usual’ politics, tired of endless austerity and ever-increasing inequality, tired of the lack of meaningful action to tackle the climate and nature crises. They know that it doesn’t have to be like this. They know a better future is possible.”
Slaughter predicted that the party would build on a record-breaking General Election result, that saw four Green MPs elected to the Westminster Parliament, and voting gains across Wales.
The General Election result “puts us in touching distance of electoral success in the 2026 Senedd Cymru election under the new voting system.
“For the first time, we stood a full slate of candidates across Wales giving every voter the opportunity to vote Green.
“This resulted in our highest ever vote share with strong results and advances across the country, particularly in Cardiff, where in my constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth we achieved a historic breakthrough, coming second with 14.7% of the vote.
“While we are confident that this success is achievable, we are in no way complacent. The General Election results showed the level of commitment required to achieve electoral success at a national level and we have a very full and intense twenty months of campaigning ahead of us.
“All too often communities across Wales are offered warm words but no meaningful action.
“Steel has a crucial role to play in the infrastructure needed for the Green Transition and Wales Green Party believes that the industry should be in public ownership enabling Wales to lead the way in the new Green Industrial Revolution.
“With Labour governments at both ends of the M4, we were promised things would be different. Yet we see another government, with the support of Welsh Labour MPs, intent on continuing the Westminster power grab and resisting devolution.
“This is why Wales Green Party will continue to campaign alongside other progressive organisations for an independent Wales. The future of Wales should be in the control of the people of Wales.”
