Harriet Lamb on the Greens’ rise and reviving hope in the UK

About this interview

Harriet Lamb, CEO of the Green Party of England and Wales, on the party’s rapid growth, its political strategy, and how it plans to challenge both the established parties and Reform UK. Lamb explains how the Greens are scaling fundraising, membership, candidate recruitment and campaign infrastructure, and argues that disillusion with the two-party system has opened real space for an alternative. We talk about the rise of Reform and the right-populist wave, and why she thinks the Greens have to offer a hopeful answer to voters who feel abandoned. Drawing on her years leading the Fairtrade movement, Lamb makes the case for living alternatives, proving in practice that fairer economic models work, and we discuss wealth inequality, CEO pay, and how a grassroots party balances small donations with the demands of a national movement.