Why I am stepping down as an MP 🖋️ By CarolineLucas
I’ve seen five Prime Ministers, four general elections, three major referendums, two Tory leadership coups, and a global pandemic
It was the honour and privilege of my life to be elected to Parliament by the people of Brighton Pavilion back in 2010 – having the opportunity both to champion this truly special city, and to make history together with the election of the UK’s first ever Green MP.– a politics of hope above the politics of fear. I’m deeply grateful to them for taking that leap of faith in me – and to see my majority increase at each of the subsequent three General Elections.
But balancing the intensity of these constituency commitments with the other elements of my job hasn’t always been easy. In Parliament I speak not only on behalf of my constituents but also, as my party’s sole MP, on behalf of every Green voter in the country – and on every frontbench portfolio. And the truth is, I want to spend more time on the existential challenges our country faces – most urgently the climate and nature emergencies, which drive me.
A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since 2010. I’ve seen five Prime Ministers, four general elections, three major referendums, two Tory leadership coups, and a global pandemic. But strangely enough, the political atmosphere in the run-up to my election 13 years ago was not so dissimilar to today’s. The country was in recession, just as we now teeter on the brink of another one.
But our climate is in no such cycle – it’s heading in one increasingly dangerous direction. Last summer, the UK experienced its first ever red warning for
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