五名布伦特工党议员因斯塔默的领导和政策转变而倒戈加入绿党。 Five Brent Labour councillors defect to Greens over Starmer’s leadership and policy shifts.

包括一名前内阁成员和首席党鞭在内的五名工党议员已转投绿党，理由是对基尔·斯塔默总理的领导以及工党背离进步价值观感到失望。 Five Labour councillors in Brent, including a former cabinet member and chief whip, have defected to the Green Party, citing disillusionment with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership and Labour’s shift away from progressive values. 他们批评紧缩政策、住房政策、移民政策和向以色列出口武器政策,而与格林斯关注气候行动、公共所有权和社会正义相一致。 They criticized policies on austerity, housing, migration, and arms exports to Israel, aligning instead with the Greens’ focus on climate action, public ownership, and social justice. 这一举动被称为Zack Polanski成为绿色领袖以来最大的此类转变,反映了劳工局内部日益增长的不满情绪,并标志着在5月地方选举前进行更广泛的政治调整。 The move, described as the largest such shift since Zack Polanski became Green leader, reflects growing dissatisfaction within Labour and signals a broader political realignment ahead of the May local elections. 绿党表示, 党员人数激增至180,000人, The Green Party says membership has surged to 180,000, and the defections strengthen its challenge to Labour in London.