Leader Interviews - Adrian Ramsay of the Green Party | Election 2024

We talk to the Green Party's co-leader Adrian Ramsay.
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He's been a councillor in his native city of Norwich and has run two national environmental charities, and is standing in the new parliamentary seat of Waveney Valley which straddles the Norfolk and Suffolk border.
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  • @adrianaspalinky1986
    @adrianaspalinky1986Ай бұрын

    Vote Green 💚

  • @MostlyLoveOfMusic

    @MostlyLoveOfMusic

    Ай бұрын

    I'd rather Green was in charge of the country

  • @dingopisscreek

    @dingopisscreek

    Ай бұрын

    Yes, and there goes another wasted vote.

  • @sparklingwater1430

    @sparklingwater1430

    22 күн бұрын

    @@dingopisscreekyou don’t think that’s an issue? That in a democracy to only vote for two parties? If everyone actually voted for who they believed in it wouldn’t be an issue

  • @BenWillock
    @BenWillockАй бұрын

    I wasn't expecting much but this was a very positive interview for the Greens. Adrian was clear and concise and had a coherent answer for every question asked, even the "gotcha" ones.

  • @christopherd.winnan8701
    @christopherd.winnan8701Ай бұрын

    Very poor interview style. Belligerence just for the sake of it. Not necessary.

  • @DanKeatis

    @DanKeatis

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah, I’d expect better of Krishnan

  • @Nemo59646
    @Nemo59646Ай бұрын

    Guru-Murthy never interviewed Sunak and Starmer in such a manner.

  • @abraxis20

    @abraxis20

    Ай бұрын

    Of course not, because Sunak and Starmer are part of the same cosy neoliberal-consensus among the main parties and the media as Mr Guru-Murthy is!

  • @EmmaVB82

    @EmmaVB82

    Ай бұрын

    I’m not sure Sunak and Starmer have agreed to be interviewed by Channel 4 News in such a style as this, whether by KGM or otherwise! I will say as a non-affiliated (political or media or otherwise) viewer that Ch4 News has robustly questioned members of both those parties in interviews before (while not necessarily part of this election campaign), even though many of those times I would have liked them to push harder! I’m not sure the aggressive line taken here by KGM is necessarily what anyone needed though, including referring to policies and candidates as “crackpot” and “crazy” (two ableist slurs for a start, and I know both Ch4 and KGM are better than that!)

  • @BeccaWithers123
    @BeccaWithers123Ай бұрын

    Krishnan was very disappointing in this, so rude to the leader of the greens when he is never this rude to Labour or Tories

  • @timflatus

    @timflatus

    Ай бұрын

    Krishnan has a reputation for being rude to everyone. Adrian dealt with it well.

  • @henbane2247

    @henbane2247

    26 күн бұрын

    I preferred Krishnan Guru-Murthy when he was on Newsround

  • @foloeel
    @foloeelАй бұрын

    I'm impressed. Think I'll give them a vote.

  • @Nemo59646

    @Nemo59646

    Ай бұрын

    Please do. I'll be voting Green for the first time in 47 years.

  • @niketganguly7140
    @niketganguly7140Ай бұрын

    A straight forward, clear politician who stood on his principles and didn't evade questions ...

  • @001tgc
    @001tgcАй бұрын

    What we need is PR so that voters and our democracy can truly be represented in our parliament and government!

  • @daiu48

    @daiu48

    Ай бұрын

    Agreed! An 80 seat majority on only 43 % of the total vote has served up factional and divisive politics and a Cabinet failing to deal with the economic consequences of EU withdrawal and immigration, Covid and war in Europe. More people would vote for change if their vote really counted. PR of some sort is urgent, to break the cycle of safe seat, tactical voting and central office managed candidates.

  • @paulembleton1733

    @paulembleton1733

    Ай бұрын

    Yes. But party lists and/or complicated voting and/or MPs without a constituency? How about, If no candidate gets more than 50% then they decide amongst themselves, with each casting the number of votes they received.

  • @kerrynewnham8946
    @kerrynewnham8946Ай бұрын

    Honesty, sincerity, decency, hope, ambition.

  • @welshlizardgirl
    @welshlizardgirlАй бұрын

    The guy interviewing was so rude I'll definitely be voting green!

  • @MumboMod
    @MumboModАй бұрын

    Adrian nailed this, really well thought out answers

  • @bestrafung2754
    @bestrafung2754Ай бұрын

    Vote Green! 💚💚💚💚💚

  • @django3422
    @django3422Ай бұрын

    The only party that could get my vote.

  • @DanKeatis
    @DanKeatisАй бұрын

    I think this is the first time I’ve actually heard Adrian speak. I usually only see or hear from Zack Polanski (who I like). But yeah, good for him for taking control of the narrative and having the cojones to propose anything other than different flavours of neoliberalism.

  • @Tickingclock4

    @Tickingclock4

    Ай бұрын

    Given he is co-leader I’m surprised I don’t see him more often it’s mainly just Carla denyer

  • @ChrispyNut
    @ChrispyNutАй бұрын

    Dude really got flustered a few times there, but impressively held his nerve and got his words out. It's infuriating that the Overton window doesn't allow conversations that will truly benefit "ordinary" people, let alone tackle the climate crisis to any meaningful extent because that's just not profitable for the multi-nationals and threatens the status quo which got the powerful and influential into the positions they have. If we had a functioning democracy in this nation, Labour wouldn't be able to coast to an easy victory by saying they're going to do nothing substantive for anyone, thus we're not doing to see the electoral changes required without taking to the streets in the kind of ways that Brits just don't do, especially when they're not being properly informed as to why they need to 😢 It's such a sad state of affairs, I truly despair.

  • @user-tf4vt9jh1c
    @user-tf4vt9jh1cАй бұрын

    Guru-Murphy is So Condescending & dismissive. I like what there doing and wish I had a representative here in Worthing East 💚

  • @MostlyLoveOfMusic
    @MostlyLoveOfMusicАй бұрын

    I'd rather Green was in charge of the country

  • @AtheistEve
    @AtheistEveАй бұрын

    Yes. We’ll be voting Green Party this time round 💚

  • @zacksmith5963

    @zacksmith5963

    Ай бұрын

    I vote ccp .

  • @stephenwalker2924
    @stephenwalker2924Ай бұрын

    I like this guy.

  • @alext965
    @alext965Ай бұрын

    Great interview, I’ll be voting green and I really hope they can get the seats they need to make a difference!

  • @TheLukeLambert
    @TheLukeLambertАй бұрын

    Guru-Murphy clearly demonstrating his own bias in this interview. "Weird and wonderful" is used to brand parties as irrelevant and eccentric. Poor performance from interviewer and Adrian really held his own against this charlatan. Greens have never been bigger in the UK, Guru-Murphy needs to do better homework!

  • @TheresonlyoneEnsch
    @TheresonlyoneEnschАй бұрын

    Great interview Adrian - well done. The interviewer was quite tough on you but it made you really bring out policies to life and make than relevant to the current political situation. Great work …

  • @leonmitchell454
    @leonmitchell454Ай бұрын

    Glad the greens are getting more attention from the media, crazy how some small right wing parties with no where near the support of the greens get all the focus 💚

  • @bestrafung2754
    @bestrafung2754Ай бұрын

    I think that Adrian performed very well in this interview and I'm very happy that he's co-leader. I hope he becomes an MP but sadly the Tories will probably win where he's standing.

  • @kevinwilliams1768
    @kevinwilliams1768Ай бұрын

    very insightful interview

  • @johnradford6026
    @johnradford6026Ай бұрын

    We need a fair voting system, we need to make our country fairer. We need change for the better, not change back to the 'old normal'.

  • @Lenny2Lux
    @Lenny2LuxАй бұрын

    Wow, so only the Greens have crackpots in the party acouding to the interviewer 😆, has he ever seen what's in the other parties!

  • @craigfrancisjohnson
    @craigfrancisjohnsonАй бұрын

    Bring on PR so my vote for Green actually gets more Green MPs!

  • @maddyg2001
    @maddyg2001Ай бұрын

    I thought it was a very good interview and Adrian Ramsay did very well. Unlike other commenters I believe KGM did Adrian a huge favour by putting him through his paces. Respect to both.

  • @sarastarkey2365
    @sarastarkey2365Ай бұрын

    Amazing Greens. The three main guys are Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsey and Zack Polanski. ALL are vegan and as far as I am concerned, on the right side of history. ALL three are EXCELLENT speakers too. Carla was spokesperson on the the 2, 7-way political debates on TV. She did brilliant. Has been a vegan for many a year. Adrian Ramsey: 'As a vegan for 25 years and a member of Animal Aid since a teenager, I have a strong track record of campaigning on animal rights issues both within and outside the party.' Zack Polanski is Jewish - fighting for Palestinian rights - and been vegan for four years and was vegetarian for ten years before that. They CARE on every front 💚💚💚

  • @stephenwalker2924
    @stephenwalker2924Ай бұрын

    Why hasn't Channel 4 interviewed the Labour and Tory leaders in the same way as this extended, deeper-explored examination of potential future policies of the political parties?

  • @ChrispyNut

    @ChrispyNut

    Ай бұрын

    They don't need to agree to tough interviews to get coverage. Heck, they don't even need coverage, Labour's going to win, Tories are gonna get smashed, it's only a few [almost] meaningless percentage swings that'll occur from them. It's frightening there may be no "left of centre" party with a seat in England.

  • @craigburton4447

    @craigburton4447

    Ай бұрын

    Because they don't have anything

  • @ChrispyNut

    @ChrispyNut

    Ай бұрын

    @@craigburton4447 Hey now. They have: 🎶"Do whatever the rich man says, cos whatever the rich man says is gospel" 🎶 It's .... not exactly election winning, and that's why publicly they have nothing and therefore questions can only be about nothing, but they have something.

  • @EmmaVB82

    @EmmaVB82

    Ай бұрын

    And because they’re scared of being properly questioned and forced to defend their record and views! I definitely agree that we as an electorate need this type of interview for all the political parties during a general election campaign, and I think it speaks volume for the Green Party to have agreed to this and to have held their own! There are still two weeks left… I’d say that maybe this sort of feedback will shame the two main parties into submission, but I suspect one of them already knows they’re toast, and the other is too complacent and already too busy planning on how to decorate in Downing Street to want to subject themselves to that level of scrutiny… My postal vote for the Green Party is going in tomorrow either way 💚

  • @aaronseale9022
    @aaronseale9022Ай бұрын

    Impressive. Greens need PR like the others. This was super impressive

  • @craigburton4447
    @craigburton4447Ай бұрын

    GM nearly crying about the prospect of wealth (capital gains) being taxed AT THE SAME RATE as income. Embarrassing

  • @flannel2699
    @flannel2699Ай бұрын

    Not impressed with KGM here. We want to know what the Greens would do. They are clearly a rising force to be taken seriously. Show some respect and offer fair coverage please. Despite this Ramsey did remarkably well and better than starmer or sunak would have, for sure.

  • @robertengland-nl8tp
    @robertengland-nl8tpАй бұрын

    I will be voting green again nothings perfect but at least they are talking like adults on policys that matter don't know what the interviewers talking about and neither does he mind you it's not him talking its his earpiece saying what his paymasters tell him to

  • @kiki890
    @kiki890Ай бұрын

    Vote 💚

  • @Nemo59646
    @Nemo59646Ай бұрын

    Why is Guru-Murthy going on about the Greens being leftists? We need (PR) proportional representation. Labour keeping the two child benefit cap is abhorrent as is Labours stance on Palestinian. I'm voting Green in Stockton West.

  • @daiu48

    @daiu48

    Ай бұрын

    A 20 minute interview showing how Adrian Ramsay was well briefed, unlike KG-M who tried to resurrect the old ‘third party is a wasted vote criticism ‘ - usually directed at the Liberals. Trying to pigeonhole someone as too left didn’t work either . Credit to Channel 4 for opening the door to alternative candidates. Perhaps the next step is to include urgent discussion for electoral system change- given the disastrous prospects of a future government based on a glaringly worn out 2 party system.

  • @annaharvey8739
    @annaharvey8739Ай бұрын

    Krishnan takes an undermining stance, disappointing. Adrian Ramsey spoke well I thought.

  • @harryroadman1089
    @harryroadman1089Ай бұрын

    Wow this guy speaks facts

  • @jeremypowell8589
    @jeremypowell8589Ай бұрын

    Adrian comes across very well, despite the best efforts of the interviewer

  • @johnh1252
    @johnh1252Ай бұрын

    The average person doesnt seem to support making meaningful changes on the environment. Until it is too late that is 🙃

  • @ChrispyNut

    @ChrispyNut

    Ай бұрын

    Technically, it is too late. To have a chance at keeping most of our infrastructure where it is, for what it's there for, we need to be extracting carbon/methane/water vapour from the atmosphere at a substantial rate, using "clean" energy that we're just not going to have. For the head scratchers ... there's a significant delay between cause and effect with the climate, the gasses we're pumping out now won't be reflected in the temperature change for several years.

  • @gamewithadam7235
    @gamewithadam723528 күн бұрын

    Remember when people used to deny climate change and acted like dumping chemicals into the water and air is normal.

  • @gamewithadam7235
    @gamewithadam723528 күн бұрын

    If someone worked hard to build up a business of £10million, then paying £100k is nothing to them. They will still keep many many millions.

  • @Lenny2Lux
    @Lenny2LuxАй бұрын

    It's nice to one of the other parties getting some air-time. I don't think I'm alone in thinke the other two aren't even woth listening to because they never really do what that say they will.

  • @Dolute
    @DoluteАй бұрын

    Everyone vote Green see what we can do

  • @willsoul007
    @willsoul007Ай бұрын

    So good 👌

  • @adampowell5376
    @adampowell5376Ай бұрын

    I voted Green for the first time again.

  • @GerardVaughan-qe7ml
    @GerardVaughan-qe7mlАй бұрын

    I thank God and my Late aged mother that I was able to leave Britain (W. Wales) for Bulgaria, back in 2006. As "we" sink into the mire they want a (Nuclear) war with Russia. Lunatics have indeed taken over.

  • @TheDreadfulCurtain
    @TheDreadfulCurtainАй бұрын

    Like music to my ears ! the only party offering real change. Tackling inequality, rent control, nhs dentist, saving the planet, taxing the billionaires. Positive changes to help people in need. What is there not to like it works very well in all the Scandinavian countries that have good public services. Voting Green is common sense. 😊

  • @GrandpaVince
    @GrandpaVinceАй бұрын

    Well said Adrian and vince is sure your younger brother Gordon ramsay is making a beef Wellington in your honour

  • @murderfisherman

    @murderfisherman

    Ай бұрын

    actual diagnosed schizophrenia

  • @TheDreadfulCurtain
    @TheDreadfulCurtainАй бұрын

    Defo voting Green

  • @ShieldToad-mk2rp
    @ShieldToad-mk2rpАй бұрын

    12:30, I can attest to this aswell there are a lot of developments in the area the developments are mostly semidetached houses. Meanwhile there are 3 bedroom homes being rented out to young people as 5 bedroom homes. We need a lot more apartments. I also find it interesting that he's brought up east anglia again, as he also did with itv. I guess he probably lives there.

  • @thomasmanning477

    @thomasmanning477

    24 күн бұрын

    The only houses being built in my village are 5+ bedroom mansions that go up for sale for over a million pound.. This isn't helping anyone get on the housing ladder. I agree with the greens sentiment that the type of house is more important than the amount.

  • @zoso2526
    @zoso252620 күн бұрын

    Interviewer was working against him the whole time. Obviously biased or afraid of this guy getting popular.

  • @utopiiasounds
    @utopiiasoundsАй бұрын

    Wow, I normally like Guru-Murphy but my gosh he's so much more of an aggressive interviewer than he would be with Tory & Labour. He is so rude. Vote Green because this is exactly what we need in the future

  • @coprolites9820
    @coprolites982021 күн бұрын

    I guess the interviewer tie should have been blue , tories out get rid of them

  • @sparklingwater1430
    @sparklingwater143022 күн бұрын

    Green forever

  • @philipcapehart7072
    @philipcapehart707213 күн бұрын

    I'm all for supporting greens and Jill Stein for president in 2024 the Green party candidate Jill Stein

  • @ftftyffghfvghfcht6701
    @ftftyffghfvghfcht6701Ай бұрын

    interesting that him and the 2 leaders are very eloquent. able to form cogent sentences incomparably better than starmer. odd, unfunded policies though

  • @livvielov
    @livvielovАй бұрын

    No need to ask questions and then speak over him wth

  • @TamOndrews
    @TamOndrews23 күн бұрын

    Bit rude Krishnan :/

  • @philipcapehart7072
    @philipcapehart707213 күн бұрын

    Jill Stein run for president as A green party candidates in the United States.

  • @johnh1252
    @johnh1252Ай бұрын

    They need to be pragmatic on subjects outside of environmental issues.

  • @DavidHeath-nu7ff
    @DavidHeath-nu7ff24 күн бұрын

    Such an annoying interviewer. Zero respect for the leader of the Greens.

  • @jamescooke6032
    @jamescooke6032Ай бұрын

    Co leader... That says a lot.

  • @alice1374

    @alice1374

    Ай бұрын

    Both Carla and Adrian are Co-Leaders.

  • @sluglife9785

    @sluglife9785

    Ай бұрын

    What does it say?

  • @PsilentMusicUK

    @PsilentMusicUK

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@sluglife9785 It says there are two leaders instead of one. It's possible James failed his GCSE Maths, so to him it may be very telling.

  • @LWQ15881

    @LWQ15881

    Ай бұрын

    @@PsilentMusicUK😂

  • @Rattlerbrand
    @Rattlerbrand6 күн бұрын

    now your in power I saw your speech VERY ANTI DEMOCRATIC ,SHAME ON YOU

  • @davidbrewer7937
    @davidbrewer793725 күн бұрын

    So if i understand him correctly, he implies that a business owner who financed a business tfat employs people, with millions & risks massive costs to run that business, supports & pays those employees when business is good as well as slow, takes risk, navigates the minefield of government rules & licenses shoukd not earn more than the person whose effort for tg Hat firm ends at 4pm every day... why woukd anyone build a company under these conditions?

  • @CauliflowerHair
    @CauliflowerHairАй бұрын

    I myself am a Green Party member, do I do find it a bit unsettling that Adrian Ramsay refused to acknowledge the Green Party as left-wing? I do think we could find someone better to lead.

  • @AtheistEve

    @AtheistEve

    Ай бұрын

    This isn’t about left right though. This is about prosocial and pro-environment choices being on the ballot with the Green Party.

  • @CauliflowerHair
    @CauliflowerHairАй бұрын

    I myself am a Green Party Member but I do find it a bit unsettling that Adrian Ramsey refused to acknowledge the Green Party as left-wing? We could definitely do better than him as a leader I would think!

  • @sparklingwater1430

    @sparklingwater1430

    22 күн бұрын

    Ridiculous, he is a good strong mp and your problem is that he won’t say a useless statement that doesn’t do anything but alienate potential voters

  • @blacklisted4885
    @blacklisted4885Ай бұрын

    Channel4 supporting the Greens with the over-representation theyre getting

  • @sparklingwater1430

    @sparklingwater1430

    22 күн бұрын

    I’ve seen multiple videos on all parties, but you don’t believe in fair representation

  • @doctorsticky
    @doctorstickyАй бұрын

    Wow, he repeatedly uses the boris slur 'our nhs' like he thinks he owns us just because we work for the health service. Offensive entitled fella, you ain't getting our vote by insulting 2.2 million of us again and again and again in a matter of minutes.

  • @Hiya-f8h

    @Hiya-f8h

    Ай бұрын

    Huge difference between someone who supports private sector involvement and someone who genuinely believes in an NHS run for the many

  • @ChrispyNut

    @ChrispyNut

    Ай бұрын

    It's a public service, it's therefore our NHS, just as they're our police, firefighters, civil servants etc etc. Or maybe you're just a troll.

  • @nicholasc.5944

    @nicholasc.5944

    Ай бұрын

    What you on about

  • @doctorsticky

    @doctorsticky

    Ай бұрын

    I'm not a troll, I'm an NHS worker. And I don't belong to you!

  • @ChrispyNut

    @ChrispyNut

    Ай бұрын

    @@doctorsticky No, but the service, the system, the purpose, DOES, no employer owns a person, at least, not explicitly, legally speaking, supposedly.

  • @JoshuaRitchie-sb9fx
    @JoshuaRitchie-sb9fxАй бұрын

    Vote Green 💚

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