There is a popular notion within the Labour party that the Greens are really all just Labour voters. Somewhere along the line, each and every one of them lost their previously unshakeable faith in Labour, and opted for a more acceptable socialist alternative.
It is, of course, not true – and the idea does both parties a disservice. Yet both now seem to argue that Green supporters are simply a part of the broad Labour church who have had enough. These arguments ignore the fact that Labour and the Greens have their own distinct, separate ideological roots.
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