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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Damien Gayle

MYSTERIOUS: Young climate activists aim to sway six labour candidate selections - What They Never Told You

Demonstrators holding banners against the Rosebank project, as well as signs reading
Green New Deal Rising activists demonstrating on the first day of the Labour conference in Liverpool in October. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Young climate activists are discreetly trying to influence Labour’s candidate selection process in six constituencies before the general election, in an effort to form a climate caucus that can sway the next parliament.

Outlining its electoral strategy at a press event on Monday night, Green New Deal Rising (GNDR), a youth climate campaign, said it intended to mobilise thousands of young activists to promote eight general election candidates in marginal seats.

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