"In a statement, Driscoll said he had joined the Greens because I see an organisation that's serious about running our country in the long-term interests of all our people. He said: Britain's a mess. British politics is a mess and it's not the fault of immigrants. Food prices, energy prices, housing prices are all too high. Our economy isn't working for workers, it isn't working for small businesses. It doesn't have to be like this."
"Driscoll, a former Newcastle councillor, served as mayor from 2019 to 2024, left Labour in 2023 after the party blocked him from running again. He stood as an independent, coming second to Labour's Kim McGuiness. Driscoll was later involved in efforts to set up a new leftwing party in association with former Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, which eventually became Your Party. He ended his involvement in the project after it became mired in disputes and in-fighting."
Jamie Driscoll has joined the Green Party in Newcastle after previously leaving Labour and standing as an independent mayoral candidate. Driscoll served as North of Tyne metro mayor from 2019 to 2024 and left Labour in 2023 after being blocked from running again. He was involved in efforts to form a new leftwing party that became Your Party but left when internal disputes emerged. Driscoll criticised Britain’s economic pressures on workers and small businesses and framed his move as aligning with a party serious about long-term national stewardship. The Greens are experiencing membership and polling gains under new leadership ahead of local elections.
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