{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6835d2c9998551779f3b542d/6835d2dc998551779f3b7b04?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Caroline Lucas Edition","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6835d2c9998551779f3b542d/6d96360633e632c2f76387c9a5aafc58.jpg?height=200","description":"<div>Caroline Lucas was elected as the first ever MP for the Green Party and served as their leader three times.<br>\n<br>\nHaving completed a PhD in English, worked for Oxfam, and been involved in local Green Party politics, she went on to serve in the European Parliament for a decade. In 2010, she was elected to Parliament as the MP for Brighton Pavilion and, during her 14 years in Westminster, the Green Party went from 0.9% of the national vote to 6.4%. Although she stepped down, a record 4 Green Party MPs were elected at the 2024 election.<br>\n<br>\nOn the podcast - the 150th episode of <em>Women With Balls</em> - Caroline tells Katy Balls about growing up with different politics to her Conservative-voting parents, why her views on nuclear weapons haven’t changed, and whether the left can be patriotic. She also talks about being a peer of Nigel Farage in Brussels, what it’s like being the sole parliamentary party representative, and why she never considered joining the Labour Party. She argues that there is a political urgency for the left to discuss ‘Englishness’, as outlined in her bestselling book <em>Another England: How To Reclaim Our National Story</em>, which is available now in paperback. <br>\n<br>\nProduced by Patrick Gibbons.</div>","author_name":"The Spectator"}