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Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/20/uk-should-consider-expelling-us-forces-from-british-bases-says-zack-polanski


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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

The UK should consider expelling the US from British military bases, the leader of the Green party has said, as he advocated leaving NATO [...]

Is the UK actually seeking to leave NATO? From everything I've seen this seems like it would be a deeply unpopular move even with support for distancing the UK from the US. Am I missing something?

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Polanski is just the leader of the Green party, he's not even an MP. The leave NATO thing isn't even Green party policy, it's to reform it from within, he just started talking about leaving it during the leadership election and has defended it since.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah okay, that makes sense. Thank you! What a weird point to grab onto then when the "reform NATO" one already works so well with distancing from the US and doesn't further UK isolationism.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 4 points 14 hours ago

TBF, Polanski isn't an isolationist. He says we should build an alternative alliance with our European allies, though why just making NATO less America-led or even America-less isn't something he's explained to my knowledge. I suppose saying 'leave NATO' is more attention grabby than the more nuanced 'we need to become less dependent on America and instead rely on our European partners'.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

NATO should invade California. They would be viewed as liberators.