Greens Park The Bus On Their Opposition to NATO
At their Spring conference members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted to no longer oppose the UK being a member of NATO.
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At their Spring conference members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted to no longer oppose the UK being a member of NATO.
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