Green Party Engages Ravers in Leeds Ahead of Local Elections

‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the ravers

In run-up to May local elections, the Green party is reaching people who may not normally attend a political speech It was a Sunday evening at one of Leeds’ biggest nightclubs, hot and humid, like walking into a jungle. Dancers pulsated shoulder to shoulder along with the music, riding the optimism of a good night out to come. But the 2,000-plus crowd gathered at Beaver Works were not only there to enjoy house music and abandon themselves to whatever the evening held, they were there to suppo...

By Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent