Greens call for electoral pact with Labour and Lib Dems to defeat Tories

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Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley say cooperation could 'stop Tories from wrecking country for generations'

The co-leaders of the Green party have written to Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron to urge some form of pact in the upcoming general election, saying this was the only way to "stop the Tories from wrecking...

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