Byford said because the BNP had garnered a million votes in the European Parliament elections, about the same support as the environmental Green Party, its leader was invited on the broadcaster's premiere political program, Question Time.

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This state of affairs is what enabled the Green Movement - an environmental political party with no direct interest in Galant's homestead on Moshav Amikam - to petition the Supreme Court demanding that his appointment be cancelled due to his apparent misappropriation of state land.

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Evidently he thinks he can bring down the Gillard government and its Green party allies with unceasing political pressure.

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Since her surprising success in 2010 as the Brazilian Green Party's presidential candidate, Marina Silva has watched her political influence grow, even though she left the party a year later.

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