The Green Party

[Rascal]

I AM A GREEN PARTY MEMBER

I AM FREE FROM THE USELESS STARMER PARTY.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

I AM A GREEN PARTY MEMBER

I AM FREE FROM THE USELESS STARMER PARTY.

I'm considering taking off the shackles and joining you but there is a nagging feeling that I should stay a Labour member to vote to get rid if Starmer when the chance comes.

Whatever, the left and centre left parties need to get their heads together to keep far right Farage out.

 

[johnny crossan]

I AM A GREEN PARTY MEMBER

I AM FREE FROM THE USELESS STARMER PARTY.

Is it possible you've been hypnotised?

 

[bluethrunthru]

Malone being a dick again - if the BBC came under fire for Lineker if LBC sacked Sangita Myska how does Vine keep his job on Radio2 unchallenged?

 

[Don Karleone]

 

[Bluesince1979]

I very much see greens taking the left side of politics. In the same way reform are taking the right

Like them or not, polanski and farage have a different way of talking to the electorate , not the usual weird way politicians talk

 

[law74]

Why are so many people on this forum far left?

I’m not saying you’re wrong or any party is better, just genuinely wondering why. For me, many of the Green and Labour policies are terrible for us to the point where I’d have to leave the country if I’m taxed any higher. Nobody needs a £40k a year tax bill across two countries.

These parties keep pushing for ‘tax the rich’, but compared to what multinationals should be paying in tax my contribution is minimal. How about Labour et al focus on billionaires and huge businesses instead of taxing ordinary people so much?

I’m no fan of Reform either I hasten to add!

Study the history of Manchester and you will understand why the forum has quite a few members on the left.

 

[Nickyweaver01]

Thinking about joining

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I've always either voted Labour or spoiled my paper (usually with someone like Zabba being written all over it) in the past but I'm seriously thinking of going Green.

 

[TinFoilHat]

The new leader is clawing back airtime from Farage and is starting to get his message across.

His deputy was ambushed on Talkshite a few days ago but I wouldn't expect anything else from them.

Polanski is speaking the language voters understand. He's not labeling issues in political speak. Comes across as saying we know you're being fucked over by big bills, poorly run public services being ran for corporate profit. Vote for my party and we'll change that. That message is now drip feeding through.

It won't be long before the media start branding him something to put people off because he's becoming an irritation to the political narrative being pushed on us.

 

[Don Karleone]

The Green surge doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon.

 

[TinFoilHat]

The Green surge doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon.

The more centrist and right wing journo's attack them on their radio shows and podcasts they are highlighting there maybe another party that isn't reform looking out for non political person.

 

[Don Karleone]

The more centrist and right wing journo's attack them on their radio shows and podcasts they are highlighting there maybe another party that isn't reform looking out for non political person.

Here's hoping.

 

[.db.]

Why are so many people on this forum far left?

I’m not saying you’re wrong or any party is better, just genuinely wondering why. For me, many of the Green and Labour policies are terrible for us to the point where I’d have to leave the country if I’m taxed any higher. Nobody needs a £40k a year tax bill across two countries.

These parties keep pushing for ‘tax the rich’, but compared to what multinationals should be paying in tax my contribution is minimal. How about Labour et al focus on billionaires and huge businesses instead of taxing ordinary people so much?

I’m no fan of Reform either I hasten to add!

In this part of the forum, those with left leanings flood threads with constant streams of their social media timelines or argue against anything that isn’t to their way of thinking. This then gives the impression that it’s left leaning as it drowns out and shouts down any other form of political thinking, or it just bores many with other political leanings to death to the point they stop posting on this part of the forum.

In reality the vast majority of society (and it will be the same on this forum) are neither left nor right wing, are centrists or moderates, are pan-political or even apolitical.

More people don’t vote than do vote for any ideology of politics. No party got more votes in the 2024 GE than the 40% of the voting-age population who abstained from voting. 68% of voting-age Mancunians abstained from voting the last Manchester Mayoral election, and 72% of voting-age Mancunians abstained from voting in the last Manchester Council elections.

This forum will be very similar. More people won’t be left wing nor right wing than are either.

 

[hilts]

In this part of the forum, those with left leanings flood threads with constant streams of their social media timelines or argue against anything that isn’t to their way of thinking. This then gives the impression that it’s left leaning as it drowns out and shouts down any other form of political thinking, or it just bores many with other political leanings to death to the point they stop posting on this part of the forum.

In reality the vast majority of society (and it will be the same on this forum) are neither left nor right wing, are centrists or moderates, are pan-political or even apolitical.

More people don’t vote than do vote for any ideology of politics. No party got more votes in the 2024 GE than the 40% of the voting-age population who abstained from voting. 68% of voting-age Mancunians abstained from voting the last Manchester Mayoral election, and 72% of voting-age Mancunians abstained from voting in the last Manchester Council elections.

This forum will be very similar. More people won’t be left wing nor right wing than are either.

There really isn't such a thing as being apolitical, also who defines what a centrist is ?

 

[hcblue95]

There really isn't such a thing as being apolitical, also who defines what a centrist is ?

Centrists can never be wrong and always have the moral high ground. That would be my definition based on a few on here.

 

[hilts]

Centrists can never be wrong and always have the moral high ground. That would be my definition based on a few on here.

A lot quickly lost the moral high ground pretty darn quickly after the general election.

 

[.db.]

There really isn't such a thing as being apolitical, also who defines what a centrist is ?

Loads of people have never voted and never will, hold no political views, find politics boring and unimportant, never bother to learn what different political parties ideas and ideals are, take themselves out of conversations or change the subject if anyone brings up politics, never watch the news or current affairs programmes, don’t follow or look for anything political online…

Thinking back to an ex-girlfriend of mine’s knowledge of politicians, from the current crop we have now, if she was the only person in a room with Rachel Reeves and Kemi Badenoch she wouldn’t be able to tell you which one was which nor which one was part of which party any more than I could point out anyone from two rival hockey teams in the English Hockey League. She wasn’t unintelligent either. Quite high up in her organisation.

Within my group of mates, if anyone ever brings up politics in the pub they get told to ‘fucking shut up you boring bastard!’, as there is the odd new-lefty or Tommy Robinson fanboy in there.

I’d say that all falls within being apolitical. And I’d bet as many people are like this in this country than voted for parties like the Greens or Reform at the last GE.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Loads of people have never voted and never will, hold no political views, find politics boring and unimportant, never bother to learn what different political parties ideas and ideals are, take themselves out of conversations or change the subject if anyone brings up politics, never watch the news or current affairs programmes, don’t follow or look for anything political online…

Thinking back to an ex-girlfriend of mine’s knowledge of politicians, from the current crop we have now, if she was the only person in a room with Rachel Reeves and Kemi Badenoch she wouldn’t be able to tell you which one was which nor which one was part of which party any more than I could point out anyone from two rival hockey teams in the English Hockey League. She wasn’t unintelligent either. Quite high up in her organisation.

Within my group of mates, if anyone ever brings up politics in the pub they get told to ‘fucking shut up you boring bastard!’, as there is the odd new-lefty or Tommy Robinson fanboy in there.

I’d say that all falls within being apolitical. And I’d bet as many people are like this in this country than voted for parties like the Greens or Reform at the last GE.

That sounds about right tbh, have to say for a long time I didn’t hold much interest in politics either. As things have got worse I’ve started taking more interest, mostly because the socialists we have in now are personally very bad for me.

Generally though it’s like after City lose, the post match thread is full. If people are satisfied they usually say less. Politics seems similar, with both far left and far right making the most noise about stuff. Empty vessels make the most sound, perhaps.

 

[Main Stand Hotdog]

That sounds about right tbh, have to say for a long time I didn’t hold much interest in politics either. As things have got worse I’ve started taking more interest, mostly because the socialists we have in now are personally very bad for me.

The current Labour government? You believe they're Socialist?