Green Party on a green surge....

[wrsni]

From what I've seen/ read I wouldn't say the environmental aspects have been forgotten in the Green Party.... but the social aspects are entwined with environmental damage so part of the solution has to be to look at the whole picture.

 

I know the argument, water down the policies to make them more acceptable and then at least you get a degree of "green-ness" creeping in to power. The problem is that the Greens have been pursuing this theory for so long now that their policies are essentially meaningless as far as genuine protection of the environment is concerned.

 

Whatever way you cut it, a huge percentage of the population of the UK have no desire to sacrifice/change one iota of their modern lifestyle in the name of saving the planet.

[Two Acres]

Whatever way you cut it, a huge percentage of the population of the UK have no desire to sacrifice/change one iota of their modern lifestyle in the name of saving the planet.

 

Thats probably the best argument that I've heard for giving them a place on the televised debates

[wrsni]

I think the policies required to make a sustainable future possible on this planet would actually be pretty abhorrent to any of us.

 

Well you can speak for yourself but you certainly aren't speaking for me.

[stewmo]

Great. I'm actually quite up for all change. I live a pretty basic low impact lifestyle.

But I also recognise that there are a lot of things I like about this 'world' and indeed rely on, that I would find it hard for those to change.

[MattyF]

Well you can speak for yourself but you certainly aren't speaking for me.

 

 

So who's your party of choice as your so keen to shoot down others ?

I'd vote green we need a change massively and as far as I can see its looks like we are about to repeat Europe's last 80 years of history starting with the hate fuelled blame of the far right , I would rather vote for bez and his anti fracking party but he forgot to register his party though...

http://www.vice.com/read/bez-forgot-to-register-his-anti-fracking-party-so-now-no-one-can-vote-for-him-306?source=vice_iphone_app

Bez Forgot to Register His Anti-Fracking Party and Now No One Can Vote for Him

[wrsni]

Great. I'm actually quite up for all change. I live a pretty basic low impact lifestyle.

But I also recognise that there are a lot of things I like about this 'world' and indeed rely on, that I would find it hard for those to change.

 

Now you see, that's a really interesting post.

 

On one hand you would obviously like to live on a planet which had a sustainable future, on the other hand there's things about modern society which you wouldn't like to give up.

 

So there is a challenge there, and that challenge needs to be thrown directly in to the face of everyone living on this planet. Now if the Green Party were to do that instead of selling a vision of some sort of la-la land, then I'd take them considerably more seriously, in fact, I might even join them myself.

[wrsni]

So who's your party of choice as your so keen to shoot down others ?

 

Mate, if you could see the line up of eejits and what they stand for that I'll have on my voting paper you'd maybe appreciate the politicians you have over there a bit more.

 

That might be hard to believe but trust me!

[MattyF]

Ha ha fair enough!!

 

What was all that about yesterday then if at the start of this thread is true and that Cameron would not do a debate unless the greens were there but they are not considered a large enough party to be on the debate but ukip is.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

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Best not to pigeonhole.

 

Can't argue with that, but it certainly is fun!

[wrsni]

Camerons problem is that Farage will be a challenge mostly to him as their policys are most similar and UKIP will be mostly after Tory votes. He is of the opinion that the Greens will be a similarish pain in the arse to Labour as a lot of their socialist policies are in the same vein but without them there Milliband will have too easy a time of it while Farage gives him (Cameron) a bit of a kicking.

 

The problem is that it was some sort of independant panel who adjudged that Farage warranted inclusion while the Greens didn't so he's out on a bit on a limb with this one it seems.