Policy U-turns that the left interprets as surrender to a Blairite revanche are construed by the leader’s allies as rational choices by a man who wants to win an election, has looked at the evidence of how it can be done and will be ruthless in taking down obstacles in his path.
I don’t that’s true at all, I think that of the Tories and Labour because they clearly only have their own interest and those of the wealthier members of society in mind. The Greens on the other hand, I believe them because they are genuine, and have different goals, and don’t want a continuation of our broken, damaging system.
Look at the actual record of The Greens and you’ll see that’s not the case at all. They are just the NIMBY party. They oppose green development to win votes. They’re a single-issue party that opposes every effort to actually address their single issue. They could not be more useless.
Perhaps these things were true in the past but not in recent years. They’re the only socially progressive party we have.
I am talking about recent years. There’s a reason they pick up so many Tory and Lib Dem switchers, especially in local elections. It’s because they don’t threaten the status quo at all.
Was with you there until the Greens, while I also think they’re probably better than Labour and Conversistive atm they have much the same structural problems as any party. And more power and influence will likely exacerbate them imo. I think we have to somehow look beyond Westminister, and electoralism if we want to make a positive change in the country.