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If you knew the Greens would win in your seat you'd vote for them

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SlothOnARope · 19/06/2024 11:07

In other words, people don't vote Green mainly because they think they have no chance.

Their manifesto on Education seems to correspond with a lot of views on mumsnet, aibu?

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RedYellowPinkGreenPurpleOrangeBlue · 19/06/2024 11:36

PeonySeasons · 19/06/2024 11:35

Absolutely no chance.

Forcing women to go through vaginal birth by denying them a cesarean section is a weird platform for any party.

See also: men are not women and gaslighting us doesn't make it true.

And fantasy promises like 70% of all UK electricity to come from wind power by 2030 are just horseshit. Why lie?

All of this. ^ They are deluded.

PeonySeasons · 19/06/2024 11:35

Absolutely no chance.

Forcing women to go through vaginal birth by denying them a cesarean section is a weird platform for any party.

See also: men are not women and gaslighting us doesn't make it true.

And fantasy promises like 70% of all UK electricity to come from wind power by 2030 are just horseshit. Why lie?

stressedespresso · 19/06/2024 11:34

No. Their policies are absolutely ridiculous and any interviews that the leader/deputy has done in the last views weeks have been quite frankly embarrassing to watch. The entire party seems like an absolute shambles. Amateur and infantile politics

GatherlyGal · 19/06/2024 11:34

boombang · 19/06/2024 11:31

many greens are highly gender critical - more so than other parties

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Maybe @boombang but they don't get treated very well by the party. Many have been booted out for their views.

Misthios · 19/06/2024 11:34

No, because they have shared power with the SNP in Scotland and proved themselves to be absolute loonies.

boombang · 19/06/2024 11:34

A vote for the Greens shows that you support protecting the environment, higher taxes on the rich and more investment in health and educacation.

I think voting for them to show you support these things is a positive move, even if they are not going to get in in your constituency. It shows whoever does get in what they have to consider to get your support

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 19/06/2024 11:33

Not a chance.

I live in Scotland and the Greens here are wired to the fecking moon.

I have had to experience them in government. They are loons and dangerous.

CocoapuffPuff · 19/06/2024 11:32

Sadly, they're no longer about saving the planet. They're about saving fragile male egos from women who say "no, you're not a woman". Canny be doing with that.

RedYellowPinkGreenPurpleOrangeBlue · 19/06/2024 11:32

Not in a million month of Sundays would I vote for the MEN, and the NON-MEN! Fuck that! I'd vote for REFORM first.

RufustheFactualReindeer · 19/06/2024 11:32

Oh yes, forgot the c section bit

Chocolateismylovelife · 19/06/2024 11:32

If I believed in them yes I would vote for them.

I do not believe in tactical voting.

AtrociousCircumstance · 19/06/2024 11:32

Greens are misogynists. Rampantly woman hating. They care more about centring men’s rights than the environment. So no.

(I used to vote Green).

boombang · 19/06/2024 11:31

TheCultureHusks · 19/06/2024 11:08

I don’t vote for women hating wankers, so no.

many greens are highly gender critical - more so than other parties

Demonhunter · 19/06/2024 11:31

As for women hating wankers, had labour doing the rounds at my door last week. Very vague about how they will improve NHS and education but icing on the cake, I asked about the concerns of women with regards to womens rights and was told "oh you mean that trans issue" I said I mean it from the perspective of protecting women and I was told its a "non issue" and "only an issue if you want it to be" gave him some examples including rape centres, hospital wards, prisons - and his answer was "look I have a unisex toilet at home..." I told him the conversation was clearly over then and he looked around and the candidate did an eyeroll at him.

When it comes to this issue, they're all dick pandering.

stargirl1701 · 19/06/2024 11:30

No. Have you met the Scottish Greens? They were in Govt here in Scotland. It did not go well.

IsadoraQuagmire · 19/06/2024 11:30

Haha no.

Flyonthewall01 · 19/06/2024 11:29

No, their views on birth interventions is enough of a reason. Politicians shouldn’t be meddling with healthcare especially when women have such poor options as it is across the board.

RufustheFactualReindeer · 19/06/2024 11:29

they want pharmacy-style places to dispense recreational cocaine and speed which will be sourced by the government and produced by sustainable coca farmers. Or something

wait what?

MiddleAgedDread · 19/06/2024 11:29

TheCultureHusks · 19/06/2024 11:08

I don’t vote for women hating wankers, so no.

This and their allegiance with the SNP means i'll never vote for them again

RufustheFactualReindeer · 19/06/2024 11:29

I voted for them last time

cos dd wanted me to…Im easily led

GatherlyGal · 19/06/2024 11:28

I love the idea of the Green Party but they are totally batshit.

Women's rights aside (and that's bad enough) they think they know better than Cass about kids with gender issues and as for the drugs policy !

they want pharmacy-style places to dispense recreational cocaine and speed which will be sourced by the government and produced by sustainable coca farmers. Or something.

ButterCrackers · 19/06/2024 11:28

No.

Cattenberg · 19/06/2024 11:27

I left the Green Party last month. I believe that climate crisis is the biggest challenge facing the world and I agree with many of the party’s social policies. Sadly, overall, the party is amateurish and misogynistic.

I really hoped it could turn things around, after all, Green Party Women had some good ideas. But they were not in charge. Those who refused to learn from the Challenor scandal, those who insisted on calling women “non-men” and those who, in a public meeting, mimed holding their noses and flushing “TERFs” down the toilet - they are the people in charge.

These days, my beliefs align more with those of the Communist Party, which is weird, as I’ve never considered myself a communist.

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SlothOnARope · 19/06/2024 11:26

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 19/06/2024 11:24

The first response always nails it!

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Not quite. How are they more women-hating wankers than the others, and what are the others doing to affirm their women-loving credentials? Genuine question.

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Shade17 · 19/06/2024 11:26

Fuck no, tree-hugging twats.