This country is doomed

With lots of lovely policies that will cost billions.

And I can't see where they say how they'll pay for them

I forgot about the walking out thing, it's just so pathetic. If you can't bear to hear a viewpoint you disagree with and would rather walk out of the room like a stropping teenager, you have no business being anywhere near politics IMO.

Showing such a level of disrespect to the people you were elected to serve, and treating an in person meeting like social media, walking out being the equivalent of the block button.

Robust debate, critical thinking and structured arguments have all but disappeared in favour of echo chambers where you have to agree with every viewpoint or you're evil incarnate

Thank you Fraser!

I think at this point we've seen that being an experienced politician doesn't mean competence. I'm more looking for integrity and anti-corruption than experience. I'm hoping it'll be the other way around, and Reform will split the right and let the Greens in!

I’m always calling out ageism here (especially ageism against the young) but she didn’t say all old people think like that, and it’s been proven that people do become more fearful as they grow older, hence it’s part of people voting more conservative as they get older.

Greens support men in women’s safe spaces

I can’t vote them in

My point is that this has always been spouted for decades. I don’t why that needs explaining. This thread is so full of people throwing insults and accusing people of being ageist, anti-Semitic, anti-women. Is that all you guys have got? I know the anti Jewish thing worked with JC. Are you all trying it again in the hopes it will work on the Greens? Seems a bit desperate.

It's more how many experienced competent people they would have to form a government in the extremely unlikely event that they won the GE. The danger (to me) is the Greens will split the votes in a lot of places and let reform in.

I for one feel VERY disillusioned by ALL the parties .

I voted Labour in the GE as could not vote another Tory in. However, have been very saddened by the continuation of the too far left decisions that continue to be made !

Some, but not all-
Lifting the 2 child cap
The U turns they have made
NOT doing anything about the welfare cost - PIP
Tax, tax, tax on the middle earners
NHS waits and NO dentists

I WILL turn up in May (suffragettes etc) , but probably spoil my ballot paper !

The Scottish Greens are clamouring for a wealth tax on anyone having assets over £1 million. That would include your house and pension pot.

The Greens used to just be the environment party, now it seems they're becoming the party of the ethnic minority.

It'll probably serve them well politically, but I fail to see how it'll do the country any good. I'm not sure how their policy of open door immigration and the mass house building that'll inevitably result in correlates with caring for the environment, but I suppose they no longer really care about that.

Its a by election? Hardly the arrival of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.

The problem is that if you have a majority of people who don’t work or couldn’t care less how the country is financed then the people actually paying tax will be effectively disenfranchised. The state can sequester people’s houses/savings/pensions - but this is short-termism as that money won’t last a year.

I've heard very very little what is "green" about the Greens. The environment seems to have gone out of the window.

Also not a fan of the way they'd like no holds barred, self id for pervert men to enjoy unfettered access to single sex women and girls spaces.

Captain Hypno-tits gives me the creeps also, he just seems so smarmy. Don't know why, but even if that's just me judging his mannerisms etc, the hypnosis your boobs thing is just eurgh.

Honestly Labour and the Conservatives deserve this. For far too long they've taken people's votes for granted. Now the safe seats aren't safe anymore and they're actually going to have to try to appeal to the electorate. Yes, even the segments of it that they like to look down on.

Otherwise next general election we end up with a Green government and Reform in opposition, or vice versa. If that happens, it's because nobody offered a better alternative.

Also a valid choice. But if you had to vote to prevent one of those coming into power?

You're surprised that I know a lot of people who intend to vote green, on a thread about how greens just won an election? Are you ok?

Doomed we're all doomed...

Why that one situation and not the situation in Sudan? Or any other conflict zone in the world?

I see this as a message to Labour to stop trying to out Reform Reform!

If people want to make immigration their only issue then leave them to it.

Labour need to focus on a hopeful message for young people regarding jobs, training, housing etc.

They still very much prioritize the environment among other issues (and if you think inequality and environment aren't related then you're past help) - no idea why you would think that.

I don't fully agree with their drugs stance - but at least they have one. Legalising drugs and actually looking at evidence based solutions to drug problems worked pretty well in Portugal when it was properly funded. In my local town centre the place is absolutely rife with crack heads, and that's while drugs are illegal - we definitely need a new approach to this huge and growing problem which is also driving thousands of young vulnerable teens into county lines. What are other parties' proposed solutions?

You might not, but it seems others do. The people demanded more choice and got it. Now we have to see what the people do with all that choice at the ballot box!

The Greens in Bristol have been awful - can’t wait to try and get them out next election. Like a PP said they’re no longer bothered about the environment, there was a news story last week about them cutting down three healthy mature trees in the Centre, plus they refuse to debate women’s issues and walk out of meetings instead.