To think that everyone is getting far too excited about this Green win?

Well, a particular section of them anyway.

Any step in the right direction is a good one.

i think its awesome - there is a demand for a "left"-leaning party and this has been demonstrated in this election. And additionally, there is an new MP who has a genuine passion to work hard for their local constituents.

What is dangerous about them? I'm not in the UK, so I'm not up to speed.

I think the excitement is more to do with Reform NOT winning. Which is fair enough

Most are sick of rhetoric about ‘boat people’ being at the heart of all the UK’s problems, while ignoring the very real issues people face every day. Lack of affordable housing, NHS meltdown, rip off utilities, lack of jobs for their kids, food prices etc etc.

Greens lost any support from me when they put Palestine at the forefront of their campaign. On top of that their policies are headline grabbing but weak and wouldn’t stand up if they actually went ahead. Zack is a refreshing poster boy, but I wouldn’t say he comes across as a robust politician - he just knows what to say to bring about votes! I think the reason Greens and Reform are doing so well, as most who support either side don’t have a clue how this country works and just want a magic wand and quick fixes. I think either getting into power would be a disaster - but thanks to the age of social media that’s the options we have!

I was always centre left, but now I don’t have a clue! As a woman, I have been really impressed with Kemi to be honest (don’t all come at me for this) I don’t agree with all her policies, but she is strong and stoic and seems to be getting even stronger. I think it’s doing her a favour that a lot of the leeches are leaving her government and going to Reform. If they strip away scandal, and focus on th economy an small business (instead of the constant anti immigrant rhetoric) I think the Tory party could slowly get more popular again!

Was Restore fielding a candidate?

It is a vote against the status quo - people don't like the current government. It also shows how polarised politics is becoming.

😆Very true. The Greens are going to have to reconcile relying on the votes of women who didn't know they were voting because men were voting for them, with their left wing progressive (ahem) views. This seems to happen a lot these days with left wing parties. But they seem to justify it to themselves somehow.

I have only seen what has been in the news, but the new Green MP does seem pretty good. I have always voted Labour in general elections, but I do think they are so unpopular now (rightly so - they have massively fucked up). I struggle with all the main parties now and it doesn't surprise me that people are casting their votes elsewhere. I am more concerned about Reform than I am pleased about the Greens. I also don't like some of the Greens' policies and I really dislike Polanski.

But of a waffle sorry, but TL:DR, YANBU

Or even knew they were voting.

It’s good to see Labour lose votes, especially for such a safe seat as pp says, but yes it’s the local elections that are the bigger test for them.

The Conservatives would never have featured strongly in this particular seat though. It has always been a safe Labour seat.

Not sure the New Greens form of politics can be described as "progressive". Sectarian politics is a regressive step, surely.

Anyway eventually they must be found out. Their policies of legalising drugs and prostitution is contradictory with the religious views of the Muslim vote on which they rely. Im not sure all the voters knew what they were voting for...

I'm not excited the Greens are absolutely mental. The Scottish greens are even worse I think than the English greens, but generally they are not a party I would be happy in control. See the lunacy of the Bristol green candidates as examples.

We are moving to a situation where large numbers of people support both further left and right parties and the centre risks crumbling away.

Personally I'd rather have the dull centrists back.

I don’t see it as a victory for the greens, more a two fingers up from the voters to the other parties.

I think the best thing to come out of it is for people, especially in the government, to realise that there are plenty of voters out there who support more progressive politics, rather than everyone trying to just win over those on the very right of the spectrum.

It was a complete collapse of the vote for Labour and to try and claim otherwise is laughable. It's this kind of mentality that's led to the situation the Labour party is currently in.

I think it is actually the perfect result for Reform. By not winning they avoid a strong anti Reform reaction and it invigorates their supporters to push even harder next time. Also notice how the left vote was diluted into Green and Labour but the Tories didn’t even get their deposit back. The greens eating into Labour could hand a GE to Reform.

No i disagree, Labour still got 10k votes and still command a v large majority in the commons.

Badenoch was supposed to herald a new beginning for the Tories after their worst defeat ever in 2024, yet they got just 706 votes, again, their worst by election defeat ever and vote share lower than in 2024.

No-one expected them to win but the loss was catastrophic for her.

People are so blinded by reform they just cannot see how dangerous this "new " green party is.

They did a shockingly poor job in Brighton.