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

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DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 28/02/2026 07:18

All this fuss about one Green win - I really don't think it's massively significant given the local demographic and the upcoming local elections will be the real test.

As if the Greens are going to get anywhere near power! Not going to happen.

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Whatifitallgoesright · 02/03/2026 08:49

Evidence of what?

BIossomtoes · 02/03/2026 07:58

Whatifitallgoesright · 02/03/2026 07:54

A bias source certainly but not necessarily unreliable. It's all factually correct.

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Factually correct? Where’s the evidence then?

Whatifitallgoesright · 02/03/2026 07:54

sleepwouldbenice · 02/03/2026 02:54

Possibly an unreliable source

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A bias source certainly but not necessarily unreliable. It's all factually correct.

sleepwouldbenice · 02/03/2026 02:56

HRTQueen · 01/03/2026 23:11

I think Zack Polanski had a similar appeal to Jeremy Corbyn had

student pleasing polices with little depth but a cult like following, it’s a form of populism

I am enjoying watching reform get a taste of their own medicine
Its not my style of politics but it amuses

sleepwouldbenice · 02/03/2026 02:54

Whatifitallgoesright · 01/03/2026 22:48

Turkeys voting for Christmas anyone? (Sound familiar?)
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-greens-dangerous-mainstreaming-of-sectarian-muslim-politics-h9cyylp3

Possibly an unreliable source

sleepwouldbenice · 02/03/2026 02:53

Freud2 · 01/03/2026 21:16

Very good!

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Really? I thought it was pretty crass

sleepwouldbenice · 02/03/2026 02:50

DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 01/03/2026 21:09

Unless you're in the booth with them you simply don't know.

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That's true but very unlikely given the conversations

HRTQueen · 01/03/2026 23:11

I think Zack Polanski had a similar appeal to Jeremy Corbyn had

student pleasing polices with little depth but a cult like following, it’s a form of populism

Whatifitallgoesright · 01/03/2026 22:48

Turkeys voting for Christmas anyone? (Sound familiar?)
www.thejc.com/opinion/the-greens-dangerous-mainstreaming-of-sectarian-muslim-politics-h9cyylp3

Whatifitallgoesright · 01/03/2026 22:41

Another interesting article regarding the Green's opinion of actual women.
https://lesbiangreens.uk/jude-english/

Jude English

https://lesbiangreens.uk/jude-english/

Whatifitallgoesright · 01/03/2026 22:36

The Green party is a poor shadow of it's former self. They covered up about a Green rep's dad who was subsequently jailed for paedophilia and murder. They chucked out the people who tried to talk about this.
greensinexile.org.uk/exile-andy-healey

OneLilacCrow · 01/03/2026 22:08

God help us if those crazy Greens get anywhere near power.

Zov · 01/03/2026 21:20

I think it's because they rarely win anything @DangerQuakeRhinoSnake THAT is why they're so excited!

They won't win much more I don't think. I'm not right wing, but Greens are way too far-left for me. Could be worse though. Could be Reform in power! 😬

Freud2 · 01/03/2026 21:16

Pineneedlesincarpet · 01/03/2026 16:31

No need for foul language Blossom. I know it's embarrassing to admit your leftist tendency but we need to maintain some semblance of standards.

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Very good!

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DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 01/03/2026 21:09

sleepwouldbenice · 01/03/2026 20:44

Yes i do thanks. We discuss lots of pros and cons.

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Unless you're in the booth with them you simply don't know.

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sleepwouldbenice · 01/03/2026 20:51

Wakethefuckup · 01/03/2026 20:48

Well another thing you would be wrong about.

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Explain the difference

sleepwouldbenice · 01/03/2026 20:50

Pineneedlesincarpet · 01/03/2026 16:52

We are well beyond the middle ground anyway. Elections don't seem to be won there any more.

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Mores the pity. Its called compromise. And recognising extremes

Wakethefuckup · 01/03/2026 20:48

sleepwouldbenice · 01/03/2026 20:46

Again. May as well

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Well another thing you would be wrong about.

sleepwouldbenice · 01/03/2026 20:46

Wakethefuckup · 01/03/2026 16:51

Are you assuming I vote reform?

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Again. May as well

sleepwouldbenice · 01/03/2026 20:44

DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 01/03/2026 19:17

You have no idea how your friends vote.

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Yes i do thanks. We discuss lots of pros and cons.

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DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 01/03/2026 19:17

sleepwouldbenice · 01/03/2026 16:38

Many of my friends are more right leaning than me, but given a choice they would vote "leftist" rather than reform et al. Its not the insult you think it is.
Standards vary...

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You have no idea how your friends vote.

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Whatifitallgoesright · 01/03/2026 17:51

god help us if they get anywhere. The Green council in Bristol has made some terrible decisions cutting down trees needlessly and a bunch of them walked out in protest at a question by a member of the public about womens rights to safe spaces. Ideologial fools, and that's even before you get to their totalitarian tendancies of expelling gender critical members; their cosying up to an oppressive theocracy.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 01/03/2026 17:49

BIossomtoes · 01/03/2026 17:45

Nobody said or implied you were far right. Go and have a nice cup of tea.

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Well I just might.

BIossomtoes · 01/03/2026 17:45

Pineneedlesincarpet · 01/03/2026 17:39

You're objecting to me defending myself against the implication I am "far right"

And yet simultaneously I am being told off for suggesting Blossom may be left wing. Which she has admitted.

And who says the left don't have double standards! It's very tricky to know whats what sometimes. What a carry on.

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Nobody said or implied you were far right. Go and have a nice cup of tea.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 01/03/2026 17:39

ilovesooty · 01/03/2026 17:23

Oh give up with the snide. She didn't say anything other than what's commonly accepted on here.

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You're objecting to me defending myself against the implication I am "far right"

And yet simultaneously I am being told off for suggesting Blossom may be left wing. Which she has admitted.

And who says the left don't have double standards! It's very tricky to know whats what sometimes. What a carry on.