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The Green Party in Denton whored themselves out to secure a vote...

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Luckymum20 · 01/03/2026 18:15

The Green Party. A party for women. A party for equality. A party for the rights for gay and trans people.... They ran their campaign on the Gaza stance. To secure the vote of people who go against the majority of their principles.

I am disgusted that British Politics, which is already in the gutter, a party who should champion ethics and morals, has sunk this low.

Surly I cannot be the only one who thinks this way?

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5MinuteArgument · 01/03/2026 22:43

LeftieRightsHoarder · 01/03/2026 22:35

OP, the present-day Green Party is deeply misogynist, absolutely wedded to transgenderist ideology. I’m a member, and can tell you that it’s not for women. Its agenda is a tick-list of currently fashionable woke causes, which exclude women’s rights.

Though I’m a feminist, I don’t expect the Green Party to campaign for women’s rights. But I do object to it campaigning against them.

As a lifelong environmentalist, I joined the Green Party to protect the environment. That’s what it was set up for. But it now comes low down the priority list.

Many long-serving members, committed to the environment, have left or been forced out. I can’t feel any pleasure in its election victory.

Yes, it's a long way from the old days of Friends of the Earth.

Pity, as environmental issues are really important. But the Greens now are all about fashionable causes, and now that includes Gaza and open borders.

TooBigForMyBoots · 01/03/2026 22:35

Luckymum20 · 01/03/2026 20:44

Yes exactly that. Ironic that they secured the Muslim vote isn't it. I'd like to see Hannah speaking to the community about her stance on gay rights and women's rights. Can you not see the hypocrisy?

They played to the Muslim vote to secure a win.

People can read the Green Party's stance on women's rights and gay rights etc. Some Muslims are women, some are gay.

What does that have to do with anything?Confused

LeftieRightsHoarder · 01/03/2026 22:35

OP, the present-day Green Party is deeply misogynist, absolutely wedded to transgenderist ideology. I’m a member, and can tell you that it’s not for women. Its agenda is a tick-list of currently fashionable woke causes, which exclude women’s rights.

Though I’m a feminist, I don’t expect the Green Party to campaign for women’s rights. But I do object to it campaigning against them.

As a lifelong environmentalist, I joined the Green Party to protect the environment. That’s what it was set up for. But it now comes low down the priority list.

Many long-serving members, committed to the environment, have left or been forced out. I can’t feel any pleasure in its election victory.

JHound · 01/03/2026 22:29

Luckymum20 · 01/03/2026 18:15

The Green Party. A party for women. A party for equality. A party for the rights for gay and trans people.... They ran their campaign on the Gaza stance. To secure the vote of people who go against the majority of their principles.

I am disgusted that British Politics, which is already in the gutter, a party who should champion ethics and morals, has sunk this low.

Surly I cannot be the only one who thinks this way?

Your party lost - get over it. They simply were less appealing to voters.

SundayBells · 01/03/2026 22:19

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 22:01

Their leaflets printed in Urdu didn’t include some of their big promises like legalising drugs and prostitution etc.

Apparently some of the Muslims that voted for them are horrified.

Did you read that in the Daily Express?

Whitengold · 01/03/2026 22:17

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 22:13

As I have clearly pointed out ALL NON STUN meat is a problem.

30 million animals are slaughtered while conscious each year.

3 million of those are for kosher meat.

27 million are for halal. This is a relatively small percentage of the total halal slaughter (approx 12%) but still a huge number.

And this repeated argument that if we are not vegan we can’t call for humane slaughter of animals according to EU law is nonsensical. The fact that animals are farmed and eaten doesn’t make it ok to choose a slaughter method deemed to cause more suffering.

www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/slaughter/religiousslaughter

Surely is possible to be against all the killing in Gaza and against the inhumane killing of animals.

And for those who aren't, don't we all, in any election have to choose the issues that are most important to us and vote for the party that fits most closely. It's surely unusual to find you agree with all the policies of a single party.

Whitengold · 01/03/2026 22:15

5MinuteArgument · 01/03/2026 21:57

It's the Islamo-Left alliance that won it for the Greens. We're seeing the rise of sectarian politics, which is a worrying trend. The Greens have cultivated the Muslim vote, but they're not true allies. It will unravel as time goes on.

Does any election leaflet include all of a party's policies?

I don't think it mattered a whole lot anyway. It was a vote to keep Reform out.

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 22:13

pointythings · 01/03/2026 21:54

Were you on the anti halal threads recently?

It's all been rehashed a million times.The vavst, vast majority of halal meat is stunned. No kosher meat is stunned. If you care about animal welfare, perhaps that is where you should be looking?

And of course it's all much of a muchness, because if you are really all about protecting animals, you should be vegan.

As I have clearly pointed out ALL NON STUN meat is a problem.

30 million animals are slaughtered while conscious each year.

3 million of those are for kosher meat.

27 million are for halal. This is a relatively small percentage of the total halal slaughter (approx 12%) but still a huge number.

And this repeated argument that if we are not vegan we can’t call for humane slaughter of animals according to EU law is nonsensical. The fact that animals are farmed and eaten doesn’t make it ok to choose a slaughter method deemed to cause more suffering.

www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/slaughter/religiousslaughter

Parsley4321 · 01/03/2026 22:05

@5MinuteArgument totally

5MinuteArgument · 01/03/2026 22:04

The Greens are playing with fire. More useful idiots that this country doesn't need.

Parsley4321 · 01/03/2026 22:02

@JustSomeWaferThinHam funny that 🤦‍♀️

BishyBarnyBee · 01/03/2026 22:02

5MinuteArgument · 01/03/2026 21:57

It's the Islamo-Left alliance that won it for the Greens. We're seeing the rise of sectarian politics, which is a worrying trend. The Greens have cultivated the Muslim vote, but they're not true allies. It will unravel as time goes on.

How is a party that hates black and brown people and whose candidate in the by-election says UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not always British able to get on its high horse and start complaining about sectarian politics? if there is an alliance it is the ordinary British people rejecting divisive racism and the peddling of hate.

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 22:01

Lambington · 01/03/2026 21:54

They campaigned on a range of issues. Its fairly normal practice in an election to try to pursuade people to vote for your party.
They won. Get over it.

Their leaflets printed in Urdu didn’t include some of their big promises like legalising drugs and prostitution etc.

Apparently some of the Muslims that voted for them are horrified.

Luckymum20 · 01/03/2026 21:58

ExtraOnions · 01/03/2026 18:43

….shouldn’t you be helping get your mates back from Dubai?

How judgemental! Never been nor do I have many friends who have...

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JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 21:58

pointythings · 01/03/2026 21:51

I've just looked him up.

Putting your trust in a man who set up three failed free schools where there were major safeguarding issues isn't a good look. He is a well dodgy character.

Failing free schools are not relevant to this. If you want to only listen to people with a squeaky clean history we can’t even listen to our current PM.

I’m not ‘putting my trust in him’, I’m reading his research and looking at his campaigning on the rape gangs etc and digesting it alongside everything else I’m reading from many different sources. Including straight from the sources of some of the Islamic MPs and their views and intentions.

5MinuteArgument · 01/03/2026 21:57

It's the Islamo-Left alliance that won it for the Greens. We're seeing the rise of sectarian politics, which is a worrying trend. The Greens have cultivated the Muslim vote, but they're not true allies. It will unravel as time goes on.

Parsley4321 · 01/03/2026 21:55

@JustSomeWaferThinHam yes completely to do with Islamic rule the greens surely are a Trojan horse

pointythings · 01/03/2026 21:55

Lambington · 01/03/2026 21:54

They campaigned on a range of issues. Its fairly normal practice in an election to try to pursuade people to vote for your party.
They won. Get over it.

They never will. Reform supporters are the worst for being bad losers.

Lambington · 01/03/2026 21:54

They campaigned on a range of issues. Its fairly normal practice in an election to try to pursuade people to vote for your party.
They won. Get over it.

pointythings · 01/03/2026 21:54

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 21:48

It does seem a bit odd that given their ‘anti-animal cruelty ‘ stance on other animals, that the Greens would be totally fine with the millions of animals slaughtered while conscious (against all normal EU standards) just because of religious beliefs.

Don’t you think?

Were you on the anti halal threads recently?

It's all been rehashed a million times.The vavst, vast majority of halal meat is stunned. No kosher meat is stunned. If you care about animal welfare, perhaps that is where you should be looking?

And of course it's all much of a muchness, because if you are really all about protecting animals, you should be vegan.

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 21:51

Parsley4321 · 01/03/2026 21:48

@JustSomeWaferThinHam yes I read it before he’s right she has absolutely no idea like all the useful idiots following its very worrying

Yes. I think lots of people looking at the pro Gaza politicians assume it’s just about protecting Palestinian civilians. Whereas it is really shorthand for supporting Islamic rule, which is a concern for the UK.

pointythings · 01/03/2026 21:51

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 21:40

OP if you want to make some sense of what happened in this election look at the analysis written by campaigner Raja Miah.

His page is redwallandtherabble and as an ex-Muslim he provides a chilling insight (and warning) into what has occurred.

This is far deeper than so many people realise and even Hannah may not fully understand what she is getting into.

I've just looked him up.

Putting your trust in a man who set up three failed free schools where there were major safeguarding issues isn't a good look. He is a well dodgy character.

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 01/03/2026 21:48

pointythings · 01/03/2026 21:39

Careful, your true colours are starting to show.

How do you feel about kosher slaughter?

It does seem a bit odd that given their ‘anti-animal cruelty ‘ stance on other animals, that the Greens would be totally fine with the millions of animals slaughtered while conscious (against all normal EU standards) just because of religious beliefs.

Don’t you think?

Parsley4321 · 01/03/2026 21:48

@JustSomeWaferThinHam yes I read it before he’s right she has absolutely no idea like all the useful idiots following its very worrying

Parsley4321 · 01/03/2026 21:44

@JustSomeWaferThinHam she has no idea where can I find that analysis please

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