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Would or will you vote Green if it was the only way to change a Council that has traditionally been Labour?

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IwantToRetire · 17/04/2026 18:24

That's the situation in my council area.

Not going to list issues in my area as maybe a bit identifying, but in terms of local issues they have lost the plot.

I am not a member of or ever been a supporter of any political party.

I usually just vote for a local independent candidate, but as the suggestion is the Greens could get in, should I vote for them to get Labour out, when I despise their treatment of women.

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EasternStandard · 23/04/2026 17:36

YourAmplePlumPoster · 23/04/2026 17:32

To a certain extent, the various factions who want rid of Starmer. The next incumbent doesn't bear thinking about and whoever it is will get a mauling from our lovely tabloids.

The Guardian ran with the initial story not tabloids and it wouldn’t have been an issue if Starmer had kept a competent woman in the role instead of Mandelson.

CornishDaughteroftheDawn · 23/04/2026 17:56

IwantToRetire · 22/04/2026 19:22

I think you cant have been reading this thread.

Throughout I have said I am only interested in local issues and services.

As politically on a national level there isn't much difference between Green and Labour policies on women's sex based rights etc. And the bit you picked out of context was about how similar greend and labour are, apart from Gaza, and the difference there probably wasn't that different between members of each parties but not the leaders.

But what you and others haven't been able to say is if there is a serious problem with how local people are being treated by Labour councils whether your opinions on the national politics of each party should decide whether local people should be disrespected by Labour on the off chance that the Greens might be better.

So you might have thought it was clever, but your comment doesn't deal with the issue itself.

Local people being stitched up by Labour and the only option for change is to get the Greens elected.

Or are you saying that local people should just suck it up and be disregarded because on a political level you want to grand stand about the Greens.

And if so will you pay me compensation at the end of the next 4 years of Labour maladministration for the negative impact on my and other local people's lives.

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Throughout I have said I am only interested in local issues and services.

But as I pointed out, voting in Green councillors gives the Green Party more political power and a far greater platform.

If you want to place your very specific local issues ahead of the sanity good of the country that’s your prerogative but that choice is on you, don’t expect approval from others.

Trouble is, it sounds like you have no idea if voting in the Green councillors will even remotely help you with your local issues but you are attacking us for not approving. It may even make things worse.

I absolutely despair about the state of politics atm.

NotAtMyAge · 23/04/2026 18:08

No. The sight of Green councillors walking out when a woman tried to speak about women's rights in a Bristol council meeting has put paid to that possibility. The Greens are batshit.

YourAmplePlumPoster · 23/04/2026 18:37

EasternStandard · 23/04/2026 17:36

The Guardian ran with the initial story not tabloids and it wouldn’t have been an issue if Starmer had kept a competent woman in the role instead of Mandelson.

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Who would you like to take over then? Ed Miliband? Angela Rayner? Any of them have to deal with Trump for the next couple of years

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