Yesssss let’s go Zack!
Oh man, this really warms my hearth.
I lived in Britain as an immigrant for over a decade and eventually became a Green Party member (this was back even before Corbyn becoming Labour leader), but ended up leaving the party when I left Britain following the Brexit vote.
Having continental Europe political standards (both Northern and Southern Europe), I always thought the only trully national left-of-center party in Britain were the Greens.
Anyways, really nice people (I actually got to campaign with them in a Council by-election), though me being quite jaded after having worked years in the Finance Industry (which is pretty much Sociopath Central, IMHO) thought they were quite naive.
Good to see the Greens rising and I hope New Labour - which is getting ever more Fascist - burns badly.
I hope the Greens remain on the left unlike Labour.
I joined last night, the list of things I wanted to talk to my MP about got too long, I realised I was no longer aligned with the Labor party.
It’s not you who got disaligned from Labour. It’s Labour, with Starmer’s strafe to the right to appease “undecided” and “centrist” voters, that led to Labour leaving behind those on the left who just wanted some representation after a decade and half of kleptocracy that turned the country into a tuppence whore. Labour just decided that instead of helping her, it’s their turn to fuck her in the arse.
The important thing to remember. Comparing me,bership of left wing parties to right is valueless.
Not only is membership not an indicator of voting intent. And way less so of voting distribution. Something that really matters in our system.
But the left is the only side that depends on it for fiscal support. All centre and right parties would rather appeal to corperation and wealthy ndoners. Then high membership numbers.
While to us on the left high numbers is great to compare funding options. Comparing it to Tory membership means nothing at all.
These entire parties could almost fit in a college football stadium in America. (~120k people)
A large college football stadium. But it’s fascinating regardless.
And great news too! Go Greens!
Any excuse not to use metric eh?
guilty.
Admitting that you have a problem is the first step towards recovery 💕
Not sure how it works in the USA, but in the UK you have to pay to join a political party, the greens charge £60 a year for instance.
No it’s free here. In many places you can do it at the same time as getting a driver’s license.
I’ve said political party membership should be free, but getting it at the same time as your drivers licence seems like a perfect way to get indoctrination into the same party as your parents. Maybe it should be free after a 1 year high school class of history, statistics, and critical-thinking.
I mean, you can change it anytime you want. Usually available online.
A bit of an exaggeration the largest (non nascar or gymnastics) stadium on earth is > 110k capacity. It is US college football stadium but still.
Members are one thing. Stubborn voters are quite another.
