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3 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

gets my vote.

Green came a very comfortable 2nd to Labour here last time so I don't need to worry about Tories getting in and rejecting this. I think there's a lot of problems with the Greens of focusing on idealism over the practical, but protecting abuse, abusers, and suggesting that Labour's own made-up Fiscal Rules (which were kinda okay when they were written) trump managing climate change is a lot to stomach. If I were in a position where my vote mattered I don't know what I'd do. It's easy to moan about them here where I can make a protest vote with a clear conscience.

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2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

I don't think he'll hold his seat anyway with the boundary changes. His current constituency is moving to absorb more urban bits of leftie Bristol, and to hold the Tory zone he'd then be fighting Rees-Mogg for the right to that seat. He's making a stand on a few nice and cute things, but I think his seat would probably go to Labour anyway.

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It’s worth pointing out again that Labours policies on climate change are the best that are realistically available and would make the UK a clean energy country by 2030. If you genuinely want to fight climate change then you should probably want Labour to get into government.

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3 minutes ago, kaosmark2 said:

Green came a very comfortable 2nd to Labour here last time so I don't need to worry about Tories getting in and rejecting this. I think there's a lot of problems with the Greens of focusing on idealism over the practical, but protecting abuse, abusers, and suggesting that Labour's own made-up Fiscal Rules (which were kinda okay when they were written) trump managing climate change is a lot to stomach. If I were in a position where my vote mattered I don't know what I'd do. It's easy to moan about them here where I can make a protest vote with a clear conscience.

I am in a very safe labour seat....so I could vote Green to feel good about myself or Reform for the lols....but this time I will be voting Labour...it isn't often you get to vote the tories out.....once in a generation stuff...

I'll vote Green next time when Labour are total sh*t and probably help the Tories get back in.

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Just now, steviewevie said:

I am in a very safe labour seat....so I could vote Green to feel good about myself or Reform for the lols....but this time I will be voting Labour...it isn't often you get to vote the tories out.....once in a generation stuff...

I'll vote Green next time when Labour are total sh*t and probably help the Tories get back in.

You could claim you care about the climate then use your vote purely to protest. The world will be burning but at least Starmer wouldn’t have your vote hey!?

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7 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

You could claim you care about the climate then use your vote purely to protest. The world will be burning but at least Starmer wouldn’t have your vote hey!?

I mean, in the end we could become gross zero here and probably wouldn't make much difference....need China/India/US to stop guzzling.

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5 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I mean, in the end we could become gross zero here and probably wouldn't make much difference....need China/India/US to stop guzzling.

Some clown would probably blame Starmer for that too. 

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Turns out Skidmore's constituency is being abolished and the replacement one is likely to be labour. So he's giving up nothing.i wonder if theres a better pay off for doing it like he is.

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with a bit of luck the govt will throw some money at  the council in skidmores seat as an attempt to save it as tory, would be superb if that happened cos the wife works for south gloucs council, and south gloucs has recently defunded the charity i volunteer for.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Ryan1984 said:

https://x.com/guardianculture/status/1742928900421005628?s=46&t=0L-HQje0RJTtiVIvA-C-dQ

Imagine they’ll do this in a few areas and then kick off when Labour are in and start giving money back to the arts as them supporting superfluous, Lefty nonsense 

 

well, many councils are struggling...so will likely see all sorts of stuff like this.

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13 hours ago, steviewevie said:

I mean, in the end we could become gross zero here and probably wouldn't make much difference....need China/India/US to stop guzzling.

When you're in atraffic jam you do know that you're the traffic jam don't cha.

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16 hours ago, steviewevie said:

I am in a very safe labour seat....so I could vote Green to feel good about myself or Reform for the lols....but this time I will be voting Labour...it isn't often you get to vote the tories out.....once in a generation stuff...

I'll vote Green next time when Labour are total sh*t and probably help the Tories get back in.

There's an actual chance of a Green MP though, which is a vote to hold Labour to account on green issues. The Greens have their problems but trying to get another into parliament does have some merit.

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