1/ This is the tragedy of the Left, the vote of 48% of those who voted Labour is up grabs. It could go to the Greens or Lib Dems. The Greens are the best organised to challenge Labour with a candidate in all 650 seats . Yet the bulk of the Left ignore them because... (tweet via @meadwaj.bsky.social) - ThreadSky

devutopia.bsky.social • 84 days ago

1/ This is the tragedy of the Left, the vote of 48% of those who voted Labour is up grabs. It could go to the Greens or Lib Dems. The Greens are the best organised to challenge Labour with a candidate in all 650 seats . Yet the bulk of the Left ignore them because...
(tweet via @meadwaj.bsky.social)

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devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

2/ ...they're not perfect socialists and this or that Green member said that thing 5 or 7 years ago. Instead they seem to be waiting for a perfect socialist party to magically appear in a way one hasn't for 200 years, get funding, put up candidates in every seat..

vicpolky.bsky.social•84 days ago

There is that, but also as a Brighton resident who was pro-green (and voted green in the past) watching them make an absolute cock-up of running this city, they are great as a campaigning party but not equipped to govern

devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

They need to learn how to handle power. Only way they can do that is to be in power. I'd rather have good intentioned people make some mistakes than those intent on damage doing damage.

vicpolky.bsky.social•84 days ago

That's a reasonable take, apart from if you have to live with the mistakes. It was not great.

vicpolky.bsky.social•84 days ago

Also I would say the problem wasn't handling power, it was the minute any of their laboratory policies hit the real world they were terrible - and I say this as a supporter.

devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

Fair enough, hope they learnt from it

geneos.bsky.social•83 days ago

Stop with this ‘perfect’ trope rubbish.

devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

3/...all in time to win a massive majority at the next election. They hold on to this hope despite no evidence of such a party forming (a handful of unconnected independents with no national recognition isn't a party or movement) or no polling to suggest..

geneos.bsky.social•83 days ago

This is more a rant than a way to convince.

devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

4/..this is what the public want. Meantime while the Left sits and hopes for magic solutions to appear, it is the hard right Reform that is building a base, talking to communities not just to like minds on X/Twitter. Farage and Reform seem able to tap...

geneos.bsky.social•83 days ago

This gets less coherent by the post.

devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

5/ into the fears on people's minds as they wrongly target scapegoats like migrants. Meanwhile the Left is talking to themselves about things that matter to themselves. Witness the folks who say "Labour never again" and then spend all day talking about Labour, not..

devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

6/..the alternatives to Labour, not about a credible alternative voting choice at say next May's locals elections. And that's the tragedy, for good reasons many the Left have decided that Labour is no longer for them. But have no new home, they're waiting for someone..

devutopia.bsky.social•84 days ago

7/..to rehouse them in their dream home. Meanwhile life goes on, Reform continue to build as Labour continue to fail. Elections will come, like next May. The alternative to Labour is here now, the Greens. Yet many of the Left won't support them when they're the best chance to..

sixesalltheway.bsky.social•83 days ago

Its a fair assessment and one that proves true the old adage that perfection is the enemy of progress.

There are a lot of former Labour folks now supporting the Greens and the new leadership has been marching the party ever leftwards to the point that they now appear on picket lines.

duncanpoundcake.bsky.social•84 days ago

Traitorous comes to mind...

atomic-allotment.bsky.social•83 days ago

The reason I can't vote green is because of their energy policies. I can get behind more wind and solar, but to back it up with gas not nuclear? I don't know if it's the gas lobby or an anti-science bias, but that's a huge red flag to me.

devutopia.bsky.social•83 days ago

Fair enough, hope it goes well with you and the party that has perfect energy policies and like the Greens is openly against the genocide, wants to reinvest in the NHS, have rent controls and a serious climate policy.

atomic-allotment.bsky.social•83 days ago

It's a red flag for me because being the "green" party, I'd expect them to put climate policy pretty high on their priorities. This is in direct contradiction with their energy policy.
If they're not going to take their climate policy seriously, how can I trust that they'll take the rest seriously?

atomic-allotment.bsky.social•83 days ago

God I miss the 2019 labour party. 😢

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