Are The Greens the new Raving Loony Party!

I joined the Green Party this year, having become disillusioned by the LibDems in power, but only through your site have I found out just how in accordance with my politics the Greens are. A revolutionary party which hasn't a snowball's chance and many of its policies will be very difficult to impose, but it's the only party which takes account of our grandkids' longterm future through a no-economic growth policy. Personally, I love everything they propose even if there's no chance of getting the media and their owners' vested interests on side.

that was supposed to be potpourri, sorry.

It's certainly a pot pour.
I wonder where they would draw the line around intensive food production to define "factory farming" Price of bacon and eggs would rocket that's for sure. And can you imagine if everyone had a carte blanche to fill their shopping baskets with "alternatives" at Holland and Barrett and claim from the NHS.
Banning animal testing would bring a halt to the development of new drugs and decimate UK biological/medical sciences. Never mind the scientists can retrain as aroma"therapists" and that will be fine, won't it.
They are aligned with that far left hippy newspaper, The Economist on the decriminalisation of sex and drugs.
The sad thing about it is that they do not seem to have well thought out green policies. All about influencing Europe not what they would do as UK government. All very well banning nuclear but don't explain how they will cover the "base load" of electricity demand on the days when the wind is not blowing and the sun not shining. They wouldn't go for tidal barrages as it would upset the wading birds.
The worrying thing about this is that many young people will waste their vote by voting Green.

Quite so, Anya!

There's a difference in being cynical and deliberately suggesting something is otherwise as Eloethan quite rightly pointed out. That would smack of sophistry.

I've just looked through the link I gave from the Green party manifesto and could find nothing about prostitution and sex trafficking on it.
However, I did find a link to a speech given by Jean Lambert, a Green Party MEP deploring sex trafficking in 2008.
It would be nice if we could hold the present government up to what it wrote in 2008 about the NHS and Education, etc.

A degree of cynicism is healthy even if you mainly agree with most of the policies of the party they represent.
An important part of democracy I would have thought.
Otherwise one could suspect fear or brainwashing.

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I won't tell my Aussie relatives, mind you they couldn't stand Julia Gillard's nasal tones.

Thank you for clearing that one up Eloethan.
Not sure what's wrong with being cynical about politicians, whatever shade they present.

I couldn't vote for the Green Party. It would mean I would have to listen to that awful Australian twang.

Budget, budget, budget ?

You forgot to meantime her sense of fun and love of the ridiculous Jane

Take a look at the NHS and education policies before dismissing them completely.

People are trafficked to work in all sorts of industries, and trafficking is illegal. The Greens have never suggested legalising the trafficking of people for any purpose and I think it's a very cynical move to suggest otherwise.

The whole population could be blissfully stoned in a haze of cannabis smoke if the Greens get in. No- one will care about any policies - or anything at all.

In fact, the whole country could go to pot.

Good try, Greens!

I do admire Absent's intelligence, clear-sightedness and logic, Anya.
Enjoy your housework

Anyway I'd better get some work done around the house or I'll be traded in for a Philipino bride.

Are you related to Absent by any chance Jane?

OK let's look at this from a different angle. British jobs for British (Sex) Workers. That should cut out the trafficking.

Recipes normally are quite specific as to whether you use the juice or the zest, Anya.

Trafficking is, and always will be, illegal.

Pips are 'part of' some lemons, we don't normally include them in our recipes.

emailed!

I have found out how the Greens are getting such a rise in their "membership" as I received an email welcoming me to my local Green Party and saying I have joined H**** and District. I DID NOT. I email straight back but had heard nothing.

I agree Anya it is, but it did say 'all aspects of the sex industry' and trafficking is a part of that, isn't it?

what a strange idea Jane

I was wondering if the Greens intended to decriminalise the trafficking aspect.