The Green Party

I agree with you there. I could never understand why she was chosen.
I do like Jonathan Bartlett. He'd make a good MP.

Jalima, I meant you still haven't said why you said that Natalie Bennett is no longer the leader.
Why did you say that?

Although she was quite high profile she did not engage people as Caroline Lucas can.
Perhaps her approach was off-putting to many people.

That is the kindest thing I can say.

They need some new spin doctors!

I like the Tory response.

'A Conservative spokesman said: “This is proof that Jeremy Corbyn’s MPs are already building a coalition of chaos to prop him up in Downing Street. The result would be nonsensical policies that would crash the economy, weaken the union and put Brexit at risk – in contrast to the strong and stable leadership of Theresa May and the Conservatives.” '

So original.

This is interesting.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/30/labour-figures-call-for-candidates-to-step-aside-for-greens-in-two-seats

I swear I hadn't read it before I wrote the post about Caroline Lucas.

Jalima, I meant you still haven't said why you said that Natalie Bennett is no longer the leader.
Why did you say that?

Caroline Lucas does lots of good work in parliament.
If she was just another Labour member she would not be noticed as much.
I think she gets asked by the speaker more often than many Labour MPs because she is on her own.
Hopefully after this election she will not be.

Monica, that makes sense to me

Oh, what happened there? to continue
.... cross party groups known as All-Party Parliamentary Groups than through a solitary Green MP representing everything.

You still haven't said why you said it in the first place.
It could be a reason to take another look at them of course.

Fitzy54, I have been coming to the conclusion that one can have more clout on environmental issues by belonging to an appropriate pressure group/s than belonging to, or voting for the Green Party.

Many causes they espouse have individual supporters in all political parties and it is more effective to get the green issues across through

My take on the Greens is that they would much better serve their constituency as a pressure group within Labour, encouraging the ecological agenda within that party rather than splitting the left wing vote. They could then concentrate on the ecological issues, which is what they are really about, and would have some hope of real influence within a party in power. All this without too much compromise in terms of the other policies they espouse.

Actually Natalie is standing in Sheffield Central. I don't think she will win, but I'd be surprised if anyone else did other than the Labour MP.

I know she's no longer the leader. It's a joint leadership between Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley.
You still haven't said why you said it in the first place.

A: A Whig

what was Lord Melbourne?

MawBroon
none of the above

The Monster Raving Loony Party it is then

Natalie Bennett. Natalie Louise Bennett (born 10 February 1966) is a British politician and journalist who led the Green Party of England and Wales from September 2012 to September 2016.

Well, I knew and I thought you were a member of the Green Party djen, how come it slipped past you?

For the Greens: Natalie Bennett is no longer leader

I like this

Off you go, then, Jalima.
By the way, who said Natalie Bennett was the leader?
Before you go...

but before I go:
For the Greens: Natalie Bennett is no longer leader

Although can I just say that I will await the manifesto

Anybody who is truly undecided would be better off studying the many sources of information out there ( not a forum) about all the political parties.All but the undecided on here are biased one way or another.Simple as that.
Now that teetime is no longer undecided this thread is probably done.

I didn't see anything in Teetime's post that said she'd come to Gransnet to be influenced in how to vote. She was just reporting on her view of the Greens as informed by the meeting she went to.

I can't make up my mind whether I'm just failing to understand the English language or whether posters who claim that people are trying to browbeat influence other posters into voting a particular way are reading much more into posts than was intended by the original poster..

dj do stop keeping on telling people to keep off threads, it has become something of a mantra with you lately.
We can all cast our vote wherever we like, but not at all sure that taking advice from a forum on how to vote is a good idea.
At least teetime made her mind up at an actual meeting.
Nothing wrong in being idealistic either but the present GE is a two horse race , and a lot is riding on the outcome.