Green Party Racists

[soistes]

At the risk of stating the obvious, membership of the Green Party in Brighton is not a cross-section of the UK population. It's not even a cross-section of the Brighton population being, from my observation (not just from this picture, but from local Green Party people I've met), overwhelmingly middle-class. It's not at all surprising therefore that (in Brighton anyway) they're going to be pretty much overwhelmingly white. I certainly don't think that makes them racist, and most of them seem a well-meaning enough bunch, although you might wonder how in touch the Green Party members are with the needs and concerns of working class people, disadvantaged people and people from ethnic minorities.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Seeing as the Greens are in favour of fair wages, affordable housing, maintaining a genuinely public NHS, fighting welfare cuts and every kind of ism you can shake a stick at etc, I'd suggest they have the needs and concerns of working class, disadvantaged and minorities at heart. In the House of Commons Caroline Lucas at least is giving those people a voice that the major parties do not. Just because the membership is currently representative of a narrow part of society (although now they are third largest party in terms of members who knows how that has changed), does not mean they themselves have a narrow agenda.

 

[greyseagull]

I don't know; the chap at the back looks quite shady

 

[willyfantastic]

I would have remind him of all the Polish pilots who helped us win WWII.

or the fact that on the whole any eastern european i have seen working a 'less than desirable' job has done it with pride and done it well. compare that to the ****ing monkeys you get who think the job they do is beneath them, yet can't find anything better....

 

[Mannakin]

Not one single ethnic minority in this picture..............View attachment 65021

I don't know what you are talking about, I see a Ginger on the right at the end!

 

[soistes]

Seeing as the Greens are in favour of fair wages, affordable housing, maintaining a genuinely public NHS, fighting welfare cuts and every kind of ism you can shake a stick at etc, I'd suggest they have the needs and concerns of working class, disadvantaged and minorities at heart. In the House of Commons Caroline Lucas at least is giving those people a voice that the major parties do not. Just because the membership is currently representative of a narrow part of society (although now they are third largest party in terms of members who knows how that has changed), does not mean they themselves have a narrow agenda.

I don't disagree with this, although in the same way that the modern Labour Party's credibility as a genuine party of the working class and disadvantaged would be stronger if their MP's and leadership weren't so dominated by middle class Oxbridge types, something similar applies to the Green Party -- their policies are 'progressive', but they'd be more plausible advocates of them if one had the impression that they were at least partly based on the lived experience of some of their members. That's a key problem with many political parties (perhaps not the Tories and UKIP), namely that the people they claim to be speaking on behalf of don't feel that the representatives of the party are really 'people like us'.

 

[Hotchilidog]

I don't disagree with this, although in the same way that the modern Labour Party's credibility as a genuine party of the working class and disadvantaged would be stronger if their MP's and leadership weren't so dominated by middle class Oxbridge types, something similar applies to the Green Party -- their policies are 'progressive', but they'd be more plausible advocates of them if one had the impression that they were at least partly based on the lived experience of some of their members. That's a key problem with many political parties (perhaps not the Tories and UKIP), namely that the people they claim to be speaking on behalf of don't feel that the representatives of the party are really 'people like us'.

I do not disagree with this at all. It's something all parties need to address.

 

[Return of the Rev]

If racism is so repugnant surely saying people are racist who are not should be up there with racism?

 

[atfc village]

Here's a fine example of the UKIP candidate in Aldershot. Gurkhas are parasites apparently.
http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/ukip/ukip-candidate-labels-gurkhas-as-parasites-4426

Something needs to be done by who ever wins the election though.Aldershot is at breaking point ,a lot of the Gurkhas live in accomadation that kicks them out at 9am and won't let them back to 6pm .No work so they have to wander around all day.Where is the lovely Ms Lumley these days?

 

[cunning fergus]

And the Czechs!

Ah, are those the Sudetan Czechs you mean or other Czechs?

Not all the Poles were on the same side either.....................and whilst we are on the subject, where are we on the Romanians and Bulgarians at this time...................not to mention the Croats?

 

[Deleted member 22389]

I don't disagree with this, although in the same way that the modern Labour Party's credibility as a genuine party of the working class and disadvantaged would be stronger if their MP's and leadership weren't so dominated by middle class Oxbridge types, something similar applies to the Green Party -- their policies are 'progressive', but they'd be more plausible advocates of them if one had the impression that they were at least partly based on the lived experience of some of their members. That's a key problem with many political parties (perhaps not the Tories and UKIP), namely that the people they claim to be speaking on behalf of don't feel that the representatives of the party are really 'people like us'.

Which is why I was a Labour voter in the past, but now giving my vote to UKIP.

 

[W.C.]

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Love that film!

So is this Bushy in a new guise then? Same old shit.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

What's his other one then?[/

Well thats cleared that up then.

 

[Nibble]

Well thats cleared that up then.

Ha sorry. I can't remember . I'm sure he has his reasons and I shouldn't ruin someone's anonymity if they choose it.

 

[JCL666]

I don't disagree with this, although in the same way that the modern Labour Party's credibility as a genuine party of the working class and disadvantaged would be stronger if their MP's and leadership weren't so dominated by middle class Oxbridge types, something similar applies to the Green Party -- their policies are 'progressive', but they'd be more plausible advocates of them if one had the impression that they were at least partly based on the lived experience of some of their members. That's a key problem with many political parties (perhaps not the Tories and UKIP), namely that the people they claim to be speaking on behalf of don't feel that the representatives of the party are really 'people like us'.

I saw Caroline Lucas picking up a prescription in the Boots at Fiveways.

Does that count?

 

[yxee]

Forcing ethnic minority's into things like this just to include them is positive discrimination, which is illegal

What about the promotion of women in the Labour party?

 

[bobby baxter]

Good thread.

I've got an example too. Look at these Brighton and Hove Albion RACISTS:

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Just look at those deliriously happy faces!
Must be an old photo.