For the first time in my life, I have joined a political party other than Labour.
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@Remittancegirl (I've only been here a relative five minutes too)
@rgarner It was a strange break for me. I was a lifelong (and I'm old) member of the Labour party.
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@Remittancegirl I’m sure others in your circle respect your choices and could follow your lead, simply based on trust. Isn’t this how movements start?
@CAWguy I don't need anyone to follow my lead. I don't think actual membership in a political party is all that important for most people.
I just wanted to make a statement with what appears to be the only thing that has value anymore - my wallet and my statistic.
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@rgarner It was a strange break for me. I was a lifelong (and I'm old) member of the Labour party.
@Remittancegirl I haven't been a member of any party before this. I campaigned for/with my current (Labour) MP in 2017 because he's a good representative but the national Labour party I have few ties with except friends
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@Remittancegirl I haven't been a member of any party before this. I campaigned for/with my current (Labour) MP in 2017 because he's a good representative but the national Labour party I have few ties with except friends
@rgarner Hehe. I was a seriously involved member whenever I was actually living in the UK. I went to all the constituency meetings, I campaigned, I stuffed envelopes and mail slots.
Admittedly, I was always further to the left that most of people I worked with. But needs must.
Anyway, I just got tired of waiting for the party to come to its senses and stop competing with Tories to demonise immigrants.
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@CAWguy I don't need anyone to follow my lead. I don't think actual membership in a political party is all that important for most people.
I just wanted to make a statement with what appears to be the only thing that has value anymore - my wallet and my statistic.
@Remittancegirl Maybe you don’t need others to follow, but I respect your words, so if I were on the fence about this choice, I’d be happy to jump to your side. I do understand your point though.
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@rgarner Hehe. I was a seriously involved member whenever I was actually living in the UK. I went to all the constituency meetings, I campaigned, I stuffed envelopes and mail slots.
Admittedly, I was always further to the left that most of people I worked with. But needs must.
Anyway, I just got tired of waiting for the party to come to its senses and stop competing with Tories to demonise immigrants.
@rgarner Admittedly, I am and always have been ecologically concerned, but I never felt it was the entirety of my political orientation. The Green Party has become broader, too.
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@rgarner Admittedly, I am and always have been ecologically concerned, but I never felt it was the entirety of my political orientation. The Green Party has become broader, too.
@Remittancegirl I hope/think it's going to benefit from the skills of some political migrants
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For the first time in my life, I have joined a political party other than Labour.
It hurts. And yet.
I am fairly convinced that Labour will not keep the hard right away from power. So that kind of freed me up, in a strange way.
I have become a member of the Green Party.
Welcome!
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@Remittancegirl Maybe you don’t need others to follow, but I respect your words, so if I were on the fence about this choice, I’d be happy to jump to your side. I do understand your point though.
@CAWguy I have always been a pretty intensely political person. I've never been able to separate politics from the rest of my life. I totally understand and often envy people who do not need to do that. hehe
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@Remittancegirl I hope/think it's going to benefit from the skills of some political migrants
@Remittancegirl the ecological parts are by necessity going to become defaults. Even if only by watching China roar away on renewables...
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@Remittancegirl I hope/think it's going to benefit from the skills of some political migrants
@rgarner I do hope so.
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Welcome!
@AspiringLuddite Thank you! Hahaha. Kind of you to let me in!
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@Remittancegirl the ecological parts are by necessity going to become defaults. Even if only by watching China roar away on renewables...
@rgarner THis is so true. It will, I'm sure, in the very near future, take up an enormous part of the political bandwidth as climate change worsens
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@rgarner THis is so true. It will, I'm sure, in the very near future, take up an enormous part of the political bandwidth as climate change worsens
@Remittancegirl I rode 10,000Km last year. Each year, I snorkel in Marathon Bay. In all the places I'm out and looking, life is receding quite noticeably. People are choosing not to see.
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@Remittancegirl I rode 10,000Km last year. Each year, I snorkel in Marathon Bay. In all the places I'm out and looking, life is receding quite noticeably. People are choosing not to see.
@rgarner No, I have always seen it. And cared. But I think one of the reasons I had not thought to join the Green Party before was because I really didn't think I could live up to the standards a lot of Greens had.
Now I'm old and I am fine admitting that I lack. I'll probably never live up to those standards, but I'm okay with that.
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@rgarner No, I have always seen it. And cared. But I think one of the reasons I had not thought to join the Green Party before was because I really didn't think I could live up to the standards a lot of Greens had.
Now I'm old and I am fine admitting that I lack. I'll probably never live up to those standards, but I'm okay with that.
@Remittancegirl when I say "people" I mostly mean people on the right. People who are absolutely bought into GDP as the prime measure of wellbeing.
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@rgarner No, I have always seen it. And cared. But I think one of the reasons I had not thought to join the Green Party before was because I really didn't think I could live up to the standards a lot of Greens had.
Now I'm old and I am fine admitting that I lack. I'll probably never live up to those standards, but I'm okay with that.
@rgarner There was a time when I really couldn't take having someone loosing their rag with me because I eat meat.
But now it doesn't bother me. They have their reasons for needing to purity test. It's not my problem.
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For the first time in my life, I have joined a political party other than Labour.
It hurts. And yet.
I am fairly convinced that Labour will not keep the hard right away from power. So that kind of freed me up, in a strange way.
I have become a member of the Green Party.
@Remittancegirl I certainly understand. Labour right now is becoming more and more of a farce.
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@Remittancegirl when I say "people" I mostly mean people on the right. People who are absolutely bought into GDP as the prime measure of wellbeing.
@rgarner Hey, that wasn't just people on the right. hahaha.
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@Remittancegirl I certainly understand. Labour right now is becoming more and more of a farce.
@Eetschrijver I don't thank my father for a lot - there isn't that much to thank him for. But one thing he always believed in was acting. Feelings are transitory. If you really care, then act.
I have always been pretty actively political and that is why.
