For the first time in my life, I have joined a political party other than Labour.

@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.

@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.

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 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.

@Remittancegirl I hope/think it's going to benefit from the skills of some political migrants

@Remittancegirl I hope/think it's going to benefit from the skills of some political migrants

@Remittancegirl

Welcome!

@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

@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.

@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.

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 when I say "people" I mostly mean people on the right. People who are absolutely bought into GDP as the prime measure of wellbeing.

@Remittancegirl I certainly understand. Labour right now is becoming more and more of a farce.

@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.

@Remittancegirl absolutely. Purity tests are not the answer. Only "can you do slightly better than yesterday". Stopping drinking was "slightly better than yesterday" until it was just a new norm.

@Remittancegirl absolutely. Purity tests are not the answer. Only "can you do slightly better than yesterday". Stopping drinking was "slightly better than yesterday" until it was just a new norm.

@rgarner We're all at different places in our journeys. And for some, the journey of life just cannot end in Quorn. hahah.