For the first time in my life, I have joined a political party other than Labour.
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@Remittancegirl hey, welcome
@Remittancegirl (I've only been here a relative five minutes too)
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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.
It's not that I put my faith in anyone who seeks political office anymore. I have grown to be extremely suspicious of anyone who seeks power in my old age.
Wanna know what changed my mind? That Green Party video, with Zack Polanski running.
It's not that I believe it. It's that I believe they actually know what people want to hear. That's a start.
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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.
