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   Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (mikefromlfe@cupoftea.social)'s status on Monday, 05-May-2025 16:00:12 JST Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

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   • the magnificent rhys

   @rhys I agree that the term 'eco-populist' is a serious turn-off. When I first saw this in the Guardian I too thought WTF?
   I sincerely hope that this descriptor is intended for internal Green Party consumption, rather than as part of the intended Green surge. If it isn't, then, as you imply - the Greens could be consigned back to the wilderness.

   The Green Party requires (AIUI) a co-leader, so hopefully it'll be someone with a more media-friendly description on their ballot card.

   However - while I know nothing else about Zack, he at least recognises that Green campaigning has been too timid, and sees tgst this needs to change.

   I have my fingers crossed!

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     the magnificent rhys (rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf)'s status on Monday, 05-May-2025 16:00:13 JST the magnificent rhys

     Amazing, just as the Greens begin to be a serious threat.

     I support this. The few Green MPs were elected on an impossible manifesto and haven't taken their Parliamentary roles seriously, backing frivolous amendments, making absurd speeches, and opposing green infrastructure when it lands in their constituencies.

     Ramping that absurdity up to 11 with an insane 'eco-populist' leader will put an end to their surge — even if he loses.

     #UKPolitics #UKPol

     https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/05/green-deputy-zack-polanski-launches-leadership-bid-with-uk-eco-populism-vision