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I’ve voted Green many times.
I voted Green last week.
But the Green Party of England and Wales does nothing at my local level to win my vote.
And its main presence here is a bot that treats Mastodon users as passive recipients of snippets of conversations going on elsewhere.
I understand why, but I don’t like it.
I am however grateful to the few UK Green reps who have chosen to actually be here
@urlyman in the US the green party only exists for 20 minutes every for years. They show up to run for president them slide back into their masturbatory hole.
Want my vote? Prove you exist in my state or better yet my community. Prove you have a coalition of support to get something done.
@bebadefabo I’m vaguely aware that the US Green Party has all kinds of issues. I hope the US comes to its senses some time. I feel for all those who are having to tread water in deep shit in the meantime.
Edit: In saying that, I’m not saying Green Parties around the world (UK included) have got it all figured. They haven’t. But in the UK at least they’re trying to take thermodynamics more seriously than anyone else chasing my vote
@urlyman
FAO: @ZackPolanski (who appears to be in deep hibernation still)
@rooftopjaxx I assume that the @ZackPolanski account is effectively dead and no-one is even bothering to monitor it 😔
@urlyman kinda guessed that too, but maybe one sunny day it'll be de-zombified? @ZackPolanski
…The irony is that Mastodon is faaaaar closer to the ethos of Green politics than any of the other platforms they are spending their time in.
Again, I understand what is driving that asymmetry. And I understand how thinly it spreads underfunded individuals.
But nonetheless, treating Mastodon users as second class participants has the same kind of dynamic to it as Labour taking its left wing voters for granted
…To my awareness, most of the UK Green reps who are here are representing Scotland. Good for them.
It would be nice if the teams of the following showed *any interest at all* in on-going participation here:
Adrian Ramsay MP
@carladenyer MP
Caroline Lucas MP
Cynog Dafis MP
Ellie Chowns MP
Hannah Spencer MP
@sianberry MP
Baroness Natalie Bennett
Lord Tim Beaumont
@urlyman @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski @gruff is always active here. - I guess I don't quite qualify being only a Parish Councilor. But I do agree about the principles.
@urlyman @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski
Given that George MacLeod died in 1991 and Tim Beaumont in 2008, I'm not clear what function their (hypothetical?) teams would have?
@electropict Thanks. I was quickly scanning the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales_MPs_and_peers#House_of_Lords and not reading into it carefully enough. Post above corrected.
@urlyman @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski 👏 very much so.
I know the party comms folks are feeling overwhelmed at the moment, and probably grasping at the familiar but hostile and failed digital options.
This would be a good moment to set up a Green Party instance, in control of its own governance and moderation, that can be linked into local Party initiatives and community groups.
And, indeed, regional and international comms with Scotland, Irelands, and France.
@BashStKid Yes.
The digital teams of people like @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski should be talking to the likes of @Bonfire and @newsmast
If there was a #gpew instance here I would totally join it and contribute to funding it
…The @thegreenparty itself is only ‘here’ via a federated Threads account.
@PortsmouthGreens were here at least occasionally until last year and now aren’t.
I know of one Green Councillor, @samsterby, who is here 🙏
@Molly hasn’t been here since 2023.
Wonder how many Mastodon users resident in England and Wales voted Green 🤔… see the poll following 👇
@urlyman @thegreenparty @PortsmouthGreens @samsterby @Molly That raises another point re councillors.
This would be an opportunity to enable Green councillors to talk to each other, and be a forum that isn’t Facebook to talk to their constituents.
Might be one way of attracting some folks away from the grasp of Facebook.
And, bureaucratically, it would be a way for leadership to keep up a better two-way dialogue with the increasing numbers representing it locally.
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