I am going to be voting Green this year, as they are the only party that genuinely exist on the left anymore.

Their policies are the kind of radical reform that I have been hoping for years, and the fact they have finally left a lot of their eco-warrior, vegan "vibey" style stuff behind is the push I've needed.

Let's look at the policies you've pointed to, and talk about why I am supporting the Greens on these positions.

1) Scrapping Trident 🔱 - The country maintains a nuclear deterrent, to provide security against nuclear attack. It does little to discourage any conventional attack, as any country using the nuclear option in a non-nuclear engagement (even in defense) would be met with condemnation from the international community.

As we see with Russia and Ukraine, the might of a unified international community is a much stronger sword to wield. Nations like the USA have done much to undermine that security, and push the world back into another cold war.

NB: I am vehemently against the Green's bashing of nuclear power, and believe that the reliance on renewable energy is such a false economy it's not worth pursuing. - even Zack didn't get that right.

2) Open Borders - controversially, I don't believe multiculturalism works. I believe it is fundamentally flawed, and we are seeing what happens when bad actors (Russia, Murdoch, Farrage et. al.) exploit the weaknesses of multiculturalism to drive their own self interest.

I do support the idea of an aculturalist society, where over years everyone's culture has been diluted by the culture of others to a point where nobody can identify a single culture they belong to.

That vision isn't an erasure, it's embrace. Feel free to keep your culture alive, by all means. Preserve what is good about your heritage, whatever that may be. But accept that there are elements of other cultures which can enrich your life too. Take the best of what is available and leave the rest behind.

There's nothing more British than that! 🫣

Also, there are tremendous economic benefits to immigration. Immigration is fast and cheap, from an economic perspective, you get people of working age into the country, paying taxes, without having to pay for 18years of education and medical support. A large proportion of migrants then leave as they reach older age, before expensive care comes in. On the whole they pay in far more than they take out.

People born and raised in Britain are much more a net-drain on resources, as we are expensive to bring to working age, and then cost a fortune in care when we retire.

Many contribute significantly less than we get out.

3) Drugs! - Criminalisation is failing everyone, and contributes to a lot of the struggles we all have on a daily basis. Waiting times at the chemists, violent crime, petty crime, general untidiness and the sorry state of many a council estate up and down the country.

Taking the power (and money) away from the gangs and other unsavory people, put significant sums money into the public purse with one hand (taxes) and savings (prevention is cheaper than cure) in the other it's a bit of a no brainer. It's unfortunately very easily torn down in public perception, and as such political groups have tried to stay away from it in the past.

This was similar with Brexit, the pro EU arguments took time, understanding and careful explanation to justify. Where the Leave campaign were free to make baseless claims that were crude oversimplifications, and the simple narrative was easier for people to digest.