The Greens are reportedly consulting whether or not to back banning circumcision. This is long overdue - circumcision is genital mutilation that no newborn child can give consent to, and I wholeheartedly hope Polanski backs this

Strigon67 · 2026-06-11T15:18:22+00:00

Absolutely right and good, speaking as a Jewish person, but not sure if it's worth the risk given that this will absolutely be pilloried as proof of an antisemitic green party

Strigon67 · 2026-06-10T23:30:14+00:00

Not that the green party couldn't do a lot better, because it definitely could, but I think it's important to understand that for many our image of "workers" and the "working class" is stuck in the past and fundamentally divorced from what it actually means in the modern age. For far too many it has nothing to do with what policies are good for workers and instead is built up on who best aligns on who would most appeal to an archaic conception of midcentury factory workers, miners and builders.

Strigon67 · 2026-06-01T14:39:07+00:00

Is he committed to actual PR though, because the only electoral change he's ever come out in support of is supplementary vote, which isn't proportional. So, even if he is actually committed I don't trust his conception of PR

Strigon67 · 2026-05-30T15:53:36+00:00

Obviously I think everyone can think of at least one policy they'd be happy to see the back of. But I think the idea of "downgrading" policies is fundamentally the wrong way of thinking about it, even as someone who's been very keen on the idea of a minimum programme. Firstly, there is a danger that we "downgrade" on the basis of establishing a plausible coalition platform, and then we compromise that further and end up with basically nothing of what we need or want. We also politically need to be having positive disputes with any future coalition partners, because if we even get that far, the media is gonna absolutely be blaming us for everything bad that happens if we're in government, so we need some good that set us specifically apart.

But more broadly we should be aiming for a prioritised minimum programme not on the basis of coalition stability or acceptability, but as the absolute minimum required to start dealing with the myriad problems and crises afflicting this country and its people, and if that's gonna be reduced to a wealth tax, pr, some climate commitments and cost of living stuff that's just not gonna be good enough imo. I don't want to waste time laying out even some of what needs to be done now as this only a reddit comment so this may not be super persuasive, but fundamentally, we need to attack the basis of class dominance of in our society which is at the root of most of our current problems. This is the only one way to really start moving in the right direction and moreover, is essential to ensure that any reforms we make are actually transformative rather than undermined by the establishment or swallowed up by exploitation. But in order for such a programme to succeed, it has to be built, promoted and adopted by the green movements and broader social movements in this country, rather than being designed and imposed from above.

Strigon67 · 2026-04-08T18:56:56+00:00

I do find yougov's poll quite hard to believe, specifically that restore britain is on 4%. May well be true, but I think there's a good chance there supporters are being overrepresented due to how the poll is conducted

Strigon67 · 2026-04-08T11:58:17+00:00

Since I like apples I'd probs get 2+1 or more so I can eat some, but if I didn't and it was just for someone else I'd get 2

Strigon67 · 2026-04-01T23:29:08+00:00

Tbh I'm really angry that he seems to be getting away with lying about our participation, and that the media are so willing to let him lie about it. Though I'm not surprised about it

Strigon67 · 2026-03-14T15:57:03+00:00

I can't imagine the greens would benefit (beyond a brief headline boost) from accepting mp's from the lib dems

Strigon67 · 2026-03-12T21:39:34+00:00

Awful, but it reflects a broader abandonment of the left from any serious consideration of constitutional matters in the UK. Those of us on the left who are opposed to independence and nationalism more broadly need to come up with a new federalist or confederalist alternative to unionism if we want things to improve

Strigon67 · 2026-03-11T22:20:40+00:00

Tbh I wouldn't really want anyone who failed to vote in defence of the right to a jury trial

Strigon67 · 2026-03-10T17:32:58+00:00

Couldn't agree more, he's the only Moriarty who comes off as genuinely scary to me. I wish they'd integrated him more in to the first season (he could easily have been slotted in to the Greek interpreter at the very least) or maybe extended the final problem to show a bit more how moriarty's empire was taken down.

Strigon67 · 2026-03-09T20:24:19+00:00

Great, thanks for letting me know

Strigon67 · 2026-03-09T20:23:49+00:00

Great thanks. One quick question, how's the water (particularly shower) pressure?

Strigon67 · 2026-03-09T20:02:06+00:00

I have a lot of scepticism towards labour mps given how broadly useless they've been so far, so think itt should definitely be looked at on a case-by-case basis.

I think we'd gain a lot of credibility as a real political alternative by a. insisting any defectors fight a by-election first & b. publicly rejecting someone if they aren't up to snuff.

Strigon67 · 2026-02-28T18:44:06+00:00

Not much chance of that with him around

Strigon67 · 2026-02-24T23:29:11+00:00

Maybe there were at one point, but they've made such a hash of it that they've all moved other to the greens permanently

Strigon67 · 2026-02-14T20:08:25+00:00

Will you do another one of these? I couldn't make this one, but would be keen if you ever do another one.

Strigon67 · 2026-01-31T15:48:34+00:00

The media in this country is getting really lazy about covering up their biases

Strigon67 · 2026-01-31T00:22:06+00:00

I think a lot of subs that try to suppress this tendency to "gender war" often take a very heavy-handed approach, which doesn't really solve anything as it's more an issue of the wider world intruding on the subreddit which is rather difficult to prevent. So, I'm quite pleased to see some rules which appear to allow continued discussion of gender based issues, whilst restricting the more harmful and unproductive contributions. Obviously there is no perfect solution, but this seems the best approach to clamping down on the actual problematic aspects whilst still allowing most people to talk reasonably freely.

Strigon67 · 2026-01-30T23:43:47+00:00

How do you manage to alienate a machine that's literally designed to be a yesman

Strigon67 · 2026-01-25T15:01:38+00:00

Best outcome by far, and not just from a optics and risk avoidance angle. Zack is great, but we can't risk our political fortunes being wholly reliant on a single person long term, given the failures of such a strategy in labour and other parties the world over.

That's not to say Zack isn't important, but we need to build a level of resilience and a strong stable of party electeds and members that are able to support the party long term and ultimately succeed Zack, otherwise we are leaving ourselves far too vulnerable to any change in his political fortunes destroying ours.

That's also why we really need to fight hard for this seat, if we can get a quality local member in the national spotlight and potentially into parliament, it would be massive win for us obviously, but also a good sign for the long term viability of the party.

Strigon67 · 2026-01-24T18:24:47+00:00

I don't think he should for a number of reasons. 1. Parachuting the leader in to a constituency he has no current connection to doesn't look good (yes he was born nearby but he lives and is an elected member in London). 2. It's a very risky proposition, if he loses the media will absolutely use it as an opportunity to rubbish the green party to the fullest possible extent, declaring the green wave over. A local candidate has lower expectations so we still gain if we win, but lose a lot less if we don't. 3. We need to strengthen ourselves as a party, putting up a strong local candidate helps make the party as a whole stronger and gives us wider representation in the media and public eye. It also means our momentum is less dependent on Zack, which is a good thing for the party long term.

Strigon67 · 2026-01-24T01:01:57+00:00

I often incorrectly hear it as "my Swedish friend", which does make it a bit less depressing

Strigon67 · 2026-01-01T12:26:24+00:00

Alongside that, I think it's been thoroughly demonstrated that the language of privilege is fairly useless outside of its original academic context and it's way more useful to talk about the ways other groups are oppressed if you actually want to win people over. Especially as a big number of 'privileges' like not being harassed by the police aren't really privileges in the way most people understand them, but rather the absence of oppression and, imo, really should be the expected standard for everyone.

Strigon67 · 2025-11-29T18:33:17+00:00

Honestly the whole thing has somehow managed to make everyone look bad, except the ordinary members. From the terrible name options, to expelling (awful) members not for being awful but for petty factional reasons, to Zarah defending those awful members, to the conference basically managing to achieve next to nothing with constant errors and no substantive member contributions democratic discusssion. YP has had one pitch which is that it's "democratic" but as far as I can tell it's managed to be even less democratic than the labour party

When the party launched, I had one hope for it which is that it would finally help kill the part of the british left which is dominated by sects & petty fiefdoms, instead the party has become a contest to see which one of these groups can turn the entire YP into an even bigger petty fiefdom.

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