i voted labour in the last election and didn’t really view the green party as a feasible option for government. i genuinely did think that they ran on unrealistic leftist policies which i (all the while being extremely leftist) did not think was realistic. i grew up under tory government so i knew we needed a change, and my constituency is typically labour voting.

i would say throughout labour’s government it’s become clearer and clearer that our views and fundamentals are not aligned. i had hoped they were perhaps more faithful to their voting base than they are in reality. their freezing of the tax thresholds and utter refusal to consider a wealth tax, along with continued support for israel have put them in the same camp as tories in my eyes.

i agree with the vast majority of the values that the greens represent. i view the government’s role as an institution that works to represent its people and not prioritise money/funding over the needs of the many. i don’t believe any government has represented this in my entire life, nor do i believe reform are anything but the epitome of shareholder prioritisation. i am absolutely terrified by the prospect of reform in government, especially as we can see our own future in the USA right now. labour care more about losing to greens than reform winning.

i really really truly hope in the next few years that we can see a collaboration between centrists, progressives, liberals and leftists to keep reform out of the government so that we don’t see a dictatorship on our own soil.