Matt HodgkinsonJul 15, 2024

The defeated Tory candidate* in Waveney Valley writes on the Greens: "the air was thick with natural deodorant when such types poured out of Diss railway station each Saturday"

A step up from "unwashed"! Well done, everyone. We're moving the needle.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-greens-conquered-the-countryside/

*Richard Rout. Rout by name, routed by nature.

#TheGreenParty #GPEW #WaveneyValley #TheSpectator #GeneralElection2024 #GreenMPs

How the Greens conquered the countryside

Nearly a year ago, I wrote about the rise of the Greens in rural constituencies. Now, after standing as the Conservative candidate in Waveney Valley and losing to the Green party’s co-leader – while being savaged by the rural Greens – it is time to revisit the subject. I did not expect to come across

The Spectator
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@pvonhellermannn sad to see Caroline Lucas go but I am hopefully for more #GreenMPs
SubtleBlade ⚔️May 30, 2024

'The co-leader of the #GreenParty of #England and #Wales, #CarlaDenyer, has said the party has made no secret of the fact that it intends to win at least four MPs in the July #election.

She said:

The polls are showing that we will soon be shot of this awful #Conservative government. But the incremental change #Labour has put on the table just isn’t going to cut it to get this country back on track. We need more #GreenMPs to drive that real change for us.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/30/uk-general-election-conservatives-labour-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-jeremy-hunt-politics
#GE2024

No decision taken on barring Diane Abbott from selection as Labour candidate, says Keir Starmer – UK politics live

It comes after former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the party’s treatment of Abbott was ‘a disgrace’

the Guardian