Sarah Dal

Amazingly, there's a lot of people looking at the USA right now and thinking "Yes that looks great!" Reform are leading in several recent polls, and yes it's not just the English; they are polling 2nd in Scotland and 3rd in Wales.

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/51511-voting-intention-lab-24-ref-25-con-21-2-3-feb-2025

Very likely we will see much of what is happening in the US happen here, or attempt to, we really need to start actively and aggressively preparing for it

#UKPolitics

Voting intention: Lab 24%, Ref 25%, Con 21% (2-3 Feb 2025) | YouGov

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Feb 4, 2025 at 9:04amWeb
Show threadSarah DalFeb 4, 2025
as always: imagine how the Greens would be doing with the same level of media coverage Farage gets
Show threadDanny GarsideFeb 4, 2025
@sarahdalgulls
I wonder if/how we could help Green MPs (and the party more generally) get more airtime on the fediverse 🤔
Show threadSarah DalFeb 4, 2025
@da5nsy Scottish Greens are here and active which is fab to see (@ScottishGreens) , I'd love to see E&W here too, but they are very active on bsky (13k followers for E&W, 7.5k for Scottish Greens)
Show threadDanny GarsideFeb 4, 2025

@sarahdalgulls
Glad the
@ScottishGreens are here, but I feel like they're not really writing for the fediverse audience - their posts read like Facebook ads or a flyer I'd get through the door.

Compare to @antifaintl for example (obvs very different org, but just in terms of writing for the fediverse context I think they're nailing it).

Show threadSarah DalFeb 4, 2025
@da5nsy I know, I see that a lot - orgs will start a mastodon account, treat it like a facebook page with no engaging or interacting, then quit because "there's no engagement". I think it really needs a different style of social media use that most traditional organisations just don't understand
Show threadSilver ArrowsFeb 5, 2025
@sarahdalgulls I know people who are otherwise intelligent, but fall so easily for that charlatan Farage, Waxy-Lemon, trump etc. They see something on fb/twitter and accept it without question. Waxy-lemon isn't a racist POS, he's just campaigning for justice for victims because he knew a girl who was a victim of a grooming gang. They stop there. It's true because someone told them. #FarRightLies #RightWingHypocrisy