Pauline von Hellermann#ClimateDiary This really is a wonderful Easter present. Greens leading UK polls!
For those of you not in UK: this is unprecedented, and as little as six months ago pretty unimaginable. Happy Eastear everyone!
ProScience 🇪🇺Good news that the Reform fascists go down, but the Greens' positions towards NATO and Russia are problematic to put it mildly.
OliGreen policy on NATO:
Which bit is "problematic" ?
"We acknowledge the need for greater defence spending and continued NATO membership, but also call for a more thorough reappraisal of strategic defence alliances. With Trump no longer a reliable ally, we need to deepen our defence cooperation with the EU, and review AUKUS."
https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/02/greens-call-for-investment-in-genuine-global-security/
Greens call for investment in genuine global security - Green Party
In anticipation of the outcome of the strategic defence review being published today, Ellie Chowns MP, who holds the defence brief for the Parliamentary Green Party, said: “We acknowledge the need for greater defence spending and continued NATO membership, but also call for a more thorough reappraisal of strategic defence alliances. With Trump no longer […]
Ji Fu@OliverNoble @proscience @pvonhellermannn "We acknowledge the need for greater defence spending and continued NATO membership" all of those things sound awful
@Fu
I think currently NATO is not ideal and needs to change& ultimately maybe be replaced by a European agreement
Also the current UK "defence" budget may be sufficient if it was used for *defence*- so no more flying reconnaissance for Israel, and no repeat of Afghanistan or Iraq etc which were so costly (in every sense) and were hard to justify as defensive
The stated position from the greens doesnt exactly align with my ideal either, but its close
See the link (above) for full context