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I’ve voted Green many times.

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  • urlyman@mastodon.socialU urlyman@mastodon.social

    …Supplement to the poll above for citizens (and past citizens) of England and Wales only.

    Have you ever come close to voting for the Green Party of England and Wales but…

    in the end have never done so?

    #gpew #greenparty #ukpolitics

    You can vote ‘No’ if you like but I’m only interested in the extent of the ‘Yes’.

    Please boost for reach. Poll runs for 1 week

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    @urlyman Our local Green candidate has said that he doesn't believe in the scientific method. Not a terribly bright thing to say to one of his potential voters who happened to be a NatSci student.

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    • timwardcam@c.imT timwardcam@c.im

      @urlyman Our local Green candidate has said that he doesn't believe in the scientific method. Not a terribly bright thing to say to one of his potential voters who happened to be a NatSci student.

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      @TimWardCam 😬

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        @la_rosa 😊

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        • urlyman@mastodon.socialU urlyman@mastodon.social

          @la_rosa 😊

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          @urlyman

          Oops. I thought I double posted. Now I've deleted the post!

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          • la_rosa@todon.euL la_rosa@todon.eu

            @urlyman

            Oops. I thought I double posted. Now I've deleted the post!

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            @la_rosa I’ve done that before 🙂

            Repost!

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            • urlyman@mastodon.socialU urlyman@mastodon.social

              @BashStKid Yes.

              The digital teams of people like @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski should be talking to the likes of @Bonfire and @newsmast

              If there was a #gpew instance here I would totally join it and contribute to funding it

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              @urlyman @BashStKid @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski @Bonfire @newsmast

              Sounds like opportunity calls to work up a formal proposal inviting Greens to invest time and attention in the Fediverse.

              Greens offer a vision for a better UK. Fedi offers a vision for better online communities. A perfect fit to mutually grow this better future together 🌞🌱

              Offer expertise in onboarding as a consultancy. Team up with UK based @autonomic for expertise in managed hosting for Bonfire, GoToSocial, Mastodon...

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              • la_rosa@todon.euL la_rosa@todon.eu

                @urlyman @BashStKid @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski @Bonfire @newsmast

                Sounds like opportunity calls to work up a formal proposal inviting Greens to invest time and attention in the Fediverse.

                Greens offer a vision for a better UK. Fedi offers a vision for better online communities. A perfect fit to mutually grow this better future together 🌞🌱

                Offer expertise in onboarding as a consultancy. Team up with UK based @autonomic for expertise in managed hosting for Bonfire, GoToSocial, Mastodon...

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                @la_rosa 😊

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                • timwardcam@c.imT timwardcam@c.im

                  @urlyman Our local Green candidate has said that he doesn't believe in the scientific method. Not a terribly bright thing to say to one of his potential voters who happened to be a NatSci student.

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                  @urlyman @TimWardCam

                  What unctions does Feyerabend seek when ill and all that.

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                  • only_ohm@mas.toO only_ohm@mas.to

                    @urlyman @TimWardCam

                    What unctions does Feyerabend seek when ill and all that.

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                    @urlyman @TimWardCam

                    (TBF, though, I also have a Cambridge natsci degree, and unless you take the HPS option (which I didn't), it tells you next to nothing about the scientific method.)

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                    • only_ohm@mas.toO only_ohm@mas.to

                      @urlyman @TimWardCam

                      (TBF, though, I also have a Cambridge natsci degree, and unless you take the HPS option (which I didn't), it tells you next to nothing about the scientific method.)

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                      @only_ohm @urlyman I don't know which undergraduate options this student took. They now have a PhD in something to do with undersea volcanology.

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                      • urlyman@mastodon.socialU urlyman@mastodon.social

                        I’ve voted Green many times.
                        I voted Green last week.

                        But the Green Party of England and Wales does nothing at my local level to win my vote.

                        And its main presence here is a bot that treats Mastodon users as passive recipients of snippets of conversations going on elsewhere.

                        I understand why, but I don’t like it.

                        I am however grateful to the few UK Green reps who have chosen to actually be here

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                        @urlyman in the US the green party only exists for 20 minutes every for years. They show up to run for president them slide back into their masturbatory hole.

                        Want my vote? Prove you exist in my state or better yet my community. Prove you have a coalition of support to get something done.

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                          @Pamela1960 Thanks Pam. Did you register that in this poll? https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/116572191163542895

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                          • urlyman@mastodon.socialU urlyman@mastodon.social

                            …Have you *ever* voted for the Green Party of England and Wales?

                            #gpew #greenparty #ukpolitics

                            You can vote ‘No’ if you like but I’m only interested in the extent of the ‘Yes’.

                            Please boost for reach. Poll runs for 1 week.

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                            @urlyman [Yes] Twice in ~20 years.

                            ✘ 2000s Local Election: Low-stakes and "try for heart over tactics", I thought, didn't win the Green but got Lib Dem, my usual pick and also the tactical choice in the two-way split Lib Dem−Conservative (but usually LD) ward.
                            ✔ 2019 European Parliament Election: I won my Green MEP, reckoning the D'Hondt method to be up to the task.

                            All other elections under FPTP, I've gone tactical. Won 14/22 at Local (4 "losses" may count as half-wins), and 3/6 at GE.

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                            • bebadefabo@mastodon.socialB bebadefabo@mastodon.social

                              @urlyman in the US the green party only exists for 20 minutes every for years. They show up to run for president them slide back into their masturbatory hole.

                              Want my vote? Prove you exist in my state or better yet my community. Prove you have a coalition of support to get something done.

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                              @bebadefabo I’m vaguely aware that the US Green Party has all kinds of issues. I hope the US comes to its senses some time. I feel for all those who are having to tread water in deep shit in the meantime.

                              Edit: In saying that, I’m not saying Green Parties around the world (UK included) have got it all figured. They haven’t. But in the UK at least they’re trying to take thermodynamics more seriously than anyone else chasing my vote

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                              • timwardcam@c.imT timwardcam@c.im

                                @urlyman Our local Green candidate has said that he doesn't believe in the scientific method. Not a terribly bright thing to say to one of his potential voters who happened to be a NatSci student.

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                                @TimWardCam @urlyman
                                That should be automatic disqualification for any Green candidate. The last thing the Greens need is an influx of evidence-deniers.

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                                  @TimWardCam @urlyman
                                  That should be automatic disqualification for any Green candidate. The last thing the Greens need is an influx of evidence-deniers.

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                                  @KimSJ @urlyman We weren't. impressed. The guy is still around and standing as a candidate (he's never succeeded in getting elected).

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                                  • timwardcam@c.imT timwardcam@c.im

                                    @KimSJ @urlyman We weren't. impressed. The guy is still around and standing as a candidate (he's never succeeded in getting elected).

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                                    @TimWardCam @urlyman
                                    “Explain the scientific method” should be a standard question at all candidate selection interviews!

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                                    • kimsj@mastodon.socialK kimsj@mastodon.social

                                      @TimWardCam @urlyman
                                      “Explain the scientific method” should be a standard question at all candidate selection interviews!

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                                      @KimSJ @urlyman Wasn't asked in any of my vetting sessions!

                                      One "feature" of #Cambridge is that whatever you decide, as an amateur volunteer (ie councillor), there will be amongst your constituents a world class expert on the subject who will tell you what you've got wrong.

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                                        @electropict Thanks. I was quickly scanning the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales_MPs_and_peers#House_of_Lords and not reading into it carefully enough. Post above corrected.

                                        @carladenyer @sianberry @ZackPolanski

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                                        • urlyman@mastodon.socialU urlyman@mastodon.social

                                          …The @thegreenparty itself is only ‘here’ via a federated Threads account.

                                          @PortsmouthGreens were here at least occasionally until last year and now aren’t.

                                          I know of one Green Councillor, @samsterby, who is here 🙏

                                          @Molly hasn’t been here since 2023.

                                          Wonder how many Mastodon users resident in England and Wales voted Green 🤔… see the poll following 👇

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                                          @urlyman @thegreenparty @PortsmouthGreens @samsterby @Molly That raises another point re councillors.

                                          This would be an opportunity to enable Green councillors to talk to each other, and be a forum that isn’t Facebook to talk to their constituents.
                                          Might be one way of attracting some folks away from the grasp of Facebook.

                                          And, bureaucratically, it would be a way for leadership to keep up a better two-way dialogue with the increasing numbers representing it locally.

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