The more media attention you give to a nutty party, the more popular they become. Just look at UKIP.
Just how nutty are the Green party?
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The more media attention you give to a nutty party, the more popular they become. Just look at UKIP.
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Which items in the UKIP manifesto do you consider to be insane?
Have they got one yet? Last I heard even their leader thought the last one was rubbish.
http://www.ukip.org/policies_for_people
There's a few that aren't particularly well written, and some that I don't agree with, but on the whole it looks like a pretty serious set of proposals given the radical nature of UKIP.
I already posted a raft of policies a while back, if most of you are totally rubbish at googling then i can't help you
They had a 3 day conference a few months ago and all the videos are on Youtube.
You know what, **** it, here's what they have for the terminally helpless
Agricultural Policies
Transport Policies
Energy Policies
International Trade
Small Buisnesses Policies
Employment Policies
Education Policies
Defence Policy
Welfare Policies
NHS
And of course, Immigration Policies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beaXPbuuoBk&list=UU9FCLrC3cLmFOb7PxRWIKww
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The previous manifesto for UKIP was quite reasonable. They might have been 'rubbish' in terms of their costings, but there was nothing in there which seemed very drastic.
Leaving the ECHR, legalising handguns, moving to a US-style health insurance model, repealing the ban on smoking in pubs, barring HIV positive people from visiting the UK, reduction/removal of maternity leave, every policy based on their view that climate change is a hoax... Take your pick.
We need to tear-up the euro one and make our own, it's been abused beyond belief for far too long
One of the few i disagree with, so i'll give you that one
Out of date and dropped, not a policy anymore
non-issue to most people, we coped with smoking in pubs for hundreds of years
Not quite right, it's banning HIV positive people from outside the UK from using our NHS, i don't have a problem with this.
a woman disappearing for a year (happened for two so far in my office) from work and expecting to return to her job as if nothing happened is taking the **** to be frank. Should be capped to 6 months.
it's been horribly exaggerated to squeeze more money from the general public, all out energy costs have gone up and all it's doing is lining the pockets of the big corporations
The ECHR in Strasbourg rules against the UK government about 11 times a year. That suggests that it isn't abused beyond belief. The vast, vast majority of cases are dealt with in the UK under local law.
I get the feeling it wll be just tear up the human rights bill and not implement a replacement....I mean, who wants those damn pesky human rights
Since smokers are a minority, and I know plenty of smokers who agree with the ban in pubs/restaurants, I think you are wrong there. It's much much nicer to enter these establishments without them stinking of stale smoke.
Yea, god damn those women wanting to start a family and wanting to ween their newborns! Hell theres work to do, get back to it chop chop! (And only 9 months of those would be statutarily paid, and most (if not all) of it can be reclaimed.)
What a shame we have a whole thread where the majority of posts are naming the Green Party as nutty and arguing over economics whilst only a few have actually addressed really important issues that may also impact on us all at some point eg the right to die. Just goes to show how shallow and self-centred peoples' priorities actually are. Give a stuff about money for things they may want but never need - sure - give a stuff about intrinsic basic human rights and suffering - nope.
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brighton is a nightmare now, thanks greens. piles of rubbish everywhere, very green. made every road user's journeys a missery and then rob you of any remianing funds while parking. even the permit parking is a mess.
if they can make that much of a hash of brighton just imagine what could happen given full or even partial control of the whole country. NEVER voting green ever!
I get the feeling it wll be just tear up the human rights bill and not implement a replacement....I mean, who wants those damn pesky human rights
That's just scaremongering of the highest degree
To be frank it's a non-issue to me because i don't smoke...or go to the pub
They are free to pump out as many sprogs as they want and stay at home as long as they want but i think the keeping the job for an entire year is a **** taker. If they want that kind of stay at home time they leave the job and when they're ready to go to work again then find another job. As i say maternity has become ridiculous and has caused employers to think twice about hiring young women into important roles
I agree with lots of their policies, such as this one, their rulings on cannabis, most fo their food and agriculture stuff, and others, but a functioning economy is a basic right by itself, border controls and a able and equiped defence force are a must - the Green policies would, in their current form, destroy these things, and thus I find it impossible to do anything but condem them.
Well considering the Tories can't manage border controls, defense and the economy and the latter part of the Labour administration they were the same I don't think that calls for them to be labelled "nutty". It was more an observation on what peoples' priorities are than a defense of the Green Party who I wouldn't vote for anyway. I just think it speaks volumes about people and what they really care about ... more concerned with what they want than what they need.
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I think there is a good chance they will lose Brighton Pavilion. Anyone who I know who voted Green at the last election (quite a few) is saying "never again"
