The Greens

[Khandro]

If you thought the Liberals were a hapless bunch, you ought to see the Greens!
Caution - cringe warning!

[Zacs-Master]

I do wish people would stop crediting UKIP as the engineers of Brexit. They weren't the political representatives, nor did they embody the ideals of the vast majority of leave voters. If they had been then there would have been a significantly larger percentage of the 17.4 million leave voters who voted for them in the general election, where they only got 4 million votes.

[-Talbot-]

They did enough to spook Cameron.

[jno]

ichkeria, do you remember when Neil was in charge of the Sunday Time and they ran lots of articles explaining how there was no Aids epidemic, and heterosexuals were at no risk of contracting it?

A shame he never got round to interrogating himself.

[mikey4444]

Zacs....UKIP was only ever just a protest group, nothing more. We have to admit, that due to their incipient nuttiness and xenophobia, they managed to persuade people that by voting UKIP, they were going to get rid of all the foreigners in Britain.

Even though the Party is fast sinking without trace, there are still people that hang on to that belief.

[-Talbot-]

Who did you vote for in 1983, mikey?

[ladybirder]

Mushroom, much as I'd like to read the article you posted, being a B&H resident, I'm not paying £12 to do so;-)

[mikey4444]

I have always voted Labour Talbot. I am not one of those people that switch my allegiance every Election

There is really only two choices in Britain....Labour or Tory, and I will never, ever vote for the Tories.

[-Talbot-]

So you were a Brexiter in 83 then.

[mikey4444]

No....I have always believed in the EU.

And still do, although its not fashionable to do so at present.

[-Talbot-]

Why would you vote for a party that wanted to leave then?


I've alway found this I always vote Labour thing a bit bizarre. When people say that to me I think they must be a little bit stupid.

[ichkeria]

ichkeria, do you remember when Neil was in charge of the Sunday Time and they ran lots of articles explaining how there was no Aids epidemic, and heterosexuals were at no risk of contracting it?

A shame he never got round to interrogating himself.

lol that would have been amusing.

As for the basically sound idea (one which a lot more than the Greens grasp) is that while a majority voted for Brexit, opinion is divided on what sort of Brexit.
Where Ms Womack falls down is in using labels like "extreme" without having either the preparation, or the mental dexterity, to cope with Mr Neil's interrogation. So she avoids answering the questions directly.

[Zacs-Master]

Whereas with other posters were left in no doubt.

[mikey4444]

Talbot....that is exactly what I think when people say that they vote Tory !

All Party's have a plethora of different policies. It would be impossible to agree with them in all these different instances.

But Labour are still the Party of the working man, as far as I am concerned. I don't expect you to agree with that of course !

Although Paul Nuttall and UKIP keep telling us differently, and keep losing.

[-Talbot-]

But in 83 Labour put leaving the EEC in their manifesto, if you are so pro-European then you should not have voted for Labour ... ?

[ToraToraTora]

MAABOF! PMSL!

[ToraToraTora]

mikey: "But Labour are still the Party of the working man, as far as I am concerned. " - sorry me old china, but take off that Blind fold. The leader is and no doubt those that elected him leader, twice, are but the PLP is full of Saint Tony Luvvies who are a cross between wet Tories and Limp dums with a garnish of the greens thrown in!

[mikey4444]

TTT....I still won't or can't vote for the Tories !

Labour have been out of power before but they came back with a vengeance in the recent past and they can do it again.

[cassa333]

Talbot at 10.23 has it.

I have always wondered about the sheep mentality as well. Labour (and probably all the parties to an extent but it seems Labour supporters in particular) have a numb brain attitude to Support. Sheep bleating away in a field full of (that they determine) lovely grass and weeds to eat.

When you have a sheep mentality you don't have to think for yourself. You can just whip into the ballot box and put your x in the box. Oh how sweet and simple life must be for Labour supporters.

[cassa333]

Labour will come back. It is difficult to get rid of a political party unless they decide it. But they keep coming back and bogging up the country again and it takes the Tories to get us out of the mess.

You can only give them so many chances before you have to tap them on the shoulder and say 'look here old chap, do t you think it's about time you hung up your hat and let the adults do it for you'.

[mikey4444]

Cassa....why does that apply to Labour voters and not to the voters of any other Party ?