Comments on: It’s been a tough year for the Greens – but our pro-EU and radical principles prevail https://leftfootforward.org/2017/12/its-been-a-tough-year-for-the-greens-but-our-pro-eu-and-radical-principles-prevail/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: David Lyons https://leftfootforward.org/2017/12/its-been-a-tough-year-for-the-greens-but-our-pro-eu-and-radical-principles-prevail/#comment-950515 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:20:40 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=125583#comment-950515 As millions of people are chorusing, the non binding advisory referendum was not on the likely deal that will be on offer. Why would a Democrat be against a binding referendum on the deal…what makes such a notion radical?

]]> By: Chester Draws https://leftfootforward.org/2017/12/its-been-a-tough-year-for-the-greens-but-our-pro-eu-and-radical-principles-prevail/#comment-950428 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 19:59:05 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=125583#comment-950428 We need a government to deliver the people’s decisions, do we?

What about when that decision is to leave? Ah, that decision needs to revisited. That was a wrong decision, and they don’t count.

You talk about respecting democracy, but you don’t actually like it very much.

I’d also like to point out that Green parties around the world are failing. Because instead of being about Green issues they have moved to be merely radical. The two are not be necessarily aligned. Currently an environmentally concerned Tory cannot vote UK Green. Worse, having painted the Tories as evil incarnate, the Greens cannot work with them — even to achieve their stated goals.

If the Green party stay radical they cannot expect to pick up more than the 2% of radical votes. It’s a losing strategy.

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