Green Politics. The Joke.

Zardnaar

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Political infighting in NZ.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politica...tent-members-walk-ex-mps-criticise-leadership

Basically a squabble between the radical/progressive wing and the left/progressive wing.

85% voted to support an agreement with the NZ Labour Party. Apparently the 15% opposed swing towards the under 25 crowd.

In 2020 the last election the Greens got 7.86%, Labour got 50%.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_New_Zealand_general_election

The far right here (GoP types) generally get 2-4% of the vote. These loud squawking make you teeth itch liberals can't even get a majority support in their own party member meetings.

Party leader is an "autocrat" and the single seat they have one of the popular MPs Chloe Swarbrick flipped a blue seat (blue right wing seat.

Hmmn. Fairly clueless bunch. A party 7 times larger than you (winning the center, flipping multiple blue seat) and your own liberal/progressive party are all wrong.

The parliamentary wing probably can't do anything to appease the radical "SJW" types.

Party leader in the article points out with an absolute majority they have no power as Labour doesn't need them for support or votes.
 
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I am always a little sceptical of letting delegates making their own decisions at party conferences.

They tend to divide into argumentative factions that can get carried away by themselves.
 
I am always a little sceptical of letting delegates making their own decisions at party conferences.

They tend to divide into argumentative factions that can get carried away by themselves.

They probably need some sort of say but yeah.
 
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