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17 hrsSeven Years in the Green Party - What Now? It is a plain fact that any progressive government will be Labour led and it is now realistic to talk of such a government being elected on a radical agenda for change... Seven Years in the Green Party - What Now? Written by Dave Taylor Seven years ago the election of Caroline Lucas as a Green MP gave hope to thousands who had found t... LONDONGREENLEFT.BLOGSPOT.COM Like Comment Share 77 1 share 12 Comments Comments View 4 more comments Joe McMaster I think the Ideal situation would be a Labour/Green government. Like · Reply · 14 hrs Remove John Allaway Excellent article, thanks for posting it on here Mike. Like · Reply · 1 · 13 hrs Remove Roger Lewis Given the polarised state of UK Politics and the temporarily suspended bill for a second Scots Indy referendum, it is pretty obvious that some sort of PR will come about as a default setting to resolve the eternal spectre of hung parliaments and secondly to provide federated powers regionally to the Nations of the UK. Political Alliances are not needed to bring this about, it is a necessary consequence of the political reality of the last 7 years. On Federation, Gordon Brown made a speech in Kircaldy about it which I mention in this Blog. http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/.../a-fedear... With respect to Brexit, I have been arguing that a Grand Coalition Article 50 Government should be formed for the article 50 Notice period of negotiations I set it out in this Blog here. http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/.../a-grand... With respect to the current Voting System, I think what is important to realise is that the System we have is an overarching Oligarchy and a competing Elites model of representative democracy. Real Direct Democracy that most people think we have sees political Representatives as Constituency Delegates. This is a very important distinction as PR with a representative and not delegative structure with recall etc, means that Democracy is something that is handed down and not something which flows up from the subsidiaries of society. Subsidiarity is the core ethos of Direct Democracy. ´´( quotes from Roy Madron, Super Competent Democracies). ‘Democracy is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people's vote’." Joseph Schumpeter, Quoted from Roy Madron, Super Competent Democracies who in turn Cites. "Participation, and Democratic Theory" by Carole Pateman. Dr. Pateman says that, Schumpeter and his followers: … set the current Anglo-American political system as our democratic ideal (with) a ‘democratic theory’ that in many respects bears a strange resemblance to the anti-democratic arguments of the last (i.e. 19th) century. No longer is democratic theory centered on the participation of ‘the people'; in the contemporary theory of democracy it is the participation of the minority elite that is crucial and the non-participation of the apathetic, ordinary man lacking in the feelings of political efficacy, that is regarded as the main bulwark against instability. ´´ http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/.../on-may.... Roy has published a series of Introductory articles on His Book, re-named super smart Democracies and you will find episode 1 at this link. https://medium.com/.../getting-the-hang-of-super-smart... A fedearated Pound Striling and a Federated Euro Subsidiartity and… LETTHEMCONFECTSWEETERLIES.BLOGSPOT.COM Like · Reply · Remove Preview · 3 hrs Edit Roger Lewis https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=ux5Q30YpMa4 David AMlone Livestream 7- 8 38.04 Chapter 7. The Green Party, Leadership, Election 2017 Campaign, Manifesto, Binary Discussion, Climate Mc Carthyism. 39.54 7.1 Policy EC661 Money Creati... YOUTUBE.COM Like · Reply · Remove Preview · 3 hrs Edit Roger Lewis http://letthemconfectsweeterlies.blogspot.se/.../progress... Progressive Momentum Blog, Child of GolemXIV and a Sibling to this Blog David Malone: Ungarbled (I Hope) Pt.1 June 24, 2017… LETTHEMCONFECTSWEETERLIES.BLOGSPOT.COM Like · Reply · Remove Preview · 3 hrs Edit Roger Lewis https://www.thunderclap.it/.../58962-david-malone-a... David Malone Has already thrown his hat back in the Ring for the 2018 Leadership Election, Will the Green Party Survive another Year of the Lucas/Bratley Presidency? David Malone A Radical Green I just supported David Malone A Radical Green on @ThunderclapIt // @DavidHMalone THUNDERCLAP.IT Like · Reply · Remove Preview · 3 hrs Edit Roger Lewis http://davidmalonegreenpartycandidate.weebly.com/ Sorry for so many Posts, on this one thread, These questions have been exercising my mind and David Malone and I have been talking to a number of Green Party Folks about the dropping of Policy EC661, which Was disastrous to arguing for Anti-Austerity and Post Capitalist Policy implementation such as UBI. For Radical Politics in the 21st Century, a new paradigm is emerging which is not Anti-Capitalist and Left or Right But Post-Capitalist and Resource and Sustainability led. The retrograde step of the Presidential, Pound Shop Lib-Dem turn under the Bartley / Lucas Regime lacks Authenticity for me and was a definite wrong turn, That Caroline and Johnathan have not resigned speaks volumes as to the time serving and Professional Political Class ethos they have now embraced. David Malone, A future for Radical Green Politics David Malone Parliamentary Candidate for the Green… DAVIDMALONEGREENPARTYCANDIDATE.WEEBLY.COM Like · Reply · Remove Preview · 3 hrs Edit Richard Johnson A very worrying comment from Dave Taylor "Greens. Many activists, the very people who attend conference, have left to join Labour which leaves those who favour “returning to our green roots” – ie ditching our social justice policies - in a stronger position." I honestly cannot think of a more inept group of people in British politics than the right of the Green Party, they will definately consign the Green Party to the dustbin of history and they certainly wont provide any kind of relevant radical opposition to the Labour Party. If they gain the upper hand it would be better just write off the Green Party and start all over again. Like · Reply · 1 · 11 mins
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