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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

Pity there aren´t more like Clive Lewis & Andy Burnham

aug 31, 2025, 3:05 pm • 4 0

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I'm going to be Frank with you @as-good-as-it-gets.bsky.social

They've tried their absolute hardest to remove anyone with an iota of humanity in them. They're building a party of people that tow the line and say yes sir to Kier. I've always voted labour. I will be going nowhere near them.

aug 31, 2025, 3:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

so have I, all my voting life. I joined the Green Party a few years back as they are more aligned to my views. although I still voted tactically for labour last election

aug 31, 2025, 3:18 pm • 4 0 • view
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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social

Do you now regret voting for Labour?

aug 31, 2025, 7:08 pm • 2 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

phew! great question. I don´t regret voting Labour to get the tories out. If the Greens had a chance to have won I would have voted Green. But I am disappointed with how right of centre the Labour Party appear

aug 31, 2025, 7:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social

I wish it was only a matter of Labour 'appearing' right of centre. But surely, how you act when you HAVE power is more sure a gauge of who you really are than what you say when you want to GAIN it. While there are some who remain in it that are still principled left, they have been made a minority.

aug 31, 2025, 8:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

I agree with you.

aug 31, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

If only there was PR so that there was more Green Party voices in parliament, & I would prefer a Labour Party that had more voices like Clive and Andy.

aug 31, 2025, 7:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social

There is a conundrum because FPTP functions as a trap - where those who want PR nonetheless continue voting for parties who do not want it, thus perpetuating the very system which manipulates their vote. Thus rewarding them for not introducing PR Don't be conned!

aug 31, 2025, 8:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

yes, it´s a rum do.

aug 31, 2025, 8:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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I'm going to be Frank with you @as-good-as-it-gets.bsky.social

I'm liking the look of @zackpolanski.bsky.social if he gets the nod this week!

aug 31, 2025, 3:20 pm • 3 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

So you hate the environment then and think appeasement works.

aug 31, 2025, 4:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

i am a green party member so hardly “hate the environment”. what appeasement are you talking about? what has the green party done to appease anyone? what makes u think u know me to assume what i think?

aug 31, 2025, 4:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

Scots greens want to leave NATO as does Polanski to set up a toothless talking shop. They oppose every bit of infrastructure required to provide energy. That's how they get rural votes.

aug 31, 2025, 5:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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I'm going to be Frank with you @as-good-as-it-gets.bsky.social

Entertain me here. What party then if one cares about the environment and the average person, should they vote for?

aug 31, 2025, 5:03 pm • 1 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

stein's campaign manager (green) in the US welcomed Trump 2/winning because he thinks it will set off a popular uprising. That's what splitting the left does. Gets fascists in power.

aug 31, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

Jill Stein of the Green Party in the United States? What left in the USA are you talking about?

aug 31, 2025, 5:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

The most important thing is preventing Farage getting in. So which party is most likely to win in your constituency. Because if Farage gets in, all is lost.

aug 31, 2025, 5:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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I'm going to be Frank with you @as-good-as-it-gets.bsky.social

That we agree on but this labour government isn't about to do that and I'll never ever vote for the tories. Then what?

aug 31, 2025, 5:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

???

aug 31, 2025, 5:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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I'm going to be Frank with you @as-good-as-it-gets.bsky.social

I'll repeat my original question and this time give a straight answer. Who do I vote for when I care about the environment and care about the average person?

aug 31, 2025, 5:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

and that is what i did last election although it was to prevent a tory victory. so if yer choice is green or reform u would vote green even though u think they hate the environment?

aug 31, 2025, 5:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

what are you talking about? are u a reform supporter?

aug 31, 2025, 5:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

Certainly not. I actually want green policies, not tooth fairy adjacent fantasies.

aug 31, 2025, 5:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

what tooth fairy adjacent fantasies? who would you suggest is worthy of your vote?

aug 31, 2025, 5:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

eh?

aug 31, 2025, 4:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

Just describing green policies.

aug 31, 2025, 4:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

the green party hate the environment?

aug 31, 2025, 4:59 pm • 1 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

They propose fantasy world solutions.

aug 31, 2025, 5:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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Russell Pennypacker @russellpennypacker.bsky.social

what do u propose?

aug 31, 2025, 5:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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Angus Sawyer @aardgoose.info

Yes.

aug 31, 2025, 5:01 pm • 0 0 • view