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Rosi Sexton @rosisexton.bsky.social

This article absolutely hits the nail on the head about why Greens - and the wider left - should #BackZack. The strategy that got the Greens to where they are is not enough, on its own, to take the next step up in scale. bright-green.org/2025/07/24/i...

First - we're reaching the ceiling of what a ground campaign alone can deliver. Not because it's not working. It is - better than ever. And not because it's not vital. We won|t win anything without it. But because we can all see how incredibly resource-intensive they are. They take time, money, staff, volunteers, data, and an unfathomable amount of organisation. Trying to replicate that model to match the scale of ambition for the next general election is just not feasible. So if we want to go from four MPs to the kind of numbers that can make a difference in a hung parliament - especially in seats that are clustered geographically we're going to have to find ways to reduce the volume of the ground game without reducing the number of exposures voters receive. In other words, mare media.
jul 25, 2025, 9:57 am • 16 3

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Christopher Walton @christo-walton.bsky.social

Agreed. I think the antiquated, failed & corrupted Tory/Lab stranglehold on power is finally falling apart, not before time. That’s got to be a good thing for democracy, & all right-minded people should embrace this opportunity to build a fairer & more egalitarian society.

jul 25, 2025, 10:03 am • 1 0 • view