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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social

My one concern with Corbyn is Ukraine. If YP come out solidly behind the Ukrainians, I'll be content. Polanski has pleasantly surprised me in the past 24 hours. I voted for him, but with reservations most of which he's now laid to rest. The mood music is right for cooperation, though I still...

sep 3, 2025, 2:52 pm • 1 0

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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social

... wish Corbyn had joined the Greens from the get-go. It's been a long time since I've felt optimistic, and that's too strong a word even now; but with the Greens and YP I'm now feeling the odd unfamiliar caress of hope.

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Bro. B!O!F! @brobof.bsky.social

IIRC a sorta Countryside Alliance RW in the Greens? So problems there. I had real problems with the Greens Science policy. Being pro nuclear! And I don't think that has changed. Guessing here, but Labour was/is his first love. It had taken some time to realise it is now a dead duck!

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Bro. B!O!F! @brobof.bsky.social

Yeah that's a circle to square. Historical baggage from the past. Anti War Coalition &tc. If I were him, I would speak my piece. Then see which way the membership blows... I think he wants to decouple the MIC - NATO alliance. PermaWar being such a waste of resources. A good Green policy!

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