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I have received a tip-off from the Green Party that they are seriously worried about the onslaught of the BNP. This is the reason why the Greens are standing around 1400 candidates. Most Green candidates are paper candidates, but the Greens are hoping a large number will result in significant media coverage. Last year the Greens were disgusted that they were virtually ignored, and the BNP received much more media coverage despite fielding fewer candidates than the Greens and getting fewer councillors elected.

In terms of victories, the Greens informed me that they expect to increase their number of councillors to around 120 and become the official opposition in Norwich and Brighton. They reckon that the BNP will top this figure and end up with around 130 to 140 councillors including the official opposition in Thurrock. Another concern is that the BNP is standing in against Green councillors seeking re-election in Yorkshire and could well defeat them. This year the BNP seems to have made it a tactic to stand in against councillors from small parties because they are weak targets compared to Labour and the Conservatives.

rjt

Last year in my ward a member of the Green Party sttod as a paper candidate and an Independant did the same thing

Greens polled 182 votes and the indepndant polled 90, previously anyone outiside the 3 main partys did well to score 50 votes.

22ANDUK

I've got no real problem with the Greens. I also have no problem in stating that I have in fact voted for the Greens in a local election before.

I have, in the past, also thought a lot about joining the party - however on too many core issues I could not resolve i.e. support for regional assemblies, electing the 'second chamber', potentially ending the monarchy and the whole 'Student Union style' politics of having a Male and Female Principal Speaker over a single party leader.

Whilst I am unsure of their governing credentials, the Greens (I am aware of their current representation) are one of the parties (along with UKIP) I would like to see gain greater numbers of Councillors, representation on national Assemblies and Parliaments, and especially the House of Commons (even just a couple of MPs) - which would raise the awareness of issues, maintain greater checks upon the mainstream parties and balance out British politics.

Britannist

The Green Party candidate did remarkably well in my ward (in last year's London Borough Elections) considering they never canvassed or even put out a leaflet (not around here anyway).

I don't have a copy of the results in front of me, but I recall thinking when I saw them published in the local paper that the unpleasant third-place europhile Liberal Dims should be very worried about the rise of the Green Party vote in the ward I live in. The Greens are not far off from starting to come third in quite a large number of wards.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not praising the Greens. They have one MEP who doesn't want the euro. But, apart from her, the Greens are a europhile leftist party - just as the vile Liberal Dims are.

Britannist

Yet.

C_steam

wouldn't suprise me. On paper, a good tactic and - perhaps - an opportunity missed for UKIP who still seem to be after the tory vote.

g hall

I have only ONE problem with the greens - they believe we can all live happily ever after in Hobbiton.
They appear to want to junk progress and become agricultural serfs going nowhere and doing nothing oh and they lie - a lot

andypandy

How can any party that promotes a cleaner environment have so many pot smoking head cases in it!

Moreover, how can any party that campaigns for promoting native species of flora and fauna against the impact of human greed, be so IN FAVOUR of mass immigration of NON-NATIVE humans to this crowded little island. Curious one, that.

Britannist

The majority of the Green Party in England are just socialists repackaging themselves slightly differently for electoral reasons.

In Germany the Conservative parties have quite rightly warned of the dangers of a "red-green coalition" (i.e. a coalition of the Social Democrats with the Greens).

Many Greens in Germany are practically communist - and other Green party members originate from the most leftist part of the Social Democrat party.

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You can't even debate the 'open doors' immigration policy with the Greens because you will instantly be branded a racist, and they will never talk to you again.

Read more about the Greens at

http://www.dissidentcongress.com/art...le=greenoppose