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The leadership of the Greens are/were most closely aligned with my values – certainly at the time when the Blairites were still heading up the Labour party. So
by aidos 11y ago
The leadership of the Greens are/were most closely aligned with my values – certainly at the time when the Blairites were still heading up the Labour party. So I wanted to vote Green as the party.
My local Labour representative, however, is a pretty good person to have looking out for the area. He was born and raised in the estates opposite my house - to a working class immigrant family, no less. In his time representing the area he's done a lot of good and he has a lot of experience. For me, that's all good - but his party values of continued austerity and benefit cuts don't sit well with me.
You see my conundrum? :)
- Karunamon 11y agoHeh, failure of imagination on my part. Thanks for the clarification :)
- bossrat 11y agoyour conundrum is that you have a distinctly minority opinion, but you would like to influence the outcome "more than your share"? so, instead of advocating unequal income distribution, you favor unequal outcome?
- aidos 11y agoErm, no, not in the slightest – well, I think not in the slightest – I'm going to be totally honest, I don't really understand all of your comment. But I don't want to influence the outcome "more than my share". I'd like everyone to have an equal share of influence. More than anything I'd like the political process to be one that everyone is engaged in and ultimately moves the country in a direction that is good for everyone.
- frenchy 11y agoNot necessarily. This is a bit of an issue now in Canada because with have 3 (or more) left-wing parties, and 1 right wing party This has led to a lot of ABC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anything_But_Conservative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anything_But_Conservative) voting.