frankPodmore@slrpnk.net to London@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agoNimby watch: The Green Party has a habit of supporting things in principle, only to oppose them in practicecapx.coexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1-8arrow-down1external-linkNimby watch: The Green Party has a habit of supporting things in principle, only to oppose them in practicecapx.cofrankPodmore@slrpnk.net to London@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
Note to mods: I normally don’t editorialise headlines, but I have in this case because it’s definitely not true!
minus-squaredevnev@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoYour editorialised headline makes an article about Islington into a sweeping claim about the green party. Might as well read Labor’s own article on the topic: https://islington-labour.org.uk/green-party-highlights-their-own-hypocrisy-in-the-tribune/
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThanks for finding the original letter! However, I disagree: the headline claim is frequently true of the Green party in general. In addition to their opposition to HS2, Green councillors have successfully prevented construction of solar farms in various parts of the country, objected to building pylons for wind farms in Suffolk, and opposed housing development in Bristol and elsewhere. I feel they basically have a tendency to let the perfect be the enemy of the good and that’s reflected in their policies in Islington.
Your editorialised headline makes an article about Islington into a sweeping claim about the green party.
Might as well read Labor’s own article on the topic: https://islington-labour.org.uk/green-party-highlights-their-own-hypocrisy-in-the-tribune/
Thanks for finding the original letter!
However, I disagree: the headline claim is frequently true of the Green party in general. In addition to their opposition to HS2, Green councillors have successfully prevented construction of solar farms in various parts of the country, objected to building pylons for wind farms in Suffolk, and opposed housing development in Bristol and elsewhere. I feel they basically have a tendency to let the perfect be the enemy of the good and that’s reflected in their policies in Islington.