I had no idea referring to the tentacles of the Jewish lobby might sound antisemitic! 😆
"The #NewSouthWales premier, Chris Minns, has warned parliamentarians about sowing division in the community after a #Greens MP apologised for referring to the “tentacles” of the “#Jewish lobby” and its influence across Australia.
The Newtown MP Jenny Leong said she did not intend to reference an antisemitic cartoon depicting #Jews as an octopus when she made the comments at the #Palestine Justice Movement forum in #Sydney in December, where the boycott movement against #Israel was being discussed."
Best case scenario they tax billionaires, properly address climate change, uphold the rights of trans, queer, disabled and first nations people and hold the bastards to account.
Worst case, weed is legalised and we feel a bit nice.
Hard to see much difference between #Labor and #LNP these days Fortunately, my local member is #Greens Elizabeth Watson-Brown, so neither will get a preference from my votes.
"Multiple #SNP politicians including Fergus Ewing, Kate Forbes and Joanna Cherry have said the Bute House Agreement should be reviewed or renegotiated, with Ewing branding the #Greens “hard-left extremists” that have “tarnished” his party"
Is Ewing sure that it isn't hard right extremists who are tarnishing his party? What is he even doing in the party?
I'm disappointed that the Green Party USA still relies on Twitter and does nothing to promote Mastodon on their website. I feel like their writings (20+ years ago) is the type of thing that originally got me interested in projects like the fediverse. #politics#USA#Greens
Well, this alaska food and farm festival is officially information overload. There were lightning sessions (#compost! Native #greens! Traditional foods!) breakouts (#beekeeping! #Mariculture! Food security! Flower diseases!) meet and greets and awards. This three ring circus wrapped day one and I am truly overwhelmed. #akfood
if it is the defense support for #ukraine or the question if #russia#china spying is a "bad thing", the electorate of the #german#green party reliably takes the lead, while #farright#afd puts its tail between its legs (to stay with the image)
I had the turnip greens with blackberry-soy glazed chicken meatballs and mashed potatoes. The black cardamom is for smokiness. There’s a whole head of garlic in here as well as the juice & zest of two lemons, 5 bay leaves, cayenne, and 22 hour slow cooked chicken stock. $5 to buy, 45 minutes to clean, three hours to stew, gone in mere minutes. #greens#turnipgreens#foodporn#personalchef
When ingesting a meal begin with #vegetables / leafy #greens first. Ingest as much as your body will allow before consuming fats, proteins, and complex sugars. Doing so will allow for more intake of these vital nutrients prior to the body's satiation.
The political parties in the UK in preparation for the coming general election are as follows:
#Conservatives: Evil, but also incompetent; #DUP: Like Conservatives, but also bonkers; #LibDems: Like Conservatives, but also hopeless; #Labour: Like Conservatives, but also useless; #SinnFein: apparently competent and sensible but only in Ireland; #SNP: Like Labour, but Scottish; #Greens: Sensible and possibly competent, but we won't vote for them because we all think no one else will.
“Labour and Tories combine in [House of] #Lords to defeat attempt to protect your right to see a doctor: Peers from both versions of the Tory party come together to see off #Green peer’s attempt to maintain distinction between medically qualified NHS doctors and ‘associates’”
“The Tories and Labour combined in the House of Lords on Monday night to crush Green peer Natalie Bennett’s attempt to kill off the government’s bill to blur the distinction between properly-qualified doctors and cheaper ‘associate’ roles that are not medically qualified but which are allowed to diagnose and prescribe and – now – will be regulated, like doctors, by the General Medical Council, against the objections of the British Medical Association, Doctors’ Association UK and other medic and patient groups.
@patrickharvie I was intending on switching my vote in the general election from SNP to green (as I can't in conscience vote for Joanna Cherry).
Green always got my councillor vote and second list vote in Scotland elections.
If the green party go for no confidence and side with the Tories you will also lose my vote for good.
Just so you know.
Sincerely
While in many ways this is a crucial election for the future of the country, for many, Labour no longer offer much hope of salvation.
The next six weeks will see the (normal) pre-election media driven battle between the two main party leaders, but sadly, this aspect of the election is going to be as edifying as watching too bald men fight over a comb;
the real politics is likely to be away from the leaders; perhaps for once the media might give the Greens more airtime?