Green Parties of the World?

[BIMBAM]

Originally Posted by Noggin of Rum

In the UK they're well outside of the Goldilocks zone of political sanity in the "completely bonkers" far left territory. The type of people who vote for them are young liberals who don't have much knowledge of politics or economics.

Among their policies:

Britain to leave NATO and completely disband standing army, navy, air-force and nuclear stockpile. Arms industry to be converted to producing wind turbines and bases to be turned into nature reserves.

Massive increase in welfare spending across the board. Parents entitled to two years’ paid leave from work. Allow people choose "their own types and patterns of work" costing hundreds of billions of pounds to the tax payer per annum.

Steep levies on goods depending on their "ecological impact". New "resource taxes" to wood, metal and minerals. Taxes on presents, including levies on cars, jewellery or furniture given by parents to their children.

Imprisonment only for extreme, extenuating circumstances, such as defending criminals from vigilantism. Make it a criminal offence to stop a woman from breastfeeding in public. However, decriminalise membership to terrorist groups.

Independent schools to pay corporation tax. Give more emphasis to "creative subjects" over science or mathematics. Reduce role of business in education and ban all religious teaching. Break up all schools above 700 pupils in size.

No more new airports or runways to be built. Increase taxes on carriers to reduce passenger numbers. Advertising of holiday flights to be controlled by law to halt the “promotion of a high-carbon lifestyle”

New "NHS taxes" just to fund the health service. Heavy promotion of "alternative" medicine irrespective of EBM. Private healthcare to be heavily taxed. Free condoms to prevent “overpopulation” burdening the earth.

The "Beyonce tax": a new "tax on superstar performances” to support “local cultural enterprises”. Abolish the monarchy, reduce border controls, and offer amnesty for illegal immigrants after a period of residence.

In other words, they're like liberals on steroids.

Okay, that's why I didn't call the Canadian Green Party "looney left", THIS is looney left right here! Crazy.

[improb]

Originally Posted by BIMBAM

Okay, that's why I didn't call the Canadian Green Party "looney left", THIS is looney left right here! Crazy.

The Italian Green are also not even nearly as looney lefty. Their main focus at the moment is preserving the Adriatic coast from drilling, higher implemention of recycling, renewable energies and getting the civil unions law to pass. Aside from this emphasis on preservation of environment, it's the same as the most leftist half of PD (ruling center-left party)

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by Halcyon18

It must suck for Canadian liberals that Canada has so many left-wing parties and only one prominent right-wing party. It makes me feel like it was a miracle that Mr. Trudeau got elected.

It's complicated. Some people will vote one way provincially and one way federally, depending on the issues, leader etc of the day.

For example in my province of B.C. The two main parties are the B.C. Liberals ( who as of 1987 are no longer affiliated or part of the Federal Liberal Party headed by Trudeau, in fact, they act more like Conservatives, and most see them as that ) and the NDP.

Given that realistically it's going to be one or the other party in power for B.C., people who vote Liberal Federally, can and do vote NDP provincially.

An example of that is in the riding of Vancouver Centre. Provincial MLA is NDP, Federal MP is a Federal Liberal. I should note here that the ridings are not exactly the same size, but the NDP riding I mention is within the boundaries of the federal one.

As for the Greens, the MP in office is from B.C. and overall is well respected. In the last election, many saw her as a sane voice amongst the nonsense.

http://elizabethmaymp.ca

[improb]

It's news from today that a candidates from the Green will take part in the PD mayoral primaries in Rome. That pretty much confirms what i said, they are just in line with the leftist half of the ruling center left party on most issues except the ecologist stance