Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England.
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@petealexharris @EF @LaChasseuse Also, as someone who worked in and around politics before jumping to the grassroots side of things?
A thing people weirdly forget about politicians is that they're human beings with subjectivities, blind spots, and just personal limits. They flinch, they sometimes panic, they take shortcuts, they have really normal, run-of-the-mill human failure modes. It's really less frequent that someone is a puppet to a sinister master, and much more common that they're not playing to their strengths on something and bottled it.
@leahbobet @petealexharris @EF @LaChasseuse
Agreed. As someone who has worked closely with politicians, they are normal humans with normal human emotions.
We're seeing a rash of harassment towards Edmonton councillors, and I've also been personally targeted by disgruntled constituents. Without getting into specifics, my partner and I were enjoying dinner at a restaurant earlier this year and realized we were being watched.
I was just a staffer.
Relevant recent article: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-councillor-decries-harrassment
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse It has a Zohran mamdani vibe. Not a bad thing at all
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@LaChasseuse problem is the politicians are puppets of the civil service and the rich. Labour promised a lot and have delivered the opposite.
@EF The Greens are not puppets.
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The guy speaking in the video talks about the work and commitment of ordinary people to this cause. As he does so, he runs faster and faster, with the camera repeatedly focusing on his trainers. He runs through scenes of an English town and eventually, unable to run any faster, he stops and says that we need this reset. He then explains how.
@holger
At last, a version I can boost
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The guy speaking in the video talks about the work and commitment of ordinary people to this cause. As he does so, he runs faster and faster, with the camera repeatedly focusing on his trainers. He runs through scenes of an English town and eventually, unable to run any faster, he stops and says that we need this reset. He then explains how.
@holger Ohhh, thank you! I couldn't figure out if one could add an alt text to a video, so this was very helpful.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse he should have ended with a cup of tea..
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse so, the UK greens are going to be democratic socialists? that's a good thing, as the UK actually lacks a left party.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
I was relieved he didn’t go for armed struggle as the solution, because this is the clearest summary of “ the problem “ I have seen.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
Not from the UK and wouldn't vote for him, but nonetheless:
He's giving Mamdani vibes (messiging-wise).
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Not from the UK and wouldn't vote for him, but nonetheless:
He's giving Mamdani vibes (messiging-wise).
@proscience He was around before Mamdani came on the scene, and he is merely saying what the vast majority of people in the UK are thinking right now.
If the English have any sense, they will vote Green in masses next time. All the other English parties are corrupt.
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@EF The Greens are not puppets.
@LaChasseuse I wish the Greens well because someone/party needs to change politics in the UK and Reform is not the answer.
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@LaChasseuse so, the UK greens are going to be democratic socialists? that's a good thing, as the UK actually lacks a left party.
@fnberger They always have been democratic socialists.
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@proscience He was around before Mamdani came on the scene, and he is merely saying what the vast majority of people in the UK are thinking right now.
If the English have any sense, they will vote Green in masses next time. All the other English parties are corrupt.
We are lucky in Scotland, because we have the SNP (who form the government) and the Scottish Greens (who support them).No disrespect meant: Very possible clips like the above existed but didn't spread into my space.
As the English are mainly responsible for and still haven't learned the essentials from the Brexit disaster, I'm doubtful they will come to their senses—but what I see in polls is SNP is back, CP is front runner in Wales, LibDems + Greens have either overtaken or are level w/ the failures that are Tories + Labour.
And, sadly, Reform is a real threat.
Tactical voting is critical!
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
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@LaChasseuse I wish the Greens well because someone/party needs to change politics in the UK and Reform is not the answer.
@EF @LaChasseuse I think what makes the Greens different is precisely because they are not (yet) funded primarily by the very rich.
They will come under pressure to accept that money. It's much less work to fund raise a million pounds from just one ultra-rich #kleptocrat than from one hundred thousand ordinary people.
We'll see if they can continue to resist; #Labour have signally failed.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse Former actor and boob hypnotist (at the time a 30 year old man) has watched too many Mamdani videos. This grifter is the best the British Left has to offer? Oh boy.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse not as strong as it could be. I would transform this in advertising against slavery, just admitting that raising the prices of essential commodities is just another kind of slavery. Slavery. Literal slavery.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse Great slogan #LetsMakeHopeNormalAgain let's make that trend
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@LaChasseuse Former actor and boob hypnotist (at the time a 30 year old man) has watched too many Mamdani videos. This grifter is the best the British Left has to offer? Oh boy.
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@LaChasseuse This is amazing! A+ efforts for running and memorizing speech, at that. How does he do it?
@darkpixel @LaChasseuse He's a former actor.
