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Why the Green Party is shit

Look at the credits:

Creative Director - Stu Outhwaite, Ben Middleton, Ed Warren
Creative - James Mitchell
Strategist - James Mitchell
Agency producer - Madeline Smith
Account team - Dan Shute, Katrina Ellis
Client - The Green Party
Director - Johnny Hopkins

The directer has worked for Macdonalds and Peugeot and, worst of all, made this.
 
Like I said, I wanted to hate it. I expected to hate it. But for what it was it was alright.

That's not an endorsement btw.

Just a reaction.
 
It's not so bad with the sound off and subtitles on. Luckily my laptop seems to have decided to refuse to play sounds any more so that's my only option.

I was watching it through gritted teeth though and don't want to watch it again though, especially not with the sound on. It's getting some mixed reactions from GP members too.
 
won't be a Green candidate in Basingstoke coz the ERO rejected a nomination with 2 different names on it.
Their facebook page explains :"
For the Parliamentary Election we have submitted a joint application on behalf of Sarah Cope and Clare Phipps, this has been rejected as current rules mean that only one candidate can stand for parliamentary election, job-sharing is not an option for MPs - we hope that a judicial review will take place to look into this as a result of their application.

Currently women, who disproportionately take on caring responsibilities and disabled people, whose physical challenges can prohibit full-time work are woefully under-represented in the House of Commons - we'd like to see that changed."
 
The green party had a rap video election broadcast in the pre-internet 90s with Darren Johnson on the m i c . Sadly still not surfaced on youtube

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cant bring myself to watch this new one
 
articul8 could you take some time out of your busy campaigning for your labour party mate after bullying the tusc candidate to withdraw to tell us why your attack on the green party in the latest red pepper isn't on-line - don't you want to make a difference?
 
J Ed said:
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When I saw this (changing channels for Eggheads) my jaw hit the floor. It's the most entertaining PPB I've ever seen.

Some observations:-

1) Of the "boyband", the "Cameron" most resembled the real thing.

2) The UKIP one was a bit older and less attractive than the others, a possible dig at their demographic.

3) The line "we all agree on tuition fees" was accompanied by the "Clegg" character smugly winking to camera.

:D:cool:
 
butchersapron said:
articul8 could you take some time out of your busy campaigning for your labour party mate after bullying the tusc candidate to withdraw to tell us why your attack on the green party in the latest red pepper isn't on-line - don't you want to make a difference?
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Err... The coverage of the Greens in the mag was balanced but critical... The timing of what appears on the web and when isn't in my immediate control. Did you see the feature on Lisa from class war?
 
That green party video has now had more than a million views online (over 500k each on facebook and youtube), so it looks like whoever made it did know what they were doing.
 
killer b said:
the bit you've quoted looks pretty much true to me?
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yeah, i like most of it tbh. perhaps could have been laid out better with the main policies at the top of each section rather than finding things like 'abolish tuition fees' halfway down a bullet pointed list.

e2a: also the financial annex is quite funny - 'here's our growth assessments from last time, see how the coalition's ones were way out, hmmm?'
 
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Imagine a political system that puts the public first. Imagine an economy that gives everyone their fair share.

Imagine a society capable of supporting everyone’s needs. Imagine a planet protected from the threat of climate change now and for the generations to come. That’s the world we want to create and we believe we have the means to do it.

By ensuring that everyone has access to a secure job that pays at least the Living Wage we will build an economy that works for the common good, not just the privileged few. By restoring public services to public hands we will ensure they are run in the interests of the people that use them.

By investing in renewable energy and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, we will build a stable and sustainable society that protects our planet from climate change.

By building more social rented homes and bringing abandoned buildings back into use we will ensure that everyone has a secure and affordable place to live.

Vote for Green Party of England & Wales and you can help us build a society that works for the Common Good.
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Sounds pretty good to me. Gets my vote. :)
 
I just went to a talk by the local Green candidate. He said all the right things. There's (almost) nothing he said that people on here would disagree with. Renationalisation, living wage, tax the rich. However, there's something about the Greens that makes me sceptical towards them, but I can't articulate it very well. I think the candidate, nice as he was, confirmed my suspicions today when he discussed the Brighton/bin strike debacle. He said that they reduced the bin workers' wages as a way to bring about pay equality between men and women. Someone asked him to expand, and he said the bin workers in Brighton were particularly 'militant', and other workers, who also lost out, didn't complain. He defended the Green council because it was part of a financial restructuring, or something or other. Am I right in thinking they are left-wing in the Guardian-reading, middle-class, patronising, smug, elitist sense, rather than in a pro-working-class, trade unionist, self-organisation sense?
 
mk12 said:
He said that they reduced the bin workers' wages as a way to bring about pay equality between men and women. Someone asked him to expand, and he said the bin workers in Brighton were particularly 'militant', and other workers, who also lost out, didn't complain. He defended the Green council because it was part of a financial restructuring, or something or other. Am I right in thinking they are left-wing in the Guardian-reading, middle-class, patronising, smug, elitist sense, rather than in a pro-working-class, trade unionist, self-organisation sense?
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Is that the party line on it then? Whenever I ask them about it I get 'not our fault, minority administration blah'
 
mk12 said:
I just went to a talk by the local Green candidate. He said all the right things. There's (almost) nothing he said that people on here would disagree with. Renationalisation, living wage, tax the rich. However, there's something about the Greens that makes me sceptical towards them, but I can't articulate it very well. I think the candidate, nice as he was, confirmed my suspicions today when he discussed the Brighton/bin strike debacle. He said that they reduced the bin workers' wages as a way to bring about pay equality between men and women. Someone asked him to expand, and he said the bin workers in Brighton were particularly 'militant', and other workers, who also lost out, didn't complain. He defended the Green council because it was part of a financial restructuring, or something or other. Am I right in thinking they are left-wing in the Guardian-reading, middle-class, patronising, smug, elitist sense, rather than in a pro-working-class, trade unionist, self-organisation sense?
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...so dropping men's pay instead of raising women's pay for the sake of 'parity'? righto then.... seems legit....
 
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