Absolutely not; clearly I am not suggesting anyone supports genocide.
Good ways a UK political party should stand against a genocide by a foreign government:
Useless ways a UK political party should stand against a genocide by a foreign government:
Principles are fine, but when you get blinded by principles and purity, you miss what actually matters to people.
This policy achieves absolutely zero practical effects besides alienating people and splitting the party. It does not do anything. It’s pure posturing, and utterly pointless, and it makes the greens look out of touch with people’s lives.
I’d bet most people agree that the Israeli government have committed absolute atrocities and should be penalised just as much as Russia are. But you’d be hard pressed to find people who’d think for a moment that everyone involved with Israel is racist, or that Israel should be effectively wiped off the map.
I am somewhat on the left but I also think that to get policies in action that will actually make a difference to people’s lives, you need to be relatable, you need to connect to people’s lives, and you need to have an logical thread that runs through it.
Otherwise the left will keep shouting into the void forever.
You may say I’m not a Real Lefty if I’m not anti Zionist, or some bullshit. Maybe that’s true. I just want unfettered capitalism to stop destroying the planet.
Stopping genocides would be utterly fantastic too of course, but this will not stop genocides. It’s just ranting.
Certain people on the left are obsessed about pushing policies which alienate them from the mainstream. Right at the moment where we really need the Greens to stand up for environmental and economic justice, if this passes, it will solidify the Greens as a fringe party again.
He never had confidence in the UK. He’s lived in Monaco to avoid tax for years. Real patriotic guy, this one.