via Manifesto Check: Greens go big on environment but what’s the political end game?.
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The UK Greens tax and spending plans
22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British general election, expressive voting, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, Uk Greens, UK politics
The political party with a worse record on ethnic diversity than UKIP
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination Tags: Uk Greens, UK politics
Natalie Bennett’s Green party that has the lowest percentage of black and minority ethnic (BME) candidates of the main national parties.
via The political party with a worse record on ethnic diversity than Ukip.
Few UK green party voters are green: Green Party voters look like Lib Dems, think like Labour voters
19 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: expressive voting, protest voters, Uk Greens, UK politics, voter demographics
Fewer the mushrooming green party vote in the UK too much at all about the environment. It certainly not the major reason for going green.
Green voters are not radically left-wing on economic issues nor are they primarily driven by environmental concerns. How, therefore, can we explain their decision to vote for a party with a far-left, environmentalist agenda?
One way is to look at who prospective Green voters turned to in previous elections…. Around half voted for the Liberal Democrats in 2010 and around a third voted for the junior coalition partner in both 2005 and 2010. There are a number of ways of interpreting this.
First, Liberal Democrats and Green voters traditionally hold similar socio-demographic profiles. Both are likely to be university educated and to work in professional or managerial jobs.
Second, the Lib Dems were, until the 2010 election, the protest vote of many on the left. Since entering government, they have lost this niche and, subsequently, have seen their poll ratings plummet.
Third, the Greens now have a monopoly on certain policies that they once shared with Nick Clegg’s party – for example, ending university tuition fees.
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Green and UKIP voters have common key concerns
19 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
Both seriously dislike politicians.
The UK Green’s election signs are not in any way fluffy like those in New Zealand
26 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, politics - New Zealand Tags: expressive voting, Greens, Leftover Left, Uk Greens
Obviously, the UK Greens are not as fluffy as their down-under compatriots if you have a look at this somewhat confrontational sign of theirs.
The New Zealand Greens have election campaign signs from which I can neither discern their message, nor easily work out that it is a Green sign because their logo is so small in the bottom right hand corner when driving by a car.
Maybe the Greens are not after car-owner votes, only bicyclists and public transport users – the middle-class on the way to their jobs in the city.
The sign of the UK Greens borders on hate speech. The UK Greens also do not have female and male co-leaders, as is the case for the New Zealand Greens, from what I can see – where is their gender balance?
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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