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Oh god, why is this paged? I hate it. Also, 'Your Party' better be an interim name, because it's crap.
This is literally the Green party.
Of course, Your Party has more elected MPs than Green's as independents. I really want the Green's to succeed but they fail consistently to get through to people like Corbyn has. Lucas is really good and well missed but without her at the forefront, Green's disappear into obscurity. Leadership is a real problem for the left. Sultana does have really good potential though.
I think and hope they can form a pact and work together though. Politics needs better left representation.
Corbyn is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country, he's up there with Reeves. Now, I don't think that reputation is fair, but we need alternatives to fascism now, not when this yet-to-be-named party has its act together and breaks through (something that normally takes decades). As Sultana says, socialism or barbarism.
This is Zack Polanski's (GPEW deputy leader currently running for leader) entire platform.
Any decent politician will be destroyed by the media. They painted an anti-racist as a racist. Popular politicians are status quo pro-capitalists. Keir got a real easy run ay first. Then they targetted Reeves. We need to get away from palatable and move towards someone who can connect with and engage with working people. Corbyn was succeeding despite media and slurs, but what cost him was his own party attacking him. Pricks like Streeting etc. Him with a united party behind him may be less hamstrung. Hell, even another leader could succeed, there is no guarantee Jeremy would even be first leader. It would up to the party to decide.
I know that is Zack's platform, but it doesn't mean it'll work. None of this is yet cutting through outside Green membership. Media seem to resent Green politics. It's why Reform always get more of a platform than Green's ever did.