r/UKGreens

Let's say you were put in charge of a Green government, where you could make all the changes to our foreign policy you would like, what would that actually look like?

Here's some questions to consider:

once we have stopped funding genocide, what would we use that money for instead and what would be our stance to Israel and Palestine? For example, would you push for a single state that has both Israelis and Palestinians in it or would you banish Israelis from the land?

Then there's Ukraine, would you increase or decrease the amount of money and weapons we are sending them. Do you think we need diplomacy, or is that you think we need to arm Ukraine until the Russians gives up?

Should we rejoin the EU, or do you think we would better outside?

Should we do everything possible to detangle ourselves from the US, no matter the consequences that may come of it?

These are just some questions so I can get to know a bit about how some Green party supporters feel about our foreign policy and what it should ideally look like.

So, whatever happens at Conference, there is a ton of work to be done in the party to create some sort of harmony again...

How do we do that? What happens the day after the ZIR vote? Either direction it goes (and I suspect it will be voted through, there's a bit more opposition now but not enough), it's going to be rough. How do we fix this?

The terf wars a decade ago felt much less impactful tbh.

Archive link: https://archive.is/op93Z

Just because I've seen some discussion on the sub and the forum surrounding whether what the CPP is doing is a genocide or just horrific - I think people who intend to vote in the Autumn Conference would do well to treat the independent British tribunal on the genocide. Like the Gaza Tribunal, it compiles information and evidence the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang being a genocide. Obviously it's really long, so I expect the vast majority of people will not read it all - but I suggest people read some of it if they're going to vote.

I hope you place your vote for Motion A57 to recognise genocides everywhere - from Ukraine to Palestine, Genocide is a Crime!

Genuine question but should Green comms be less serious? I think the Greens are already popular among a large amount of highly educated/ politically engaged people. Would it be better to start focusing on less serious content that could go viral? I’m thinking of Ed Davey getting front pages for falling off a padel board or going down a waterslide.
Interested to hear thoughts.

Apparently Andy Burnham is doing an AMA on Reddit today at 5 PM! Get your questions in!