Does anybody here take the Greens seriously?

[monkers]

Meanwhile in Wandsworth ...


A by-election took place in Trinity ward on Thursday 27 August 2026, following the resignation of Councillor Lizzy Dobres. Seems the people of Wandsworth enjoy the sight of Burnham bouncing in a bikini. Who knew?

Results​

The results for the Trinity ward by-election have now been declared.

Voting summary

Candidate's name	Party	Votes cast
Shirin Chiara GEORGIANI	Labour Party	1,558
Dylan Connor Peter HENDERSON	Liberal Democrats	75
Otto JACOBSSON	Local Conservatives	1,431
Sylvain MAGNE	Green Party	168
Josh STANTON	Reform UK	51

Greens down to 4th place, but ahead of Reform with just 51 votes!

 

[briantrumpet]

Meanwhile in Wandsworth ...


A by-election took place in Trinity ward on Thursday 27 August 2026, following the resignation of Councillor Lizzy Dobres. Seems the people of Wandsworth enjoy the sight of Burnham bouncing in a bikini. Who knew?

Results​

The results for the Trinity ward by-election have now been declared.

Voting summary

Candidate's name	Party	Votes cast
Shirin Chiara GEORGIANI	Labour Party	1,558
Dylan Connor Peter HENDERSON	Liberal Democrats	75
Otto JACOBSSON	Local Conservatives	1,431
Sylvain MAGNE	Green Party	168
Josh STANTON	Reform UK	51

Greens down to 4th place, but ahead of Reform with just 51 votes!

I don't take much from local election results, but I think non-righties are happy to vote tactically to keep the xenophobes out, but the xenophobes hate each other enough not to be willing to compromise.

 

[Pblakeney]

The Greens won a by-election yesterday in Dover by just 34 votes - previously a bit of a Tory stronghold. Rupert Lowe's Restore party took enough out of Reform to let the Greens take the win.

Result

DODD, Ingrid - The Green Party: 767 (28.7)

DEFRIEND, James - Reform UK: 733 (27.4%)

HAWKES, David - Local Conservatives: 456 (17%)

WISBEY, Steve - Labour Party: 389 (14.6)

HERMER, Jez - Restore Britain: 284 (10.6%)

WANSTALL, Graham - Independent: 35 (1.3%)

Turnout: 45.08%

Electors: 2,668

Electorate: 5,919

Surely someone with a surname like Defriend should be getting sent back to France?

 

[monkers]

Surely someone with a surname like Defriend should be getting sent back to France?

Not so much a name as an instruction as what to do with him on facebook perhaps?

 

[Pross]

Surely someone with a surname like Defriend should be getting sent back to France?

I was thinking it would be the way a black cartoon character would have been portrayed in the sort of things available when I was a kid "he was de friend bwana". Times have changed!

 

[briantrumpet]

I was thinking it would be the way a black cartoon character would have been portrayed in the sort of things available when I was a kid "he was de friend bwana". Times have changed!

Have you ever sung the Tippett Five [...] Spirituals from A Child of Our Time? They are fantastic musically, but, erm, Tippett explains how to sing them with a quasi black accent. Erm, yes. And they were widely known as, erm...

The thing is, he uses them in a completely sympathetic way, using them as representing a dispossessed and downtrodden people, and at the time his titling and pronunciation explanation drew no particular attention. Thankfully times have changed.

 

[monkers]

Just for those who will say the Greens neglect to campaign for the environment.

 

[Psamathe]

This could get interesting

Polanski faces Green rival in his pursuit of Keir Starmer’s old seat​

...
In a post on Instagram on Monday, Chowdhury said he had received nominations from six other Camden Green councillors, meaning seven of the 10 Greens on the authority oppose Polanski being selected.

Among those backing Chowdhury is Lorna Russell, the group leader in Camden for the Green party, which is the official opposition to Labour.

The local candidate is also making a rount that might sit well with the electorate (maybe) "a local councillor saying he is also seeking the nomination, and that the seat does not need “a politician you’ll only see on a leaflet”."

 

[farfromtheland]

Have you ever sung the Tippett Five [...] Spirituals from A Child of Our Time? They are fantastic musically... and at the time his titling and pronunciation explanation drew no particular attention. Thankfully times have changed.

Not enough. The greens had a last minute crisis in Brixton after two local black candidates - rare in the Green Party - had posted some pro-Palestine memes. It probably would have been better if these had drawn less particular attention, and/or been explained and 'forgiven' by the party given the tense climate and torn solidarity issues.

Too much scaredness of social media 'opinion' and not enough effort to come together in solidarity. Not to say differences and careless talk should be underplayed, but priorities are still distorted beyond comprehension by Public Relations.

I sang along with Paul Robeson and Mohammed Ali as a kid with no embarrassment. Both folk heroes where i come from.

 

[briantrumpet]

I wonder what prompted this - faulty data?

 

[Psamathe]

If Polanski fails to win Holborn and St Pancras I think it's probably the end of his Green leadership. He'd look a complete fool if having failed to get elected next General election he cherry picks a different constituency he feels a "better prospect".

It's already a potential problem with Party Leader not having any formal role in our legislature. Polanski can spout all the "policy" he wants but existing Green MPs in Parliament have democratic mandate and responsibilities to their electorate. I suspect it isn't an issue (to date) as people like Adrian Ramsay are pretty sensible and just get on with the job of being a Green MP and the agenda they were elected on.

 

[Ian H]

I wonder what prompted this - faulty data?

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I don't know, but perhaps Urdu is a lingua franca for many Asians.

 

[C R]

I don't know, but perhaps Urdu is a lingua franca for many Asians.

I doubt it.

 

[briantrumpet]

I doubt it.

TBH, he should just speak Franca, if that's their lingua.

 

[monkers]

I wonder what prompted this - faulty data?

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Maybe Urdu speakers are identified as the cohort with the lowest proficiency in English? To me it looked like he spent 19 seconds introducing himself. Ironic that the ones making mountains out of mole hills is not the 'boob whisperer'.