Labour has no divine right to so-called "left" votes; in fact it has more or less lost the right to call itself left. The Green Party is its own entity with entirely different ways of developing policy and running its affairs. Sometimes these policies coincide with something Labour is prepared to do, at other times clearly not. At any rate, it does not define itself in relation to Labour. Perhaps it will replace the tired, conservative Labour party with something more relevant to current times - or perhaps the Labour party will get its own act together and stop blaming the Greens for its pathetic performance. Then it might be fit to be part of government again.
Agree, seems to be a very legacy FPP two horse race view of how things work. I suspect this is more likely the start of a bigger change to a more balanced MMP party split on both sides
As I don't subscribe to BusinessDesk I have no idea what kind of 'accommodation' Dileepa Fonseka suggests the Green Party might come to with National, but given that National's stated policies are to unwind all of the milquetoast regulations that the Green Party managed to push Labour into supporting, the space any such accommodation could occupy will be paper thin.
And of course, as Janine says below, the Labour Party doesn't have a special right to be a "major" party. If they have now found that occupying the broad spectrum of voters from the centre to 1mm to the left is not a vote winning strategy the Green Party has no obligation to stand aside and wait while they figure it out. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
I don't think the Green Party currently wishes to become the Main Left Party at this time but if Labour continues to be beige in tooth and claw then it's something that will probably happen organically.
Re the sport snippets. I’m so happy to see the IRB taking a stand against racism and protecting the wellbeing of marginalised groups like [checks notes], [double checks notes] white English rugby players. When I saw the headline for this I assumed that Curry was at least red-headed or something. Jeez
Labour has no divine right to so-called "left" votes; in fact it has more or less lost the right to call itself left. The Green Party is its own entity with entirely different ways of developing policy and running its affairs. Sometimes these policies coincide with something Labour is prepared to do, at other times clearly not. At any rate, it does not define itself in relation to Labour. Perhaps it will replace the tired, conservative Labour party with something more relevant to current times - or perhaps the Labour party will get its own act together and stop blaming the Greens for its pathetic performance. Then it might be fit to be part of government again.
Yup, if the pundits are to be believed, Labour are looking everywhere except the mirror for reasons for their loss.
Agree, seems to be a very legacy FPP two horse race view of how things work. I suspect this is more likely the start of a bigger change to a more balanced MMP party split on both sides
As I don't subscribe to BusinessDesk I have no idea what kind of 'accommodation' Dileepa Fonseka suggests the Green Party might come to with National, but given that National's stated policies are to unwind all of the milquetoast regulations that the Green Party managed to push Labour into supporting, the space any such accommodation could occupy will be paper thin.
And of course, as Janine says below, the Labour Party doesn't have a special right to be a "major" party. If they have now found that occupying the broad spectrum of voters from the centre to 1mm to the left is not a vote winning strategy the Green Party has no obligation to stand aside and wait while they figure it out. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
I don't think the Green Party currently wishes to become the Main Left Party at this time but if Labour continues to be beige in tooth and claw then it's something that will probably happen organically.
Re the sport snippets. I’m so happy to see the IRB taking a stand against racism and protecting the wellbeing of marginalised groups like [checks notes], [double checks notes] white English rugby players. When I saw the headline for this I assumed that Curry was at least red-headed or something. Jeez
How it all went wrong for Labour - why they have only themselves to blame for letting the Greens outflank them on the left
Suspect Lux had his fill of Craig Renney during the election campaign....