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Re: Gorton, materialism, and the path ahead

Posted by Pharmakon on 2026-February-27 21:18:38, Friday
In reply to Gorton, materialism, and the path ahead posted by diogenes on 2026-February-27 08:36:26, Friday

Skeptical as I am about electoral politics generally, the Greens, and Polanski, if both of the UK's longtime major parties are going to implode and be replaced by the Greens and Reform, that is surprising and certainly of some significance.

But ethnic loyalties and divisions are major factors in how electoral politics works. The argument that the outcome reflects a move of white voters to Reform and nonwhite voters to the Greens may be wrong, but I don't think you can just dismiss it by calling it "dull." The UK is still majority white, and if that is how voters are shifting, it portends a Reform government, not a Green one. Green enthusiasts need to be concerned about how the messaging that played well in a constituency like Gorton and Denton will translate nationally.

While the Greens can hardly have managed the margin they got based on Muslim votes alone (the constituency is only about 30% Muslim), the narrative that they did exactly that (one Reform, Labour and the Tories will all unite behind) needs to be countered with facts and figures, not with condescending invective.

hugzu ;-p


Pharmakon

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