http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/13/25-years-of-the-german-green-party/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/13/25-years-of-the-german-green-party/comment-page-1/#comment-56848 Simstim Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:25:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2752#comment-56848 Given that those once-perennial no-hopers, the Liberal Democrats, look like they might just tip over the line from "modest number of votes and very few seats" to "slightly less modest number of votes and a modest number of seats" in the forthcoming UK general election, I don't think the UK Greens should give up just yet. They're making gradual (even glacial) gains in PR-based assemblies and even in local government, the latter of which is where the Lib Dems first built up their political capital. FPtP is a killer though. Given that those once-perennial no-hopers, the Liberal Democrats, look like they might just tip over the line from “modest number of votes and very few seats” to “slightly less modest number of votes and a modest number of seats” in the forthcoming UK general election, I don’t think the UK Greens should give up just yet. They’re making gradual (even glacial) gains in PR-based assemblies and even in local government, the latter of which is where the Lib Dems first built up their political capital. FPtP is a killer though.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/13/25-years-of-the-german-green-party/comment-page-1/#comment-56847 des von bladet Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:01:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2752#comment-56847 Those UK greens, isn't it? Takes me back: the first election after I attained, as they say, my majority was the 1989 locals [the Speigy-Speig says they were actually Yoorpeans - Ed.], and for some reason the Greens caught a wave. I think I may even 've voted for them myself, because all the other parties are just like part of the system man. And then their wave just like washed up on the shore and was gone for ever. Those UK greens, isn’t it? Takes me back: the first election after I attained, as they say, my majority was the 1989 locals [the Speigy-Speig says they were actually Yoorpeans – Ed.], and for some reason the Greens caught a wave. I think I may even ‘ve voted for them myself, because all the other parties are just like part of the system man. And then their wave just like washed up on the shore and was gone for ever.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/13/25-years-of-the-german-green-party/comment-page-1/#comment-56846 joel turnipseed Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:36:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2752#comment-56846 Andrea Fischer...says: "I think politics without power is not politics. If you say you are not interested in power, you should write for the papers, not be a politician." Ach, Andrea, wille kommen Sie bitte in die Vereinigten Staaten! Wir handeln Sie für Michael Moore. Andrea Fischer…says: “I think politics without power is not politics. If you say you are not interested in power, you should write for the papers, not be a politician.” Ach, Andrea, wille kommen Sie bitte in die Vereinigten Staaten! Wir handeln Sie für Michael Moore.

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