I read the first 3/4 of it, then gave up because I don’t care about someone trying to talk sense into a political institution that has repeatedly failed working people since Tony “War Criminal” Blair came into power.

The use of “alarm bells” and “radicalised” didn’t come off as sarcastic, so I still think this is a stupid article.

I have read it, it literally says that some young women are being “radicalised” into voting Green, which is intensely ridiculous.

It appears aimed at bending the ears of Labour, but anyone who has been around for a while will know that Labour is very good at ignoring progressive or environmentally minded voices from within their own ranks.

I haven’t come across anyone who has given me more than a light ribbing about not speaking Catalan (I can read it just fine).

Only something like 25% of people living in Catalunya have Catalan as their first language.

And I’m saying that young women voting more to the left is no reason at all to sound an alarm … if anything it’s a good thing, given how the British centrist parties keep fucking people over.

Sounds like they need a while army of Caroline Lucases!

I suppose all the young and determined people are busy protesting or in jail.

Then why did they use the phrase “why isn’t this ringing alarm bells?” to describe the only leftist political party remaining in the UK?

The Guardian sells itself as a left-of-centre newspaper, yet they attacked Jeremy Corbin repeatedly, platformed the “gender critical” hate group, and now think that voting for the Greens is something that should be alarming.

They also market themselves as the only paper to actively cover environmental news …

This article is shite, voting for the Greens in the UK is not some radical act. For many many years they’ve been the only progressive or humanist political party available.

Source: used to live in Sheffield back when they had good coverage of the Greens, before the tree wars.

Yeah, it makes logical sense.

Yup, it’ll genuinely help all of NATO while not riling up the local anti-military sentiment, which is very strong since there was mandatory conscription up until 1975 or so.

Spain, specifically Catalonia. We live in a little village in the mountains, our house cost about what a down payment on a flat would have in the UK … and people really really don’t give a shit that we’re both butch as all get out.

Since Brexit moving here is much more difficult though, I think you’d need to have an offer of work or a pension that’s enough to live off (companies are legally required to try to hire from inside the EU where possible). Also, learning the language is very important, since there’s not much tolerance for “ex-pats” with a superiority complex.

Most of the increase is slated to go towards defense against hybrid warfare, so more tracking bot farms and cable cutting ships than guns n’ ammo

After the Brexit vote came in I moved away to a lefty part Europe as fast as I could, because I’m a queer woman and I’ve read the history books.

Every time I’ve returned to visit my parents the place has seemed to be more shitty … last year I came away feeling down just from the vibes.

I’m so sorry for the beautiful Trans people of the UK, you deserve better, you deserve to be safe. If you can, get the fuck out of that country - where I am now Greggs would be considered a hate crime, never mind this bullshit.

Hi, I’m a left wing rather than right wing idiot. The BBC has proved itself an unreliable source plenty of times. They’re beholden to political influence (see today’s story about one of their staff not being allowed to talk about heat pumps because it’s a “political issue”)

This is Spain, we grow some amazing food here - if anything this is going to be cheaper than stuffing them full of preservatives and pizza.

For reference my work canteen is 4,50€ for lunch, but there’s usually too much good food in a serving so I always take some of it home, and it’s good stuff :-)

Yeah, I live halfway up a small mountain (in Europe) and usually have everything needed to survive a month, including if the water and power are cut.

We’re currently putting together a pair of bug-out bags as well though, so we can be mobile in an emergency too

Just chipping in to say I ate a can of food that was made during WW2 in 1990, so yeah cans do keep for a long time … when they get very old the trick is to shake the can before opening and if it sounds like there’s air inside it’s gone bad