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When you consider the 2024 election results for Tottenham, where there was a sizeable swing away from Labour towards The Greens, it's not inconceivable that The Greens could win.

I think a win in Hackney is a possibility considering in 2024 there was a 17.5% swing to the Green Party, and they got almost 23.9% of the vote.

Like the article suggests, here is hoping this splits the vote for the right.

In an electoral battlefield littered with failed startups, Lowe’s new party is, for now, little more than a pebble in the shoe of Nigel Farage’s Reform, from which he parted ways last year after a bitter falling out.

However, over the weekend other parties and figures to the right of Reform quickly rallied behind the new party. Advance UK, led by the former Reform deputy leader Ben Habib and backed by the far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson, said it would consider a merger.

Such a force could cost Reform a number of seats – and potentially even power, in a wafer-thin general election result – by splitting support among those drawn to hard-right anti-immigration populism.

All I see are white faces in that photo, yet according to Wikipedia, the constituency is not only white:

White people made up 57% of the population at the 2021 census. Asians (mainly Pakistanis) formed the largest ethnic minority group at 27% and Black people were 9%.

Unless there is a future need for all this milk, or an argument for food security, couldn't the government incentivize the farmers to grow different crops, or even rewild their farmlands?

Why are you determined to shutdown any conversation about Reform and their tactics? As saying goes "know your enemy".

Could you please provide a quote or reference for that?

This article is a call to action for the left to form a broad coalition to stop Reform getting elected:

He said: “Labour are going to find their vote horrendously split with the Greens and Corbyn and the Gaza independents. All these different people. There is a chance that Labour vote really gets hit.”

We can't just simply ignore Farage and Reform, and hope they'll go away.

I'm not sure if you live in the UK or not, but she's notable enough that Channel 4 made a documentary about her, which caused a lot of uproar, and she also has a Wikipedia page.

One thing that bothers me about the residents' objections, is that they place much of the blame on the homeless shelter. Of course some people find homeless shelters unsettling, but they're an important resource.

“This is not your typical high-street site,” she said. “A large source of alcohol from this precise point will just draw people from the homeless shelter opposite, and from nearby streets, literally to our doorway.” She added that other shops on this road had “constant run-ins with the homeless and drug addicts.”

Having already submitted a letter of objection signed by over 40 other people, including local businesses, Darina’s concerns were echoed at the hearing. Laura Schaefer said she was struggling to put her two-year-old toddler to bed amid the noise from “loitering and public drinking,” and agreed that the nearby homeless shelter had caused a “big issue” in terms of anti-social behaviour.

Whilst I'm down with them upgrading the lighting and introducing more planting, I'm not sure about it reverting to a traditional road.

The plans also want to take Carnaby back to its roots by making it look more like a road again. The street would remain pedestrianised, but could have a ‘road’ and pavements re-installed. The developers want to un-do a lot of the changes that were made in the ‘80s and ‘90s when artificial stone paving was installed.

Thanks for asking. I do enjoy the taste of beer and wine, and prefer it over the taste of soft drink. Having tried lots of alcohol free beers, I do think they're very good these days, and I'm a big fan of Botivo.

Alcohol-free wine still has a way to go, I sometimes grab a bottle from the supermarket, and find it quite reasonably priced. It doesn't taste quite like wine, but for me it tastes better than soft drinks.

For some people, myself included, drinking is about the ritual and the social aspect, rather than necessarily getting drunk. When I go to a pub, I want to have a beer, but I don't always want to deal with a hangover the next day, particularly during the working week.

In some ways it's not that different from people who have decaffeinated coffee. It's not any cheaper, but you still get to enjoy the experience of drinking coffee.

It's certainly drawing the battle lines for the election, particularly with the Greens being the most popular party for voters under 50.

He could definitely take on Farage, and he's already been compared to him by Labour's Harriet Harman.

I found this statement by the judge to be very problematic.

The judge said Kowalski's actions were "affected by your neurodivergence", and also noted Macdonald's autism diagnosis.

I feel quite conflicted by this story, as I have donated to the East London Waterworks Park, and I would love to have more swimming spots in the area. Yet, I don't want it to come at the cost of denying vulnerable children accommodation, if no other suitable sites are available.