also worth rewatching #GrownUpPolitics - Green Party 2016 Party Election Broadcast (esp the bit about The Razor May thrwoing the immigrant nurse out of the UK)
For one, everyone already knows the greens policies, its in the name. For two, they did touch on their policies, lower the voting age and don't do any of the shit they're satirising, and hopefully change our broken voting system. For three, like any other party puts their policies in their election broadcasts, they just say populist platitudes that aren't nearly ad funny, and i'm not even voting green!
REAL FEEDBACK: Tell us what you actually stand for! This ad is clever in a cynical way but it's only half the battle. 1) engage the audience and empathize with how jaded they are at politics as usual 2) explain how you offer an alternative to rally people to your side. Just showing us that you're aware that politics are shit doesn't actually suggest a solution. Missed opportunity.
see that May is so tired and as May can't be bothered Corbyn has said he will not take part in the TV debate . .Just shows how both Con's ( literally ) and Labour just take the piss out of the general public . .
I'm a member and doing what I can to canvass, this video however made no sense other than being a negative video about the two parties. We're asked constantly about our policies on Immigration, NHS, Brexit well you get the point, this video went no where in answering them. All we're saying here is make this a game with more than 2 teams? is that really our message? PR?
Why would you lump Corbyn with the Tories? Also, didn't you want a progressive alliance to get labour in the other day? Funny ad, love the greens but.... message of this is :/
A shame we are not promoting our policies and ideas, just sniping at the other parties. I seriously worry about the direction of travel of the Green Party and I'm a paid up member.
40s in complain about other parties lying: follow up with 2 minutes of lies. Yep, defo going to vote for you, a party that appears to have no policies and doesn't take politics seriously.
another awful Green Party broadcast video - seriously I did not think it could have got much worse with the Mayoral Elections broadcast - I speak as a Green Party member!
They have even _less_ chance than the greens of winning. Their highest share of the vote in any constituency is 0.4%, and they've only ever stood in 6 of them. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(UK)#Parliamentary_elections_contested)
The green party will never win. People vote for them as they believe it is the morally right thing. Morally right people who are smart although, vote Libertarian as they understand basic economics. Also the green party has been around since 1990 whereas the Libertarians were founded in 2008. The green party has 18 more years to gain traction.
1) You can only vote Libertarian if you live in one of *4* constituencies. The Greens stand in almost every constituency. 2) People don't vote Green because it's 'morally right', they vote Green to put pressure on Labour and the Conservatives to focus on Green issues. It worked for UKIP - they got the referendum they wanted - and it can work for the Greens too. 3) The Greens, taking the English & Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish parties together, have one MP (who has an outright majority by the way), one member of the House of Lords, two London AMs, two NI AMs, six MSPs, three MEPs and 190 Councillors. The only representation the Libertarian Party has is a single councillor. 4) Arguably, the Green Party _do_ understand basic economics. The idea of a 'Universal Basic Income', for example, is a logical conclusion of basic economics, i.e. the principle that more consumer spending leads more economic growth. Nationalisation of natural monopolies such as rail also acknowledges the basic idea that it's _competition_ which makes free markets so effective; in the case of natural monopolies however, there _can't_ be a 'free market', therefore greater government control is required to ensure the best quality of services. Finally, the Green Party realises the basic fact that big business is bad for competition, and therefore 'trickle down' economics is inherently flawed.
UBI for real? So you don't understand basic economics. The Libertarian approach is a negative income tax. A much more cost effective approach which slingshots people out of poverty and prevents people lounging off a benefit like a UBI. And I completely disagree with greater government control. If you like the best quality services provided by the government I would recommend checking out the National Socialist Worker's party. They would really suit you. The larger the government the more prone it is to corruption and controlling the people. The Libertarians don't like big business. That's why they advocate for a startup business tax break to encourage new smaller businesses.
It's amusing and witty but not the best method to convince the public to take the Greens seriously. The Conservatives and Labour may be responsible for much of what is shown in this video but they at least don't come across as if they're not taking this election seriously.
James Hemsley they don't take our election laws seriously, of course they don't take elections seriously either. it's just a game to them. We only had a referendum to settle an internal Tory feud.
Omar Little having a referendum was green party policy. I don't think the holding of a referendum is a negative thing of itself. But it should have been three choices, not two. (in, common market only, out.) What UK citizens actually want from Brexit now is truly unclear and now we are a nation divided, at each others' throats, while the Conservative Party are all "back in line". While Theresa May isn't interested in what people actually want - she will not answer questions from the public or talk to us directly unless it's through an intermediary. Look at the way Boris Johnson has behaved, too. It shows contempt for their electors and cynical ambition. Ultimately I think the means are just as important as the end. I do not want to be ruled by a person who puts party before country, and self before party. it should all be the other way around.
i will probably vote green party but i do not agree with lower the voting age. I don't want some 16 year old deciding my future when they learnt politics from buzzfeed and facebook memes.
I see your point, but an 18-19 (maybe older) year old can be pretty similar to that as well!! Besides, a fair number of 16/17 year olds are probably smarter than you and me as they have constant exposure to education and critical thinking etc!
Jacob Lee wtf are you talking about, education doesnt stop after school finishes. You learn your whole life, school is almost useless. Really in 20 years your going to look back at who you are now and realise you didn't know shit. Politicians are all old people so your youth and your opinions mean nothing, stay home on Election Day.
School does stop after school finishes for MANY PEOPLE. I say that on a daily basis when I see people speeding. If only they were to refer to the D=ST physics formula then maybe they wouldn't be so silly :)
Id rather have progressive, tech-savvy, cosmopolitan 16 yr olds deciding my future than the obnoxious, racist old people who have inflicted Brexit and repeated Tory regimes on us all
I think we should lower the voting age. It's our future, not some 50-80 year old's. It's affecting us because the majority of the people who are allowed to vote support parties who hate young people.
Party politics aside, It think we can all agree with this:
"You just plastered your campaign bus with a big fat lie - take a bonus turn!"
"English editions only" I'm loving that subtle SNP endorsement honestly
also worth rewatching #GrownUpPolitics - Green Party 2016 Party Election Broadcast (esp the bit about The Razor May thrwoing the immigrant nurse out of the UK)
Robbie Spence That's the funniest and most realistic bit. "Ok Dolly, it says here you're a nurse, but I don't think you earn enough money. GET OUT!!"
"now close those borders and break up some families!" excellent omg
'controlling borders' does not mean 'closing borders' you utter muppets.
mryoheylol You grade A fool. What is wrong with any of that exactly,
They literally said nothing about their policies 😂
That's because people will realise they might as well just vote Labour.
Not directly no, it is implied that their policies are exactly the opposite to the ones on the cards in the video :)
They must assume people are smart enough to search for them themselves, oh the horror
For one, everyone already knows the greens policies, its in the name. For two, they did touch on their policies, lower the voting age and don't do any of the shit they're satirising, and hopefully change our broken voting system. For three, like any other party puts their policies in their election broadcasts, they just say populist platitudes that aren't nearly ad funny, and i'm not even voting green!
They did in the other broadcast
Brilliant campaign video! #ChangeTheGame
What ever side you happen to be on in politics, you have to agree that the Green Party make the funniest campaign videos.
This was made on my birthday and i support green.
Brilliant! Reminds me of the last episode of community, but even more depressing.
Brilliant PEB! So glad they pulled that dreary Oxfam style one for this. This is much much better!
LOVE THIS
so happy im going to brighton uni...
Wow that girl who dissolved was so cool
I was wondering if you meant Mario Party 8 but other than that its a good one!
REAL FEEDBACK:
Tell us what you actually stand for!
This ad is clever in a cynical way but it's only half the battle.
1) engage the audience and empathize with how jaded they are at politics as usual
2) explain how you offer an alternative to rally people to your side.
Just showing us that you're aware that politics are shit doesn't actually suggest a solution. Missed opportunity.
Best campaign video ever!
see that May is so tired and as May can't be bothered Corbyn has said he will not take part in the TV debate . .Just shows how both Con's ( literally ) and Labour just take the piss out of the general public . .
But you don't want to change the game, your helping Labour in many places.
when o first saw this I didn't no it was a election broudcast. thought it was some wird game advert.
where can i get this game???
i bloody love it
doesn't look like a cheap Oxfam advert this time - good job.
Omg I love this so much I'm howling ahaha
I'm a member and doing what I can to canvass, this video however made no sense other than being a negative video about the two parties.
We're asked constantly about our policies on Immigration, NHS, Brexit well you get the point, this video went no where in answering them.
All we're saying here is make this a game with more than 2 teams? is that really our message? PR?
Stop Brexit. Go to Euro zone. Vote Liberal Democrats.
Stop Climate Change. Go to Nature. Vote Greens.
*idubbz voice* I want to die
I love the greens
Great video
LMFAO THIS IS GOLD
When I was 16 I would've voted green. Now I dunno, I really like corbyn.
Now with Keith in charge, it's back to the Greens for me.
Honestly, after watching this makes me pretty glad I left the Green Party for Labour
How'd they make it look so old?
The hairstyles, decor and clothing - all very 1997
can someone make this an actual game
There's no way I'm voting Green in a hurry but I love their party political broadcasts
Funny but more about Green Party policies please.
2:12 - How amazingly pre-scient...
Why would you lump Corbyn with the Tories? Also, didn't you want a progressive alliance to get labour in the other day? Funny ad, love the greens but.... message of this is :/
pretty funny tbh
Let's all go green no heating no cooking no transport no food no beer no life bunch of knobs
This may be the greatest party political broadcast I've ever seen! (shame I'm a liberal)
GEOENGINEERING ask Caroline you puppets
no nobody wins just green
Finally, Brexit negotiations
Spanked it!
The green party is so salty its great
A shame we are not promoting our policies and ideas, just sniping at the other parties. I seriously worry about the direction of travel of the Green Party and I'm a paid up member.
Are you guys gonna make the Fascist Dictatorship of Trees?
Our country is broke already
40s in complain about other parties lying: follow up with 2 minutes of lies.
Yep, defo going to vote for you, a party that appears to have no policies and doesn't take politics seriously.
another awful Green Party broadcast video - seriously I did not think it could have got much worse with the Mayoral Elections broadcast - I speak as a Green Party member!
1:04 Rip NHS
Commenting for the algorithms
S P I C Y
You're too similar to the Lib Dems.
Funny, still voting Labour tho.
3 years ago, back when Labour was still worth voting for... not anymore thanks to Keith!
A vote for the green party is a waste.
yeah haha, screw those guys and their slogans, how dumb are they ... BTW #changethegame
Or vote libertarian like a smart person
They have even _less_ chance than the greens of winning. Their highest share of the vote in any constituency is 0.4%, and they've only ever stood in 6 of them. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(UK)#Parliamentary_elections_contested)
The green party will never win. People vote for them as they believe it is the morally right thing. Morally right people who are smart although, vote Libertarian as they understand basic economics. Also the green party has been around since 1990 whereas the Libertarians were founded in 2008. The green party has 18 more years to gain traction.
1) You can only vote Libertarian if you live in one of *4* constituencies. The Greens stand in almost every constituency.
2) People don't vote Green because it's 'morally right', they vote Green to put pressure on Labour and the Conservatives to focus on Green issues. It worked for UKIP - they got the referendum they wanted - and it can work for the Greens too.
3) The Greens, taking the English & Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish parties together, have one MP (who has an outright majority by the way), one member of the House of Lords, two London AMs, two NI AMs, six MSPs, three MEPs and 190 Councillors. The only representation the Libertarian Party has is a single councillor.
4) Arguably, the Green Party _do_ understand basic economics. The idea of a 'Universal Basic Income', for example, is a logical conclusion of basic economics, i.e. the principle that more consumer spending leads more economic growth. Nationalisation of natural monopolies such as rail also acknowledges the basic idea that it's _competition_ which makes free markets so effective; in the case of natural monopolies however, there _can't_ be a 'free market', therefore greater government control is required to ensure the best quality of services. Finally, the Green Party realises the basic fact that big business is bad for competition, and therefore 'trickle down' economics is inherently flawed.
UBI for real? So you don't understand basic economics. The Libertarian approach is a negative income tax. A much more cost effective approach which slingshots people out of poverty and prevents people lounging off a benefit like a UBI.
And I completely disagree with greater government control. If you like the best quality services provided by the government I would recommend checking out the National Socialist Worker's party. They would really suit you. The larger the government the more prone it is to corruption and controlling the people.
The Libertarians don't like big business. That's why they advocate for a startup business tax break to encourage new smaller businesses.
how jovial
Labour all the way for me the Greens have no chance and never will.
Kevfh67 I like corbyn, but I don't trust labour
Reckon as my generation get the ability to vote, things will change.
It's amusing and witty but not the best method to convince the public to take the Greens seriously. The Conservatives and Labour may be responsible for much of what is shown in this video but they at least don't come across as if they're not taking this election seriously.
James Hemsley they don't take our election laws seriously, of course they don't take elections seriously either. it's just a game to them. We only had a referendum to settle an internal Tory feud.
Glorious_Britannia you've missed the point.
Omar Little you have merely misread what I wrote. We only had a *referendum* to settle an internal Tory dispute.
Omar Little having a referendum was green party policy. I don't think the holding of a referendum is a negative thing of itself. But it should have been three choices, not two. (in, common market only, out.) What UK citizens actually want from Brexit now is truly unclear and now we are a nation divided, at each others' throats, while the Conservative Party are all "back in line". While Theresa May isn't interested in what people actually want - she will not answer questions from the public or talk to us directly unless it's through an intermediary. Look at the way Boris Johnson has behaved, too. It shows contempt for their electors and cynical ambition.
Ultimately I think the means are just as important as the end. I do not want to be ruled by a person who puts party before country, and self before party. it should all be the other way around.
i will probably vote green party but i do not agree with lower the voting age. I don't want some 16 year old deciding my future when they learnt politics from buzzfeed and facebook memes.
I see your point, but an 18-19 (maybe older) year old can be pretty similar to that as well!! Besides, a fair number of 16/17 year olds are probably smarter than you and me as they have constant exposure to education and critical thinking etc!
Jacob Lee wtf are you talking about, education doesnt stop after school finishes. You learn your whole life, school is almost useless. Really in 20 years your going to look back at who you are now and realise you didn't know shit. Politicians are all old people so your youth and your opinions mean nothing, stay home on Election Day.
School does stop after school finishes for MANY PEOPLE. I say that on a daily basis when I see people speeding. If only they were to refer to the D=ST physics formula then maybe they wouldn't be so silly :)
Id rather have progressive, tech-savvy, cosmopolitan 16 yr olds deciding my future than the obnoxious, racist old people who have inflicted Brexit and repeated Tory regimes on us all
I think we should lower the voting age. It's our future, not some 50-80 year old's. It's affecting us because the majority of the people who are allowed to vote support parties who hate young people.
green party are terrible now. drop all that feminist bs and i might come back.
Nah, you're probably best off with Ukip or something.
yeah probably :P