One factual correction: Ali ran two crowd funders, which over 18 months raised nearly £120,000, substantially more than mentioned in the article. Over 3.500 individuals made donations, showing the widespread support he had for this case.
Three days before I wrote THE LEFT LANE piece, I contacted Shahrar Ali ( who I know). I told him that I was doing a piece on the Alison Teal case in a few days and asked for details of his fund raising efforts. He replied that he was too busy. So I went with the figures I found on his crowd funding site as I was not informed he had two. Yes, I believe the figures you have mentioned in your comment are accurate. ++++ Along with a photo of Shahrar, this is what I did write ( although the hypertext links are missing here):
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SHAHRAR ALI WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST GPEW
Here in England in February 2024, former deputy GPEW leader Shahrar Ali won a gender critical law suit against the Greens. Ali, one of the party’s leading orators and a person of colour in an overwhelmingly white party, was dismissed from his post as the party’s spokesperson for policing and domestic safety, likely because of his gender–critical views, a judge found. Sian Berry, then GPEW leader and now hoping to replace Lucas in the Brighton Pavilion constituency on 4 July, was one of Ali’s chief opponents.
The fact that Ali’s crowd funder to pay legal costs for his case raised almost £80,000 from more than 2200 supporters shows the extent of the split in GPEW ranks on sex and gender issues.
Great round-up of the Alison Teal case. She is the duly elected candidate for MP for Sheffield. She has not been found to have done anything wrong. She is on ‘no-fault suspension’. The clue is in the name!
The selection process and hustings tonight (29 May) are unconstitutional. GPEW rules say you can be barred from an elected position if you are disciplined or expelled, but not just because you are on no-fault suspension.
I’ve posted news about the takeover of the Green Party and Scottish Greens by gender ideology extremists at:
I guess you could say the Green Party is ‘kinda irrelevant’ if you think the environment is an adjunct of the economy. Sadly, this is what mainstream economists would have you believe.
Consequently, as per usual, the Conservatives and Labour are fighting it out over which of them will be best for the economy and ‘hard-working families’ and the NHS and so on. Their talk about the environment is mainly greenwash and empty words. As I suggest at https://roadlesstraveller.substack.com/p/manifesto-for-ge2024, economic growth is going to end in environmental collapse. You cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet.
The Green Party could be relevant if it hadn’t been taken over by gender ideology extremists.
Unfortunately, there isn't one. Moreover, in order to deal with the crisis of the environment, wer first need to deal with the political economy, then and only then, will we be able to tackle the environmental crisis. That's why nothing is being done because the political class is owned by the economic class.
Mother (or Father?) Nature is not going to let us first deal with the political economy, and then and only then, tackle the environmental crisis. Reality is ... er ... real.
Either you accept that's what needs to be done or, it's game over but that's how I see it. The problem the Earth, Nature face are created by our economic system, which is controlled by the rulling political class, if we don't change it, how do you propose we solve the problems we face?
One factual correction: Ali ran two crowd funders, which over 18 months raised nearly £120,000, substantially more than mentioned in the article. Over 3.500 individuals made donations, showing the widespread support he had for this case.
Thanks for your comment Sarah:
Three days before I wrote THE LEFT LANE piece, I contacted Shahrar Ali ( who I know). I told him that I was doing a piece on the Alison Teal case in a few days and asked for details of his fund raising efforts. He replied that he was too busy. So I went with the figures I found on his crowd funding site as I was not informed he had two. Yes, I believe the figures you have mentioned in your comment are accurate. ++++ Along with a photo of Shahrar, this is what I did write ( although the hypertext links are missing here):
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SHAHRAR ALI WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST GPEW
Here in England in February 2024, former deputy GPEW leader Shahrar Ali won a gender critical law suit against the Greens. Ali, one of the party’s leading orators and a person of colour in an overwhelmingly white party, was dismissed from his post as the party’s spokesperson for policing and domestic safety, likely because of his gender–critical views, a judge found. Sian Berry, then GPEW leader and now hoping to replace Lucas in the Brighton Pavilion constituency on 4 July, was one of Ali’s chief opponents.
The fact that Ali’s crowd funder to pay legal costs for his case raised almost £80,000 from more than 2200 supporters shows the extent of the split in GPEW ranks on sex and gender issues.
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Alan
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All the unsuspended and unexpelled are very busy right now. Glad I could make a small difference.
Frankly, I think the environmental movement have put the cart before the horse, it's as simple and as complex as that.
More on Diane Abbott at https://labourheartlands.com/abbotts-ordeal-the-tragedy-and-treachery-of-starmers-labour-party
Great round-up of the Alison Teal case. She is the duly elected candidate for MP for Sheffield. She has not been found to have done anything wrong. She is on ‘no-fault suspension’. The clue is in the name!
The selection process and hustings tonight (29 May) are unconstitutional. GPEW rules say you can be barred from an elected position if you are disciplined or expelled, but not just because you are on no-fault suspension.
I’ve posted news about the takeover of the Green Party and Scottish Greens by gender ideology extremists at:
https://roadlesstraveller.substack.com/p/manifesto-for-ge2024
https://roadlesstraveller.substack.com/p/gender-ideology-in-schools
Isn't the Green Party kinda irrelevant? As for Tory Light...
I guess you could say the Green Party is ‘kinda irrelevant’ if you think the environment is an adjunct of the economy. Sadly, this is what mainstream economists would have you believe.
Consequently, as per usual, the Conservatives and Labour are fighting it out over which of them will be best for the economy and ‘hard-working families’ and the NHS and so on. Their talk about the environment is mainly greenwash and empty words. As I suggest at https://roadlesstraveller.substack.com/p/manifesto-for-ge2024, economic growth is going to end in environmental collapse. You cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet.
The Green Party could be relevant if it hadn’t been taken over by gender ideology extremists.
The Green Party and the economy/environment are not synompous and as far as I can see, the two are not connected.
If not the Green Party, who is there in UK politics to say we must put the environment above the economy in our social policy?
Unfortunately, there isn't one. Moreover, in order to deal with the crisis of the environment, wer first need to deal with the political economy, then and only then, will we be able to tackle the environmental crisis. That's why nothing is being done because the political class is owned by the economic class.
Mother (or Father?) Nature is not going to let us first deal with the political economy, and then and only then, tackle the environmental crisis. Reality is ... er ... real.
Either you accept that's what needs to be done or, it's game over but that's how I see it. The problem the Earth, Nature face are created by our economic system, which is controlled by the rulling political class, if we don't change it, how do you propose we solve the problems we face?