Making the rounds of the tabloid press, including the s*n ffs - https://nitter.net/ShahrarAli/status/2038200627860308451#m . Got to give him credit for sticking to the principle of free debate, I guess, even though he has ignominiously chosen the side of the zionists in this instance. He's not wrong about the censorious way GP has conducted itself, including in his case (which was what caused me to leave), but 'virtue signalling' is overstating it, and a patronising smear in this case IMO:

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https://nitter.net/ShahrarAli/status/2037969484162470043#m

Shahrar Ali @ShahrarAli
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Put aside the fact it's the ugliest motion ever to rear its head at conference. To all the members who wanted to vote for Zionism is Racism today, I address this to you:

1. You overcame an amendment to have it ruled Out of Order.
2. You managed to get it prioritised from 12th to 3rd.
3. You overcame the obstacle of failure to move standing orders report with a further amendment to keep voting live.

Clearly you had the numbers and the internal network to win that motion today.

However you were stopped, through a combination of wrecking tactics and dirty politics, all of which was orchestrated and disingenuous by those who thought they knew better than you.

Welcome to the Green Party monster you have created and enabled. You should feel betrayed and manipulated. One day you are the perpetrator, so long as you get your way, another day you are the victim, so long as rival faction get its way.

Bottom line: this internal political culture was rotten to the core. Where were your heroes Zack and Mothin in your hour of need? Did they abandon you? You should ask.

Internal democracy is a process and a culture, about as far removed from the sycophantic, idolisation engendered by the current leadership as you can imagine. You have a right to feel cheated and angry but you should ask yourselves what was your own contribution to this culture? Do you follow the arguments where they lead, with an open mind? Or do you hate debate, too, when it suits you and wilfully turn your deaf ear to those who strenuously disagree with you?

Dig a little deeper and you will find your answer. You reap what you sow. This isn't democracy worthy of the name, but the factionalist lowest common denominator approach to politics. You didn't get to wave your divisive, virtue-signalling flag today. Maybe next time, but we see you already.