Matt Woods - more familiar to ConservativeHome readers as "Cleethorpes Rock" - reflects on the rise of the Greens after his visit to Norwich North on the ConHome coach trip, and wonders if the Conservatives might be able to benefit from their improved showing.
Something occurred to me the other day as I walked round Norwich North, observing the Green Party posters that had sprouted up all over the place. When I got home, I looked at an opinion poll and thought about it a bit more. Do we stand to gain by building up the Greens?
Graeme Archer and I were chatting away on the ConHome Battlebus and I remarked on the number of posters from the Greens, which I sneeringly ventured might have been printed on organic hemp paper. Graeme said how surprised he was that I was so disparaging towards those I referred to as Watermelons (you know, Green on the Outside, Red on the inside...). My answer was that I supposed the leadership of the Greens was indeed Red under the bed and a tie-died, pot-smoking danger to the Tory party.
Then, after more discussion, we all agreed that Green VOTERS (at least at a local election)are probably more Tory inclined in their thinking; after all, if we’re not for CONSERVING things, what are we for? Taking care of our surroundings, an understanding of the countryside and an aversion to wastefulness ought to give us some common ground with those who hitch their caravan to the Green bandwagon. We should also remember the electoral advantages the green agenda might bring in certain areas.
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