The Green Party has been heavily pushed by legacy media in recent months, so far with little to show for the effort. Each Thursday their electoral returns in council by-elections have not lived up to the 'Green surge' we are being sold. Their share of the vote remains fairly flat, in fact it's quite often down, and that's in the few seats that the party bothers to contest. Then out of nowhere came an impressive victory in Leicester last Thursday.
The last time voters went to the polls in Stoneygate ward, the Greens finished last, behind Labour, the Tories, independents and Lib Dems. That was three years ago. Last week they bested all comers, including Reform, and did indeed 'surge' to first place. What made Stoneygate special, so different?
The list of names on the ballot paper should provide a clue. From a field of eight candidates, six were of south Asian descent. The last census showed Stoneygate with a 63 per cent Muslim majority. The Greens' success here was built on sectarian politics, something they hope to exploit again in Gorton and Denton this Thursday.
While the Muslim population of the Manchester constituency stood at less than 30 per cent in the same census, if we know anything about that community at all it is their ability to put a cross on a ballot paper. 'Even dead Muslims vote' is a common phrase on the campaign trail in such Balkanised towns, a reference to decades of fraudulent voting patterns. This is why the left are always opposed to voter ID, despite being largely in favour of every other type of ID.
While Muslim settlers have flirted with other parties in the past, it has generally been sporadic and short-lived. George Galloway has tried to exploit the Muslim vote with multiple parties and got himself back on the Westminster gravy train twice - first through Respect and later the Workers Party of Britain. Now the Greens are getting in on the act, appealing to Islamist discontent with Labour's perceived failure to support the Palestinian cause.
In Gorton and Denton they have cynically targeted such grievances. One leaflet features candidate Hannah Spencer stood in front of a local mosque and 'STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA' written in bold letters. The reverse side of the leaflet contains a series of punchy slogans written only in Urdu. The national language of Pakistan has also been used in a social media video promoting the Greens, albeit you'll be hard pushed to find any references to their progressive liberal policies. The video plays to a victimhood mentality in the community, showing images of Home Office detentions, ICE detentions (in the US), the summer riots of 2024, references to 'Islamophobia' and demonising Labour over Gaza and Reform over 'racism'.
The video is discussed by Richey in the following YouTube video (five minute watch).
Whether the Greens have successfully persuaded enough Muslims to swing the vote in their favour will be revealed in the early hours of Friday. They remain odds on favourites across betting markets and lead Reform by four points in one poll, while they are in a dead heat with Labour in another.
The Balkanisation of our country, in particular the towns and cities where more than half of our parliamentary constituencies reside, does not bode well for a cohesive democracy. Diversity is not strength, no matter how many times the left-leaning establishment bang that propaganda drum. A victory for the Greens in Gorton and Denton will not serve the establishment, it will provide a spring board for an Islamist trojan horse that will ultimately sweep away our democracy, and along with it all those progressive values that the Green Party and other hard left parties dote on.
