The Green Party’s candidate in a crunch parliamentary by-election (special election) in Makerfield, England, advocated for British farming to be “decolonized” in order to tackle so-called “white supremacy culture.”
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The Green Party candidate in a key parliamentary by-election (special election) in the constituency (electoral district) of Makerfield, Greater Manchester, previously called for British farming to be “decolonized.”
📺 DETAIL: On Tuesday, Sarah Wakefield was selected as the far-left Green Party’s candidate for the Makerfield by-election. After selection, it was revealed that Wakefield’s charity shared a report that called for British farming to be “decolonized.” The report included a section advocating “decoloniality”, a movement that “de-centres Western knowledge and celebrates the knowledge of indigenous, racialised and marginalised communities,” despite white British people being the indigenous people of the United Kingdom. Specifically, the report suggested that “perfectionism”, “objectivity”, “defensiveness”, “individualism”, and “a sense of urgency”, along with a belief in “quantity over quality”, the idea that “progress is bigger”, a person’s “right to comfort”, “either/or thinking”, “paternalism”, “power hoarding”, and “worship of the written word” are key characteristics of “white supremacy culture.” The report was provided as an educational resource for charities to challenge “colonial power and legacies.” Wakefield’s charity also co-hosted a summit on “racial justice in food and farming.”
🎯 IMPACT: The Makerfield by-election is scheduled to take place on June 18. During the local elections earlier this month, 24 out of the 25 seats on Wigan County Council were won by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. Polling suggests the race to fill the Makerfield seat is between Reform UK and the governing Labour Party, represented by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. Crucially, Burnham is expected to successfully challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership and, by extension, the office of Prime Minister if he wins the seat. Polling suggests that Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party, puppeteered by Elon Musk, is splitting the Reform UK vote, giving Labour’s Burnham a very narrow lead. The Green Party has been eating into Labour’s vote in recent months, but is considered very unlikely to win in Makerfield, and is reported to have decided to campaign only minimally in order to give Labour a better chance of winning.
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