The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they are

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    The reality of a first-past-the-post system is that it is far easier to co-opt an existing party than to launch a new one. The latter approach usually means handing power to the people you dislike the most

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      The beautiful thing is, the Forward Party would endorse a candidate who ran with the same core values and beliefs. Whether that’s a Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian, Reform, independent, etc.

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        Useful in NY where 3rd party cross endorsement is printed on the ballot. Limited impact elsewhere unless you’ve got a media microphone