The GREENs are always light-years ahead of the other political parties in their thinking.Yes it would seem they have their heads in the clouds 90% of the time... they are just as out of touch with reality and what the majority of the voting public want.
In other words, the GREENs lead and other political parties eventually copy their ideas and follow. they may end up shooting themselves in the foot if they keep doing that.
Take Sue Bradford's bill repealing of a tiny section of the Crimes Act....mainstream politicians frothed at the mouth over it, yet ALL MPs from both Labour AND National supported it when it came time to vote on the bill in Parliament's debating chamber. A radical GREENs-inspired idea that became mainstream!But was it wanted by all NZers... not according to the refferendum.... just because the other parties end up following it; doesn't always mean that joe citizen wants it or even that it is right or correct (and I'm not just talking about sue's bill).
Yeah but being politicians they still have have their price that they can be bought, just like every other politicians.
And at the end of the day they are only pushing their agenda (like the other parties) and more often than not there are very few in society who want what the greens and their cohorts want, as many can see it destroying this country.