• Soot [any]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    Any sources for this? I’ve googled and literally can’t find anything even vaguely official on either position.

    Best I could find was BBC describing them as still officially anti-NATO a few years back. So the only scrap I could find was in their favour.

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      12 days ago

      Yeah they seem to be quite cagey about being openly against NATO since like a 2012 article on their website, but their foreign policy takes are still in the broadly anti-communist alliance (but their support for the BDS campaign and generally anti-zionist position is still commendable). Their commitment to an absolutely anti-military position effectively continues this lack of support for NATO but they are not so explicit about it anymore.

      But their China takes are absolutely horrendous on re-reads of their manifesto: https://greens.scot/Manifesto/ExternalAffairs

      Provide direct support to the Tibetan Government-in-exile, such as financial support and digital record keeping, recognising their role as the legitimate democratic representatives of the Tibetan people.

      Use Scotland’s trade links, including the Government’s office in Beijing, to hold China to account over the persecution of Uyghurs, Tibetans, pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, and others.

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        11 days ago

        Ah yeah, that China position is absolutely bad. Still, I’ll otherwise critically support them as the best party option I got for now.