“Mother and father” is unacceptable language, the Green Party has said, with members threatened with sanction under the party’s code of conduct if they fail to use gender-neutral terminology and ‘inclusive language’. The Telegraph has the story.
Green Party members have been told to replace terms such as “mothers and fathers” with gender-neutral terminology under new guidance on inclusive language.
They have been advised to use the terms “parents and carers” when referring to a child’s mother and father and also said people should never be referred to as “elderly”.
The guide also instructs members to use the phrase “black, Asian and minority ethnic” (Bame) with caution because “many people are uncomfortable with grouping diverse experiences under a single label”.
The same applies to “homosexual” and “transsexual” – the latter because it “does not encompass non-binary people”.
“Sexual preference” is also labelled as “unacceptable” because it “implies that attraction is a choice and should be avoided”.
The terms “lunatic” and “nutter” also do not comply with the rules because they “reinforce negative stereotypes and stigma about mental health”. The guidance tells members it “widely reflects common usage in the UK”.
It warns members that using the wrong words, as determined by the Green Party, “can create environments that feel unwelcoming or exclusionary”. This could contribute to bullying and harassment, which would be in violation of the party’s code of conduct.
The Greens have also recently launched a “healing toolkit” for its members amid growing tensions under Zack Polanski’s leadership.
A surge in new members after Polanski became leader in September 2025 and the election of 441 new councillors in May has radically altered the political direction of the party.
Disenfranchised Left-wing activists who quit Labour under Sir Keir Starmer joined the Greens after its new leader championed Palestinian and transgender rights rather than focusing on environmental issues.
In September last year membership stood at 68,000 but surged to 200,000 by March 2026.
Worth reading in full.
According to the Mail, J.K. Rowling said:
Speaking as the elderly mother of three youngsters, who hasn’t had a sex change and knows many homosexuals, it is my able-bodied and sexually-preferred opinion that the Greens are turning into total nutters.
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Oh dear thought they were dad less but not mum less as well
Contrary to the Green’s nutty opinion, the word “Green” is now something ‘unpleasant’ and ‘unacceptable’ to normal, rational people.
Lefty belief: changing the name of something unpleasant or undesirable will make it go away.
‘You know it makes sense’ (Barbara Castle ca. 1965).
Even when there is nothing “unpleasant or undesirable”. They’re just low IQ nit wits who have a small audience of low IQ nit wits.
Don’t give Wacko Zacko the oxygen of publicity
Can you imagine if they actually get any real power, trying to enforce this in government and the NHS.
But there are already so many organisations (mostly public sector) who DO insist on such lunacy. Hospitals, educational establishments – all sorts who resolutely ignore official instructions and even supreme Court rulings on biological sex and other normal, human facts. There seems to be no real discouragement from any government source to desist. But of course, controlling the language equals controlling the populace…
Green Party is unacceptable language say the people – they should be called knobheads
That’s insulting knobheads
Ah, the first step towards utopia, the perfect society: censorship.
Comrades, there are still a few among us whose thinking is not yet pure.
Usual utter nonsense from these halfwits… NEXT!
“The terms “lunatic” and “nutter” also do not comply with the rules because they “reinforce negative stereotypes and stigma about mental health””
Fair enough. Just call nutters the green party
Isnt it great that there are so few things to address, or issues to face that we have time for this nitpicking indulgent bullshit.
Are Greens not allowed to say the Lord’s Prayer?
This is deliberate – and whatever your personal view of Christianity, this is deliberately anti-Christian.
Indeed.
Most of the woke lunacy can be understood on that basis.
What a bunch of queer retards.
How’s that for inclusive language?
Speaking as the elderly Father of two off-spring, who hasn’t had a sex change and knows many homosexuals, it is my able-bodied and sexually-preferred opinion that the Greens can f*** off.
But requiring people to use compelled speech is not bullying or harassment, of course.
Wales had a recent meeting about 20mph blanket speed limits at which the word “blanket” was banned – and Senned members actually apologised when they used it! Compelled speech is here to hurt us.
My blankets don’t travel at anything like 20mph even on a restless night. Or am I missing the hidden meaning behind ‘blanket’?
Anyone who says women are the weaker sex hasnt tried to get a share of the duvet at 2am.
Every time I read something and think, “ you really couldn’t make it up “, I find that someone has done just that.
Go Gang Green!