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‘The moment has come’: pro-building Labour yimbys are set to raise the roof (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

But for Labour in government, it is not just a dividing line with the Tories but also what it sees as its most powerful attack on the new electoral threat from the Greens. Political strategists plan to paint the Greens as local blockers to a raft of projects from electricity pylons to affordable housing.

For a party that won its first council majority in 2023, it amazing how much the the Greens come up in this 'NIMBY' discourse. The fact Labour centrists feel the need to take digs at them is encouraging though, it shows that they're scared of losing ground to the Greens.

Also, I hate who every was the editor on this article, YIMBY / NIMBY are acronyms, they should be spelt in all caps.

[–] frankPodmore 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Greens very much do run on nimby platforms, including their co-leader, mentioned in the article. And it is just deeply aggravating when they oppose green infrastructure for nimby reasons, whether it wins them votes or not.

Also, lots of words start off as acronyms and then lose that status. 'Laser' is a good example: originally 'Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation', but now always written in lowercase.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also, lots of words start off as acronyms and then lose that status. ‘Laser’ is a good example: originally ‘Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation’, but now always written in lowercase.

But we generally only do that for acronyms that become familiar and well know (scuba, taser, etc). The article itself feels the need to spell out what it stands for and putting it in lower case just reeks of trying to manufacture that familiarity and the legitimacy such familiarity carries.

[–] frankPodmore 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it's a fair point. I think the downside of caps is that it feels like the article is screaming at you!

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