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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1h

Not often I agree with your criticisms of Greens but definitely do here.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 2h

Yes

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 6h

But he is also clearly a good listener and reader, and he’s listening to and reading the right people.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 6h

He clearly isn’t steeped in an intellectual tradition in the way that some of us are in that, by his own admission, he came to Green/Left politics in his 30s, within the last decade, rather than growing up with it. I suspect that sitting on the cusp also makes him better at communicating with others

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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 7h

The new epoch of UK politics begins here: a profoundly important exchange between @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @adamramsay.bsky.social that starts to address an honest account of who we are abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

abolishwestminster.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 21h

The position of the Green Party of England and Wales is to adopt the position of the Scottish and Welsh Greens, both of which are I favour of independence.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Darren Grimes thinks my interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social makes him a traitor. What do you think? open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

“If the straight question is, would I abolish the monarchy, yeah, absolutely” - @zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking to me at Green conference:

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Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Brian Corney @brian-corney.bsky.social · 1d

Really do recommend that people should read this. Whether you like Polanski or not, he really applies a lot of thought to what he says. bsky.app/profile/adam...

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

I enjoyed interviewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social for this, because he was honest about his squeamishness (about Englishness) but then confronted and explained it, and responded to being pushed on it by opening up, thinking aloud, and challenging himself, not closing down. Do read the whole thing.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

In your lifetime it has become the main facilitator of money laundering on earth.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

That’s all very well, but Britain currently has the most centralised and corporately captured state in the democratic world. Unless you have an alternate viable path towards something properly democratic, why should we stay under it?

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Not necessarily any moreso than within Ireland now.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

I think maybe you need to consider more closely what dismantling the British state would do to facilitate international solidarity..?

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RDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 1d

Not earth shattering by any means, but this means that in the best case scenario for the Greens, SNP and PC in the 2029 election we could see a bloc of 100ish MPs open to the idea of granting referendums on independence to Scotland and Wales in the next Parliament

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating from @anthonybarnett.bsky.social on the opposing legacies of Thatcher and Elizabeth II, 100 years after their births: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

What did Mrs Thatcher do to us?

Less a prime minister than a monarch, the Tory leader’s real legacy was stasis

www.newstatesman.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, most of the interview was about Englishness!

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

I’m glad you enjoyed it, thanks for sharing.

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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 1d

A really interesting interview, including a potential future where Zack leads a "Green Party of England" or "English Greens" & has to grapple with issues of English identity.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Between These Lines 🇪🇺 ⚽ 🏈 🏀⚾ 🏒 @footballlibrettist.bsky.social · 1d

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Right again.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking to me,
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
accused both Labour and Tory governments of “a complete resentment, a disrespect, an almost dismissive and exclusionary attitude towards the Welsh people”: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

abolishwestminster.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to @scotnational.bsky.social for picking this up and putting it on their front page

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs Scottish and Welsh independence in new interview with me: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

open.substack.com

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