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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 19h

#HostileEnvironment at the Home Office: a deeply abusive environment

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

www.theguardian.com

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 9h

Of course, Greens have previous form on joining disastrous electoral pacts. Perhaps Zarah making the lack of reciprocal good faith from the other side so clear this early on might ironically help to avert another one.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

Photo of Zarah, Zack Polanski, Amna Abdullatif from We Deserve Better and Abubakr Nanabawa from The Muslim Vote

Zarah speaking to a packed room at The World Transformed

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Andy @andyhar.bsky.social · 22h

‘We need to unite to keep Farage out of Downing Street… But I too have purity tests for my rivals’

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

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Dr. Halloween @blurses.bsky.social · 22h

I'd park the snark if I was serious about building alliances.

It's remarkable how Your Party have managed to throw away so much good will so quickly.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

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Dr Luke Walker @drlukewalker.com · 21h

My respect for Zarah is plummeting fast. And judging by the replies and quotes, it seems nearly everyone here feels the same

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

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Lamentably Undead @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 20h

One could be a lot nastier in response to this but, if nothing else, it's striking that she chooses to be snide towards Polanski when he has been for more respectful and polite to her than any of the Your Party MPs.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

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Grimm @grimmbanks.bsky.social · 20h

Stabbing allies in the back before they have even started. It's all plain to see that this lot are just like the other parties and will do anything for power. I hope The Greens side steps this mess of a party.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 2d

It's good when the line goes up

UK Green Stats @ukgreenstats.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, the Greens were celebrating 87,000 members.

Today, they have skyrocketed 93,000 members, making this most likely the fastest growth the party has ever seen before in terms of membership figures.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 5d

If you want places to be accessible to older and disabled people installing benches is one very helpful thing to do.

Seems a few people are worried that young people will sit on a bench and be a bit annoying, so the bench won’t be installed after all.

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 5d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 5d

Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.

Headline:
Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 5d

jumpscare on instagram @dandekadt.bsky.social

some instagram account has posted a screenshot of dan's post that says "My wife and I never talk baby talk to our kid. We enforce academic seminar norms and jargon. My child isnt even 2 yet and can interrupt presenters on the first slide. Adults at family gatherings are shocked when my child asks a questino that turns out to be more of a comment." it has THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIVE LIKES

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 5d

the response sheet does look like a good demonstration of "only people who are opposed to stuff fill in consultations"

Section of consultation responses, almost all negative. Text is

7/10/2025 23:33:59
7/11/2025 13:26:15No. These are really ugly
7/12/2025 13:50:27These honestly are terrible.
7/12/2025 13:52:56 TEXT REDACTED DUE TO ACCUSATORY
AND AGGRESSIVE TONE
7/12/2025 15:50:14No, these are all honestly terrible
7/13/2025 10:08:07
7/13/2025 10:25:50No, these are all honestly terrible
7/13/2025 10:26:59These are aggressively bad ��
7/13/2025 10:30:03
No. Funds have not been allocated for artistic
SEATING - you told us it was just for an art
installation of some kind. These bench designs
are really not good options
7/13/2025 19:47:24
7/13/2025 21:01:13
Yes. I like the simple ones that look like they're
planned, rather than the more elaborate
example
7/13/2025 19:29:24
7/17/2025 15:13:08No

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 10d

I mean they'd all get crushed by SUVs but why not

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 10d

Bike racks would fit here too

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 10d

Good that the Covid Inquiry is hearing about play, that it’s not just a nice to have, that it’s essential to childhood, for fun, that it’s how children exercise, that public play is unevenly policed, and that children’s right to play should have been upheld in lockdown.

@playingout.bsky.social

Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

Children not allowed out partly because their exercise – playing – looked too much ‘like fun’, says campaigner

www.theguardian.com

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 11d

Let's call a spade a spade.

A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet.

The last thing we need more of - electric or not.

Flying is hugely energy intensive.

Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead.
#TrainsNotPlanes

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 11d

Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.

Flying taxi over English countryside somewhere

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ceej @ceej.online · 16d

my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”

a bald stick figure in a chair with his arms out in front like he’s typing on a keyboard, and he’s got the biggest angry frown imaginable and eyebrows that express frustrated bemusement

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 13d

We have it, sort of? But it is run in house by the government IT team, didn't get a big announcement and isn't a route for Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison to own the state. All big downsides from the gov pov www.gov.uk/using-your-g...

Using your GOV.UK One Login

Sign in to your GOV.UK One Login to change your details. See all the services you can access with GOV.UK One Login and how to prove your identity with it.

www.gov.uk

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 16d

Over a million, I think it was 300k ish when I first looked this morning.

Struggling to fathom why Labour would spend their non existent political capital on this at this moment. Is this supposed to get applause at conference?

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 16d

"on a technicality"

Not really.

A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge.

Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out

Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that ‘proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null’

www.theguardian.com

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 16d

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Jul 27

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

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phildavies1995.bsky.social @phildavies1995.bsky.social · 18d

Absolutely ridiculous that Caerleon doesn’t have a railway stop. It’s 100% needed and ridiculous that one wasn’t given under the New South Wales Metro scheme.

One of the most important Tourist destinations in Cymru. It is also located in a commuter area. I hope sense prevails.

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 18d

A new railway station for a historic Welsh town would alleviate “chronic” traffic congestion and encourage more visitors to its Roman riches, supporters have claimed

Support for new railway station to ease town’s ‘chronic’ traffic problems

Nicholas Thomas Local Democracy Reporter A new railway station for a historic Welsh town would alleviate “chronic” traffic congestion and encourage more visitors to its Roman riches, supporters have c...

nation.cymru

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 21d

That's absolutely ridiculous. OCC is Lib Dem but not heard any official statement from them about whether they accept it's political or not

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sure it's been coordinated by people with resources, they are higher than the ladder in your shed goes. Council seem to have taken a small number down, not sure if they've dealt with any more at the weekend

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