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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 4h

Another massive Tory government failure, the public loses while the donors get paid.

It’s time to #TaxWealthNotWork

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 5h

UK energy efficiency sector in crisis: New NAO report finds a staggering 98% failure rate for external wall insulation installed since 2022 under ECO scheme.

It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

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Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 5h

Yet another wake up call about the scale & cost of #climate risk. That’s why we urgently need a National Climate Resilience Plan with emphasis on local funding, nature based solutions & community resilience - pls sign & share petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Debbie Tann MBE @debbietann.bsky.social · 4h

We are being sold a false story that nature is the enemy. That newts, bats, snails and spiders are somehow responsible for the so-called housing crisis and a blocker to economic growth. This is a deliberate lie - using a cynically chosen group of species that could be found in a witches cauldron.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 5h

The wrong homes in the wrong places.
How is that helpful to anyone except donors to the Labour Party?

Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 5h

Short term governments only see short term goals.
It’s environmentally and economically disastrous.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6h

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 6h

What incredible news to inspire us as Parliament returns from conference season - the Green Party has officially reached 100,000 members!

The Green surge is here, and we're not slowing down. Join today to make a fairer, greener future for all.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 9h

No export payments?
Do any of your grid suppliers provide an export tariff.
Here in the UK whatever we export during the summer pays for our winter imports.
Obviously we don’t get as much sunshine as you guys but I would have thought that you’d need to import something over the year?

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 9h

Innocent people are already being killed.
Do you think you’re still living in a democracy?
What happens when the midterms fail, which they will.
When will you wake the fk up and start organising and fighting back?
This isn’t going away.
You’re living in 1937.
It’s coming.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 9h

This is what I don’t understand.
Why people aren’t arming themselves and fighting back? They should be fighting for their lives…. Because that’s what’s at stake.
Ice agents are relying on the fact that people will generally go quietly.
They don’t want to risk getting shot.
It’s time to fight back.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 9h

At least that’s something I guess.

Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 10h

It’s a grift.
If they’ve get it to work by 2060, that’ll be approximately 100 years that they have been working on it.
At a cost of how many billions?
When you could have just installed solar panels and batteries instead.
We are such a stupid species.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 10h

Man made climate change in full effect.

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Does the report mention that this is due to man made climate change?

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 16h

He could wear a white sheet with a pointy hat, light a burning cross on the White House lawn and ride around on a horse shouting hang the N*****s from the nearest tree, and they would still claim he wasn’t racist

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

🗣 Everyone's talking about the Green Party.

🤝 Be a part of it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 16h

One can’t help but feel that the weak link in all of these recent cabinet sackings…., is Keir Starmer.

Maybe he should be the one to go.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 16h

That’s political speak for

‘he’ll be out just as soon as I’ve found a replacement’

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UK Green Stats @ukgreenstats.bsky.social · 1d

The Green Party are currently the 2nd most searched for political party in the UK.

This comes as they celebrate the milestone of 100,000 members (England and Wales).

This graph shows how @zackpolanski.bsky.social has impacted the visibility of the party, using Google Trends data.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 16h

Don’t they look so young!… and in some cases… alive!

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 16h

If the government was serious about ending fuel poverty, it would be installing solar on every viable roof alongside battery storage in every home, starting with those in the worst fuel poverty.
We have the equipment to eradicate fuel poverty, it’s a political choice not to implement it.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22h

Zack Polanski will be on Laura Kuenssberg's this Sunday.

Tune in, make it the most watched episode ever.

Then they will know, change is coming.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22h

Reform UK want to take public spending down to 35% of GDP — that’s a £275 billion cut, the equivalent of shutting down the NHS.

The Green Party knows the only way to rebuild our communities is by investing in our public services, not running them down and flogging them off to the private sector.

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