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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 3h

Coherent longterm strategy: what the UK needs in so many areas of policy

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 6h

NEW ANALYSIS: More than 80% of UK social housing still relies on gas boilers keeping bills exposed to international gas markets and climate targets out of reach.

I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.

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Phasing out gas in European social housing - what the UK can learn

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 3h

To the Hague with a whole H of a lot of collaborators too

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 17h

#palestine #london #justice #israel #gaza #accountability #war-crimes

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 17h

Greens out in force to show support for the freedom of the Palestinian people

We joined over 500,000 people

The Palestinian people must be given their total and complete freedom, the blockade must be lifted, access to international journalists granted

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 8h

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 4h

Me! And a great time to join us

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

Who's still buzzing from our incredible conference in Bournemouth one week on? 🤚 💚

A photo of Green Party of England and Wales CEO Harriet Lamb, Leader Zack Polanski, and Co-Deputy Leaders Mothin Ali and Rachel Millward on stage at Green Party conference in Bournemouth.

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 4h

#MigrantsWelcome #GoodNews

Let's all get together to tackle our mutiple crises, in a world where human time, energy and talents are a scarce resource

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‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18h

31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating.

It was a White man attacking Non-White people.

Where is the apology from this hateful racist?

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jolantalove.bsky.social @jolantalove.bsky.social · 19h

Well Said Zack!

So heartening to hear you call out flippancy & a lack of compassion wherever & whenever you see it occurring

Thank you for being a true champion & example of all that is good & noble about humanity

Thank you Zack & The Greens for Reawakening our Hearts to Make the UK Good Again 💚

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 21h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18h

Reminder: no one is safe until everyone is safe. And Americans are now significantly less safe

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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efemera @efemerabis.bsky.social · 18h

Literally had this conversation today with a RW voter I'm slowly persuading that "law and order" is better served by reducing the impetus to crime rather than alienating people further from society.

Mad that just treating everyone with respect and dignity is so radical.

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 16h

Not really.
We definitely should have remained and tried to de-neoliberal from within, having a seat and a veto at the table.
Either way, nothing we can do about those years now.

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 16h

Greens are for Scottish Independence, hence why we have a separate Scottish Greens party. But it hasn't come up much in Zack's interviews I admit.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19h

The Headline smear, what Polanski actually said.

Mr Polanski, 42, said he too would 'consider shoplifting' if he also had no other option to earn money or obtain food.

Zack Polanski said people who steal because they do not have much money should be shown compassion

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 17h

#gaza #flotilla #war-crimes #israel

US activists from Gaza aid flotilla recount ‘war crimes’ after Israeli detention

Two American brothers who took part in the Global Sumud Gaza Flotilla accused Israel of committing “an act of piracy and a war crime” for intercepting...

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 16h

I mean 'low effort campaign' when Jeremy and MP Alan Johnson are two different people...
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Labour In for Britain - Wikipedia

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe it will help Ofcom to remember why they shut down RT in the UK, and encourage them to have another look at GB News...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Ⓐthan @drugblood.bsky.social · 23h

We're not cheering because we can see they're STILL being bombed. There's STILL zero aid getting into Palestine. And the genocide is STILL continuing. Smoke and mirror false claims mean nothing, the horrors are still on display.

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demoriast.bsky.social @demoriast.bsky.social · 23h

From Genocide back to oppression. Also its a ceasefire with Gaza and not with whole Palestine.

And another big question gonna be: Whats about the settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem?

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

"Why aren't the Free Palestine people cheering about the ceasefire?"

If you saw a man beating a child into a coma, would you cheer after the beating stopped? No, your first reaction would be horror at what happened and your second would be fear that he'll attack the kid again.

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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 21h

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’
After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics #bds
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Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’

After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 21h

Labour are completely collapsing

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 22h

You can see them can't you? They're scrambling around desperately trying to find a smear that will stick to the Green party. Anything they can use to avoid talking about policies.

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