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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 15m

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 · 7h

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 · 28m

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

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 32m

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 · 1h

Not necessarily any moreso than within Ireland now.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 2h

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 · 2h

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 · 7h

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 · 3h

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 · 3h

Yeah, most of the interview was about Englishness!

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4h

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

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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 7h

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 · 4h

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Right again.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 5h

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 · 6h

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 · 7h

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 · 19h

I have an interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social coming out on my substack tomorrow. Sign up to make sure you don’t miss it: abolishwestminster.substack.com

Abolish Westminster | Adam Ramsay | Substack

Discussing the UK's unfolding constitutional omnicrisis -written by Adam Ramsay. Click to read Abolish Westminster, by Adam Ramsay, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

abolishwestminster.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 21h

The @scottishgreens.org told me they would announce their figure this week, and have had a bit of a membership drive since then. When they do, and with continued @greenparty.org.uk growth, I suspect this will confirm the Tories have been overtaken.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 21h

The Green Party passed 110,000 members, after putting on 5,000 in 24 hours. Plus c. 8,000 @scottishgreens.org (probably now up a bit too) and 500ish @greenpartyni.org members (minus some duplicates) = c. 118,000. The Daily Mail report that Tory membership is in fact now “below 120,000”.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 21h

I’m calling it - I think it’s now very likely that there are more Green members across the UK than Tories as of today.

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

The Green surge is breaking limits! 😲

Together, we can make hope normal again! 💚

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 2d

Last year, @TheGreenParty had an income of £5.2m. £2.1m of that came from membership fees. If the now 100,00 members pay the same average fee, that will be £3.6m from subs. That’s an income boost of 26% before you even look at fundraising, activists, etc. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...