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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 1d

Please say he did not engineer the timing of the Israel-Palestine ceasefire announcement for this.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says * Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with winning the peace prize? With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan. Continue reading...

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Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social · 1d

I had not watched Question Time for aeons and the best part of that was the pleasant surprise of a panel of (mostly) xenophobes being made to squirm by a much more reasonable audience, to the point where Yusuf accused the audience of being unrepresentative.

How typical is that these days?

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 1d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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

"Christians, Muslims, Jews, migrants and people from a global majority background face the threat of violence or harassment as they simply go about their lives each day. This is unacceptable for the UK in the 21st century."

@carladenyer.bsky.social on the increase in reported hate crimes.

Graphic with a photo of Carla Denyer in the House of Commons.

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SHOCKING HATE CRIME RISE MUST BE A WAKE-UP CALL

"Politicians of all stripes have a responsibility today:

to say loud and clear that people of all backgrounds and all faiths are valued members of our communities, and
an attack on any one of us is an attack on all of our values and freedoms.”

Carla Denyer
MP for Bristol Central

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

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

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski,
"The only way to be morally consistent is to condemn what happened on Oct 7th and to condemn the genocide in Palestine"

"As a Jewish man I feel the genocide very very deeply"

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 2d

@stuartjeffery.bsky.social there’s a growing harm reduction network for local councillors of all political parties. Would you like to be added?

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Cllr @stuartjeffery.bsky.social for helping spread the eminently sensible message about Green Party policy to legalise and regulate all drugs and to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for explaining further. Sory its a Facebook link. www.facebook.com/share/r/1a9c...

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 3d

If you don’t have much time - watch Rachel at 20’50” for four minutes. So inspiring. And I loved all of Mothin’s. share.google/BjEsRqZxQJGS...

Co-Deputy Leaders' Speech - Rachel Millward & Mothin Ali at Green Party Conference 2025

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 3d

Also worth watching are the Green Party deputy leader speeches. If these were Reform politicians, the media would have been all over them. Brilliantly delivered messages of hope and inspiration like this are what we desperately need right now. Starts at 9’30” share.google/BjEsRqZxQJGS...

Co-Deputy Leaders' Speech - Rachel Millward & Mothin Ali at Green Party Conference 2025

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 3d

Here is @zackpolanski.bsky.social ‘s full Green Party conference speech. It’s brilliant. It starts at 18 minutes in . You sadly can’t see him sprinting down the middle of the room to the platform by way of entry but the rest is golden.

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Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 3d

Today I’m remembering the horrific ordeal the Israeli people were subjected to two years ago today and thinking of all those still suffering as a result of these events 😢.

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 3d

Britain’s Immigration Panic Is Manufactured

The Green Party’s new deputy leader Mothin Ali says the left has stopped listening to post-industrial towns and it’s opened the door for Farage and the far right.

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Britain’s Immigration Panic Is Manufactured | Novara Media

The Green Party’s new deputy leader Mothin Ali says the left has stopped listening to post-industrial towns and it’s opened the door for Farage and the far right. From ignored housing crises to London...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

🚀 @greenparty.org.uk has grown from 58,000 members in December to 86,000 today.

Six years ago, consistently polling around 2%. Now, above 10%.

Green councillors leapt from fewer than 200 to nearly 900.

Green MPs from one to four.

This is the beginning.

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Good and bad news for Zack Polanski: the Green conference was a joy, but now hopes are stratospheric | Adam Ramsay

Members loved hearing from a leader who boldly reflects their views and isn’t afraid of the rightwing press. How far can he take the party?, says journalist and Green party member Adam Ramsay

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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 4d

Huge numbers for the ‘Bristol Patriots’ protest outside City Hall today ….