Cllr Emma Garnett
@greenpartyemma.bsky.social
Green Party county councillor for Parks (Oxfordshire) & sustainability researcher @ox.ac.uk
Books. Bikes. Buses. Trains. Cooking. Hiking. Nature. Climate. Inequality. Public Health.
She/her
Promoted by James Thorniley at 12A Merlin Road, OX4 6EP
Books. Bikes. Buses. Trains. Cooking. Hiking. Nature. Climate. Inequality. Public Health.
She/her
Promoted by James Thorniley at 12A Merlin Road, OX4 6EP
In which I learn both @zackpolanski.bsky.social and I have a floordrobe and haven't finished the Climate Book edited by Greta Thunberg.
(I got it out the library last year and just keep renewing it..)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
(I got it out the library last year and just keep renewing it..)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Zack Polanski: ‘I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg’
The Green party leader on his ‘floordrobe’, doomscrolling, and getting arrested on Waterloo Bridge
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In which I learn both @zackpolanski.bsky.social and I have a floordrobe and haven't finished the Climate Book edited by Greta Thunberg.
(I got it out the library last year and just keep renewing it..)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
(I got it out the library last year and just keep renewing it..)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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ARE YOU FREE AND CAN DRIVE A CAR/RIDE A BIKE FOR 1 HOUR ON TUESDAY OR THURSDAY EVENINGS? If so, please sign up to help deliver our #FoodParcels at oxfordmutualaid.org/in-person-ro...
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
ARE YOU FREE AND CAN DRIVE A CAR/RIDE A BIKE FOR 1 HOUR ON TUESDAY OR THURSDAY EVENINGS? If so, please sign up to help deliver our #FoodParcels at oxfordmutualaid.org/in-person-ro...
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As Israel have been allowed to compete in Eurovision 2026, the UK must follow in the footsteps of Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands and boycott the competition.
The world's largest live music event cannot be used to whitewash Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The world's largest live music event cannot be used to whitewash Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
As Israel have been allowed to compete in Eurovision 2026, the UK must follow in the footsteps of Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands and boycott the competition.
The world's largest live music event cannot be used to whitewash Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The world's largest live music event cannot be used to whitewash Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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⏰ Don't miss @zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Question Time tonight.
💻 BBC News Channel at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm
💻 BBC News Channel at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
⏰ Don't miss @zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Question Time tonight.
💻 BBC News Channel at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm
💻 BBC News Channel at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm
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🌍 | Current Green Vote Share By Pollster:
FindOutNow: 18%
YouGov: 16%
Opinium: 13%
BMG: 12%
Freshwater: 12%
Focaldata: 12%
More In Common: 11%
JL Partners: 9%
FindOutNow: 18%
YouGov: 16%
Opinium: 13%
BMG: 12%
Freshwater: 12%
Focaldata: 12%
More In Common: 11%
JL Partners: 9%
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌍 | Current Green Vote Share By Pollster:
FindOutNow: 18%
YouGov: 16%
Opinium: 13%
BMG: 12%
Freshwater: 12%
Focaldata: 12%
More In Common: 11%
JL Partners: 9%
FindOutNow: 18%
YouGov: 16%
Opinium: 13%
BMG: 12%
Freshwater: 12%
Focaldata: 12%
More In Common: 11%
JL Partners: 9%
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🌹 | Current Labour Vote Share By Pollster:
BMG: 22%
JL Partners: 22%
More In Common: 21%
Opinium: 21%
Focaldata: 20%
Freshwater: 19%
YouGov: 19%
FindOutNow: 14%
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
BMG: 22%
JL Partners: 22%
More In Common: 21%
Opinium: 21%
Focaldata: 20%
Freshwater: 19%
YouGov: 19%
FindOutNow: 14%
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (=)
CON: 20% (+2)
GRN: 18% (+1)
LAB: 14% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 3 Dec.
Changes w/ 26 Nov.
RFM: 31% (=)
CON: 20% (+2)
GRN: 18% (+1)
LAB: 14% (-1)
LDM: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 3 Dec.
Changes w/ 26 Nov.
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🌹 | Current Labour Vote Share By Pollster:
BMG: 22%
JL Partners: 22%
More In Common: 21%
Opinium: 21%
Focaldata: 20%
Freshwater: 19%
YouGov: 19%
FindOutNow: 14%
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
BMG: 22%
JL Partners: 22%
More In Common: 21%
Opinium: 21%
Focaldata: 20%
Freshwater: 19%
YouGov: 19%
FindOutNow: 14%
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
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Update: Apologies I was due to be on Have I got News for You this week. We've now postponed until 2026.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Update: Apologies I was due to be on Have I got News for You this week. We've now postponed until 2026.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
To go on Question Time and speak up for migrants right now feels vital.
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
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"Were proud to provide the PIP, so people can be more independent and be more fully included in society."
*Person shows any semblance of independence*
"NOT LIKE THAT!!!!!!"
*Person shows any semblance of independence*
"NOT LIKE THAT!!!!!!"
The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
DWP demands £36k PIP back from one-legged dad filmed playing cricket
Shaun Rigby lost a leg when he was a child
www.mirror.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Were proud to provide the PIP, so people can be more independent and be more fully included in society."
*Person shows any semblance of independence*
"NOT LIKE THAT!!!!!!"
*Person shows any semblance of independence*
"NOT LIKE THAT!!!!!!"
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Girl Guides have been a beacon of inclusion and a ray of hope that hatred of LGBT+ people is not really as widespread as it feels.
Gender critical bullying of inclusive institutions by threat of litigation is cheap, harmful and utterly poisonous.
Thinking of the parents & young people affected. 🏳️⚧️
Gender critical bullying of inclusive institutions by threat of litigation is cheap, harmful and utterly poisonous.
Thinking of the parents & young people affected. 🏳️⚧️
The Girl Guide announcement.
What can I say?
I’m imagining if it was my child - the conversations and explanations, the apologies, “I’m sorry, so sorry,” trying to comfort but feeling a failure because I couldn’t protect her from GC hate.
And the child and parents - a little bit more broken.
What can I say?
I’m imagining if it was my child - the conversations and explanations, the apologies, “I’m sorry, so sorry,” trying to comfort but feeling a failure because I couldn’t protect her from GC hate.
And the child and parents - a little bit more broken.
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Girl Guides have been a beacon of inclusion and a ray of hope that hatred of LGBT+ people is not really as widespread as it feels.
Gender critical bullying of inclusive institutions by threat of litigation is cheap, harmful and utterly poisonous.
Thinking of the parents & young people affected. 🏳️⚧️
Gender critical bullying of inclusive institutions by threat of litigation is cheap, harmful and utterly poisonous.
Thinking of the parents & young people affected. 🏳️⚧️
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Something uplifting: There's been a big surge in solar power capacity in the UK over the past year
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/u...
UK adds 1.9 GW of solar in 12 months
Latest government figures record 20.7 GW deployed PV capacity at the end of October 2025, up 10.4% in a 12-month period. Surge in contracts for difference (CfD) supported connections recorded in 2025 ...
www.pv-magazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Something uplifting: There's been a big surge in solar power capacity in the UK over the past year
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/u...
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'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
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I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.
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For all the bitterness & struggle this shows we’re getting some stuff right in London. Road charges / LTNs / Parking policies / safe cycling: A glimmer of hope for a greener healthier future.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
For all the bitterness & struggle this shows we’re getting some stuff right in London. Road charges / LTNs / Parking policies / safe cycling: A glimmer of hope for a greener healthier future.
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Tomorrow I'll be talking through the political process we went through on Wirral to get outdoor play on our council Work Programme.
Join the latest @playingout.bsky.social webinar if you can! Lots of other good stuff on the agenda as well 😎😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-...
Join the latest @playingout.bsky.social webinar if you can! Lots of other good stuff on the agenda as well 😎😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-...
Restoring children's freedom to play out: let's seize the moment
Society is waking up to children's right and need to play out; councils and orgs around the UK are taking action, come and get inspired !
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Tomorrow I'll be talking through the political process we went through on Wirral to get outdoor play on our council Work Programme.
Join the latest @playingout.bsky.social webinar if you can! Lots of other good stuff on the agenda as well 😎😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-...
Join the latest @playingout.bsky.social webinar if you can! Lots of other good stuff on the agenda as well 😎😀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-...
Playing “Waitin’ on a sunny day” on repeat as I look at the Oxford weather forecast for the next two weeks… 😭
Tomorrow is the last sunny day in forever – midday walks and basking essential.
Tomorrow is the last sunny day in forever – midday walks and basking essential.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Playing “Waitin’ on a sunny day” on repeat as I look at the Oxford weather forecast for the next two weeks… 😭
Tomorrow is the last sunny day in forever – midday walks and basking essential.
Tomorrow is the last sunny day in forever – midday walks and basking essential.
Bollard down on St Clements Road, outside the Oranges and Lemons pub.
It's been down a few days, so I've reported it to Fix My Street.
www.fixmystreet.com/report/8488539
It's been down a few days, so I've reported it to Fix My Street.
www.fixmystreet.com/report/8488539
Bollard knocked down. - Viewing a problem
www.fixmystreet.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Bollard down on St Clements Road, outside the Oranges and Lemons pub.
It's been down a few days, so I've reported it to Fix My Street.
www.fixmystreet.com/report/8488539
It's been down a few days, so I've reported it to Fix My Street.
www.fixmystreet.com/report/8488539
🌱 I have several friends & colleagues who waited to see how the Your Party launch went this summer, were uninspired and chose to join the @greenparty.org.uk
🚣♀️ A huge welcome to this guy if/when he joins – he’ll find many people in a similar boat.
join.greenparty.org.uk
youtu.be/-UrxGlrFRpg?...
🚣♀️ A huge welcome to this guy if/when he joins – he’ll find many people in a similar boat.
join.greenparty.org.uk
youtu.be/-UrxGlrFRpg?...
![Screenshot from Owen Jones's video at Your Party conference (link to the precise point in the video in the post)
Man 1 being interviewed: these things take time, you have to give it time.
Cut to Man 2 being interviewed: “I think the argument that we need time to grow it doesn’t really stand for me because there’s not time. Every council election and devolved election that we have, Reform are gaining more and more ground and we’re losing more and more ground.
And so I think I’m going to walk out of here [Your Party conference] and join the Greens in a couple of days.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eewxcoekso2652dy4ez4vbzk/bafkreiepkd3uvoz5y54wk7w5e4jp2xgvsql4oohzcobsxynjwykvccirfy@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🌱 I have several friends & colleagues who waited to see how the Your Party launch went this summer, were uninspired and chose to join the @greenparty.org.uk
🚣♀️ A huge welcome to this guy if/when he joins – he’ll find many people in a similar boat.
join.greenparty.org.uk
youtu.be/-UrxGlrFRpg?...
🚣♀️ A huge welcome to this guy if/when he joins – he’ll find many people in a similar boat.
join.greenparty.org.uk
youtu.be/-UrxGlrFRpg?...
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Potentially good news for the nation's health: woodburning stoves are a huge source of air pollution. They damage the lungs of people inside the house as well, especially those who sleep in upstairs bedrooms who are exposed at high levels overnight.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Potentially good news for the nation's health: woodburning stoves are a huge source of air pollution. They damage the lungs of people inside the house as well, especially those who sleep in upstairs bedrooms who are exposed at high levels overnight.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I find Your Party's frequent use of AI very illuminating. Because when they talk about workers, they clearly do not include in that a large number of Arts sector and 'knowledge' workers. I suspect they regard them with contempt. Which is one of the many reasons they are not going to get far.
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I find Your Party's frequent use of AI very illuminating. Because when they talk about workers, they clearly do not include in that a large number of Arts sector and 'knowledge' workers. I suspect they regard them with contempt. Which is one of the many reasons they are not going to get far.
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£200k target hit!
Amazing work and more chance that the @greenparty.org.uk will break through at next May’s local elections
Amazing work and more chance that the @greenparty.org.uk will break through at next May’s local elections
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
£200k target hit!
Amazing work and more chance that the @greenparty.org.uk will break through at next May’s local elections
Amazing work and more chance that the @greenparty.org.uk will break through at next May’s local elections
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The year is 2100, and every house or shop in Oxford has now been demolished to make way for lab space.
A former pub on Hollybush Row, between the railway station and Oxpens, is to be demolished and replaced with (wait for it) lab space. 8 Hollybush Row was the Albion, the Honey Pot, and the Adventurer before becoming offices for AI startup Latent Logic and then the “Swailes Hub” hot-desking space.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The year is 2100, and every house or shop in Oxford has now been demolished to make way for lab space.
🌱 My favourite moment of the day!
🌳 The longest standing Oxford Green member Michael (he joined as a student) meeting our 1000th member Indigo.
🌳 The longest standing Oxford Green member Michael (he joined as a student) meeting our 1000th member Indigo.
In a celebration of reaching 1,000 members, Cllr Max Morris brought together the first, and the 1,000th member of the Oxford City Green Party, Michael Buck and Indigo Blyth.
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🌱 My favourite moment of the day!
🌳 The longest standing Oxford Green member Michael (he joined as a student) meeting our 1000th member Indigo.
🌳 The longest standing Oxford Green member Michael (he joined as a student) meeting our 1000th member Indigo.
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Dozens of charities and community groups came together in the Town Hall for the annual Green Fair organised by the Oxford Green Party. [📷 Roger Close]
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Dozens of charities and community groups came together in the Town Hall for the annual Green Fair organised by the Oxford Green Party. [📷 Roger Close]