Louis Stephen
@louisjosephstephen.bsky.social
Green Party councillor for Battenhall, Worcester City and St Peter, Worcs County Council.
Links to all my socials: https://linktr.ee/LouisStephen
Links to all my socials: https://linktr.ee/LouisStephen
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15 years ago today the Tory & Lib Dem government tripled tuition fees.
Young people, our economy and society are robbed of the learning and skills universities offer- whilst graduates face average debt of £53,000.
Education should be a right, not a privilege. Scrap tuition fees.
Young people, our economy and society are robbed of the learning and skills universities offer- whilst graduates face average debt of £53,000.
Education should be a right, not a privilege. Scrap tuition fees.
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
15 years ago today the Tory & Lib Dem government tripled tuition fees.
Young people, our economy and society are robbed of the learning and skills universities offer- whilst graduates face average debt of £53,000.
Education should be a right, not a privilege. Scrap tuition fees.
Young people, our economy and society are robbed of the learning and skills universities offer- whilst graduates face average debt of £53,000.
Education should be a right, not a privilege. Scrap tuition fees.
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People are choosing a politics of decency, courage and imagination.
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
We need hope, not cynicism
The Green Party is ready for the change people are demanding
www.newstatesman.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People are choosing a politics of decency, courage and imagination.
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
They’re choosing a politics that doesn’t scapegoat the vulnerable or remain quiet on injustice.
People are choosing to make hope normal again.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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🇪🇺 The Green Party is clear: we should be repairing our relationship with the EU and undoing the damage of Brexit.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🇪🇺 The Green Party is clear: we should be repairing our relationship with the EU and undoing the damage of Brexit.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
That's why yesterday Green MPs voted in favour of re-joining the Customs Union - as a vital first step.
Could YOU help us to make hope feel normal again?
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Could YOU help us to make hope feel normal again?
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Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale has become ‘more and more plausible’
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale has become ‘more and more plausible’
Canadian author discusses US under Trump and says setting of her dystopian novel has ‘become much closer’
Margaret Atwood has said the plot of her book The Handmaid’s Tale, which depicts a story of an authoritarian regime where women are forced to reproduce, has become “more and more plausible” in recent years.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Atwood said she believed the plot was “bonkers” when she first had the concept for the novel as the US was the “democratic ideal” at the time. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale has become ‘more and more plausible’
Until this week's QT I'd not heard of this chap. Looking at his X posts I must admit I thought he was either Reform or Tory.
Shows so clearly how Labour are no different from Tory and Reform.
Shows so clearly how Labour are no different from Tory and Reform.
December 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Until this week's QT I'd not heard of this chap. Looking at his X posts I must admit I thought he was either Reform or Tory.
Shows so clearly how Labour are no different from Tory and Reform.
Shows so clearly how Labour are no different from Tory and Reform.
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🛍️ Today is #SmallBusinessSaturday.
The Green Party backs small business.
Local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. We want to see them thrive.
Let’s green business, improve employee welfare and make it easier for people to shop local #ShopLocal
The Green Party backs small business.
Local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. We want to see them thrive.
Let’s green business, improve employee welfare and make it easier for people to shop local #ShopLocal
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🛍️ Today is #SmallBusinessSaturday.
The Green Party backs small business.
Local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. We want to see them thrive.
Let’s green business, improve employee welfare and make it easier for people to shop local #ShopLocal
The Green Party backs small business.
Local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. We want to see them thrive.
Let’s green business, improve employee welfare and make it easier for people to shop local #ShopLocal
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And this week's episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social is with @femi-oluwole.bsky.social
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
Why There’s No Such A Thing As A ‘Perfect Green’ | Femi Oluwole | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And this week's episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social is with @femi-oluwole.bsky.social
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
Loved this conversation and welcome to the party, Femi!
youtu.be/UTmCzWMalWA?...
Well worth a watch of why Femi has joined the Green Party.
Huge welcome to the party Femi!!! 👇🏼🎉
I joined the Green Party, because if Zack Polanski isn't our next Prime Minister...
I'll probably be dead within 10 years.
I'll probably be dead within 10 years.
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Well worth a watch of why Femi has joined the Green Party.
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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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Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk.
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
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Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
While I think most literate people can be insightful and articulate in text form, if given enough time to collect their thoughts, it is a rare talent to be able to do that verbally, in real time, while responding to interruptions, hostile jibes or pointed questions and STILL get your point across.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk.
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
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Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The right try and distract us by constantly talking about immigration.
Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
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Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The right try and distract us by constantly talking about immigration.
Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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This hasn't had much coverage, amidst all the debate about jury trials, but there is also a lot of concern about Lammy's plans to remove the automatic right to appeal
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
David Lammy's Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk 'Increasing Miscarriages of Justice'
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing "vital safeguards" and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This hasn't had much coverage, amidst all the debate about jury trials, but there is also a lot of concern about Lammy's plans to remove the automatic right to appeal
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
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Councillor @louisjosephstephen.bsky.social had a busy month during November. Here’s a flavour of his activities:
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Councillor @louisjosephstephen.bsky.social had a busy month during November. Here’s a flavour of his activities:
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The Labour Government refused a 1% asset tax on the super rich, yet raised taxes on people already struggling.
All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
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All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Labour Government refused a 1% asset tax on the super rich, yet raised taxes on people already struggling.
All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Moving towards our stretch target of £200,000!
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Green Party raises more in a day than they did in six months
Green Party supporters are here to do two things: fundraise for the local elections and suck humbug, and they're all out of humbug
www.thecanary.co
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Moving towards our stretch target of £200,000!
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
A huge thank you to everyone who's donated - we're gonna challenge Labour and take the fight to Reform!
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Councillor @alexmace.bsky.social took a stand against a Reform councillor’s hateful anti-immigrant questions at full council this week, and had some excellent questions of his own for Reform. Well done, Alex! 👏👏👏
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2565494...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2565494...
Reform UK 'should be screening for criminal behaviour and homophobia' - councillor
Reform UK should screen staff and politicians for criminal behaviour and “homophobic attitudes”, a councillor has claimed.
www.worcesternews.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Councillor @alexmace.bsky.social took a stand against a Reform councillor’s hateful anti-immigrant questions at full council this week, and had some excellent questions of his own for Reform. Well done, Alex! 👏👏👏
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2565494...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2565494...
Hope is here.....
We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Raise £100,000 to turn our incredible momentum into election wins. Will you help us beat reform in May?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Hope is here.....
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Our councillors attended last night’s Reclaim the Night event against violence against women & girls. Well done @alexmace.bsky.social, Tor Pingree, Alex Kinnersley,Hannah Cooper, @acwr.bsky.social Andrew Cross, @karenlewing.bsky.social, @louisjosephstephen.bsky.social and @neillaurenson.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Our councillors attended last night’s Reclaim the Night event against violence against women & girls. Well done @alexmace.bsky.social, Tor Pingree, Alex Kinnersley,Hannah Cooper, @acwr.bsky.social Andrew Cross, @karenlewing.bsky.social, @louisjosephstephen.bsky.social and @neillaurenson.bsky.social
Great to be one of eight Green councillors supporting last night's Reclaim The Night event in Worcester. Important to be standing up against violence to women and girls.
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Great to be one of eight Green councillors supporting last night's Reclaim The Night event in Worcester. Important to be standing up against violence to women and girls.
Live in Worcestershire and worried about heating your home this winter? You might be able to get help with the cost of installing home insulation: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-serv...
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Live in Worcestershire and worried about heating your home this winter? You might be able to get help with the cost of installing home insulation: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-serv...
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Alongside many campaigners, the Green Party have absolutely dragged the Labour Government to finally end the child cap.
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
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Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Alongside many campaigners, the Green Party have absolutely dragged the Labour Government to finally end the child cap.
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Great to be invited to Cherry Orchard primary school to take part in morning assembly to talk about what politicians do.
Next week school council will be involved in a ballot to decide if the following Friday will be either a non uniform day or they get an extra 15mins break. Love it!
Next week school council will be involved in a ballot to decide if the following Friday will be either a non uniform day or they get an extra 15mins break. Love it!
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Great to be invited to Cherry Orchard primary school to take part in morning assembly to talk about what politicians do.
Next week school council will be involved in a ballot to decide if the following Friday will be either a non uniform day or they get an extra 15mins break. Love it!
Next week school council will be involved in a ballot to decide if the following Friday will be either a non uniform day or they get an extra 15mins break. Love it!
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Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
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Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk