Claire Sheppard
@shinyshep.bsky.social
Green Party and community campaigner. 2024 Green GE Peckham and Lambeth & Southwark GLA candidate and CoFounder Nunhead Knocks also market research field queen. Likes crows.
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Claire Sheppard
@shinyshep.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Any new joiners to the Green Party? WELCOME!
I'm so happy you've joined us but the fight we face is about more then membership. We need you to get involved with your local party, we need canidates & fundraisers & leafleters & doorknockers & socials & phonebankers & designers & videographers & more
I'm so happy you've joined us but the fight we face is about more then membership. We need you to get involved with your local party, we need canidates & fundraisers & leafleters & doorknockers & socials & phonebankers & designers & videographers & more
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A fear I've long had for food banks. What happens when demand exceeds supply?
"Demand is up, food prices are up, donations are down, and funding is volatile"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"Demand is up, food prices are up, donations are down, and funding is volatile"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Demand is up, donations are down’: how food banks are helping families in Kent
Since the pandemic, the charities have been forced to use cash gifts and grant money to cover their bills
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A fear I've long had for food banks. What happens when demand exceeds supply?
"Demand is up, food prices are up, donations are down, and funding is volatile"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"Demand is up, food prices are up, donations are down, and funding is volatile"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The timeline cleanse you need
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The timeline cleanse you need
Shame on this government. Is this the change Britain wanted? I doubt it. SHAME. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Heathrow airport’s £33bn third runway plan chosen by government
Scheme includes plan to move the M25 and could mean up to 760 more planes in the skies around London every day
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Shame on this government. Is this the change Britain wanted? I doubt it. SHAME. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The review makes clear that dogs are suffering because the puppy trade remains badly under-regulated.
We need stronger protections and proper enforcement to stop this harm.
#AnimalWelfare
We need stronger protections and proper enforcement to stop this harm.
#AnimalWelfare
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The review makes clear that dogs are suffering because the puppy trade remains badly under-regulated.
We need stronger protections and proper enforcement to stop this harm.
#AnimalWelfare
We need stronger protections and proper enforcement to stop this harm.
#AnimalWelfare
I don’t want this to be imported from the USA. These are human beings worthy of dignity. Appalling.
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I don’t want this to be imported from the USA. These are human beings worthy of dignity. Appalling.
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Chalk streams - they now lack the protection they need and deserve, says @greenjennyjones.bsky.social.
Reflecting that Natural England and Environment Agency are not delivering what we should expect
Reflecting that Natural England and Environment Agency are not delivering what we should expect
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - sadly about to clear its final hurdle. With disastrous implications for our already nature-depleted land
#Biodiversity #Planning
#Biodiversity #Planning
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Chalk streams - they now lack the protection they need and deserve, says @greenjennyjones.bsky.social.
Reflecting that Natural England and Environment Agency are not delivering what we should expect
Reflecting that Natural England and Environment Agency are not delivering what we should expect
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More than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
More than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Sad news about the one and only Jimmy Cliff, both times I’ve managed to see him live it was brilliant. A real one.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sad news about the one and only Jimmy Cliff, both times I’ve managed to see him live it was brilliant. A real one.
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🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "For decades poor people have got poorer and rich people have got richer."
✅️ It's time to tax the super-rich.
#WealthTax #Budget2026 #BBCLauraK
✅️ It's time to tax the super-rich.
#WealthTax #Budget2026 #BBCLauraK
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "For decades poor people have got poorer and rich people have got richer."
✅️ It's time to tax the super-rich.
#WealthTax #Budget2026 #BBCLauraK
✅️ It's time to tax the super-rich.
#WealthTax #Budget2026 #BBCLauraK
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Pahaha. 'If you go on Nathan Gill’s social media it still says: “Love my God, my family and my country. Not ashamed or afraid to be patriotic.”'
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
Wales ignored again
Reform's former leader in Wales jailed
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pahaha. 'If you go on Nathan Gill’s social media it still says: “Love my God, my family and my country. Not ashamed or afraid to be patriotic.”'
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
I mean I’ve had actual cancer but I don’t hold those born in July responsible. Kerist.
.....what?
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I mean I’ve had actual cancer but I don’t hold those born in July responsible. Kerist.
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Great to speak alongside @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @sianberry.bsky.social in Brighton on Friday! So glad to have @russell-moyle.co.uk on our Green team. Let's turn the rest of Sussex Green 💚
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Great to speak alongside @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @sianberry.bsky.social in Brighton on Friday! So glad to have @russell-moyle.co.uk on our Green team. Let's turn the rest of Sussex Green 💚
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Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Bad news:
Reform are so dodgy! It is really sad that people's trust in politics is so low that they even seem like an option 😔
Good news:
The @greenparty.org.uk are riding high in the polls and we haven't even reached our peak yet! 💚
Come join the movement to #makehopenormalagain
Reform are so dodgy! It is really sad that people's trust in politics is so low that they even seem like an option 😔
Good news:
The @greenparty.org.uk are riding high in the polls and we haven't even reached our peak yet! 💚
Come join the movement to #makehopenormalagain
Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin.
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bad news:
Reform are so dodgy! It is really sad that people's trust in politics is so low that they even seem like an option 😔
Good news:
The @greenparty.org.uk are riding high in the polls and we haven't even reached our peak yet! 💚
Come join the movement to #makehopenormalagain
Reform are so dodgy! It is really sad that people's trust in politics is so low that they even seem like an option 😔
Good news:
The @greenparty.org.uk are riding high in the polls and we haven't even reached our peak yet! 💚
Come join the movement to #makehopenormalagain
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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All 4 Green MPs have made it clear that PFI is not welcome in our NHS. They've signed a parliamentary motion opposing any new NHS private finance.
Make sure your MP signs ahead of the Autumn Budget next week 👇
vist.ly/4fg79
Make sure your MP signs ahead of the Autumn Budget next week 👇
vist.ly/4fg79
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
All 4 Green MPs have made it clear that PFI is not welcome in our NHS. They've signed a parliamentary motion opposing any new NHS private finance.
Make sure your MP signs ahead of the Autumn Budget next week 👇
vist.ly/4fg79
Make sure your MP signs ahead of the Autumn Budget next week 👇
vist.ly/4fg79
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[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
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Stop Funding Fascism
"X chatbot suggested gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ‘designed for disinfection’ not mass executions" - this is what X advertisers are funding. 💰Are the #NationalLottery, #FloPeriodTracker and #Dell happy to support this?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Stop Funding Fascism
Cor selling stuff on Vinted is a grind innit?
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Cor selling stuff on Vinted is a grind innit?