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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20d

Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills.

The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."

The real threat to labour isn't bumbling Corbyn - it's the greens.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22d

💚 Delighted to announce we just reached 73,000 new members!

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👉🏼 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 with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 9

LETS GO!!!!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Reform suffer drop in polls following conference whilst greens have polanksi bounce.

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South Tyneside Green Party @southtynegreens.bsky.social · Sep 9

Wow! A huge surge in membership across South Tyneside too!
What are you waiting for? Join us! join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Sep 9

🎉 We now have 70,000 members!

💚 We're breaking records everywhere right now, with more MPs, more councillors, and more members than ever before.

🤝 Our movement is growing. Are you with us? Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Sep 2

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.

And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

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South Tyneside Green Party @southtynegreens.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hope everyone running #GNR tomorrow is having an early night tonight!
An exciting weekend for #SouthTyneside as we welcome thousands of people and the world’s press to our wonderful area
Special shout out to our own @davidfrancisgreen.bsky.social who is running for @britishredcross.bsky.social

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 6

Build council homes.

Treat people with dignity.

The threat isn't the migrants - it's the wealth of the super rich.

And the media outlets and the politicians who protect their power.

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Melissa Harker @melissa.green · Aug 17

I am happy to see this - as someone who has long supported the good work of @southtynegreens.bsky.social from afar the idea that they might be a key part of dethroning Labour is amazing.

Green Elects @greenelects.world · Aug 17

Concerns in South Tyneside that Labour could be facing an annihilation. People will vote Green or Reform.

Image shows BBC reporter who speak to her mate that Labour are concerned about Local elections next year, and the party is predicating annihilation

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South Tyneside Green Party @southtynegreens.bsky.social · Jul 5

The Green Team are at the amazing Rosiefest today!
If you’re around, please do come over, say hi to us and have your say on your priorities for South Tyneside 💚

#YourVoiceMatters #LoveSouthTyneside

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Newcastle Green Party @nclgreenparty.bsky.social · Jun 30

We are appalled at the way the Labour Government has conducted itself concerning the Welfare Reform Bill.

At a time when there is already deep class division, the Welfare Reform Bill proposed by the Government would subdivide another group of people: the have and have-nots of disabled people.

A joint statement from the North East Regional Green Party Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group

A joint statement from the North East Green Party Regional EDI group:
We are appalled at the way the Labour Government has conducted itself concerning the Welfare Reform Bill.

At a time when there is already a deep class division, the Welfare Reform Bill proposed by the Government would subdivide another group of people: the have and have-nots of disabled people.

Some will still be in receipt of Personal Independence Payments (PIP), but future claimants will have no support from the Government's PIP scheme or get the health element of Universal Credit.

Let us make this loud and clear: PIP is not an out of work benefit. PIP actually helps a lot of disabled people to access work and suitable housing.

As Greens, we will continue to fight and advocate for sick and disabled people now, and those in the future.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · Jun 26

“We’ve got a very sick nation…high poverty…a cost of living crisis. [We need] a completely different way of supporting and funding people to participate in society.”

@zoegarbett.bsky.social outlines how we should be running a welfare system.

And funding it?
Well….TAX THE RICH

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Jun 21

"On these marches I feel hope for humanity.

And when people say I may lose money or work - I cannot agree with a genocide. You don't need to understand politics - you don't agree with a genocide. That's all you need"

Amazing speech. @palomafaith.music-social.com.ap.brid.gy

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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · Jun 20

A whole Question Time
on “growing up in the 21st century” with not one reference to climate change.

Except for Fiona Bruce at the end commenting on how hot it was in the room… #bbcqt

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · Jun 21

Do you want a real alternative?

Do you want a party that’s actually radical?

Well….join the Greens by 31st July, vote in our internal elections and decide just how much of a radical alternative we should be.

JOIN THE GREENS:
join.greenparty.org.uk

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South Tyneside Green Party @southtynegreens.bsky.social · Jun 18

This Government is making all the wrong choices. Cutting lifeline support payments to force disabled people back to work won’t work. It will just push more of our disabled friends and family into poverty and with less support.

Tax the super rich instead.

#CripsAgainstCuts

Screen shot of tweet with bright pink background. Text: Rachel Charlton-Dailey @RachelCDailey • Follow
Semi-regular update on how many jobs there are for disabled people, according to DWP Find a Job
All Jobs: 112,314
Fully Remote: 858
Of which are disability confident: 119
Of which are part time: 7
SEVEN WHOLE JOBS
The gov want to force disabled people into work- what work?
5:51 PM • Jun 18, 2025

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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · Jun 15

I spoke to #BBCPoliticsNorth this weekend on why we need to end austerity for councils and how @greenparty.org.uk policy and a wealth tax can help us do this.

Community groups have been plugging the gaps for long enough.

Now’s the time to invest in them.

Newcastle Green Party @nclgreenparty.bsky.social · Jun 15

Our councillor @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social was on #BBCPoliticsNorth this weekend, talking about why we need more money going into the hands of ordinary people and community groups. Only @greenparty.org.uk has the guts to introduce the tax reforms that will make this possible.

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South Tyneside Green Party @southtynegreens.bsky.social · Jun 14

Amazing to get out in #WestPark this morning with our Green Team.
Green Party Councillor Nicky Gynn and the team work hard for local residents all year round. If you see our volunteers out and about today, please say hi 👋

If you want to get involved, visit join.greenparty.org.uk

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · Jun 12

Remember all that fuss about Millionaires leaving the UK in their droves?
Well….turns out that wasn’t true. Who’d have thought…

Here’s James Meadway on the Macrodose podcast breaking down just how stupid the whole situation is.

No more excuses.
We want wealth taxes now.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · Jun 11

The biggest donor to Reform UK has been revealed as the mother of the unpaid party aide and convicted fraudster George Cottrell.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#r4today

Mother of Farage aide George Cottrell revealed as Reform UK’s biggest donor

Electoral Commission figures show Fiona Cottrell has given £750,000 in contributions to party over past year

www.theguardian.com

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South Tyneside Green Party @southtynegreens.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · Jun 11

After @nclgreenparty.bsky.social met with @foodandsolidarity.bsky.social to draft a motion opposing the cruel two-child benefit cap and NRPF*, I proposed it to Full Council today, seconded by Indy Cllr Tracey Mitchell.

It passed. Unamended.

A cross-party stand against the government on poverty.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · Jun 5

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf packs it in.

New billionaire donors where you at? Farage needs to get this gravy train back on track.

Zia Yusuf and Nigel Farage sit in front of a pile of wrecked cars. Nigel looks fed up and Zia is looking into the camera.

Text reads: The wheels are coming off…

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · Jun 4

Reform are planning to cut £300bil of public spending if they form a government.

Osbourne & Cameron cut £46bil….and look where that’s left the NHS, Council Housing, Welfare, Social Care, Schools….the list is endless.

Cutting £300bil would destroy the lives of millions of people in the UK.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · Jun 3

Starmer is choosing weapons over improving peoples’ lives.

We could improve the living standards of huge sections of the UK with this money, but instead we seem to be building up arms for yet more war.

Let’s start choosing people over arms companies.

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White text on black reads: £85billion on more bombs or...
Distorted, blurry photo of hospital staff treating patient.
Black text reads: 80 New Hospitals

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South Tyneside Green Party @southtynegreens.bsky.social · May 31

Stagecoach has slashed the no. 12 bus to just 1 per hour, without proper consultation. Residents in The Lonnen and surrounding streets, many of them elderly, have been left isolated and cut off.

This is unacceptable. Public transport is a lifeline, not a luxury.

✍️ Sign & share: chng.it/DhXTjqWdcP

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Reinstate lifeline bus route number 12

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