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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 23h

Looks like the rich and powerful are getting to the pants-wetting stage.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 23h

Who knows what his opinion is - we only ever get the McSwede version.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters | Dr Arrigo Moro

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 23h

It's the seven stages of loss writ large...

suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 23h

Since her election, house prices in Lincolnshire must be sinking like a stone as everyone sells up and moves out.

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The Man In The Shed @themanintheshed.bsky.social · 1d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social Attended my very first branch meeting last night - as a new Green Party member - really enthused and hoping, aged 72, that I can offer support to a Party I truly hope can form/transform our society......

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 23h

The Denial of democratic rights in Trump's 'freedom-loving' USA is staggering.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

"At first I thought it was a little bit of a conspiracy theory... but at this point..."

Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva suggests her support for the full release of the Epstein files is delaying her swearing in as a member of Congress in the US.

#Newsnight

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 1d

If you agree that mandatory digital ID cards are a terrible idea, please ask your MP to sign my motion opposing them.

These plans risk turning us into checkpoint Britain. They must be scrapped.

Email your MP my motion: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 23h

"Farage also has a relationship with Dana Rohrabacher, a US congressman from California who, according to a recent report in the New York Times, was seen as such a valuable source of intelligence to the Kremlin that he was given a codename."

Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 1d

“Farage also has a relationship with Dana Rohrabacher, a US congressman from California who, according to a recent report in the New York Times, was seen as such a valuable source of intelligence to the Kremlin that he was given a codename.” www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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❤️Kai in Kanada🇨🇦 @kleinekin.bsky.social · 1d

Well, he and his dear old daddy used to attend KKK "rituals" together, so yeah, def tracks.

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 23h

A promise from Farage is as transient as a soap bubble.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage can’t keep a promise longer than lunchtime.

Reform UK Party Says It Will Drop £90 Billion Tax-Cut Program

www.bloomberg.com

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 1d

Those dollar bills are mighty sticky on your hands.

suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives are careful with your money!
Yeah, tell us that one again slowly!

Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning

I don't make this in a year for 4 of us. Greedy, unelected rule makers make me furious 😤

Oh, not a Phillipino nurse working her socks of for us👇

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 1d

Clarkson pretty grateful that we have a National Health Service so he doesn't have to spend his ill-gotten gains on private healthcare!

Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

Embarrassing Jeremy Clarkson u-turns on his criticism of the NHS after receiving urgent treatment his private care couldn’t provide.

Jeremy Clarkson reneges on NHS criticism after needing urgent treatment

Presenter, who called service ‘a creaking monster’, says he’s ‘eternally grateful’ to medics who aided him

www.independent.co.uk

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

🟢 Here's why you should join the Green Party 👇

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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🏳️‍⚧️ Amms 🏳️‍⚧️ @ammsland.bsky.social · 1d

Just joined the Greens!
Proud to be another hopeful member working towards real change. The momentum is building, and more people are joining every day!
@Zack Polanski represents the kind of leadership we need - someone who offers genuine hope for our future
#GreenParty #ZackPolanski

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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 5d

MP defends government plans to restrict repeated protests.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 1d

Join Patriotic Millionaires founder Erica Payne to discuss how extreme wealth and power is eroding our democracies.

Organised by @icrict.bsky.social and partners to coincide with #IMFmeetings. Watch tomorrow from 8pm (UK time)https://icrict.pulse.ly/sfrfsyn59b

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 1d

Because what could be more important than massaging your commander-in-chief's ego when your country is falling apart.
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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 1d

For Stalinist read Starmerist.

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 1d

✍️ Morgan McSweeney: a bigger threat than Farage?

Morgan McSweeney is credited with Labour’s 2024 election success, but his continuing influence is taking Labour in troubling directions

By John Cole

Morgan McSweeney: a bigger threat than Farage?

Morgan McSweeney is credited with Labour’s 2024 election success, but his continuing influence is taking Labour in troubling directions

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

And they say the perfect cartoon doesn’t exist.

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suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure how this is going to help the US budget deficit.

suffgin.bsky.social @suffgin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dear! Parking his solar tanks on Andrea's lawn.

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