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Tara Skywalker

@taraskywalker.bsky.social

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while (not not True) {print(✨)} Incoherent signal boosting of common sense. UK centred, with occasional aspects of things I enjoy like birds, space, and games too.

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Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · Jan 21

Until MAGA is out of Washington, this advice will remain pinned for our US friends. Stay safe out there ❤️
#US #Politics #Trump

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Nov 17

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

www.theguardian.com

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 7h

So you're one of the tens of thousands who have just joined the Green Party. Not sure what happens next? We’ve got you!

We’ve put together a short quiz to help you figure out how you can help make hope normal again.

Link in bio!

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Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · 1d

I see, thank you very kindly for your continued attentiveness!

Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · 1d

Sustained attacks by *who* BBC???

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Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · 1d

Please could you plot the membership numbers from when Zack became Deputy Leader to now? Especially marking when Zack announced his candidacy for Leader and when he was elected also? 🙏

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d

Tax wealth.

Not work.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Green party political broadcast. Monday 6.25pm on itv 1 & 6.55pm on BBC 1.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · 9d

I’m happy for you!

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 9d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · 9d

It’s not a freedom if you can stop me.

Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · 9d

Utter disgrace from the BBC

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10d

Do read all of this.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10d

🔴NEW🔴

Thread 🧵

@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

bylinetimes.com

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Tara Skywalker @taraskywalker.bsky.social · 10d

Cope harder

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11d

Rattled, much?

A speech about unity, community and cohesion.

About the 99% Vs the 1%.

I'm not surprised the Labour Party didn't quite get that....

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Labour party response to Zacks speech. Guardian.com/livefeed

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11d

I've never heard a better political speech than that just delivered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #gpconf 👏

Truthfulness, decency & kindness in politics, imagine that!

#GreenParty

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 11d

Zack Polanski leads a conference shout of "migrants and refugees are welcome here"

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

I made it! And with @zackpolanski.bsky.social as leader, it’s definitely feeling like the Green Party has made it too!

Lots of excitement in the room, and lots of realistic hopes to win big in the many elections set for May 2026. #GPC25 #GPConf

Zack Polanski speaking to Green Party Conference 2025

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11d

"All of this selling off of our shared assets has cost each household each year £250 extra. That's not acceptable & that's the result of political choices. The Green Party will make different political choices"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #BBCBreakfast on the eve of Green Party conference

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11d

Zack Polanski saying what every politician should be saying,

"It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza"

"These are separate things and we should condemn them both"

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11d

Starmer's stooges parachuted themselves into constituencies they had no connection to.

This is the result!

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11d

Loud applause for @zackpolanski.bsky.social at the Green Party Conference:
“You cannot be an effective environmentalist without talking about the deep inequality in our society.”

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 11d

🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "We will make sure that the very wealthiest pay more tax"

✅️ Join the Green Party today and help build a fairer, greener Britain.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

#GPC25 #GreenPartyConference

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 11d

"Real pride comes when you no longer hide who you are"

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 11d

The Green Party want to radically redistribute wealth in this country.

For too long the rich have hoarded our money and run our public services into the ground.
For too long mainstream politicians have helped them do it.

Not any more. It’s time for real change.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11d

“When Zack said migrants and refugees are welcome here, I had to fight off the tears. That moment spoke to my whole identity.”

Members react to Zack Polanski’s Conference speech!

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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 11d

Greens within 5 points of overtaking Labour. @zackpolanski.bsky.social wasn’t joking when he said we’re not here to feel disappointed in them, we’re here to replace them.

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James Vessey-Miller - Green Party @vesseymiller.bsky.social · 15d

Hundreds of Green Party volunteers reached nearly 100k households in a single day, sending a strong message to the voters here that Zoe & Dylan are the change Hackney needs.

#Greens #GreenPolitics #ZackPolanski

A group photo of 370 Green Party volunteers standing around Zack Polanski, in a park in Hackney, celebrating the Party surpassing 80,000 members in England & Wales; a new record.

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