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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 14h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 17h

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 9h

We're at 95,000!
What are you waiting for
join.greenparty.org.uk
Be part of the fastest growing movement for change!

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10h

⏰ Don't miss @zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Question Time tonight.

💻 BBC iPlayer at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm.

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Ritch Tadman @ambiental.bsky.social · 10h

One poll does not make a trend but this is both unsurprising and extraordinary: unsurprising for anyone who recognises the exceptional charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in Green's top 3, but extraordinary in how fast the polling is improving.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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

"That's the difference a Green councillor can make."

Co-Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social speaks to Aaron Bastani of Novara Media.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3d

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

This is grim & dangerous over reach.

This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.

Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Ritch Tadman @ambiental.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, I was proper choked up🥹

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 6d

“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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Rachel 4 Sussex @rachel4sussex.bsky.social · 7d

THANK YOU for selecting me, @rachelmillward.bsky.social, as your Green candidate for Mayor of Sussex and Brighton. 💚

Sussex is an incredible place – but we need to make it work for all of us.

Join us for a fairer, greener Sussex. Link in bio.

#Rachel4Sussex

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11d

Labour very much "playing both sides" with announcements today. Absolutely right to condemn Farage's racist policies, but that condemnation loses efficacy when on the very same day you announce your own, objectively, racist policy. It might not go as far as Reform, but it is still racism as policy.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Keir Starmer attacks ‘racist’ Farage plan to deport people settled in the UK

Prime minister says Reform proposal to abolish indefinite leave to remain could ‘tear this country apart’ * Labour conference – live updates Keir Starmer has attacked Reform UK’s plan to deport thousands of people already legally living in the UK as “racist” and “immoral”, as he said that Labour had a generational struggle ahead with the populist right. The prime minister, in Liverpool for his party conference, said he did not think that Nigel Farage’s party was trying to appeal to racists, and that he understood people tempted to vote for Reform were frustrated and wanted change. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · Aug 28

It's pretty fucking dire if The Beano knows its (mostly primary school aged) audience will not only see you as a punchline, but also get the joke that you're a gullible bullshitter.

Steve @chompmancobra.bsky.social · Aug 28

A Beano panel showing a pit trap in some woods. The text at the top reads "then Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer fell in"; a speech bubble from the hole reads "I made the tough decision to fall in"

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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 11d

How wealth inequality is destroying democracies worldwide w/ Chloe Swarbrick MP

youtu.be/zl_LgDjpzxE

The first politician on Gary's Economics

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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

Excellent taste from @radiotimes.bsky.social who chose Bold Politics with @zackpolanski.bsky.social as their podcast pick of the week!

radio times article with zack polanski as their podcast pick of the week

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11d

"Keir Starmer is a cynical, disappointing sell out."

I spoke to the Sunday Times 👇🏼

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/green-leader-open-to-pacts-to-stop-tories-and-reform-ptx0lvczg

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 11d

At the very moment that the Green Party is led by someone who is of the progressive ideological left in all the best senses....

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 11d

I have the impression that the combined policy choices of his tenure so far have done something I think Labour assumed was impossible: they’ve dislodged the progressive, ideological left. That group (which, yeah, includes me) isn’t locked in for them anymore.

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 13d

We've had a ridiculous amount of emails and messages asking for this and it has to be said: you were right.

This is almost definitely the best episode of any politics podcast ever.

And it's the longest episode we've done too, obviously. See you Wednesday for Zack & Gary.

gary stevenson in the bold politics podcast studio

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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 15d

We have more coverage, more members, and more elected greens than ever before. Our new leadership team is cutting through with a bold message that @greenparty.org.uk will tackle inequality and deliver real hope, and real change. 💚

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 16d

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

For every €1 of public money invested in the pilot, society received €1.39 in return
The net cost of the BIA pilot went from €105m to under €72m due to tax generated and savings on social welfare payments

It also finds that recipients’ arts-related income increased by over €500 per month on average, while their income from non-arts work decreased by around €280. Dependence on social protection declined, with recipients receiving €100 less per month on average, and 38 percentage points less likely to receive Jobseeker’s payments.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 16d

Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 16d

It's a bit tiring to see people still pining for a soft left Labour leader when the Labour machine just illustrated how it wil absolutely never allow it by utterly stitching up the meaningless deputy leader ballot.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 19d

Our billionaire king gets exemptions on capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax and more.

Next week we're bringing a vote to end the 100% tax break he gets when buying property in Scotland.

Power and privilege is no reason to avoid paying your fair share.

End the king's tax breaks. The text appears beside a photo of King Charles sitting on a throne wearing a crown,

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 16d

ICYMI: two weeks ago, Jeremy Kyle asked the infinitely flexible former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik why he joined Reform. Opik says: "I go where the money is."

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