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All opinions my own, west Belfast resident, middle-aged, middle class, worried by the alarming lack of action on the global environmental polycrisis that will destroy my kid’s future.

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 4d

🧵We are at a critical point in world history. Democracy is being murdered in slow motion. The continued undermining of the right to freedom of assembly & popular protest is just the start. I call on UK MPs who care about democracy to immediately protest against the destruction of democratic norms.

BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 9h

www.theguardian.com/business/202... This is a really bad idea, A&E is a disaster zone as it is after closing time so this will put even worse strain on the NHS. The police will also bear the brunt of more disorder and more violence. Crime against women will soar at weekends.

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

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CanLug @canlug.bsky.social · 1d

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 22h

How much further to the right do Labour have to go before you realise that they are no longer a left-wing party? I’d be happy to see a Green/Lib Dem coalition with perhaps SNP thrown in. Then we might get the electoral reform and humane government we need.

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social and you tell us that we should not protest…

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 2d

You should be angry at private companies making massive profits from our taxes to house the most desperate people in appalling conditions... And NOT the people forced to live in them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.

The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.

The Greens say enough is enough.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

The Sun corrects Katie Lam's numerous errors and lies about foreign nationals claiming benefits.

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 2d

If all politics is local, you’d think people would be more engaged in local elections. I think a factor is that local government has so little power to change things that people turn off. Devolving more power including tax raising powers might energise local government & get voters more engaged.

BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations 🎉 let’s hope Bluesky eats X and Meta

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 2d

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Good news for a change! 😀

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 2d

It’s staggering that the turnout was 33% 😱 Something needs to be done to understand why local democracy attracts so little interest. Of course it’s born of cynicism but there must be more to it than just that, is it also practical things like elderly voters not able to get out to vote for example?

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 2d

You can’t even get arresting demonstrators right. @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social your government is a blundering disgrace. This is what happens when you implement draconian legislation to criminalise peaceful protest, innocent people suffer. As the most senior Labour minister on Bluesky, pass this on!

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 3d

UNLAWFUL ARREST

This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Tax wealth.

Not work.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Green Party Political Broadcast. Monday 6.25pm on ITV and 6.55pm on BBC 1.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

Israel's cheerleaders have opportunistically seized on a heinous antisemitic attack to silence opponents of genocide.

Our freedoms are being stolen - and we are headed to a very dark place.

New column 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain’s democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones

In making dissent a privilege, not a right, Labour is crafting a repressive toolkit. Imagine it in the hands of a Farage government, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking: over 3,000 people joined @greenparty.org.uk over conference weekend.

Membership now stands at over 86,000.

We’re just getting started.

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Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 3d

While the PSNI is sending officers to London to arrest peaceful protestors - despite claiming a funding and staffing crisis at home - loyalist paramilitaries are threatening to burn down council property in Belfast over Irish language signage.

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 3d

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 3d

It must be because you’re just not representative enough of the British electorate. I was going to tag Laura but surprise surprise she’s not here. @vicderbyshire.bsky.social perhaps you could remind Laura of the GP’s existence please? Thanks 🙏

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

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

BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 4d

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Northern Ireland’s Active Travel Ambitions Are Being Undermined by Departmental Accounting Tricks…

Duncan Dollimore is Head of Campaigns at Cycling UK The 2022 Climate Act promised to transform transport in Northern Ireland by mandating that 10% of the transport budget be spent on walking and cycli...

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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 4d

Do we even live in a free & democratic society if this kind of thing is allowed to go on without consequences?
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/...

Loyalist terror gangs in sinister threat to burn Belfast council facilities over Irish language proposals

Loyalist paramilitaries are planning an arson campaign to prevent Irish language signage from being displayed on Belfast City Council buildings and vehicles.

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 4d

Balcony solar could cut bills for renters & apartment-dwellers — no roof needed.

The Greens want grants & rule changes so everyone can plug into clean, affordable energy - @smytho.bsky.social explains more here 👇

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PAT FINUCANE CENTRE @finucanecentre.bsky.social · 4d

This Labour Gov would probably have banned the Oct 5th march!

Colin Harvey @cjharvey1.bsky.social · 4d

5th October.

Northern Ireland Civil Rights
ASSOCIATION
A CIVIL RICHTS MARCH WILL BE HELD IN DERRY ON SATURDAY, 5™ OCT.
COMMENCING AT 3-30 p.m.
ASSEMBLY POINT: WATERSIDE RAILWAY STATION
MARCH TO THE DIAMOND
Where a PUBLIC METTING will take place

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BelfastCitizen @belfastcitizen.bsky.social · 4d

www.socialcooling.com

Social Cooling - big data's unintended side effect

Thousands of hidden scores influence your chance to get a job, a loan, insurance or even a date. Social Cooling describes how this increases pressure to conform, and asks how this will change society.