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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 14h

The membership rise is unbelievable. As a party without major corporate donors, members are key contributors to all of our campaigning efforts. Joining now is a way to make a real contribution to the only viable left-wing party in the UK. There has never been a better time to join!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15h

We just hit 93,000 members.

We're polling on average higher than we have ever before.

Over 1000 people joining a day!

Join our movement.

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 standing up for people and planet.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 17h

Welcome comrade!!

Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 17h

Should give it to Francesca Albanese :D

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19h

As revealed by Channel 4 News’ documentary, UK arms exports to Israel have hit record highs — £408,000 in June and £316,000 in September.

The government says it’s restricting sales, but the data says otherwise.

The UK must end all arms sales to Israel now.

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 1d

But like, why not just join the Tories?

What makes them think Labour is a better party for them?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Our movement is living rent free in the heads of Telegraph journalists at the moment.

Join me in being ‘a threat to the right that they never saw coming’.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The greens may be the threat that the right never saw coming.

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Don-The-Key(wasBairdy) @don-key1959.bsky.social · 1d

Look, I think she's fucking useless BUT...

I get where she's coming from with regards to the media's obsession with Farage - sure, his party is leading the polls but they've still, at this time, got a handful of MPs and getting way more coverage than they deserve.
Farage will be loving this.

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 1d

How the fuck did these people end up in the Labour Party?

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 1d

Reform pretend they offer change, but they’re just a bunch of Tories jumping from a sinking ship.

#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing Badenoch is defending someone saying too many people aren't white when she herself isn't 🤔🤔

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 1d

Grim that Kemi Badenoch hits the airwaves and defends Jenrick's words objecting to 'not seeing another white face' during his Birmingham visit. His hard-right dogwhistle comments are divisive and wrong and make him unfit to be Shadow Justice Secretary www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Jenrick accused of racism over ‘no white faces’ comments as he also claims ‘collapse of old order is in sight’ – UK politics live

Labour mayor of the West Midlands says Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth were racist

www.theguardian.com

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I put Dominic Cummings because he seemed to be such an important part of Brexit but I don't think we know enough about the role he played

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 2d

Which did you find most interesting? I tried to think of a few that would help the podcast to go beyond the Green Party bubble and offer a different perspective without it being so oppositional that it becomes pointless as everything ends with 'lets agree to disagree'

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I'd actually forgotten how extraordinary it is that when I won the leadership - I wasn't interviewed as it was too close to our party conference interviewed.

And then refused a second time!

Part of the antidote to all of this is creating our own media platforms.

Hey @boldpolitics.bsky.social 👋🏼

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 3d

I think the party has some new mascots... 🐶

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity to all communities under attack right now

This hatred is never acceptable

Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 3d

I had to leave the Green Party Conference early today to visit the mosque that was firebombed in Peacehaven.
It's times like this we've got to come together as a community to stamp out hate and those thay seek to divide us.

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely a bonus!!

Can imagine it now....

(Hussein turns to Corbyn)
Hussein: so uhhh just to clarify we're not gonna be proposing anything like that right? I'm worried that my property portfolio might struggle

Corbyn: well, the Greens have a point... but on the other hand(dithering continues)

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mpsbutnot.bsky.social @mpsbutnot.bsky.social · 3d

Trump didn’t announce he intended to establish a single party state, but to suggest what’s happening in the US is anything other than fascism, but here we are.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

We must all keep speaking out.

Thanks for all the kind words for this pretty combatative interview.

The truth is simple. Let's just all keep telling the truth.

youtu.be/goTgeKyJNaQ?...

'A classroom of kids is massacred everyday': Zack Polanski on Gaza

YouTube video by LBC

youtu.be

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 3d

Just looked at the comments on the Youtube video, it seems they're pretty unanimously on your side here

Crazy combative

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 3d

@lewisgoodall.com gave it a good go but missed the mark every time

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 3d

He did a very good job here of batting everything back

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

What has the ECHR ever done for us?

Quite a lot actually, and we wrote it too.

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Bristol Eco-Socialist(they/them)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @bristolsocialist.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome back!! Things are looking up!!

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 3d

A Green government would proscribe the Israel Defense Forces as a terrorist organisation.

The forces currently actioning war crimes and genocide upon the people of Gaza on behalf of the Israeli government.

This must not be allowed to continue.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@greens4palestine.bsky.social

Picture of a shoulder clad in military uniform with an Israeli flag patch.

Text reads:
Green Conference 2025 votes to recognise
The IDF
as a
Terrorist
Organisation
Greens
Organise

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