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Joe Peacock

@brumgreenjoe.bsky.social

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Green Party campaigner in Birmingham. Passionate about safer streets, community engagement, natural solutions and a just society. He/him

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · Nov 10

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Name: Joe
Pronouns: he/him
Location: Birmingham, England
Interests: politics (Green/lefty) active travel and community engagement, wildlife, natural environment, social history, human rights, poetry, folk and alternative music. Also a Russian speaker and Southampton FC fan.

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 1h

Well a bit of scrumping is one thing, but corporate theft stripping orchards is another altogether!

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 9h

The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️

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Nick @nickjg50.bsky.social · 9h

Average UK household debt in 2010 was £57,747. This rose to £65,665 in 2024. The economy is broken. It is sustained by debt, and this won't last. We need a wealth tax and an economy designed to end poverty, rather than allow a minority to hoard wealth @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

The UK household debt is over £2 trillion.

Debt once public now loaded to households e.g. student debt. Energy debt rising. People borrowing for healthcare.

Mortgages 7 times salary being issued. Soaring rents.

Real average wage stuck at the 2008 level.

What could go wrong?

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 1d

There's doubling down then there's Jenrick doing racism

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 1d

While the Tories and Reform are in a competition for who can make the most outlandishly racist statements and Labour follow their attack lines meekly, at least there’s one rapidly growing party here to take them on and offer hope 💚

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen what Jenrick said @zackpolanski.bsky.social? We have brilliant local campaigners who could show you round Handsworth if you fancy.

Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 1d

#Handsworth could teach @RobertJenrick how to live in a global society. #BenjaminZephaniah - spirit of #Birmingham - said "Handsworth for me is...where I learnt all my skills, my communication skills, my hustling skills, my poetic skills, everything."

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

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

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 2d

I got quite emotional watching this on Saturday. I can only imagine how it felt in the room!

Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 2d

There will be a day when we sit our grandchildren on our knees and we tell them...

Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 2d

It's been a weekend of inspiring speeches at The Green Party conference, but I'm glad I watched this at the end of this weekend - a wonderful woman who dedicated her life to making a positive difference. Someone we can all learn from.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

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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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg please. I would love to hear you interview her once the Israeli government release her after the unlawful detention in international waters. I'd also like a myth-busting interview with someone from Brighton Greens about what really happened when they were in charge of the council.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism

So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 3d

If you need to still your racing mind this Sunday and restore your faith in humanity, try this soothing thread.

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 3d

Powerful images. So many Jewish people across the world (including inside Israel) are disgusted by what the Israeli government and the IDF are doing. Calling criticism of a right wing, zionist government anti-semitic is itself and act of anti-semitism.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 3d

✡️🇵🇸 #BREAKING | Anti-Zionist Jewish rabbis led a pro-Palestine march in Toronto in solidarity with the Palestinian people after two years of enduring Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 3d

Saving lives, saving you money, improving the flow of traffic, there’s no downside to switching to 20mph default limit.

20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 3d

It would be great if we could take a whole country and change the default speed limit to 20mph and then compare it to one left at 30mph. What if it reduced casualties by 25% and with lower risk reduced insurance premiums by £45 a year? Well it did! bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I liked both of the speeches. They're a really good team.

Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 4d

What a leadership team the Green Party has now in @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social! 3 incredible speeches full of insights, great storytelling and inspirational words. I now feel ready to go out in a storm and face the world! join.greenparty.org.uk

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 4d

Mothin has quite a job following that speech from Rachel!

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 4d

I still don’t understand why Boris Johnson isn’t in prison meanwhile a national newspaper still thinks it appropriate to employ him to apply posh boy humour against people rightfully protesting genocide . The moral depravity of the man & our media on full display.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

“Dishcloths”?

Boris Johnson was always an arrant racist.

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 4d

My plan for this morning - watch this and then go out delivering letters to local residents for our campaign in Billesley.

Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 4d

Tune in to my Deputy Leadership speech at 10:15 on the Green Party YouTube channel! 💚

Link in the thread.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

This is fascism.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 5d

Labour spokesperson on Zack Polanski’s speech at Green conference:

“It is no surprise that Zack Polanski, a man who said he wanted to learn from Farage, has done so in his speech today: using his platform to sow division & grievance."

Not sure what they mean here - division against the ultra-rich?

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 4d

Very clear and thoughtful from @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Can’t imagine how he is still stringing sentences together so coherently after the massive day of interviews and speeches at #GPConf

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 4d

‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches
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‘I don’t call on anyone to stop protesting’: Polanski on pro-Palestine marches

We spoke to the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, who has been addressing his party's annual conference in Bournemouth.

www.channel4.com

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 5d

I am proud that my party stands on this platform. The Greens are bringing hope for a better politics, not hatred and division. Inequality is the biggest problem we face and a fairer country is possible. The old parties funded by vested interests are not working for you. We could change that:

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

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Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 5d

Shame I won't see you there this year. Too many things to be doing in Brum. Hopefully next year after we've got the elections out of the way!

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GreenPartyHan @greenpartyhan.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely devastated for our Jewish community in Crumpsall, and for all of our Jewish communities across Greater Manchester and beyond. My thoughts very much with those killed and injured, and the emergency services who responded.

Our city region will always stand together.

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