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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 10h

Welcome Mark. 💚

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 18h

Sadly you are very right. I didn’t want to repeat some of the worse stuff.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 20h

90,000 members and still surging.

Be part of it: join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h

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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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21h

Appalling transphobia and hateful gender critical ideology on open display at Conservative Party conference.

Glad to see it challenged by the lone voice of my London Assembly colleague @andrewboff.bsky.social who is a reliable trans ally, in the audience in a trans rights are human rights T shirt.

News headline from independent. Black background with white text “gender critical activists accused of ‘hateful’ remarks after suggesting trans rights supporters have ‘broken brains’

Labour MP said was appalled but not surprised.

Red text Millie Cooke political correspondent in Manchester

Coloured circles with links to social media

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21h

That’s very sad to see.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21h

Possible to have a mix of benches in some places. And totally hear you about arms being helpful.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1d

Our local NIMBY objected to some apple trees planted on a green space in case the dreaded teens did naughty things with them.

She was also hugely anti-LTN and, strangely enough, quite relaxed about the vandalism that occurred to the planters during our LTN trial.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 1d

That’s very interesting and makes sense in relation to experience of walking with my aging mum.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 1d

The maximum walking distance is *way* lower than I think people understand. From DfT Inclusive Mobility:

A table

Recommended distance limit without a rest:

Wheelchair users 150 metres

Vision impaired people 150 metres

Walking stick and cane users 50 metres

Mobility impaired people without a
walking stick 100 metres

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 1d

Just wow! 🤦‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️

Talis Kimberley🇪🇺 @taliskimberley.bsky.social · 1d

Up there with ‘we can’t plant apple trees on the verge, teenagers might throw apples at passing cars’ which I heard round the council-table😔

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 1d

If you want places to be accessible to older and disabled people installing benches is one very helpful thing to do.

Seems a few people are worried that young people will sit on a bench and be a bit annoying, so the bench won’t be installed after all.

Owen Massey @bookllyfr.bsky.social · 1d

A parish council in Oxford has refused to install a bench on a quiet side street in case people sit on it and get hit by a car

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2552131...

#motonormativity

@apiln.bsky.social

Proposed 'eyesore' bench causes outrage among community

Plans for a new artistic bench that have been two years in the making have caused outrage among residents in Botley near an Oxford Brookes campus.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 1d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 1d

I joined the Greens in June. Conference last weekend felt like a kind of homecoming. I’ve been adrift these last few years, mourning Alice, despairing at a ruling class that seems intents on heaping misery on all minorities. In the depths of grief hope wasn’t enough, but now it breaths life into me.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I said that @greenparty.org.uk membership is rising by 1000 new people a day.

I was wrong.

Yesterday we welcomed 2000 new people.

We now have 88,000 members! 🎉

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 2d

Back from the most energising conference ever, filled with hope and the excitement of being part of a rapidly growing party that is beautiful, brilliant, dangerous,

… and ready to seize this moment.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Or is it that I'm saying things the Telegraph doesn't want to hear?

I suggest they might want to avoid our Party Broadcast this evening!

Courageous political leadership means telling an audience what they don't want to hear. Zack Polanski will never do that.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

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

Membership now stands at over 86,000.

We’re just getting started.

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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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 2d

Renationalise the railways.
Cheaper tickets and a more reliable service.
Railways run for the passengers not the shareholders.

Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 2d

If you catch trains this thread about trying to buy a super off-peak single is very relatable.

Love @carlafrancome.bsky.social’s determination to get a flexible affordable ticket, but it shouldn’t be this hard.

Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 3d

train.

“I’d like a super off-peak single please!” I announced brightly. The lady told me the price and started typing. I checked once again I was getting this ticket. And I kid you not the lady behind the counter actually said “I decided to give you the cheapest ticket”.

… /8

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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 2d

Buying train tickets shouldn’t be this hard. Price them exactly the same each day all day/ route and people will magically organise themselves to travel when they need to + around rush hour if they can.

It is really not that hard unless it is a scheme to make money.

Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 2d

If you catch trains this thread about trying to buy a super off-peak single is very relatable.

Love @carlafrancome.bsky.social’s determination to get a flexible affordable ticket, but it shouldn’t be this hard.

Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 3d

train.

“I’d like a super off-peak single please!” I announced brightly. The lady told me the price and started typing. I checked once again I was getting this ticket. And I kid you not the lady behind the counter actually said “I decided to give you the cheapest ticket”.

… /8

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 2d

If you catch trains this thread about trying to buy a super off-peak single is very relatable.

Love @carlafrancome.bsky.social’s determination to get a flexible affordable ticket, but it shouldn’t be this hard.

Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 3d

train.

“I’d like a super off-peak single please!” I announced brightly. The lady told me the price and started typing. I checked once again I was getting this ticket. And I kid you not the lady behind the counter actually said “I decided to give you the cheapest ticket”.

… /8

One open and one closed ticket office window

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 3d

My two stand-out highlights of Green Party conference were @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social's Deputy Leaders' speeches. Grounded, emotional, and inspiring.

Well worth watching in full:
www.youtube.com/live/Nw1waIc...

#GPC25

Co-Deputy Leaders' Speech - Rachel Millward & Mothin Ali at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 3d

As far as we know, the BBC didn't officially refused to interview @greenparty.org.uk leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social during conference - but leaving out our Jewish party leader in the week a terrorist murdered and terrorised Jewish people in his own city feels like a very deliberate editorial call

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

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Final day of conference - and the energy has been amazing.

Our country is a mess. The world is in turmoil. We've got lots to do.

And we're ready.

youtu.be/tffONP7XErg?...

'Helping Fascist Farage Into Power is My Red Line' | Zack Polanski Interview

YouTube video by Novara Media

youtu.be

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks so much for the introduction @carolinerussell.bsky.social and for taking me under your wing so wholeheartedly ❤️

I was so glad to hear how much you loved the book. “Her Name Is Alice”
…no shade, getting the title wrong is a mistake even I have made!

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 3d

And so great to meet @alicemydaughter.bsky.social in person and introduce her to @zackpolanski.bsky.social so she could give him a copy of her book “Alice, my daughter” - which is brilliant, devastating and very well worth reading. #GPConf

Zack and Caroline Litman smiling and speaking together, Caroline offering Zack her book - busy with people in background looking in different directions in front of Green Party branding.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 3d

Next up @mothinali.bsky.social who told us the leadership team is

Brave and unapologetic
Kind, but ready ready to show our teeth.

his dad wasn’t a tool maker, his dad made the steel that made the tools.
#GPConf

Mothin speaking surrounded by photographers on stage at GP Conf.

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