Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP
@catherinerowett.bsky.social
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Ancient Philosopher; former Member of 🇪🇺 parliament (Green Party); Norfolk County Cllr (West Depwade) and leader of the Green Group; Prof emerita at UEA, Orcid 0000-0003-4860-0323 *The name Rowett rhymes with poet. 314.3ppm
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Promoted by Claire Sparkes, South Norfolk Green Party, c/o Black Barn, Tabernacle Lane, Forncett End, Norfolk.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
If you're a fascist, anyone inconvenient is antifa.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
People seem to have very little idea about Russia or Belarus and why you wouldn't want to be like that.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
BBC needs to catch up. The political scene has completely changed. They just don't get it.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
Better still explain what the ECHR is for and why leaving would end our access to protection against our own government.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
Yes, and the Conservatives are trying to imitate and legitimise the very same rhetoric and plans.

Join the Green Party.
Now, please.
bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight
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james-lowry.bsky.social
Let’s go. 87,000 members!!! I wish I could inform you of what Starmer’s Labour Party membership number was but unfortunately there is no transparency and he’s banned anyone from knowing.

join.greenparty.org.uk

#makehopenormalagain
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huckfling.bsky.social
I’ll say it:

Fascists in the streets.

Planet is burning.

You have a democratic, socialist, *unified* leftist party with unbelievable comms.

Why the fuck are you holding out for Your Party? We don’t have time for this shit.

Join and vote to change anything you don’t like.

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mrjamesob.bsky.social
Johnson’s cull of MPs prepared to tell the truth about Brexit consigned the Tories to the absurdity & irrelevance they currently enjoy. The media’s pitiful complicity in & failure to explain this lets Farage move in to the vacated space despite embodying the stupidity & bigotry that did for them.
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philsturgeon.com
The Left isn’t split, it’s reorienting itself. <Your Party> exploded before it even picked a name, but with Zack crushing mainstream media and socials alike, we’ve finally got a chance to push an authentic story of hope and change at a national level through doing stuff that actually works.
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peterjukes.bsky.social
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
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peterpolyograph48.bsky.social
This statement from the opposition should make the Tory Party no longer electable. The people of this Country need to understand how important it is to remain in the ECHR if they value their safety and freedom.
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magicgareth.bsky.social
There is a huge space in UK politics left by the departure of the Labour Party.
Today @zackpolanski.bsky.social gave a true leaders speech which showed The Green Party are ready to fill that space and bring back, equality, fairness and decency.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
Yes and by doing so he puts Jews at risk. It's idiotic and irresponsible.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
If only we could also prosecute Thatcher and her acolytes who sold off all our precious assets for a bag of magic beans.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
The shareholders have rights and corresponding responsibilities. It's up to them to vote how much to extract. It's their job to attend to whether the company is building up debt and failing to supply what customers paid for. And it's their job to dispose of investments when they look risky.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
What planet do these Guardian journalists live on? Starmer had his aides write one of those pretend speeches, designed to conceal his right wing drift under a veneer of fake socialism and antifa tropes (feeble ones, but they tried).

But it only makes it more obvious that he stands by none of it.
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stucap.bsky.social
"We can no longer pretend that we are sleepwalking into climate catastrophe. We are doing it consciously, with our eyes wide open."

@profbillmcguire.bsky.social focuses on politicians, but what about the rest of us? Or did we open our eyes briefly, then decide we'd rather just keep them shut?
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adambienkov.bsky.social
In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
catherinerowett.bsky.social
Those boats? Because Brexit and because there's no safe route.

Easy to fix without any kind of racism, cruelty or people trafficking.

Oh, and rejoining the EU would save us billions and restore prosperity to UK communities, farmers and businesses.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
Day after day, he's still not letting up.

You can't say Reform is racist and then do exactly the same "blame the foreigners" and "let's scare off the boat people" stuff. If it's racist it's racist. (NB it is racist, and that means it's not British).
catherinerowett.bsky.social
Please Starmer, stop blaming immigrants and human rights lawyers. You are making this country into a sewer of hatred and division.

None of our problems are because of too much kindness.
catherinerowett.bsky.social
Full nationalisation of Thames Water would be free. No cost to the tax payer! It must be taken back into public ownership without concessions. The shareholders who extracted dividends should be fined as private individuals. Managers sent to prison. Let them pay back what they stole.
It's our water.
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