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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 8h

The first time I’ve been looking forward to watch Question Time in quite a while!

Go on @zackpolanski.bsky.social!

#bbcqt

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h

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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Meg @ecomegsf.bsky.social · 9h

If I was an MP, these are the first people I’d want to help.

No one should be homeless.

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

A record 1,611 people — including 11 children — died while homeless in 2024.

Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.

A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.

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Emily Shepherd @emi.ly · 1d

The Westminster bubble might not have seen it coming but the rest of the country has been crying out for this for years.

Well, it's here now. This our moment. 💪

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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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caerphillygreens.bsky.social @caerphillygreens.bsky.social · 19h

“This tree symbolises hope, peace, and the enduring friendship between our communities. The orchard is an inspiring example of communities working together and supporting each other in the face of many challenges.”

caerphilly.observer/news/1053873...

Green Party tree planted in Caerphilly's Ukrainian Gratitude Orchard

An apple tree donated by the Wales Green Party has been planted at Caerphilly’s Ukrainian Gratitude Orchard in Morgan Jones Park.

caerphilly.observer

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EUROPE SAYS @europesays.bsky.social · 22h

River Wye pollution prompts UK’s largest environmental lawsuit

https://www.europesays.com/2475317/

Steffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC Wales BBC The Wye Valley is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty The…

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit - EUROPE SAYS

Steffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC Wales

www.europesays.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

So much energy from Green Party Conference.

Great to hear about all the local parties in England & Wales calling up their new members, inviting them to action days and getting people involved.

Let's go! 💚🚀

novaramedia.com/2025/10/07/z...

Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists | Novara Media

The telegenic eco-socialist has triggered an explosion of interest in the Green party, and a parallel growth in membership. Now he needs to translate enthusiasm into activity, writes Adam Ramsay.

novaramedia.com

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Emily Shepherd @emi.ly · 1d

Finally a politician who admits when he's wrong! 🎉

🔥 Join.greenparty.org.uk 🔥

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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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d

#FastFashion and #microplastics. They go together like indoor #AirPollution and lung disease.

A few profit and the rest of us pay, particularly the most vulnerable
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

www.theguardian.com

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phildavies1995.bsky.social @phildavies1995.bsky.social · 2d

Our communities don’t need advice they need immediate action.

In a time of climate catastrophe coal tips are becoming ever more dangerous. Advice doesn’t help those living in homes in the shadows of dangerous coal tips.

@walesgreenparty.bsky.social knows the money needed to solve…1/2

BBC news headline with picture of coal spoil tip in Cwmtillery headline reads “About 800,000
homes to get disused coal tip advice
Families were forced from their homes in Cwmtillery after a coal tip collapsed following heavy rain during Storm Bert in November 2024”

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 3d

“Your enemies aren’t other poor people. Your enemies are those that extract wealth from our society to fill their coffers.”
@mothinali.bsky.social

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Meg @ecomegsf.bsky.social · 2d

The power of storytellers, the arts and the importance of the story we tell ourselves about who we are. There WILL be a day, when we sit our grandchildren on our knees and tell them what we did, how and why.

That will be our story and our legacy to them. And it will be wonderful.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

"Our Young Greens, sparkling with brilliance and bravery, showed that another way was possible." - @rachelmillward.bsky.social

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Meg @ecomegsf.bsky.social · 2d

Actually my favourite part of his speech (in which I was on my feet more often than on my seat) He told us that his son asked him that question, many in the hall called out that he was, he told us that he replied that he didn’t know, but he tried to be a good man. I thought that was beautiful.

The headline the Telegraph chose that says “I am not a good politician, admits Green Party councillor”

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

Garment workers demand justice - great message about #FastFashion (in fact the whole industry) from @labourlabel.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk conference

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Cllr Alex Armitage @alexjarmitage.bsky.social · 2d

Netanyahu claims to act on behalf of all Jews.

But Jews are NOT responsible for Israeli atrocities.

Netanyahu’s genocide has thrust Jewish folk into the spotlight against their will.

We must harden our resolve against antisemitism.

I was glad to sign Jewish Greens’ motion at #gpconf yesterday.

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Meg @ecomegsf.bsky.social · 2d

Especially needed in Wales right now where the Nation of Sanctuary status is under attack from some members of the Senedd. See Will Hayward’s comments on it here: willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/outrageous...

Outrageous Welsh Conservative hypocrisy

This is shameless

willhaywardwales.substack.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

#StandWithUkraine - the message getting out @greenparty.org.uk conference. Expect to hear more from me on this in coming days

Leaflet - donate to help protect civisls near Ukraine's front lines

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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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Robbie @huckfling.bsky.social · 3d

in case you thought the @greenparty.org.uk conference was all bikes and badgers, it:

voted to abolish landlords 🏡

voted to proscribe the IDF as a terrorist organisation ❌

on top of an existing socialist platform to tax wealth and renationalise 💸 🚂

@zackpolanski.bsky.social details below 🧵

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Meg @ecomegsf.bsky.social · 3d

🔥🔥🔥🔥

Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 3d

🥳 I'm so so delighted that my motion for completely building East West Rail and fully electrifying it passed overwhelmingly at conference.

🙏 Huge huge thanks to @greenchloem.bsky.social , Ed Fraser and @benwheels.bsky.social for speaking in favour.

#TrainsNotPlanes #RailNotRoad
#GPConf

E01: Electrify the East West Railway line as soon as possible

Synopsis
East West Rail will fill an important gap in the rail network and help reduce car and lorry use in the region. It will largely replace the Varsity rail line, much of which closed in the 1960s. However, it should be electrified as soon as possible to replace diesel trains.

Motion Text
insert into Record of Policy Statements “The Green Party supports the building of East West Rail in full from Cambridge to Milton Keynes to Oxford, and calls for the project to be fully electrified as quickly as possible. The railway should be accessible for everyone and be well connected to active transport routes. The route should minimise disruption to local communities as far as possible and bring benefits locally as well as regionally and nationally. The route should minimise negative impacts on housing, public green spaces, nature and wildlife and carry out appropriate mitigation works with sensitivity and generous compensation.”

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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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Meg @ecomegsf.bsky.social · 3d

What is this strange feeling that is swirling inside me? These possibilities that branch far into the future. Ah - she is Hope! An old friend, well met again.

Meg sits with a group from Gwent and Cardiff. It is a selfie, they are smiling at the camera.

Everyone is on their feet after Anthony Slaughter and Tessa Marshall speak.

Zoe Garbett (London Assembly) speaking on a panel about Crime and Justice.

Zack, Mothin and Rachel are standing on stage in front of a standing ovation from the huge crowd.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 4d

Zack Polanski has done the impossible…

Made me feel hope in politics again.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Meg @ecomegsf.bsky.social · 3d

Hyfryd cwrdd â chi Caroline!

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 4d

Today’s Green Party conference has been wonderful. I’ve met lots of really inspiring people…

A rather overwhelmed me, brandishing a copy of my book Her Name is Alice in the face of the wonderful leader of the Green Party Zack Polanski.

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