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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 2d

🎉 86,000 Green Party members!

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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.

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really glad that the Green Party have caught up with the Labour Party on their excellent "No Landlordism" platform...of 1902. #gpconf

Old photo and manifesto of Keir Hardie, Labour's first MP, who stood on a platform of "No Landlordism".

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

🥳 Thank you to everyone who co-proposed and voted for it and commented on drafts.

🛤 It takes a village to write a good motion.

3️⃣ This is the third conference I've brought it too.

♻️ Our HS2 motion in 2024 was E01 on the agenda; East West Rail was E01 this year so we recycled this sign!

Pete, Matthew and I standing in the conference hall holding a sign which says "Train not planes. I'm voting for E01"

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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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Greens4HS2 @greens4hs2.bsky.social · 4d

We're at #GPConf !
Here bright and early for the Transport Policy Workshop.
@greenparty.org.uk

Selfie of Pete, Emma, Katie, Matt and Sam at the Transport Policy Workshop

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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 7d

Let's call a spade a spade.

A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet.

The last thing we need more of - electric or not.

Flying is hugely energy intensive.

Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead.
#TrainsNotPlanes

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 7d

Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.

Flying taxi over English countryside somewhere

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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 9d

Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts

Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis

www.theguardian.com

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 10d

You know what I like about trains?

Everything.

They take you nice places, and don’t mess up the world getting you there.

#Lugano #Switzerland #railsky

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Matthew Snedker @matthewsnedker.bsky.social · 10d

The Green Party is rooted in the communities its MPs and Councillors serve.

We are standing firm against those who want to divide our communities.

We are equally committed to cutting people’s bills by tackling corporate greed.

Now is the time to join.GreenParty.org.uk

Real hope real change 80,000 Green Party members

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Greens4HS2 @greens4hs2.bsky.social · 13d

Our transport spokesperson @greenmattbfd.bsky.social :

"Bradford and our district need NPR to deliver the economic boost we have been promised for years.

"Every delay sends a message that our communities are being treated as an afterthought compared with London and the South East."

👏👏👏

Northern Powerhouse Rail plans to be unveiled 'in weeks' - amid concerns over delays

Plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will be unveiled in the coming weeks, Government sources have said - amid concerns over delays to the…

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

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Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP @catherinerowett.bsky.social · 14d

Might you be our 80,000th member?
With your help we're breaking all records.

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phildavies1995.bsky.social @phildavies1995.bsky.social · 14d

Absolutely ridiculous that Caerleon doesn’t have a railway stop. It’s 100% needed and ridiculous that one wasn’t given under the New South Wales Metro scheme.

One of the most important Tourist destinations in Cymru. It is also located in a commuter area. I hope sense prevails.

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 14d

A new railway station for a historic Welsh town would alleviate “chronic” traffic congestion and encourage more visitors to its Roman riches, supporters have claimed

Support for new railway station to ease town’s ‘chronic’ traffic problems

Nicholas Thomas Local Democracy Reporter A new railway station for a historic Welsh town would alleviate “chronic” traffic congestion and encourage more visitors to its Roman riches, supporters have c...

nation.cymru

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social · 16d

Get in loser we’re going to become the third largest party in England (and Wales)

Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 16d

LANDMARK MOMENT - the Greens now have more members across Great Britain than the Lib Dems!

Let's keep it going!
👇🏼👇🏾👇🏽
join.greenparty.org.uk

Latest stats available:
85,800 @greenparty.org.uk (England & Wales) + @scottishgreens.org combined membership
83,174 @libdems.org.uk (a single party across GB)

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

Zack Polanski’s first weeks have shifted the Green Party’s centre of gravity. Polanski has rebranded the Green Party....to the centre of left-wing organising, and now the best-placed vehicle to face Reform UK."

faultline.media/zack-polansk...

Zack Polanski has fixed the Green Party's biggest problem.

See how Zack Polanski’s first weeks have dramatically shifted the Green Party’s centre of gravity.

faultline.media

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

Green Party leadership team ready for another great week!

With @rachelmillward.bsky.social & @mothinali.bsky.social

Membership still rising!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Zack, Rachel and Mothin at a table together with a sheet of paper

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Sarah Warren @sarahew.bsky.social · 17d

For heaven’s sake @teamlabouruk.bsky.social use scientific facts & science as @zackpolanski.bsky.social does. “The govt is planning to set out its *belief* that the expansion will be possible without breaching the UK’s carbon budget”? ❌
This is cloud cuckoo land.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan

Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year

www.theguardian.com

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 17d

Yet another climate-wrecking decision from a Government intent on the pursuit of growth at all costs - but the only things that will grow as a result of this disastrous decision are pollution, noise, and climate chaos

Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Greens4HS2 @greens4hs2.bsky.social · 17d

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 17d

Absurd. How little does this Government care about the climate?

Squeezing out 100k more flights a year won’t improve people’s daily lives. Investing in a growing green economy to lower bills, create high-paid jobs and cut deadly air pollution will! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Greens4HS2 @greens4hs2.bsky.social · 17d

Well said!
#TrainsNotPlanes

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Greens4HS2 @greens4hs2.bsky.social · 17d

This is abhorrent environmental vandalism from Labour.

There is no justification for expanding airports in a climate emergency.

Labour should get on with building new railway lines - including HS2 in full - instead.

#TrainsNotPlanes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Malcolm Wilson (they/them) @malcolmwilson01.bsky.social · 20d

@greenparty.org.uk is my party.

@greens4hs2.bsky.social is my affiliation.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social was my correct answer in the pub quiz last night.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 20d

We said this was your party — and we meant it.

We have just launched our membership.

Join us and be a part of history: yourparty-membership.uk

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Greens4HS2 @greens4hs2.bsky.social · 23d

Labour are too timid in their approach to rail nationalisation - they're leaving the most lucrative bits so the banks that own them can carry on creaming off profit.
We say nationalise it ALL, including the fat-cat Rolling Stock Companies!
We support this campaign.

We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 23d

Train leasing companies, also known as rolling stock companies, are hugely profitable - making over £400m in 2023. 💸

Great to have @douglasmcallistermp join us in calling for an end to the rolling stock rip-off.

We need YOUR MP to join the fight for a fairer railway. Email them today 👇

Douglas McAllister MP holds a placard that reads: I back ending the rolling stock rip off. Let's use the cash to cut passenger fares.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 23d

Train leasing companies, also known as rolling stock companies, are hugely profitable - making over £400m in 2023. 💸

Great to have @douglasmcallistermp join us in calling for an end to the rolling stock rip-off.

We need YOUR MP to join the fight for a fairer railway. Email them today 👇

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