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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 14h

And so it begins. But this is good news for the Greens as it shows they are being taken seriously as a mass party capable of challenging the status quo.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14h

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 15h

Absolutely brilliant!

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h

How the Green Party plan to abolish Landlords.

Basically by just doing exactly what the Government were doing in the 1970's.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 19h

The cost of being outside the biggest trading block in the world is beginning to kick in. The UK steel industry is facing a major crisis. The car industry, financial services, and many more will follow. We will be squeezed between the major players, the EU, US, and China. Rejoin EU or face oblivion.

Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 20h

Badenoch says lack of integration fragments society. Since when has the UK been integrated? We've always had an upper class, a middle-class, and a working class. I'm working class, and I don’t remember an upper or even a middle-class person joining me for a pint and a game of darts at my local.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

The best political ad ever, for one simple reason. It tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Non of the glossy ads trying to sell you a dream of sunlit uplands. Just pure unadulterated truth. This is what we've been waiting for. Now we wait for the right-wing media pile-on.

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

This is a wonderful party political broadcast from the Greens.
👏👏👏 For the first time, it defines "tax the rich" as it should be defined: "Tax the super rich" – the billionaires and oligarchs who are making allmof us poorer without ever paying their fair share 🌻

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

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

youtu.be

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

If people of colour move into a predominately white area and many of the white people decide to leave because they don't like living next door to them. Then, who is failing to integrate. Will Jenrick encourage those white people to stay. It's a two-way street, Bob.

Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 1d

Because of course in the world according to Robert Jenrick there are only two groups of people - white people and 'other' people who need to integrate.

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 1d

‘After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith”’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Stuart From Cheltenham @st2brgz.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski is a leader we can all get behind. Inspirational, clear, honest. He answers questions when asked. He has ideas and plans, and he has the knowledge to back them up.
If you aren't a Green, please take a look.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...

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

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like the barbarians are at the gates.

Michael @michael-fox.bsky.social · 1d

I’m joining the culture war on the side of culture

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

They ought to go after the head honcho himself. Farage is an open goal for any investigator worth their salt who wants to score a hatfull.

MrsVB @mrsivb.bsky.social · 1d

Get these corrupt fuckers before they do any more harm

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

EXC from @annaisaac.bsky.social

The finances of one of Nigel Farage’s key confidants are being examined by the UK’s tax and revenue authorities amid questions over his income from wealth and business activities, the Guardian understands.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

Even basic word check would have corrected that howler.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

People would have signed this off.

Others will have been shown the product.

Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.

How on Earth did nobody spot it?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

Could it be that Jenrick wants Badenoch to sack him so that he can flounce off to Reform in a flurry of media attention and take potshots at his old party for not being Nazi enough for him.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

This is the dark rabbit-hole UK politics is headed down. Some very nasty politicians now feel emboldened to say the things they've always thought but never dared say. If Badenoch doesn't sack him, then she has no self-respect and deserves no respect.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

"In the hour and a half I was there, I didn't see another white face"

Newsnight cover Robert Jenrick's leaked audio which some suggest are racist

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

We all pay billions for the privilege of being advertised, too. How much cheaper could products be if companies didn’t spend billions on ads?

Paul Da Pork Hunt & Mr Moo (Friends with Larry) @paulcwgb.bsky.social · 1d

Just noticed on Channel 5 advert for a TV series, it is sponsored by GWR yea really ! Great Western Railways are sponsoring a TV station to advertise to sell more tickets, howe about not advertising and use the money to lower fucking ticket prices so more people can afford to use GWR!

Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

Some people will do anything and put up with anything for the chance of power.

Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry to harp on, but how can Kemi Badenoch *possibly exist* in a party alongside a guy who complains about not seeing enough white faces. How is that possible?

Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

That's Jenrick leading her by the nose.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

THE ECHR PROTECTS US ALL

We must protect it, not leave it

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 1d

Trump will soon have sycophants holding notepads and jotting down their dear leaders utterances just like his good pal Kim Jong.

Opiniongirl @opiniongirl.bsky.social · 1d

If the military does not hold, it’s over. They used AI facial recognition cameras at the meeting w the military brass to determine who was disapproving or eyes rolling. Those guys will be fired. America is in such jeopardy, send help!

🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 2d

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 2d

Abolishing private landlords is a fantastic policy.

sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 2d

Let me help out here Chris

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 2d

The rise of billionaire politicians running countries shows that elections and power can be easily bought. Curb the media they own and cut back their wealth by taxing them, or democracy will be gone forever.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 2d

We now have two fascist parties. One party playing catch up with them. One middle-of-the-road party and one party for ordinary people who have suffered under the first two and were betrayed by the third. I know which party has my vote. The future is Green.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2d

We’re now going to get Kemi Badenoch setting out how her govt would pull the UK out of the ECHR and create an ICE-type force to deport 150,000 people a year. Not as yet any signs of a plan to tempt back even a single blue wall defector to the Lib Dems.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 3d

It absolutely is a political choice. Politicians would rather look after the rich elite, of which many of them are members, and use the law and police to keep those at the bottom under control. Rather than start lifting people at the bottom up.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

One-third of UK children grow up in poverty, higher risk of dying young.

In some areas 62% of children live in poverty.

Children’s education, health, future employment prospects destroyed.

Caused by govts - austerity, low wages, spending cuts, fiscal rules.

Poverty is a political choice.

One-third of UK children grow up in poverty with higher risk of dying young

Children in the most deprived areas of the UK face higher death rates as childhood poverty continues to rise, according to research.

www.nursinginpractice.com

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 3d

Whenever I hear politicians trying to convince us that they have a plan. I immediately hear Baldrick's voice telling Blackadder that he has a cunning plan.

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 3d

They are the only party I can ever remember who gives me confidence that they will actually do what they say on their tin. This is squarely down to Zack being a very believable guy.

Toby Doubleu @tobydoubleu.bsky.social · 3d

You do get the feeling that Zack and the Greens if ever given the chance would bring about positive change to the country unlike Reform/Farage who have no interest in improving the country, only dividing it more, and the Tories/Labour who see the US becoming a Police state and think 'lets copy that'

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?...

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 3d

Never in my wildest dreams did I believe that Labour would lurch so far to the right so fast. But here we are under Starmer's stormtroopers.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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sociablesocialist.bsky.social @sociablesocialist.bsky.social · 3d

The hatred and constant vilification directed at this young woman by the far right simply because she cares tells me a lot.

Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg for Nobel Prize

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