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💚🤍♥️ زن_زندگی_آزادی# Refugee & human rights law (non practising lawyer), Green Party socialist, atheist, tofu eating, fully vaxed, pro Autism, Gen X, unpaid carer. Mostly English, sometimes Kiwi, always Persian. #FreeIran #womanlifefreedom #BackZack

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · Nov 15

- Free Iran;
- Refugees welcome;
- Neurodivergence, learning disability & physical disability acceptance;
- Gender self ID acceptance;
- Combat climate change;
- Smash racism;
- Smash patriarchy;
- Redistribute wealth;
- Abolish monarchies;
- Open borders worldwide.

DO IT!

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 13h

Further evidence that the govt's plans to miraculously find jobs for disabled people is not going to work.

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 13h

Work coaches say they’re struggling to find employers who can accommodate disabled people and get them into work

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68447

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 13h

Is ADHD too foreign now or is she admitting the Tories just hate everyone?

rightsnet @rightsnet.org.uk · 13h

Kemi Badenoch calls for ‘British benefits for British citizens’ and says that Motability vehicles ‘are not for people with ADHD’

www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68460

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 1d

Pesky train stations getting in the way of our swans!!!

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Swan 'unscathed' after smashing into Berkshire train station - BBC News

Firefighters helped rescue the bird after it landed into the glass roof at Windsor & Eton Riverside.

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 1d

Do people understand how free market capitalism works?

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Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, completely ignoring the fact that we signed the Convention over 70 years ago and the whole world has not come here.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 2d

Does anyone know if any of the big learning disability charities have put out statements or said anything about digital id cards?!

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

The far right is in total meltdown because Tom 'mates with JD Vance' Skinner got voted off Strictly. They think it's a conspiracy against white, patriotic men. The fact they couldn't rally enough of their hateful contingent to vote & keep him out of the dance off is quite heartening though.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

We're not ringfencing policies and saying only we can have them or put them into practice, that would be ridiculous. But we are saying there are some issues that can't be compromised on. That's how Labour have ended up in their current mess, trying to pander to the extreme right.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

There isn't much room for compromise if you want to save the planet and uphold human rights, which are the two things Green Parties are generally known for. It does get up people's noses - it's supposed to. If you want people pleasers, join the Lib Dems.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

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Nine years since the UK voted by a narrow margin to leave the EU: we need to begin the process of returning, say Greens - Green Party

On the ninth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, Ellie Chowns MP, Green Party spokesperson on foreign affairs, said: “Today marks nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU, a decision for which ...

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

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Green Party leader wants to legalise all drugs

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

Scottish Green Party members? I'm sorry he had that experience. Zack is leader of the Green Party of England & Wales.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

What branch of GP was your son involved with?

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

We'll see in due time how well your comments age. 🙂

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

You're still bogged down in the past. I could bring up some pretty dubious and untrustworthy past actions of Corbyn but I'm not because I believe it's more important to work together to ensure we avoid a total takeover by far right factions.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

That said, instead of continuing to gripe about the past, shouldn't we all work together now to defeat fascism? Are you sure you want to cut off your nose to spite your face? Zack Polanski has said he's willing to work with any progressives, including Corbyn.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

GPEW tried numerous times to work with Corbyn, offering election pacts when he was Labour leader. He completely refused, including not standing down the Labour candidate opposite Caroline Lucas in Brighton - nearly gave the seat away to the Tories. (1)

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

"Institutional racism needs to be met head on with action to change legislation and reset hearts and minds..."

Chair of Global Majority Greens @amanda-spoke.bsky.social addresses Green Party conference.

"We need a different conversation about racism to counter the sound bite rhetoric of some of the politicians in government today Not all of us have the privilege of ignoring the racism."
AMANDA ONWUEMENE
CHAIR, GLOBAL MAJORITY GREENS
GREEN PARTY CONFERENCE
BOURNEMOUTH
3-5 OCTOBER 2025

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

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CNN seems to be the only news outlet headlining that there were people in the Peacehaven mosque at the time of the arson terror attack.

The hate needs to stop.

UK mosque set ablaze with two people inside, police investigating suspected hate crime | CNN

A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime.

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

The govt didn't seem terribly concerned about people feeling intimidated by protest when the far right had their protest in central London a couple of weeks ago, why? Or about the intimidation by flags? Or outside asylum hotels? Make no mistake, this govt is aiding & abetting fascism.

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 3d

What is that smaller arch off to the right? Looks intriguing

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 4d

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Zack Polanski: 'Migrants and refugees are welcome here'

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has delivered his first conference speech as leader and criticised the rise of Nigel Farage's Reform party.

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 4d

Not surprising from the man who compared women in burqas to pillar boxes and referred to 'picaninnies'

lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 4d

Children & young people's educational needs are not going to change. Looking to provide cheaper alternatives to specialist provision will completely ruin their chances in life. Govt wouldn't dare downgrade education for 'typical' kids, why do it to the most vulnerable?

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Send costs will rise by billions without reforms, ministers told

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says more than 200,000 extra children will need Send support by 2029.

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 4d

You can disagree and you don't have to like him but be careful not to accidentally hand the country over to fascists in the process.

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