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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2h

"The Green Party had a particularly strong conference season under Polanski... with a bold platform of nationalisation of major utilities, a wealth tax and stronger environmental policy."

Power and wealth have taken our assets. We must take them back.

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Disunited kingdom • Michael Jacobs

Keir Starmer’s Labour government is struggling to position itself in a fragmented political landscape

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 2h

Well it is if people don’t / aren’t willing to vote for the change they want!

Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 2h

I wonder where humpty trumpty got this idea from?

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British surgeon claims IDF shooting Gazans in specific areas - 'almost like a game of target practice'

The IDF said it "categorically rejected" claims of "intentional harm to civilians, particularly in the manner described" - after Dr Maynard made the allegations in a Sky News interview with Yalda Haki...

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 3h

Because, gas.

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Octopus founder: Energy prices are rising in October

YouTube video by Octopus Energy

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 3h

Russia’s aggression has left Ukraine littered with mines and unexploded weapons. Today those saving lives are themselves coming under attack in breach of international law. We must Stand with Ukraine.

#StandWithUkraine

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 4h

Useful comparison

A graphic showing the enormous improvements since the launch of the original Nissan Leaf 14 years ago the new one goes four times further charges three times faster has two times more power and is 36% cheaper than the original

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 4h

It’s all completely fucked up.

Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 4h

She’s not wrong.
With water bills going up, again, the Labour Party should be looking after the population of the country rather than allowing the very basic requirement of life to be exploited by corporations.
Labour is finished, if it won’t work for the people of the UK.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16h

“We’re in the fight of our lives, and the future of our democracy is on the line. Politics has become more fractured and divided. We’re losing support to both sides. Trying to out-Reform Reform doesn’t work”
@lucympowell.bsky.social

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Lucy Powell tells Labour it can’t sugarcoat how badly things are going

Frontrunner for deputy leadership addresses rally as opponent Bridget Phillipson pledges ‘second Labour term our children deserve’

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 5h

Water bills, again!
When is Rachel actually going to get behind the populous rather than big corporations?
This isn’t the ‘for the people’ Labour Party of old. It’s as corrupt as any Tory government that went before it.
Vote for things to change.
Vote @greenparty.org.uk

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5h

Water bills for England households to rise even higher.

Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike

No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.

End the Scam. Nationalise water

Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%

An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17h

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.

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GreenJJNews @greenjjnews.bsky.social · 23h

Not only are the UK’s waters are home to a wealth of wildlife that is internationally important, they provide vital livelihoods to our coastal communities. Bottom Trawling wrecks those habitats. @GreenJennyJones co-authored.

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How to save over £3bn? Save our seas

The new Secretary of State for Environment Emma Reynolds MP must be congratulated: she is taking on a pivotal role, at a pivotal time in history.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 23h

Only the greens have the policies the country needs to heal.

Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi claims “work is the best way out of poverty" on the same day analysis finds an avg earner would need to save almost all of their income for 52 years to become as wealthy as the top 10%.

Individuals working harder won't tackle income inequality; we need a wealth tax now.

Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, Jenrick….

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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 1d

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 1d

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll just leave this here.
Enjoy.

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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 1d

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year.

Make sure you claim what you’re entitled to.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Our Pension Credit campaign has helped almost 9000 London households secure life-changing financial support from the Government since February 2023.

But billions in benefits still go unclaimed across the capital. That’s why I’m extending my campaign to help reach more Londoners.

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year

Sadiq Khan's campaign to help pensioners in London access the support they're entitled to will be extended to help more people.

www.bigissue.com

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick is a racist pure and simple,

He, alongside others in the Conservative Party, are slowly driving a wedge down the country.

Far from wanting integration as Jenrick later claimed, when challenged by a reporter, they want us divided, controlled, subservient, while they rob us blind.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

This. 👇

Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 1d

This is not on. There's plenty of asshats in the Met. But it is Starmer and Labour who are turning Britian into a police state. It is the Government who are abusing the police and the law in order to defend the £5.8 billion annual trade between the UK and Israel. The police aren't the enemy.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Just keep watching.

Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

The renewable energy industry is worth £25bn to the UKs economy and provides 50% (and growing) of the UKs energy needs.

Scrapping net zero now would be like cutting off a leg because you didn’t like a mole that was on it.

It’s Madness.

Kemi is nothing more than a fossil fuel mouthpiece.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

18,000+ children killed in Gaza

This is mass murder on a biblical scale

Those who support the monstrous Israeli regime, and carry out or facilitate it's genocidal crusade, MUST be brought to justice

And that includes the US President and UK PM

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 1d

I've been hopescrolling for the last 20 minutes, and now the most expensive coffee in the world is stone cold!

It's that @zackpolanski.bsky.social's
fault with all his great political broadcasts and speeches distracting me on blue/greensky!

So wonderful to see!

@boldpolitics.bsky.social

Coffee in a no handle cup on a wooden tray in a near empty cafe in Bristol. Chairs and tables in shot.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

As a career politician Jenrick knew exactly what he was saying, then furiously tried to backtrack when he was called out on it, then resorted to personally attacked the interviewer.

This is Trumpian behaviour and has no place in British politics.

They work for us, not the other way round.

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Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately it’s behind a paywall.

Marc @marcfrance.bsky.social · 1d

Some good midweek news!

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 1d

We've got some fantastic nature news to brighten your day 🎉

Wicken Fen has become the first UK nature reserve to record an incredible 10,000 species. A moth that imitates a wasp was the 10,000th species to be recorded. This work is possible thanks to a major grant from The Nature Recovery Project.

A close-up of a glow-worm with a black plated body and a bright green glowing tail clinging to a stem of grass in the dark

A dark grey moth with bright beige splodges on its wings. It sits of a bright green leaf against a black background

A small brown bird with a cream chest and darker brown tail feathers perches on a reed against a background of blurred brown and green reeds