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🎄 Just getting my last Xmas cards out there.
✍🏼 Dear cabinet....
✍🏼 Dear cabinet....
December 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🎄 Just getting my last Xmas cards out there.
✍🏼 Dear cabinet....
✍🏼 Dear cabinet....
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At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
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Keir Starmer spoke yesterday to the UAE president "pushing all parties to cease hostilities" in Sudan.
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM call with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates: 10 November 2025
This morning the Prime Minister spoke to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Keir Starmer spoke yesterday to the UAE president "pushing all parties to cease hostilities" in Sudan.
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Zohran and Polanski are mobilising a new type of progressive politics. One where governments work for the majority, not the wealthy minority. Where politics isn’t something done to you, but something we do together. Where hope beats millions spent on misinformation and fear.
Make hope normal again.
Make hope normal again.
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Zohran and Polanski are mobilising a new type of progressive politics. One where governments work for the majority, not the wealthy minority. Where politics isn’t something done to you, but something we do together. Where hope beats millions spent on misinformation and fear.
Make hope normal again.
Make hope normal again.
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
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Is there any pile of dead bodies he does not wish to assist in compacting for the right fee?
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Tony Blair seeks to play key role in Gaza under Donald Trump peace plan
US looks for former British prime minister to be involved in transitional postwar arrangement
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September 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Is there any pile of dead bodies he does not wish to assist in compacting for the right fee?
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🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population.
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population.
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
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House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 with job losses and falling confidence in Labour
It’s no surprise that house building is stalling when people can’t afford to save for deposits
This is the perfect time to replace the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980
It’s no surprise that house building is stalling when people can’t afford to save for deposits
This is the perfect time to replace the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980
![House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 sees job losses and falling confidence in Labour’s plans to fix the housing crisis.
Latest figures[1] from the construction industry show a sustained and deepening decline in housebuilding in the UK as the slowdown reaches depths not seen since early 2020.The lack of confidence in the sector is resulting in lay-offs and recruitment freezes.
Green Party Spokesperson, Cllr Matthew Snedker said; “The housing crisis is one symptom of the cost of living crisis. Houses remain at historically high prices[2], with most people finding house ownership unaffordable, as wages fail to keep pace with house price inflation. It’s no surprise that house building is stalling when people simply can’t afford to save for deposits when they are struggling to get by”
Most worrying is the slowing down of new work in the pipeline. New orders have fallen for eight months in a row. Even big names in the industry are starting to see their order books dwindle.
This long term downward trend has led to construction companies seeing subdued market conditions, heightened business uncertainty and growing risk aversion among clients.
Cllr Snedker continued “The housing crisis is causing very real damage to communities up and down the country. A record 169,050 children are now homeless in temporary accommodation in England[3], a 12% increase on last year. Homelessness has long-lasting consequences for children with families regularly placed out of area, far away from their school, GP and community. The educational attainment, health and development of homeless children plummets when they become homeless.[4]
“This is the perfect time to take advantage of falling borrowing costs by increasing the supply of public housing. Replacing the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980[5] would reduce people’s housing costs, bring](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ko65ztavyney3o7ekwwave5r/bafkreigolji7ffukyijaa2nlwpbc5swrxgngvocrxokrsbco7ow5hargdq@jpeg)
![job security to tradespeople and inject much needed confidence into the construction industry.
“The Green Party’s Right Homes, Right Place, Right Price Charter[6] would provide 150,000 new social homes every year through new build and the purchase of ex-council housing stock. It would give local authorities right to buy powers for several categories of property and make sure we keep social homes for local communities in perpetuity.”
ENDS
[1] https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/d53e54e883da40448dcb05af5ed1bf26
[2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2024
[3] https://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press_release/another_record_number_of_children_homeless_in_temporary_accommodation_after_12_increase_in_a_year
[4] https://sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/our-work/families-experiencing-homelessness/
[5] https://england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/campaigns/social_housing/loss_of_social_housing#:~:text=We're%20selling%20and%20demolishing,of%20650%20social%20rent%20homes.
[6] https://greenparty.org.uk/about/our-manifesto/providing-fairer-greener-homes-for-all/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ko65ztavyney3o7ekwwave5r/bafkreigo4yxuyktm2d4gdyaa3dykxblfm465vxlinzle2s2dryxmy5n3ai@jpeg)
September 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 with job losses and falling confidence in Labour
It’s no surprise that house building is stalling when people can’t afford to save for deposits
This is the perfect time to replace the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980
It’s no surprise that house building is stalling when people can’t afford to save for deposits
This is the perfect time to replace the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980
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Reform UK’s 2025 Conference will be hosted by Jeremy Kyle.
It’s fitting, because Nigel Farage and Jeremy Kyle both exploit human misery to boost their ratings.
It’s fitting, because Nigel Farage and Jeremy Kyle both exploit human misery to boost their ratings.
August 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reform UK’s 2025 Conference will be hosted by Jeremy Kyle.
It’s fitting, because Nigel Farage and Jeremy Kyle both exploit human misery to boost their ratings.
It’s fitting, because Nigel Farage and Jeremy Kyle both exploit human misery to boost their ratings.
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I’m so thrilled to see Sarah Peters elected to represent the residents of South Jesmond.
Two becomes three for the Newcastle Green Group!
Now we really are a group. Sarah will be a fantastic, hardworking councillor I have no doubt!
#SouthJesmond
Two becomes three for the Newcastle Green Group!
Now we really are a group. Sarah will be a fantastic, hardworking councillor I have no doubt!
#SouthJesmond
August 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I’m so thrilled to see Sarah Peters elected to represent the residents of South Jesmond.
Two becomes three for the Newcastle Green Group!
Now we really are a group. Sarah will be a fantastic, hardworking councillor I have no doubt!
#SouthJesmond
Two becomes three for the Newcastle Green Group!
Now we really are a group. Sarah will be a fantastic, hardworking councillor I have no doubt!
#SouthJesmond
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It's too hot. French nuclear power plants crippled
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Pour la deuxième fois cet été, la canicule stoppe la production nucléaire de cette centrale, les arrêts pourraient tripler d’ici 2050
À peine remise d’un premier arrêt en juin, la centrale nucléaire de Golfech, dans le Tarn-et-Garonne, doit à nouveau limiter sa production d’électricité mardi 12 août, en raison de la chaleur exceptio...
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August 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It's too hot. French nuclear power plants crippled
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Former UK ambassador Craig Murray publishes the document that proves British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been lying about the grounds for proscribing Palestine Action: www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
Yvette Cooper is Lying - Craig Murray
Yvette Cooper has continually lied about Palestine Action in a panicked attempt to defend the proscription of a direct action protest group which is opposing a Genocide in which Cooper’s government is...
www.craigmurray.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Former UK ambassador Craig Murray publishes the document that proves British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been lying about the grounds for proscribing Palestine Action: www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
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Most of us were glad when the Tories were kicked out at the last general election. Few of us believed that Labour could actually be worse. Anything for growth? If Starmer and Reeves believe that all of their policy failures will be forgotten by 2029, they are mistaken.
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Most of us were glad when the Tories were kicked out at the last general election. Few of us believed that Labour could actually be worse. Anything for growth? If Starmer and Reeves believe that all of their policy failures will be forgotten by 2029, they are mistaken.
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🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
July 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
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🫠 Jon Cunliffe's review into the water sector deliberately left out the option of public ownership.
💸 The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
🤝 Public ownership now.
💸 The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
🤝 Public ownership now.
July 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🫠 Jon Cunliffe's review into the water sector deliberately left out the option of public ownership.
💸 The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
🤝 Public ownership now.
💸 The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.
🤝 Public ownership now.
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Very pleased to announce that we have hit a huge milestone in the East Midlands! We now have 4000+ Party members! 🎆
Huge thank you to all members new and not so new! There's room for plenty more though!
join.greenparty.org.uk
Huge thank you to all members new and not so new! There's room for plenty more though!
join.greenparty.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Very pleased to announce that we have hit a huge milestone in the East Midlands! We now have 4000+ Party members! 🎆
Huge thank you to all members new and not so new! There's room for plenty more though!
join.greenparty.org.uk
Huge thank you to all members new and not so new! There's room for plenty more though!
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Former Reform candidate avoids jail for £27k charity fraud
Daniel Turner diverted Covid grants meant for a youth centre to his own bank account
Who does that?
A close associate of Andrea Jenkyns & Sean Matthews her campaign manager, that’s who.
www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...
Daniel Turner diverted Covid grants meant for a youth centre to his own bank account
Who does that?
A close associate of Andrea Jenkyns & Sean Matthews her campaign manager, that’s who.
www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...
April 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Former Reform candidate avoids jail for £27k charity fraud
Daniel Turner diverted Covid grants meant for a youth centre to his own bank account
Who does that?
A close associate of Andrea Jenkyns & Sean Matthews her campaign manager, that’s who.
www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...
Daniel Turner diverted Covid grants meant for a youth centre to his own bank account
Who does that?
A close associate of Andrea Jenkyns & Sean Matthews her campaign manager, that’s who.
www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...
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Some really good news (had almost forgotten that feeling)
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Zohran Mamdani stuns Democratic establishment in New York mayor race
Early results point to upset win for the leftwing candidate over former governor Andrew Cuomo
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June 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Some really good news (had almost forgotten that feeling)
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The world's biggest asshole is claiming a victory for democracy, May Allah rain down a plague of locust on his fat orange ass.
June 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The world's biggest asshole is claiming a victory for democracy, May Allah rain down a plague of locust on his fat orange ass.
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The UK has released a statement saying “all sides should refrain from taking steps which lead to further escalation in the region”.
At the same time as allowing dozens of US military aircraft to land in Britain in recent days, many on the way to the Middle East.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
At the same time as allowing dozens of US military aircraft to land in Britain in recent days, many on the way to the Middle East.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
E3 + EU Foreign Ministers' statement: 20 June 2025
Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the UK and the High Representative of the EU on escalation of tensions in the Middle East
www.gov.uk
June 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The UK has released a statement saying “all sides should refrain from taking steps which lead to further escalation in the region”.
At the same time as allowing dozens of US military aircraft to land in Britain in recent days, many on the way to the Middle East.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
At the same time as allowing dozens of US military aircraft to land in Britain in recent days, many on the way to the Middle East.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Dial Vince realises how stupid the subsidies for Drax are and bemoans labour for agreeing to them.
Who supported them in the general election, Dale?
What a berk!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who supported them in the general election, Dale?
What a berk!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince
The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public funding, says campaigner Dale Vince
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Dial Vince realises how stupid the subsidies for Drax are and bemoans labour for agreeing to them.
Who supported them in the general election, Dale?
What a berk!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who supported them in the general election, Dale?
What a berk!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...