Sally Haynes-Preece
@sallyhp.bsky.social
Woke leftie liberal who knows compassion matters. Teacher of tai chi and mindfulness. Former pharmacist. Currently going through cancer treatment. Namaste is my watchword. I honor everyone's humanity even if I disagree with your views.
Kudos @greenparty.org.uk ....that's the kind of behavior I respect .
UPDATE - I have now received a reply from the Greens apologising for the oversight in using my image and quote without consulting me and giving assurance it won't happen again. That's good enough for me, so I won't be taking any further action beyond writing it all up for my Substack
I have yet to receive a reply to this from anyone in the Green Party - my image and quote appear under the title "Everyone Agrees, Labour Are Done!". As the excerpt from the same article quoted here I reproduce below makes clear, I do not "agree". This clearly misrepresents my views.
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Kudos @greenparty.org.uk ....that's the kind of behavior I respect .
And thats the sort of thing that shows how inexperienced the Greens are....I acquit them of deliberately doing this...its a rookie mistake.......
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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February 4, 2026 at 1:06 PM
And thats the sort of thing that shows how inexperienced the Greens are....I acquit them of deliberately doing this...its a rookie mistake.......
But we also need to look at who is locked up and why..I have a bee in my bonnet about addicts who get locked up......there must be a better alternative
In 14 years, the Tories only managed a net increase of about 500 places.
And yes, we DO need more spaces.
Lack of investment by the Tories mean we a significantly short.
Even with Labours plans for fewer short sentences and more commuinity based sentence options, more spaces are needed.
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And yes, we DO need more spaces.
Lack of investment by the Tories mean we a significantly short.
Even with Labours plans for fewer short sentences and more commuinity based sentence options, more spaces are needed.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
But we also need to look at who is locked up and why..I have a bee in my bonnet about addicts who get locked up......there must be a better alternative
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BREAKING: Met police to formally launch criminal investigation into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked Downing Street emails and market sensitive information to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
February 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
BREAKING: Met police to formally launch criminal investigation into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked Downing Street emails and market sensitive information to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Pubs are NOT more important than children......
NEW: Reform UK says it would re-impose the two-child benefit cap - scrapped by Labour - for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs.
February 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Pubs are NOT more important than children......
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Pennines delight as drone survey offers hope for one of UK’s rarest birds
Pennines delight as drone survey offers hope for one of UK’s rarest birds
Conservationists find dunlin chicks thriving in boggy habitat created in collaboration with landowners
Deep in the Cumbrian Pennines, walkers might be lucky enough to spot small birds with spindly legs, long beaks and bodies like feathered balls hopping through the peat bogs.
These are endangered dunlins – at risk in England because their favoured soggy landscapes are drained and burned for farming and grouse shooting. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Pennines delight as drone survey offers hope for one of UK’s rarest birds
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such good news. Since my diagnosis I have averaged one hospital trip each week . Some treatments need DAILY trips. Parents of a child with cancer have enough on their plate without financial stress due to increased travel costs.
Such good news. Since my diagnosis I have averaged one hospital trip each week . Some treatments need DAILY trips. Parents of a child with cancer have enough on their plate without financial stress due to increased travel costs.
Families of children with cancer to have travel costs covered
The government sets aside £10 million a year to help families and young people under 24 access cancer treatment.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such good news. Since my diagnosis I have averaged one hospital trip each week . Some treatments need DAILY trips. Parents of a child with cancer have enough on their plate without financial stress due to increased travel costs.
Such good news. Since my diagnosis I have averaged one hospital trip each week . Some treatments need DAILY trips. Parents of a child with cancer have enough on their plate without financial stress due to increased travel costs.
Let's see what happens...
February 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Let's see what happens...
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BREAKING: Met Police reviewing reports about Mandelson’s emails to Epstein to decide if to investigate.
“The Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation.”
“The Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation.”
February 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
BREAKING: Met Police reviewing reports about Mandelson’s emails to Epstein to decide if to investigate.
“The Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation.”
“The Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation.”
It's probably too late. I remember hearing a warning DECADES ago about the soft power China was gaining by investing in Africa.......
Trump officials overhaul aid to Africa in bid to counter China in ‘priority sectors’
Trump officials overhaul aid to Africa in bid to counter China in ‘priority sectors’
Trump officials overhaul aid to Africa in bid to counter China in ‘priority sectors’
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:33 PM
It's probably too late. I remember hearing a warning DECADES ago about the soft power China was gaining by investing in Africa.......
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Delighted that four more primary schools are getting funded free breakfast clubs (joining Bellfield Juniors).
That's 1,000+ children in the constituency that are set to benefit from free, funded breakfasts from this April.
That's 1,000+ children in the constituency that are set to benefit from free, funded breakfasts from this April.
February 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Delighted that four more primary schools are getting funded free breakfast clubs (joining Bellfield Juniors).
That's 1,000+ children in the constituency that are set to benefit from free, funded breakfasts from this April.
That's 1,000+ children in the constituency that are set to benefit from free, funded breakfasts from this April.
This goes to the heart of one of my big gripes about reporting on SM and MSM these days. So.much of what is broadcast or written is NOT news i.e a new event. Mandelson resigns is the news. Its a fact. What it may mean for @uklabour.bsky.social is JUST opinion .
One of the biggest issues we have in the media in the UK right now is the blurring between fact & opinion.
News headlines should be facts, not opinions.
Yet @lbc.co.uk news headlines at 10am included the opinion of the Shadow Foreign Secretary as stated in an article she wrote exclusively for LBC.
News headlines should be facts, not opinions.
Yet @lbc.co.uk news headlines at 10am included the opinion of the Shadow Foreign Secretary as stated in an article she wrote exclusively for LBC.
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
This goes to the heart of one of my big gripes about reporting on SM and MSM these days. So.much of what is broadcast or written is NOT news i.e a new event. Mandelson resigns is the news. Its a fact. What it may mean for @uklabour.bsky.social is JUST opinion .
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Angeliki Stogia has been selected as Labour candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Angeliki Stogia has been selected as Labour candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election.
I want to see Reform lose the by election. But while @uklabour.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social and liberal democrat voters all agree on that, there is no agreement on they DO want...and that illustrates the problem left leaning parties face under fptp. Plus ca change. Sadly Reform may win
100% agree with George Monbiot.
Would love this to be the first of many victories for @greenparty.org.uk .
They bloody deserve it. So does Britain. 🙏💚
Would love this to be the first of many victories for @greenparty.org.uk .
They bloody deserve it. So does Britain. 🙏💚
A Green victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election would feel like divine justice.
January 31, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I want to see Reform lose the by election. But while @uklabour.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social and liberal democrat voters all agree on that, there is no agreement on they DO want...and that illustrates the problem left leaning parties face under fptp. Plus ca change. Sadly Reform may win
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'The 450,000 objects, which are being held in a secret warehouse, include a possible Roman gladiator's tag, a hand axe that may be more than 40,000 years old and 19th Century gold dentures.'
Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse
Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 9:29 AM
'The 450,000 objects, which are being held in a secret warehouse, include a possible Roman gladiator's tag, a hand axe that may be more than 40,000 years old and 19th Century gold dentures.'
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Lib Dems gain seat from Conservatives in by-election
Lib Dems gain seat from Conservatives in by-election
Liberal Democrats gain seat from the Conservatives in a council by-election for Bearsden South ward, East Dunbartonshire council.
buff.ly
January 30, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Lib Dems gain seat from Conservatives in by-election
Small steps in the right direction. Be interested to know what the turnout was
It's a tie
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
But it's a great start with 95.3% of voters
January 31, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Small steps in the right direction. Be interested to know what the turnout was
That is a terrifying thought.
Extreme right vs extreme left is good for nobody because most voters are in the centre ground
Extreme right vs extreme left is good for nobody because most voters are in the centre ground
Why I think the next election will be ‘Reform versus Green – and nothing in between’
Why I think the next election will be ‘Reform versus Green – and nothing in between’
Why I think the next election will be ‘Reform versus Green – and nothing in between’
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
That is a terrifying thought.
Extreme right vs extreme left is good for nobody because most voters are in the centre ground
Extreme right vs extreme left is good for nobody because most voters are in the centre ground
As an over 70 I protest! We are not all so technically illiterate that we believe everything we read on line. I take pains NOT to be in an echo chamber so I get opposing views....
It’s time to ban social media for the over-60s, restrict their screen-time and implement upper-limit age verification.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 AM
As an over 70 I protest! We are not all so technically illiterate that we believe everything we read on line. I take pains NOT to be in an echo chamber so I get opposing views....
Currently waiting in out patients...very happily wearing a mask 😷
Norovirus hospital cases hit new winter high
Norovirus hospital cases hit new winter high
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Currently waiting in out patients...very happily wearing a mask 😷
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Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says
Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says
Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries
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The UK could introduce a universal basic income to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said.
“Bumpy” changes to society caused by the introduction of the technology would mean there would have to be “some sort of concessionary arrangement with jobs that go immediately”, Lord Stockwood said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wish them luck. I respect both of them. They have nothing in common with today's Tory party...but hark back to another era I have seen too many moderate new parties fade into insignificance....but I respect what they are trying to do
I wish them luck. I respect both of them. They have nothing in common with today's Tory party...but hark back to another era I have seen too many moderate new parties fade into insignificance....but I respect what they are trying to do
Tory pair aim to attract 'politically homeless' with new movement
Sir Andy Street and Baroness Ruth Davidson believe they can win back voters who have snubbed the Conservatives.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wish them luck. I respect both of them. They have nothing in common with today's Tory party...but hark back to another era I have seen too many moderate new parties fade into insignificance....but I respect what they are trying to do
I wish them luck. I respect both of them. They have nothing in common with today's Tory party...but hark back to another era I have seen too many moderate new parties fade into insignificance....but I respect what they are trying to do
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Need to repost this, as it seems many people have seen the lies and misinformation Zack posted here and have believed him.
But he shared was deliberately misleading...read on below to find out why...and please do share to make sure others realise it too.
But he shared was deliberately misleading...read on below to find out why...and please do share to make sure others realise it too.
Zack Polanski the Greens are sharing misinformatioin about the Gorton and Denton by-election, and ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The chart he has shared on Threads suggests only thee Greens can beat Reform. But it's using vote change data.
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The chart he has shared on Threads suggests only thee Greens can beat Reform. But it's using vote change data.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Need to repost this, as it seems many people have seen the lies and misinformation Zack posted here and have believed him.
But he shared was deliberately misleading...read on below to find out why...and please do share to make sure others realise it too.
But he shared was deliberately misleading...read on below to find out why...and please do share to make sure others realise it too.
To me it seems as if it's the left who would rather sabotage the party. That's the reality of how perspective can make two people see the same thing so differently.
The Burnham fiasco shows that the right of the Labour party would rather see it burn than lose control | Owen Jones
The Burnham fiasco shows that the right of the Labour party would rather see it burn than lose control | Owen Jones
Starmer’s drones see themselves as characters in The West Wing, full of machiavellian skullduggery but with none of the idealism. No wonder Labour is running out of road, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:59 AM
To me it seems as if it's the left who would rather sabotage the party. That's the reality of how perspective can make two people see the same thing so differently.