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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 35m

Conference was SUCH a blast - just buzzing with new members, new energy, so much hope. Happy smiling faces all round!!! Thank you all. You really made me feel welcomed into my new role and I’m just so honoured to be in service.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 4h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 1h

With #Labour, #Tories and #Reform all battling to see who can be the nastiest party and who can attack vulnerable people the most, independence has never been more vital said @patrickharvie.bsky.social

#ScottishIndependence

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With independence we can build a greener Scotland

With independence we can build a greener Scotland - Greens react to latest Scot Gov Independence white paper.

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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 47m

Everyone who cares about humanity and wants to stop the rise of fascism should be joining the Green Party.

Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 1h

The rhetoric of the far right is escalating.
Look at ICE in the US. Armed militias kidnapping people off the streets.

We’ve seen this before.
It’s fascism. Imported from the US to British shores by the likes of Farage and Tommy Robinson.

Will you help us fight it?

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 4h

If politicians and media think trans peoples rights are a "debate" to be had I think it's fair to consider inadequate media regulation and MP's second incomes and dodgy donations and interaction with bent lobbyists a "debate" to be had.

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 2h

Who cares? Polanski or Paulden - we'd still #BackZack @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

An incredible scoop from Darren here lifted straight from... Polanski's public Wikipedia page

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 39m

I think it is pretty cool that he felt able to reconnect with his roots.
There's also a positive arguement about identity and being your genuine self there as well.

Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 43m

Have there been training made available for Green power jobs, or construction or decommissioning jobs for the affected workers.

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 2h

“The news that #RenewableEnergy overtook coal as the world’s leading source of electricity shows our world is moving in a cleaner, greener, healthier direction. Ultimately, this move towards #renewables will lower energy bills too - said @carladenyer.bsky.social

greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/07/w...

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Andy Hearn 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈⚽️🎶🌈 @andyhearn24.bsky.social · 1h

15 years of Austerity for YOU.

15 years of Increased wealth for those already wealthy enough not to be bothered by Austerity.

Blaming the immigrants gets stupider by the day.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 1h

The rhetoric of the far right is escalating.
Look at ICE in the US. Armed militias kidnapping people off the streets.

We’ve seen this before.
It’s fascism. Imported from the US to British shores by the likes of Farage and Tommy Robinson.

Will you help us fight it?

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 49m

We have arrived at an unspeakable place: two years of genocide.

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 20h

israel is expansionist.

It was always waiting for that one opportunity, a reason to destroy Gaza… next it will obliterate all Palestinian areas of the West Bank… then Jordon… then Egypt!!

youtu.be/e0Ld418FU2c?...

Did Israel use October 7th as a pretext for its genocide in Gaza?

YouTube video by TRT World Now

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 22h

There's a good chance watching Reform councillors crash & burn over the next 3 years may be a blessing in these areas.

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‘Who is actually running the council?’: Chaos continues as Reform UK remains silent on new cabinet

Questions and concerns continue to mount as Reform UK maintains its silence on who will be filling two keys positions in its Leicestershire County Council cabinet.

www.leicester.news

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 57m

So inspiring. More people are discovering our policies and finding that they're so much better than the hopelessness that has become so normal. Let's make Hope Normal Again.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 7h

20,000 new members have joined the Green Party in the past month.

This is the Green surge.

Want to be part of it? Join the Green Party today ⤵

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 12h

Israel continues to attack & seize vessels in international waters & kidnapping those on board

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 5h

🚨Emergency Protest🚨
Stop the far right in Whitechapel!

📆8 October from 5pm
🏢Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Rd, E1 1BJ

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 9h

#Starmer #Farage #Badenoch - the #TolerantSociety?

Best #BackZack @zackpolanski.bsky.social and #VoteGreen

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18h

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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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 3h

RW media are the empty pot that rattles the loudest.

The Greens are mostly a post-war consensus with Keynes/MMT and progressive bolt-ons party.

These kinds of policy positions are what fought the Nazi's, rebuilt a country, built the welfare state, and created and shared wealth like never before.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.

If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Greens who want to save the world by destroying Britain.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 2h

“Tony Blair should be heading to The Hague, not to Gaza.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why Tony Blair should be on trial for war crimes in Iraq, instead of planning to destroy Gaza further with Trump on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored.’

Read Mehdi’s article on Tony Blair: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 22h

an interesting fact of our moment is that the only political faction who are literal reactionaries are the people who style themselves centrists, moderates. 1/

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 7h

“If they treat me like this, with the privilege I have, what’s it like for Palestinians?”

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Activists from Sumud Flotilla call ‘Israeli’ forces inhumane, citing abuse of elderly detainees

YouTube video by Roya News English

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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 13h

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