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Love The Arsenal, music, movies and my dog.
The voices in my head keep telling me I’m fine.
I hate the ones that you adore.
The voices in my head keep telling me I’m fine.
I hate the ones that you adore.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
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What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election?
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election?
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
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What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election?
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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We seem to have normalised the Premier League's inability to conclude the Manchester City case. The years this thing has taken is pathetic. The longer it has taken the more people have forgotten the magnitude of the alleged offences. Time passing has had a kind of watering down affect on allegations
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We seem to have normalised the Premier League's inability to conclude the Manchester City case. The years this thing has taken is pathetic. The longer it has taken the more people have forgotten the magnitude of the alleged offences. Time passing has had a kind of watering down affect on allegations
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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Not sure why John has made up that I have a "first preference."
In fact I've repeatedly said - including to the Independent - it's not my role to pick the future Labour leader.
I'm focused on growing the Green Party.
Not convinced people should be allowed to make things up and publish them....
In fact I've repeatedly said - including to the Independent - it's not my role to pick the future Labour leader.
I'm focused on growing the Green Party.
Not convinced people should be allowed to make things up and publish them....
Zack Polanski thinks he can dictate who should be Labour leader www.independent.co.uk/voices/ed-da...
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Not sure why John has made up that I have a "first preference."
In fact I've repeatedly said - including to the Independent - it's not my role to pick the future Labour leader.
I'm focused on growing the Green Party.
Not convinced people should be allowed to make things up and publish them....
In fact I've repeatedly said - including to the Independent - it's not my role to pick the future Labour leader.
I'm focused on growing the Green Party.
Not convinced people should be allowed to make things up and publish them....
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In case you missed it, Nigel Farage said Reform would vote against scrapping the two-child benefit cap because some of the families who will benefit include people who are “foreign-born”.
Imagine being so racist that you would rather keep 450,000 children in poverty.
Imagine being so racist that you would rather keep 450,000 children in poverty.
January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
In case you missed it, Nigel Farage said Reform would vote against scrapping the two-child benefit cap because some of the families who will benefit include people who are “foreign-born”.
Imagine being so racist that you would rather keep 450,000 children in poverty.
Imagine being so racist that you would rather keep 450,000 children in poverty.
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Labour councillor thinks that the murder of a woman - with plans that political parties in the UK are specifically looking to emulate - shouldn't be political.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
How low can Polanski go? Weaponising the killing of the mother of a 6 year old girl, that’s how low.
Leadership clearly isn’t a Green Party strong point.
Leadership clearly isn’t a Green Party strong point.
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Labour councillor thinks that the murder of a woman - with plans that political parties in the UK are specifically looking to emulate - shouldn't be political.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
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“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.”
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me.
So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Offering the Guardian a more accurate headline.
December 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Offering the Guardian a more accurate headline.
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The Telegraph highlighting - yet missing - two vital points here.
1) We're not calling for £476m to be spent. It already is - this is about diverting it to actually helping.
2) Why "cruelty" in question? The £476m we're spending is part of an operation tear gassing babies.
1) We're not calling for £476m to be spent. It already is - this is about diverting it to actually helping.
2) Why "cruelty" in question? The £476m we're spending is part of an operation tear gassing babies.
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Telegraph highlighting - yet missing - two vital points here.
1) We're not calling for £476m to be spent. It already is - this is about diverting it to actually helping.
2) Why "cruelty" in question? The £476m we're spending is part of an operation tear gassing babies.
1) We're not calling for £476m to be spent. It already is - this is about diverting it to actually helping.
2) Why "cruelty" in question? The £476m we're spending is part of an operation tear gassing babies.
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British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
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Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
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Wes Streeting blaming doctors for the chaos from rising flu cases #C4News
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
December 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wes Streeting blaming doctors for the chaos from rising flu cases #C4News
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
Wes Streeting did not offer covid or flu boosters to everyone who wanted one
Wes Streeting did not care enough to ensure clean indoor air in schools, workplaces, hospitality
Both would have brought down cases significantly
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3 - Only three players have played for an English club in the UEFA Champions League while aged 16 or younger. All three have done so for Arsenal - Jack Wilshere, Max Dowman, and Marli Salmon. DNA.
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
3 - Only three players have played for an English club in the UEFA Champions League while aged 16 or younger. All three have done so for Arsenal - Jack Wilshere, Max Dowman, and Marli Salmon. DNA.
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Imagine, if a British political leader was to be showered with absurdly over-adulatory praise for skills and knowledge that he very plainly does not possess. Thank you, British politics commentators, for the bounty of your wisdom
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Imagine, if a British political leader was to be showered with absurdly over-adulatory praise for skills and knowledge that he very plainly does not possess. Thank you, British politics commentators, for the bounty of your wisdom
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Norway used their North Sea oil to build a sovereign wealth fund thats now worth c.$2 trillion, & it owns around 1.5% of all the worlds listed companies
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Norway used their North Sea oil to build a sovereign wealth fund thats now worth c.$2 trillion, & it owns around 1.5% of all the worlds listed companies
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
We used our North Sea oil to make the rich even richer. But sure, people banging on about public ownership are the idiots
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Do Labour MPs think they're gonna get away with doubling down?
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The OBR downgraded productivity by £16billion. It's not, 'made up' Zack. Have another read.
New taxes on remote gambling, dividends, a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2million.
450,000 children lifted out of poverty. £150 off energy bills next year.
Progressive choices. That's who we are.
New taxes on remote gambling, dividends, a mansion tax on homes worth more than £2million.
450,000 children lifted out of poverty. £150 off energy bills next year.
Progressive choices. That's who we are.
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Do Labour MPs think they're gonna get away with doubling down?
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Everyone is struggling. Meanwhile the super rich get richer.
No wonder they're spiralling. The alternative is here.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Left: Rachel Reeves, "I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities"
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Left: Rachel Reeves, "I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities"
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.