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Post Doc. Independent action researcher (YPAR) collaborating with young people. An advocate for young people as knowledge creators in schools! Mental health in schools. Toon fan ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️ and outdoor enthusiast 😎

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"If we're really concerned about criminals in this country, leaving the ECHR would be exactly like Brexit, in that it would have the opposite effect" - European Movement UK Chair, Dr Mike Galsworthy, on Keir Starmer's calls to reform the ECHR.

10.12.2025 16:15 — 👍 235    🔁 86    💬 5    📌 3
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via Occupy London

10.12.2025 08:55 — 👍 21    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0
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via Claudia Webbe

10.12.2025 08:50 — 👍 25    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0

Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.

Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".

Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.

Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ

09.12.2025 07:48 — 👍 377    🔁 193    💬 12    📌 13

Of course, abandoning international human rights norms is as Far Right as it gets. What this is really about is dressing up Blue Labour's political strategy of appealing to Reform voters in clothing less likely to alienate everyone else.

10.12.2025 07:13 — 👍 294    🔁 70    💬 16    📌 4
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Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums

25.11.2025 17:21 — 👍 842    🔁 416    💬 42    📌 16

I'm really impressed by how well Green Party leader Zack Polanski makes the case for liberal democracy as the Labour Party capitulates more & more to the right.

07.12.2025 15:44 — 👍 179    🔁 43    💬 1    📌 1
Keir Starmer. Gloves off. The greens are nuts.

Keir Starmer. Gloves off. The greens are nuts.

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

07.12.2025 12:20 — 👍 2434    🔁 588    💬 333    📌 164

Green party policies are popular amongst ordinary Brits, so calling us nuts is offensive to the electorate who support them

I get it though, Labour are doing so badly and now find themselves fighting on two political flanks

Come join a positive, hopeful vision of Britain!

join.greenparty.org.uk/

07.12.2025 13:47 — 👍 246    🔁 67    💬 9    📌 2
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The more the right attack Zack Polanski, the more campaign money the Greens raise The establishment are shaking in their unreasonably priced boots over Zack Polanski winning hearts and minds

"The more the right attack, the more money the Green Party raise."

www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

01.12.2025 22:32 — 👍 440    🔁 80    💬 7    📌 2

Could it be something he said? Jeremy Clarkson has an estimated net worth of £59 million - imagine the horror of paying a 1% wealth tax on the value of his assets. How would the poor man survive?

30.11.2025 17:30 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
brothers Paddy and Jumaa Abu Asi

brothers Paddy and Jumaa Abu Asi

Day 2 of posting this until there is justice for brothers Paddy and Jumaa Abu Asi who were murdered by the IDF ‼️

30.11.2025 06:24 — 👍 28    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 2

Pickford in the changing room.. #NUFC

29.11.2025 21:25 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

"We are so close to 100,000 signatures. It is not the end of the fight to determine the extent to which our politics has been distorted by Russia but it’s an important step."
via Peter Stefanovic
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

29.11.2025 09:59 — 👍 25    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

28.11.2025 20:00 — 👍 20253    🔁 7812    💬 355    📌 236
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Labour ditches day-one protection from unfair dismissal in U-turn The right will now be introduced after six months, in a breach of Labour's election manifesto.

Maybe they should consider changing the name of the party..

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.11.2025 19:24 — 👍 972    🔁 247    💬 65    📌 22
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine

27.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 1413    🔁 623    💬 58    📌 22

Simple, sensible politics from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. A 10 minute listen that exemplifies an honest politician; one of the few out there! There is hope if you become a member of the @greenparty.org.uk 😎

27.11.2025 23:51 — 👍 72    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 0
if you damage
something man-made we call it vandalism

if you damage
something made by nature we call it progress

if you damage something man-made we call it vandalism if you damage something made by nature we call it progress

19.07.2025 12:35 — 👍 582    🔁 185    💬 9    📌 7
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14 years on, Gary Speed’s loss reminds us how vital it is to speak up, check in, and look after our mental health #nufc

27.11.2025 19:46 — 👍 44    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1
Will Polanski's wealth tax tank the economy? Reeves budget debate
YouTube video by Channel 4 News Will Polanski's wealth tax tank the economy? Reeves budget debate

Striking in this debate hosted by @krishgm.bsky.social how many people in the comments are saying that a wealth tax at this point is so obvious.

Is it any surprise that the Labour Governments response is to continually try and take swipes at the Green Party?

youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...

27.11.2025 21:48 — 👍 495    🔁 126    💬 22    📌 8
Zack Polanskis insane economics

Zack Polanskis insane economics

The country wants a wealth tax on assets.

They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.

They've got no actual argument.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

27.11.2025 21:15 — 👍 2502    🔁 531    💬 118    📌 31

Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."

Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?

When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?

27.11.2025 08:04 — 👍 3013    🔁 761    💬 151    📌 32
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.

Who the hell is Lucy White?!

Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’

I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.

26.11.2025 22:31 — 👍 1222    🔁 221    💬 72    📌 13
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Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

25.11.2025 17:53 — 👍 2732    🔁 1143    💬 95    📌 64
Another contemporary yesterday accused the Reform leader of being a
"complete liar". Andy Field, a GP who was two years below Farage at Dulwich, said he had directly witnessed racial abuse from the Reform UK leader.
He told BBC Radio Four's World at One he had been contacted on social media by people "who were nine years old and Nigel Farage, when he was 18 years old, marched frequently into the playground where they were playing and they were told to 'go back to Africa'.
Others were singled out for being Jewish."
Field, who said he did not have political affiliations, added: "T'd see him goose-stepping through the playground and Nazi saluting on many occasions — that was quite a common occurrence. I'd also heard him saying things like Hitler was right and you escaped the gas chamber." In correspondence with The

Another contemporary yesterday accused the Reform leader of being a "complete liar". Andy Field, a GP who was two years below Farage at Dulwich, said he had directly witnessed racial abuse from the Reform UK leader. He told BBC Radio Four's World at One he had been contacted on social media by people "who were nine years old and Nigel Farage, when he was 18 years old, marched frequently into the playground where they were playing and they were told to 'go back to Africa'. Others were singled out for being Jewish." Field, who said he did not have political affiliations, added: "T'd see him goose-stepping through the playground and Nazi saluting on many occasions — that was quite a common occurrence. I'd also heard him saying things like Hitler was right and you escaped the gas chamber." In correspondence with The

new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old

26.11.2025 07:59 — 👍 534    🔁 258    💬 30    📌 30
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via Peter Jenkins

26.11.2025 09:28 — 👍 26    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 1
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Nigel Farage’s abuse was persistent, not banter, claims ex-schoolmate Peter Ettedgui says he was targeted at Dulwich College. The Reform UK leader denies he racially abused anybody

"He told the BBC he had been contacted by people "who were nine years old and Nigel Farage, when he was 18 years old, marched frequently into the playground where they were playing and they were told to 'go back to Africa."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

26.11.2025 09:09 — 👍 348    🔁 151    💬 28    📌 13

It seems that every week this shambles of a government make decisions which reinforce my decision to join the @greenparty.org.uk
I voted for a party which would protect the environment & support the vulnerable and this is where we are!
Only one party who offer us any hope!

26.11.2025 09:21 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The 62 richest people on earth have more wealth than the bottom half of the world's population (economist Richard Wolff).

This is beyond obscene.

A wealth tax is the least we can do.

#nobillionaires
#wealthtax

26.11.2025 09:14 — 👍 52    🔁 21    💬 0    📌 0

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