Julie Spriddle

On Zack Polanskis magic money tree economic gravity simply doesn't exist.

All in one day:

Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.

Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.

And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.

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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇

6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski How Can The Left Be Louder Than The Right? | @NoJusticeMTG | Zack Polanski

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CUT BILLS TAX BILLIONAIRES HOW WOULD WE CUT THE COST OF LIVING? Cut energy bills Cut water bills Control rents Tackle child poverty Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

What would the Green Party do at the Budget?

💡 Cut energy bills by ending profiteering
🚰 Cut water bills by bringing water into public hands
🏠 Give councils the power to control rents
🚸 Lift the two-child benefit cap and extend free school meals to all

Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

My relative died of Covid at the beginning and I believe the guidance should have been changed when Labour were elected and to continue to see the same thing happening is very distressing to me.

A green background. A logo shows the Green Party of England And Wales green sunflower with a white coronavirus crossed out inside. There is a stylised picture of a sky and la in the shape of a respirator mask in the middle. on the mask are the words: A well-fitting respirator mask (ffp3/n99) reduces the chance of catching covid, flu and other airborne diseases. a caption at the bottom in black says greens against covid.

We are not powerless against infections. #Flu is on the rise in the UK and hospitals are full. #Covid is always circulating. Wearing an #FFP3 respirator mask in shared, indoor spaces can reduce the likelihood of getting infected.

Which one is more English?

Blue pumpkin jack-o'-lantern without a pink cat brushing up against it. Illustration created by Julie Spriddle.

First attempt with ScrawlrBox 122. The prompt was Hocus Pocus, but this is more Hallowe'en in pastels.

#ScrawlrChallenge #HalloweenIllustration #TraditionalArt

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. 150,000 Green Party Members Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳

Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.

Are you in?

Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️

We’re at a toxic tipping point: the UK must regulate period products now This post is by Helen Lynn, senior consultant and health advisor, Wen (Women’s Environmental Network)

Tampons are less regulated than candles.

Despite pesticides found at 40x safe drinking water limits and cross-party support for change, period products remain underregulated as health products.

@wildcardenviro.bsky.social from
@wen-uk.bsky.social on why the UK must act now.

Portrait drawn in pen, of a woman with her hair tied back and resting her chin on her hand. Created by Julie Spriddle.

More portrait practice in my sketchbook. Reference from IG challenge @ jyportraitchallenge.

#PenDrawing #PortraitPractice #TraditionalArt

Telegraph, Mail, Express, Jeremy Clarkson etc, please stop saying nasty things about Zack Polanski; the Green Party membership system is struggling to keep up

British.

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pen drawing of a bearded man looking off to one side. Copyright ©2025 Julie Spriddle.

Practice portrait in my sketchbook. Reference from IG challenge @ jyportraitchallenge.

Pen drawing in my sketchbook.

#PenDrawing #PortraitPractice #TraditionalArt

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Screenshot of a UK government petition to "Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill" captured at 09:05 2025/10/08, showing number of signatures at 108,841.

Woohoo, finally passed the 100,000 signatures on this petition to Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Keep signing folks - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

So much confusion by charging guidelines for Covid and flu vaccines in UK with a massive mismatch in eligibility for who can get them 🧵

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Petition: Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill We call on the Government to withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. We believe it downgrades education for all children, and undermines educators and parents. If it is not withdrawn, we b...

Come on folks, lets get this one to 100,000 so it secures a debate - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Deeply concerned about the safety of those on the flotilla.

We know the government will try ignore it - it's really important we all speak up and raise our voices.

This is a group of people delivering baby food to Gaza and the Government must intervene to ensure their safety.

Painting of a single storey building with a white frontage and steps, set on green space surrounded by trees. The rooftops of houses can be seen in the background. Created by Julie Spriddle Copyright ©️ 2025.

This month's ScrawlrBox came with the challenge "Happy Place". After some thought I painted our soon to be closed local public library - Coundon Library. It might not look like much, but it has always been a happy place for my family.

#ScrawlrChallenge #SketchCoventry #TraditionalArt

Farage, the cave, and pushing the Overton window aside This post arose out of a conversation between Jacqueline, my wife, and me yesterday, although the idea had been bouncing around for a few days before.. The allegory of Plato’s cave probably needs l...

Farage is keeping us prisoners in his Platonic cage with the nonsense he talks, which the media lets set the political agenda. We need to break the chains and go outside to find the light. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...

Nish Kumar, "What is the Green Party's vision for how we redraw the economy of this country?"

Zack Polanski, "The first thing is to have a big conversation about public ownership"

"Nothing we need, and need to use, should be in private hands. All of our utilities should be nationalised"

The idea that a hospital could be BANNING employees from wearing high quality masks makes me incandescent with rage.

Please support clinically vulnerable

Petition: Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill We call on the Government to withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. We believe it downgrades education for all children, and undermines educators and parents. If it is not withdrawn, we b...

This petition could also do with more signatures - if we could get it past the 100,000 mark to secure a debate that would be fantastic petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

We should all ask the question: Where is Keir Starmer?