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Martin Farley

@martinfarley.bsky.social

Lean, Green but not very mean

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Also the face recognition on my phone fails to recognise be about 1/3 of the time, so this approach would create total carnage

06.10.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing. The party has grown about 40% in the last few months and continues to grow

With this level of support we can realistically target 50+ seats at the next general election, and 1000 council wards across the country

The game has changed

06.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome! There will be lots of opportunities to get involved locally. The next couple of years will shape the next generation of govt in the UK, so your support will be magnified many times over

06.10.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s entirely possible that we don’t have a policy on recreational fishing, but as a member-led organisation, if you did join you would be free to propose one

06.10.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Appeal to identify suspects in connection with Peacehaven arson Police investigating the fire at Peacehaven Mosque on 4 October have issued CCTV images of two people they wish to identify.

Sussex Police has released images of mosque attackers and appealed for anyone who knows them or has any other information to contact officers urgently by calling 999, quoting β€˜Operation Spey’. www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/...

05.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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For all those Labour types having a pop at the @greenparty.org.uk for our commitment to replace private landlords with council and social housing

Once again, Greens doing what Labour should be doing

06.10.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will be stealing obvs

06.10.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good spot! Let’s circulate for any challenges from Labour

06.10.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to see this!

05.10.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That emits even more CO2/equivalent, so no

04.10.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When people ask β€œhow can we afford to eradicate poverty” they probably aren’t aware that the UK govt already spends Β£100bn+ managing the effects of poverty (illness, crime, poor educational attainment, reduced labour mobility and activity etc etc)

Time to move to a #UBI

04.10.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible to read the responses to this. The word β€˜hope’ is mentioned again and again

It is what we need and I’m glad the @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social are providing it to people right now

04.10.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zack on BBC news.

Zack on BBC news.

Zack, Sonia and Penny on Politics Live

Zack, Sonia and Penny on Politics Live

Zack and Adam on Newscast

Zack and Adam on Newscast

Zack on ITV

Zack on ITV

βœ… 20+ interviews in one morning. Tick!

πŸ™ŒπŸΌ Now let's go smash @greenparty.org.uk conference out the park.

πŸ’š Spreading our message of lowering bills, protecting the NHS, tax the super rich.

πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Join.greenparty.org.uk

02.10.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10

But it demonstrates that Labour’s current political pitch is way off from the vast majority of their remaining and recently departed supporters

01.10.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It shows the LibDems are closer to many of those people politically , but the message from the LibDems is less likely to cut through except perhaps in areas they target with effective ground campaigns

01.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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British Politics' Midlife Crisis Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

This is very interesting and shows that for the @greenparty.org.uk, there is a large audience for economically left and socially liberal policies

We might be further β€˜left’ on both than many of them, but as Labour vacate that space, there is growth potential

benansell.substack.com/p/british-po...

01.10.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If the UK now recognises the Palestinian state, surely it must now call for Israel to withdraw from its settlements in the West Bank?

Recognition must lead to clear opposition to Israeli land grabs and acknowledge Israel as an invading force. Otherwise it’s meaningless

01.10.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green leader Zack Polanski named among Time’s 100 most influential rising stars The magazine notes he is the first openly gay man to lead a major political party in England and Wales.

We are growing because we are unapologetic about demanding real change: taxing the super-rich, funding our NHS, and tackling the climate crisis head-on."

And this week we are holding our biggest and boldest conference ever."

www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...

30.09.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 594    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

But Starmer is guilty of it with his β€˜Strangers’ speech. He should have been forced to resign after that

And even today they continue to β€˜other’ immigrants

30.09.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a nice way of putting it

It’s performative cruelty and obvious β€˜othering’

Detestable politics and impractical policy

30.09.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lol. Her politics is all about petty tribal attacks, regardless of the substance. All she does is attack

She just lost a by-election in a swing that would see Labour reduced from 38 to 8 Cllrs (if replicated across the city). Some reflection might be in order…

29.09.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How do you predict the distribution of Reform votes?

28.09.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

27.09.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 20754    πŸ” 7448    πŸ’¬ 889    πŸ“Œ 440

Why do we?

The population of Liverpool in the 1930s was about 800k; now it’s about 450k

Our big cities are v low density and often have lots of empty space.

We need more investment in our current towns and cities not new ones

28.09.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ 80,000 Green Party members!

πŸ“ˆ But we're not stopping there.

πŸ’š We have no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ‡️

28.09.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 624    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 45

It's about time Labour stopped splitting the anti Reform vote and stood down at elections right?

26.09.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I stopped reading at β€˜a shortage of housing’

If he doesn’t grasp the concept of misallocation of resources and always assumes we just need more of them (in a system that misallocates them), then I give up.

26.09.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t quite express how much I loathe Starmer’s position here

I’m just so grateful that @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk are making the positive case for the movement of people and the huge contribution immigrants have made to the UK

26.09.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Indeed. But it’s up to you (and me and others) to prove him wrong, or right…

26.09.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the most important charts in the world - from
Rush Doshi in the New York Times.

Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power.

Too bad the US president does not seem to get it.

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25.09.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 9

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