Rich Turner

Wenn ich den Grünen einen einzigen Tipp geben würde, wäre es: Schaut euch an, wie Zack Polanski die Green Party UK von der völligen Bedeutungslosigkeit ins Rampenlicht führt, mit einem klaren linken Kurs und der Gewissheit, dass der Kampf gegen die Klimakatastrophe eben auch Klassenkampf ist!

The ICC after staging the 2029 Women's Cricket World Cup inside the crater of an active volcano - "how did all this lava get here?"

#CWC25

A northern English dance tune from the late 18th century.

Peston cuts Zack Polanski off because Zack points out that yes Israel should be boycotted because they Torture Western citizens, including from the UK.

German author and ex-MP Jürgen Todenhöfer was arrested in Germany for tweeting "Benjamin Netanyahu is doing the same to Palestinians that Nazis did to Jews."

Bet there is complete silence from the 'Free Speech' crowd.

Teesside refugee warns of damage from family reunion change The government is looking to end automatic family reunion rights for refugees.

Labour's changes to family reunification routes are pure, unmitigated, cruelty.
They will trap people in unsafe countries, deny people the ability to be with spouses and children, and increase the use of irregular routes. An abhorrent policy by any reasonable measure.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

YouTube video by We Own It Illegal sewage until 2040?!?

📢1 day to go - add your name TODAY so that Ofwat sees it tomorrow weownit.org.uk/ofwat

If you don't want Thames Water to be allowed to ILLEGALLY pollute for 15 years ⁉️

And you don't want the other privatised English water companies copying them

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gDs...

UK children dying through poverty, data shows A new report published by the Child of the North initiative shows that the two-child benefit cap is pushing 109 families a day into hardship.

UK children living in the most disadvantaged areas are more likely to die in intensive care, children living in poverty projected to rise to 4.8m by 2029.

Govts tinker with poverty. Push real wage/benefit cuts, don't curb profiteering, appease the rich, destroy futures.

The royalists would probably win it 52-48.

Zack Polanski,
"People are feeling hope because I'm talking about wages not being high enough, the cost of living is too high, and what we need to do is tackle inequality in the heart of our society"

"The 4 wealthiest people in Britain own more wealth than 20 million people combined"

After speaking at a March for Gaza in Eastbourne today, a group of young people told me the Green Party and its new leadership team gave them hope in politics for the first time in their lives.

We now have over 20,000 Young Greens, now is the perfect time for young people to join us. 💚

On the right side of history, with Southampton Stand Up To Racism this afternoon.

We’re being asked by half the media & politicians to swallow the idea that known racist football hooligans should be allowed to rampage through our cities for NO OTHER REASON than that they happen to be Israeli.

Fuck. That.

Everything is too expensive and nothing works.

Privatisation has been a resounding failure…but we can fix it.
Let’s take rail, mail, water and energy back into public ownership.

Let’s pull the country out of this corporate greed crisis for good!

Home Office offers extra resources in effort to undo Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban No 10 says talks happening ‘at pace’ over West Midlands police order banning fans from attending Aston Villa tie

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How pathetic , this is a priority. Weak Israeli asset Starmer.

Ash Sarkar,
"Rather than AI enhancing human innovation, critical thinking, the progress of science"

"It's being used to exploit our insecurities" #BBCQT

City may be UK's first city to impose SUV parking premium Owners of large cars such as SUVs would be charged more to encourage switching to smaller vehicles.

Go Cardiff! 👏👏👏 Can we do the same in Shrewsbury? With the rate doubled for pickups?

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

If you’re looking for a speaker for your group or organisation in the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin or West Midlands area, I have a 20-minute talk entitled ‘Lessons Learned’ which I’d gladly share with your meeting. Among other things, it reveals why I disappeared from the radio, never to return …

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. SH*T LOADS of Green Party Members* *115,000 to be precise Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

We now have 115,000 members (translation: a sh*t load).

And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.

Join the Green Party today ⤵️

"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death... It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda" - the late Marie Colvin.

Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A highly entertaining review. It makes me want to watch it, partly down to austrailiophilia - if that's a word - but mainly for the time capsule quality, and Spike ad libbing, of course.

AKA Clee Hill. From the Shropshire mouth organ player, and first popularised in a recording by John Kirkpatrick & Sue Harris.

Zack Polanski and Chlöe Swarbrick, co-leader of Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, discuss the similarities and differences of striving for fairer societies on opposite sides of the planet. Tonight on this week's episode of Bold Politics.

I’ve been listening to The Newsagents since their launch and their main approach to @greenparty.org.uk has been not to talk about us.

Until recently.

Something is happening.

A ceasefire is not a final victory.
Far from it.

2 years of genocide and a century of anti colonial struggle.
Palestinians need to be at the centre of what happens next and what happens next must strive to right the wrongs they have been forced to endure.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@mothinali.bsky.social

Graphic with an image of Zack Polanski and the Question Time logo. Text reads: Question Time Thursday 9th October Zack Polanski Leader of Green Party of England and Wales BBC iPlayer 9:00pm BBC One - 10:40pm REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

⏰ Don't miss @zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Question Time tonight.

💻 BBC iPlayer at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm.

After 733 days of genocide, ethnic cleansing, destruction, mass killings, bombings, starvation, forced displacement, and over 70,000 killed with tens of thousands injured and missing, Gaza ceasefire agreement has been reached.

Haha!
I don't mind a bit of Country, actually, and sometimes play Jolene.

Down The Road

The Gus Elen music hall song, as recorded in polka form by Flowers & Frolics in 1977.
Quintessentially English, specifically Esturian, and one of my favourites.