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Kath Murphy

@kathmurphy.bsky.social

Living by the sea in South Devon. Interested in news, politics, books, gardening and wildlife. Green.

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Anyone who wants to follow you, it is easy: join.greenparty.org.uk

18.02.2026 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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National Action Days - Green Party Now is the time to get involved and get Greens elected. See below for action days across the country and sign up now to be part of a winning team.

When I ran for leader, I said we're going to make the Labour Government more worried about losing seats to the Green Party - than to Reform.

We're making this happen in Gorton & Denton. This is about our country.

Volunteer in the next 9 days!

greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...

17.02.2026 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1326    πŸ” 320    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 14
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So Nigel Farage wants 'backhander Bob' to be Chancellor?

17.02.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I know there are lots of reasons to be angry at the Lib Dems, but the privatisation of Royal Mail is one that makes me grind my teeth.

17.02.2026 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections

Labour's democracy hokey cokey.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1️⃣ Create new mayor elections
2️⃣ Cancel them immediately
3️⃣ Ask councils to waste time bidding to postpone elections
4️⃣ Find out you can't actually cancel them
5️⃣ That's what it's all about

SHAMBLES

It's time to πŸ‘‰ join.greenparty.org.uk

16.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer πŸ•‰οΈ)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer πŸ•‰οΈ)

This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...

15.02.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 587    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 56
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Fresh fears for South West's rail link in Dawlish after storms Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK - but the elements have other ideas.

Just mind-boggling that climate breakdown isn't even mentioned in this piece

Despite the fact that it is driving more powerful storms, higher sea level, bigger waves and more intense rainfall

People - apparently even the reporting journalist - still don't get it

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

15.02.2026 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
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What an absolutely inspiring day in Gorton and Denton this morning! over 400 campaigners gathered on a freezing morning to change the very future of this country! It's time for change, it's time for Greens, it's time for Hannah the Plumber!

14.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

hands up if you think knowingly
employing the best friend of a convicted prolific paedophile who sells state secrets to said paedophile for their own financial benefits could in any way be classed as keeping this country safe ?

14.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œIf you’ve lived in Greater Manchester all your life like I have, or you came here yesterday β€” if you’re part of our community and you’re mucking in, you’re one of us.”

Our candidate for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer, rejects the demonisation of immigrants and calls for politics that unite.

13.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 441    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11
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BREAKING: government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law ruled UNLAWFUL

This matters for everyone.

For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.

Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.

13.02.2026 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 412    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 18
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UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
13.02.2026 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Green MP Ellie Chowns didn't hold back on yesterdays question time. Addressing the real issues Labour seems to avoid

13.02.2026 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.

But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.

Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.

Vote Green.

11.02.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2679    πŸ” 676    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 37

GBR is a good move*

Pay as you Go, new online retailer with no booking fees, etc.

* but no mention of what really matters: freeing ourselves from train landlords (ROSCOs) jacking our prices by 25%, or getting HS2 back on track so we can run meaningfully more trains across the exiting network.

11.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Lab MP Georgia Gould is asked if theres a problem with how everyone in politics seems to be interconnected

Gould, the daughter of Lord Gould (a key figure in NewLabour), who as a child used to go on hols with Alistair Campbell & his family & Mandelson, says there isnt a problem

11.02.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 19
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our FT story from June 2023 showed:

Mandelson stayed at Epstein’s $77m townhouse in Manhattan in June 2009 while the financier was in prison for soliciting prostitution from minor

in 2010 and 2011 Epstein noted that β€œPetie” was with him in Paris, where the financier owned a sumptuous apartment

11.02.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 9

What these β€œbut why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.

Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?

Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.

11.02.2026 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 9
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

10.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 31134    πŸ” 13753    πŸ’¬ 968    πŸ“Œ 1693
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The govt is refusing to commit to an inquiry into the MOD's contracts with US-based spy tech giant Palantir despite the web of shady connections between Mandelson, Epstein, and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel - this absolutely stinks.

10.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 415    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10
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Tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics is so so rare in British politics: real people who are unafraid to just be themselves for an hour because they know they don't have to protect any vested interests.

It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.

10.02.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 420    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 35
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

10.02.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 433    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 16
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It’s very good of Prince William to distance himself from his horrific uncle Andrew, while on a visit to hang out with journalist-murdering bastard Mohammed bin Salman. I

09.02.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 855    πŸ” 244    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 7

Something compelled me to make this

10.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3665    πŸ” 1070    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 36

Β£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.

10.02.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2102    πŸ” 800    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 33

Round of applause and cheers for Keir Starmer as he arrives to address Labour MPs at the PLP meeting

Almost as loud as the response Theresa May and Boris Johnson got from Tory MPs before they were ousted

09.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 472    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 16

I suspect for most of us this is the first we're hearing of it, which does raise the question as to why it wasn't more widely remarked upon in the media at the time it was initially reported

09.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet @greenpartyhan.bsky.social, our @greenparty.org.uk candidate for Gorton and Denton by-election.

Its Greens Vs Reform for this by-election in Gorton & Denton.

Vote Hannah Spencer on 26th February.

#VoteGreen #VoteHannah #VoteForHannah #VoteHannahSpencer #Hannah4GortonandDenton

07.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

A chicken that loses its head can still, for a short period, run around and flap its wings.

This is Keir Starmer's government.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

09.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

Convinced the local party to join our silly little app, didn't I? Do me a favour and give us a follow so I look like a person with a good idea, thanks.

09.02.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

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