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Dear sir Keir, wishing you a very hopey Christmas. I wanted to wish you good luck with your relaunch in January. I heard you want to focus on three things. So here's my advice. Tax billionaires, cut bills, stop scapegoating migrants. Zack.

Dear sir Keir, wishing you a very hopey Christmas. I wanted to wish you good luck with your relaunch in January. I heard you want to focus on three things. So here's my advice. Tax billionaires, cut bills, stop scapegoating migrants. Zack.

Dear Wes, wishing you a very hopey Christmas. When you're not measuring the curtains in downing street, our hopes for you are that you can finally reduce NHS waiting lists in 2026 and stop taking donations from private healthcare. Peace and love, Zack.

Dear Wes, wishing you a very hopey Christmas. When you're not measuring the curtains in downing street, our hopes for you are that you can finally reduce NHS waiting lists in 2026 and stop taking donations from private healthcare. Peace and love, Zack.

Dear Yvette, Christmas should surely be a time to think about peace - and the governments role in prosecuting those calling for it. Peace and love, Zack.

Dear Yvette, Christmas should surely be a time to think about peace - and the governments role in prosecuting those calling for it. Peace and love, Zack.

๐ŸŽ„ Just getting my last Xmas cards out there.

โœ๐Ÿผ Dear cabinet....

20.12.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 908    ๐Ÿ” 241    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

19.11.2025 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 668    ๐Ÿ” 365    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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Pass the phoneโ€ฆ to the 40,000 Young Greens! ๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐Ÿ’š

We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe ๐Ÿฅณ

This is the generation thatโ€™s done waiting. Join us. โคต๏ธ

18.11.2025 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 555    ๐Ÿ” 198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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PM call with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates: 10 November 2025 This morning the Prime Minister spoke to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.

Keir Starmer spoke yesterday to the UAE president "pushing all parties to cease hostilities" in Sudan.

Britain has exported over ยฃ417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

11.11.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Zohran and Polanski are mobilising a new type of progressive politics. One where governments work for the majority, not the wealthy minority. Where politics isnโ€™t something done to you, but something we do together. Where hope beats millions spent on misinformation and fear.

Make hope normal again.

05.11.2025 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 434    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system It only takes 30 seconds

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.socialโ€ฌ's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

29.10.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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British.

16.10.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8303    ๐Ÿ” 2838    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 344    ๐Ÿ“Œ 641
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Tony Blair seeks to play key role in Gaza under Donald Trump peace plan US looks for former British prime minister to be involved in transitional postwar arrangement

Is there any pile of dead bodies he does not wish to assist in compacting for the right fee?
on.ft.com/48BZjH5

26.09.2025 06:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ NEW: Britainโ€™s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population.

Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools โคต๏ธ๐Ÿงต

18.09.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 sees job losses and falling confidence in Labourโ€™s plans to fix the housing crisis.
Latest figures[1] from the construction industry show a sustained and deepening decline in housebuilding in the UK as the slowdown reaches depths not seen since early 2020.The lack of confidence in the sector is resulting in lay-offs and recruitment freezes.
Green Party Spokesperson, Cllr Matthew Snedker said; โ€œThe housing crisis is one symptom of the cost of living crisis. Houses remain at historically high prices[2], with most people finding house ownership unaffordable, as wages fail to keep pace with house price inflation. Itโ€™s no surprise that house building is stalling when people simply canโ€™t afford to save for deposits when they are struggling to get byโ€
Most worrying is the slowing down of new work in the pipeline. New orders have fallen for eight months in a row. Even big names in the industry are starting to see their order books dwindle.
This long term downward trend has led to construction companies seeing subdued market conditions, heightened business uncertainty and growing risk aversion among clients.
Cllr Snedker continued โ€œThe housing crisis is causing very real damage to communities up and down the country. A record 169,050 children are now homeless in temporary accommodation in England[3], a 12% increase on last year. Homelessness has long-lasting consequences for children with families regularly placed out of area, far away from their school, GP and community. The educational attainment, health and development of homeless children plummets when they become homeless.[4]
โ€œThis is the perfect time to take advantage of falling borrowing costs by increasing the supply of public housing. Replacing the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980[5] would reduce peopleโ€™s housing costs, bring

House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 sees job losses and falling confidence in Labourโ€™s plans to fix the housing crisis. Latest figures[1] from the construction industry show a sustained and deepening decline in housebuilding in the UK as the slowdown reaches depths not seen since early 2020.The lack of confidence in the sector is resulting in lay-offs and recruitment freezes. Green Party Spokesperson, Cllr Matthew Snedker said; โ€œThe housing crisis is one symptom of the cost of living crisis. Houses remain at historically high prices[2], with most people finding house ownership unaffordable, as wages fail to keep pace with house price inflation. Itโ€™s no surprise that house building is stalling when people simply canโ€™t afford to save for deposits when they are struggling to get byโ€ Most worrying is the slowing down of new work in the pipeline. New orders have fallen for eight months in a row. Even big names in the industry are starting to see their order books dwindle. This long term downward trend has led to construction companies seeing subdued market conditions, heightened business uncertainty and growing risk aversion among clients. Cllr Snedker continued โ€œThe housing crisis is causing very real damage to communities up and down the country. A record 169,050 children are now homeless in temporary accommodation in England[3], a 12% increase on last year. Homelessness has long-lasting consequences for children with families regularly placed out of area, far away from their school, GP and community. The educational attainment, health and development of homeless children plummets when they become homeless.[4] โ€œThis is the perfect time to take advantage of falling borrowing costs by increasing the supply of public housing. Replacing the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980[5] would reduce peopleโ€™s housing costs, bring

job security to tradespeople and inject much needed confidence into the construction industry.
โ€œThe Green Partyโ€™s Right Homes, Right Place, Right Price Charter[6] would provide 150,000 new social homes every year through new build and the purchase of ex-council housing stock. It would give local authorities right to buy powers for several categories of property and make sure we keep social homes for local communities in perpetuity.โ€
ENDS

[1] https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/d53e54e883da40448dcb05af5ed1bf26
[2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2024
[3] https://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press_release/another_record_number_of_children_homeless_in_temporary_accommodation_after_12_increase_in_a_year
[4] https://sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/our-work/families-experiencing-homelessness/
[5] https://england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/campaigns/social_housing/loss_of_social_housing#:~:text=We're%20selling%20and%20demolishing,of%20650%20social%20rent%20homes.
[6] https://greenparty.org.uk/about/our-manifesto/providing-fairer-greener-homes-for-all/

job security to tradespeople and inject much needed confidence into the construction industry. โ€œThe Green Partyโ€™s Right Homes, Right Place, Right Price Charter[6] would provide 150,000 new social homes every year through new build and the purchase of ex-council housing stock. It would give local authorities right to buy powers for several categories of property and make sure we keep social homes for local communities in perpetuity.โ€ ENDS [1] https://www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/d53e54e883da40448dcb05af5ed1bf26 [2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2024 [3] https://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press_release/another_record_number_of_children_homeless_in_temporary_accommodation_after_12_increase_in_a_year [4] https://sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/our-work/families-experiencing-homelessness/ [5] https://england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/campaigns/social_housing/loss_of_social_housing#:~:text=We're%20selling%20and%20demolishing,of%20650%20social%20rent%20homes. [6] https://greenparty.org.uk/about/our-manifesto/providing-fairer-greener-homes-for-all/

House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 with job losses and falling confidence in Labour

Itโ€™s no surprise that house building is stalling when people canโ€™t afford to save for deposits

This is the perfect time to replace the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980

08.09.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reform UKโ€™s 2025 Conference will be hosted by Jeremy Kyle.

Itโ€™s fitting, because Nigel Farage and Jeremy Kyle both exploit human misery to boost their ratings.

24.08.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 168    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Nick Hartley, Sarah Peters & Khaled Musharraf. Your three Newcastle Green Party councillors

Nick Hartley, Sarah Peters & Khaled Musharraf. Your three Newcastle Green Party councillors

Iโ€™m so thrilled to see Sarah Peters elected to represent the residents of South Jesmond.

Two becomes three for the Newcastle Green Group!

Now we really are a group. Sarah will be a fantastic, hardworking councillor I have no doubt!

#SouthJesmond

15.08.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Pour la deuxiรจme fois cet รฉtรฉ, la canicule stoppe la production nuclรฉaire de cette centrale, les arrรชts pourraient tripler dโ€™ici 2050 ร€ peine remise dโ€™un premier arrรชt en juin, la centrale nuclรฉaire de Golfech, dans le Tarn-et-Garonne, doit ร  nouveau limiter sa production dโ€™รฉlectricitรฉ mardi 12 aoรปt, en raison de la chaleur exceptio...

It's too hot. French nuclear power plants crippled
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ta...

15.08.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yvette Cooper is Lying - Craig Murray Yvette Cooper has continually lied about Palestine Action in a panicked attempt to defend the proscription of a direct action protest group which is opposing a Genocide in which Cooperโ€™s government is...

Former UK ambassador Craig Murray publishes the document that proves British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has been lying about the grounds for proscribing Palestine Action: www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...

12.08.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Most of us were glad when the Tories were kicked out at the last general election. Few of us believed that Labour could actually be worse. Anything for growth? If Starmer and Reeves believe that all of their policy failures will be forgotten by 2029, they are mistaken.

23.07.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Building wrap of Jabaliya camp in Gaza opposite Labour Party HQ reads "Protesting this isn't terrorism"

Building wrap of Jabaliya camp in Gaza opposite Labour Party HQ reads "Protesting this isn't terrorism"

๐Ÿšจ RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.

Weโ€™ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.

22.07.2025 07:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3275    ๐Ÿ” 1259    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
PRIVATISED WATER IS A SCAM
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. PRIVATISED WATER IS A SCAM Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

๐Ÿซ  Jon Cunliffe's review into the water sector deliberately left out the option of public ownership.

๐Ÿ’ธ The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.

๐Ÿค Public ownership now.

21.07.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 240    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Very pleased to announce that we have hit a huge milestone in the East Midlands! We now have 4000+ Party members! ๐ŸŽ†

Huge thank you to all members new and not so new! There's room for plenty more though!

join.greenparty.org.uk

01.07.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reform-led council plans to โ€˜scrutinise every pennyโ€™ | LocalGov Reform UK council leader announces Lincolnshire County Council needs to rethink its service delivery to ensure sufficient savings.

Prepare to be even poorer!

www.localgov.co.uk/Reform-counc...

02.07.2025 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Former Reform candidate avoids jail for ยฃ27k charity fraud

Daniel Turner diverted Covid grants meant for a youth centre to his own bank account

Who does that?

A close associate of Andrea Jenkyns & Sean Matthews her campaign manager, thatโ€™s who.

www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...

28.04.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 284    ๐Ÿ” 177    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Zohran Mamdani stuns Democratic establishment in New York mayor race Early results point to upset win for the leftwing candidate over former governor Andrew Cuomo

Some really good news (had almost forgotten that feeling)
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25.06.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The world's biggest asshole is claiming a victory for democracy, May Allah rain down a plague of locust on his fat orange ass.

22.06.2025 06:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 173    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/wp-cont...

21.06.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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E3 + EU Foreign Ministers' statement: 20 June 2025 Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the UK and the High Representative of the EU on escalation of tensions in the Middle East

The UK has released a statement saying โ€œall sides should refrain from taking steps which lead to further escalation in the regionโ€.

At the same time as allowing dozens of US military aircraft to land in Britain in recent days, many on the way to the Middle East.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

21.06.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned โ€“ using billions in โ€˜greenโ€™ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public funding, says campaigner Dale Vince

Dial Vince realises how stupid the subsidies for Drax are and bemoans labour for agreeing to them.
Who supported them in the general election, Dale?
What a berk!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

21.06.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The quality and quantity of @jonathan-cook.bsky.social's journalism on Gaza, and much else, have been staggering. While other journalists on the list have, of course, spared their 'mainstream' employers and hosts, Jonathan has forensically excoriated the Guardian, the BBC and others. Vote JC! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

09.05.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The story of 2050 is being written today Scientists have a clear vision of what 2050 will look like, shaped by the choices we make today.

Rachel, please listen to Louise: โ€œI wonder what you were thinking, when things could still be changed, when science predicted the consequences of global warming with great certainty, when people who knew what they were talking about rang alarm bells all over the worldโ€ #WeTheHopeful wethehopeful.org

30.01.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 288    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

@robertwwatson is following 20 prominent accounts