Andrew Bradbury

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

'A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected #Amazon rainforest is being built for the #COP30 climate summit'
Just when you think the world has reached peak bizarre tragedy.
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Benefit of YouTube. I switched off, literally.

Absolutely shocking by Trump. 👇

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

I've been saying for years I prefer bourbon to whisky but something has snapped. I'm getting into a drop of the Irish whiskey nowadays.

Yesterday on X, the Green Party’s post in solidarity with Ukraine after 3 years of resistance to Putin drew criticism from some supposedly on the left as well as (predictably) from the far right.

Common themes in this were that Ukraine is fighting a “proxy war” for the US & NATO...🧵

Yes. And in light of recent events do we *really* want to allow the US to deploy nuclear weapons at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk?
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Council Leader Tony Dyer prioritises money to tackle street litter and fly tipping  - Bristol Green Party Cllr Tony Dyer, Leader of Bristol City Council, has today prioritised funding to tackle street litter and fly tipping, following feedback from the public and budget cuts under the previous...

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GPEW supports HS2 in full.

Labour, in government, are killing off rail investment and focussing on Heathrow.

How HS2-lite and HS3 saga shows flaw in Starmer's levelling-up plan Most of the biggest projects given the green light by the Chancellor are in already prosperous areas across the South of England

While this government has ridden roughshod over climate rules and concentrated investment in London and the South East, Greens offer a different reality.

With support for High Speed 2 in full and Northern Powerhouse Rail, we demand the north gets the investment it deserves.

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Nearly 1,000 residents of Devon beauty spot sue water company over sewage Repeated sewage discharges sparked 'no swim' alerts at Exmouth's popular beach during the August bank holiday weekend

"Nearly 1,000 residents of Devon beauty spot sue water company over sewage."

Is this going to be the first of many? I do hope so...

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Some on benefits are 'taking the mickey', says minister The work and pensions minister says the welfare system needs reforming to encourage young people to work if they can.

“taking the Mickey”?

Appalling language from the DWP minister Liz Kendall

Did Labour really take over from the Tories in July because increasingly Labour are looking more like the Tories every day

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Keir Starmer's Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance The UK has joined with the United States and a handful of other rich nations in rejecting the UN push

Keir Starmer’s Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance.

This is what happens when political parties are bought by the billionaire class. bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k...

Trump Gaza plan ‘is no joke’ – Palestinian Ambassador Earlier we spoke to the Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot and asked him if he is taking the Trump plan seriously.

"The whole logic of mass expulsion, of ethnic cleansing, today in this age and time - unthinkable."

Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, tells
@krishgm.bsky.social Trump's logic that Gazans should now leave their homes is "sick".

Read and watch:
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OPEN LETTER TO BRISTOL LABOUR

Dear Tom, I am writing to express my disappointment in your recent misleading comments in your petition on potential changes to the city’s waste and recycling collections. I am offering you an opportunity to retract them formally. Your comments presenting the consultation, aimed at improving Bristol’s recycling rates, as predetermined, were particularly unhelpful. I know you will agree that it is important to maintain trust in local politics. In the petition, you falsely claim that Bristol Greens have proposed a 15% rise in council tax. Unlike many other councils in the UK, we are not taking this action. You also say that the council is “currently planning to scrap your bi-weekly bin collection, and instead only collect your black bins once a month.” I hope you will take this opportunity to provide urgent clarification and to join me in encouraging residents to have their say in this incredibly important consultation. As we have stated, Bristol Greens will genuinely consider the results of the public consultation before making any decisions. Consultations in the past may have only been a tick-box exercise but under our administration, we want to use consultations for genuine feedback from residents.

As I’m sure you’re aware, Bristol’s current rate of recycling is only around 45%, and fell during the time of the previous Labour administration. However, the  UK Government’s ‘Resources and Waste Strategy’ aims for at least 65% of waste to be recycled by 2035. On top of this, in the next several years the Government will also introduce a carbon tax on our waste, putting a significant financial burden on already-struggling local authorities across the country. We remain disappointed that Labour have chosen not to engage fully in administration in Bristol despite being the second-largest party. This is in sharp contrast to your Labour colleagues in other local authorities such as North Somerset and South Gloucestershire who have chosen to engage in cross-party governing. These authorities have recently moved to three weekly waste collections and have consulted on four weekly collections too. I assume you were not aware of this, or I’m sure you would have made similar comments to your Labour colleagues in these authorities. Yours sincerely, Cllr Emma Edwards, Green Group Leader

✉️ Cllr Emma Edwards - Leader of the Green Group, Bristol City Council - has written to the Leader of Bristol Labour requesting a public apology for misleading comments re the recent Waste Collection consultation.✉️

Read the Cllr’s full letter here.

FYI (since it seems urgently necessary to remind some people of this): Palestine is Palestinian.
Canada is Canadian.
Greenland is Greenlandic.
Panama is Panamanian.

And international law is international law.
Now, get your imperialistic hands off everyone.

"They have inadvertently misled the public about decisions that have not yet been made, and their leader should apologise."

TALKING RUBBISH LATEST

✉️ Leader of the Green Group on Bristol City Council, Cllr Emma Edwards, has written to the Leader of Bristol Labour requesting they apologise to the public for inadvertently misleading about the Waste Collection consultation.✉️

Trump has clearly not spoken to a single Palestinian about this plan. Gaza is our land. Palestine is our home. Peace cannot come at the cost of our country.

I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him.

Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late.

Ipswich man asks for Green Party membership to be reinstated for 100th birthday An Ipswich man and D-day veteran is calling for his Green Party membership to be reinstated in time for his 100th birthday

Elder of Green activism, Eric Walker, celebrates his 100th birthday on Thursday.
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Photo from back of the crowd showing campaigners holding banners and placards on the steps of the Senedd during the rally.

Anthony being interviewed by an LBC journalist in front of the Senedd.

I want to say to all @cardiffuni.bsky.social staff and @ucu.org.uk members @walesgreenparty.bsky.social stands with you.

These cuts will devastate livlihoods, students' education, and our young people's prospects. Welsh Government cannot wash its hands of the crisis in our universities.

🚮 The Greens running Bristol City Council are determined to make recycling easier across Bristol, and want to hear from YOU on how to do this. 🚮 Put a lid on speculation, fill in the consultation. LABOUR HAVE BEEN TALKING RUBBISH The Council want YOU to tell us how we can make recycling easier. But Bristol Labour have been scaremongering about monthly bin collections. Head over to the consultation survey and help us improve Bristol's waste collection.

🚮 The Greens running Bristol City Council are determined to make recycling easier across Bristol, and want to hear from YOU on how to do this. 🚮

Put a lid on speculation, fill in the consultation.

Current council tax is not fit for purpose, and this is not the way to save struggling councils. Having to raise council tax to tackle deficits rather than funding local councils properly.

We’re not talking fisheries with Farage again when the world is burning and Starmer tries to get at least some kind of rapprochement with Brussels to help British companies? #Today #groundhogday

When Laura K insists rejoining the EU wouldn't bring growth for the UK as EU countries on average don't grow much atm, it is (deliberately?) misleading.

The UK's economy can of course grow if trade with EU countries increases, no matter how well they are doing for themselves.

Starmer should end UK’s ‘cycle of hesitation’ with EU, says Neil Kinnock Former Labour leader says government should show greater willingness to work with bloc

Neil Kinnock, a patron of @europeanmovement.co.uk says that Starmer needs to end his “cycle of hesitation” on European collaboration.

It was a privilege to attend this moving service yesterday. I’d love to see a statue in Bristol to commemorate and honour Paul Stephenson.

As Trump returns, the EU rediscovers the art of the trade deal The European Union has clinched a string of pacts after the United States, its top trading partner, flipped into full protectionist mode.

As Trump returns, the EU rediscovers the art of the trade deal
The European Union has clinched a string of pacts after the United States, its top trading partner, flipped into full protectionist mode.
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Government lobbies lobbyists to deliver economic growth Exclusive: Government is inviting lobbyists and their clients to play a major role in the deregulatory agenda

Govts for Sale.

UK Govt invites lobbyists and their clients to play major role in the deregulatory agenda.

Govt wants ‘growth at all costs’, agenda driven by corporations.

Govt pushing PFI, corporate profits guaranteed.

Any chance of social justice, equitable distribution of income/wealth?

Table of trade deal impacts, showing Brexit impact hugely outweighing all the trade deals the UK has done since.

Happy 5th anniversary of Brexit!

What a farce.

Villagers appeal to government over huge meditech HQ plan Villagers want the Government to step in and review the controversial plan

A village near Bristol has written to Sec of State Angela Rayner to ask for the Green Belt plan for a US meditech campus to be called in.
Read the full story here👇🏼

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