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Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

Our environment cannot withstand the frivolous excessive consumption habits of the ultra rich. We need to control them but currently they have far too much control over us.
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Human's are causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. 83% of wild mammals have already been pushed past the brink.

If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait.

#ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity

To be fair to the religious zealots who believe he is paving the way for the rapture, if Donald Trump carries on launching reckless invasions he is quite capable of ushering in the end of everything!

Trump led US citizens to believe that the law of the land in UK is Sharia law. That is entirely wrong

Curiously working class people prefer to vote for a local plumber than a parachuted in millionaire from a party of washed up former Conservatives

Just heard Donald Trump tell the world that the UK has sharia law courts. A total lie from a rambling confused old man who is busy wrecking the world economy

Gas and oil prices soar and shares tumble as crucial shipping lane threatened Markets react as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies and concerns grow over how long it will last.

The economic consequences of Donald Trump are not proving to be very impressive
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Green MP Ellie Chowns on the elections bill last night: "It is really quite extraordinary that the Thailand-based crypto investor Christopher Harborne has been allowed to donate £9 million to Reform UK. I notice that its Members are still not here" (2/3rds of the way into the debate)

We need the government to decouple electricity prices from the the marginal price of gas generation, which usually sets the price we pay. It's madness that our prices shoot up when we're adding more cheap renewables, but the price is set by the international market price of gas.

Oil price rises further after new Iran threat to Gulf shipping Iranian official threatens to

Oil and gas prices soar as supplies become vulnerable. Meanwhile the wind turbines keep turning, the solar panels keep working and the batteries keep on storing cheap off peak power.
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By 49% to 28%, Britons are opposed to the US military action against Iran

Net support by 2024 vote
Reform: +33
Con: +14
Lab: -45
Lib Dem: -49
Green: -59

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Turns out lowering bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services is really popular.

This is just the beginning - people are seeing through the attacks and demanding something better.

And we're making hope normal again - together.

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Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.

The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party

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"Antarctica is changing so rapidly that we are struggling to keep up"

Good lord. What an abject failure the Blue Labour strategy has been.

Reform are in denial about why they lost by 12% in Gorton & Denton (60% white, 80% UK-born) after losing by 11% in Caerphilly (98% white, 98% UK-born) to Plaid Cyrmu

Both seats unusual in seeing more people vote than at last Welsh Senedd/last GE: more voters turned out to stop Reform than supoort

Plumber, Plasterer, Parliamentarian! 💚

Nigel Farage's Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party's election defeats on "cheating" by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found

Every time Nigel Farage's parties have lost an election he has blamed it on "cheating" by ethnic minorities and every time he receives huge amounts of media attention for doing so.

The only problem? No evidence of cheating is ever found
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‘The plane flew and started spraying’: Israel accused of poisoning Syrian farmland with chemicals Villagers report dying fields, damaged livestock and fears for their livelihoods

Simply evil
‘The plane flew and started spraying’: Israel accused of poisoning Syrian farmland with chemicals
Villagers report dying fields, damaged livestock and fears for their livelihoods

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Hannah in a green jacket and pink top, with Carla Denyer MP to her right and Ellie Chowns MP on the left. All v colourful.

Hannah Spencer being sworn in as a Green Party MP this afternoon, after winning the Gorton & Denton by-election last week. Photo: House of Commons

Why Britain needs to invest in technology that enables the country to defend itself intelligently - Andy Brown A consensus is emerging that it is vitally important for Britain to spend more on defence and security. It is a strong argument. There is something shameful about Britain being so militarily weak that...

We don't need to spend more money on defence. We do need to make more intelligent decisions. There is no point in buying an expensive warship or tank if it can be destroyed by cheap drones.
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Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

There are few things more important than challenging the narrative that international law is irrelevant. If power is all that matters then what is our justification for condemning Putin's attack on Ukraine.

NEW: The Lib Dems are demanding MPs get a vote on allowing the US to use UK air bases.

Leader Ed Davey says:

“No matter how the Prime Minister tries to redefine offensive as defensive, this is a slippery slope. He must not let Trump drag Britain into another prolonged war in the Middle East.”

Another miscalculation. It isn't necessary to support a bad war illegally launched by a deluded President who has less of a plan that the US had when it went into Libya or Iraq.

Graphic branded “Bradford District Green Party” showing five smiling Green Party members standing arm-in-arm on a stage with a green backdrop. Overlaid is a Metro newspaper-style headline reading: “The Greens’ Gorton and Denton by-election win was about inclusion — not sectarianism.” The article is labelled “Opinion” by Mothin Ali, published February 27, 2026. At the bottom, a green banner reads “join.greenparty.org.uk” alongside the Bradford District logo and imprint text.

"To get people to feel hope, to really understand in their hearts why politics is important, you need to speak in their own language – figuratively and literally.

"Most political parties don’t get that, but the Greens do."

Green Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social writes in the Metro.

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Pioneering political feminists of Hatfeild Hall At Hatfeild Hall in 1910, Wakefield women joined the suffragist movement. Their pioneering activism left an important legacy

Pioneering political feminists of Hatfeild Hall - part one

At Hatfeild Hall in 1910, Wakefield women joined the suffragist movement. Their pioneering activism left an important legacy

By Sarah Cobham