James Butcher

a perfect summary of #DeformUK

Building a fairer future: the state of education today - national education union fringe at Green Party conference

At Green Party conference, hearing the shocking stat that 70% of schools have less funding in real terms than 2010

But it has got them a huge amount of coverage on TV and on here, and maybe burnishes their reputation for “thinking the unthinkable”?

The Green Party now has 78,000 members.

Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.

I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.

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I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.

And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.

Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

The concept of trying to implement geoengineering solutions to #climate change is like trying to design a complicated, expensive, unreliable helmet while you're still hitting yourself in the head with a 2x4.

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We've hit 74k
75k by the end of the night? Am I asking too much?

Let's go, let's grow!

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This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more

The Conservatives started this experiment.

But Labour are fully on board too.

No 10 refuse to comment or take action - but we're all paying the price for corporate greed.

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

I'm at an event in Hammersmith with Sadiq Khan.

He has finally said he thinks what's happening in Gaza is a genocide.

Political pressure works. We must keep it up until they all speak the truth.

Stop selling arms to Israel. Ceasefire now.

The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.

iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

To stop Reform in their tracks and challenge this failing Labour government - we need to grow our team of MPs.

We're planning to have brilliant candidates across England & Wales.

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Charlie Kirk was killed for saying things "that used to be simple common sense," says Boris Johnson.

Here's a few of those things

“He has been killed for saying things that used to be simple common sense. He has been killed because he had the courage to stand up publicly for reasonable opinions held by millions and millions of ordinary people both in the US and Britain.”

- Boris Johnson

Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.

Funny…

I remember when they promised Brexit would do that.

I think the trouble is that a lot of people treat politics as a spectator sport, rather than something they get actively involved in - to deliver leaflets, knock on doors, fund raise, etc. The best antidote to pessimism is getting stuck in!

Nigel Farage just repeatedly denied – under oath! – to @raskin.house.gov
ever banning journalists he doesn’t like from his party’s conventions.

This happened to me *literally today*.

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate

Climate action is popular because people want their children to live in a livable world.
'Underestimating support for #climate action limits political decision making.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Government's expert adviser says that investing to upgrade from fossil fuels will save the UK nearly £40 billion a year, and rising. Electrifying everything avoids all that heat lost burning gas and oil.

Electrification isn’t a cost. It’s the smartest investment we can make.

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“If your research assistant lied to you 15% of the time you would no longer work with them.”

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana agree to launch leftwing party Former Labour MPs condemn ‘rigged’ system and promise ‘a mass redistribution of wealth and power’

I wish Jeremy and Zarah well. But I’ve not yet seen any policy they’re proposing that isn’t already a longstanding part of the Green Party manifesto - and any party that doesn’t have the nature and climate emergencies front and centre is part of the old politics, not part of the new

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekers

The Pope calls it what it is: “barbarity” - why can’t our government find the words? The people of Gaza have been driven to starving desperation - who would respond to the people in the picture by shooting them?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Screen shot from The Guardian with headlines about arrests of protesters alongside news of more Palestinians being killed while trying to find food and water.

And the stories below that one show just how deformed and senseless the government’s position is.

By the police’s logic, anyone who supports a united Ireland should be labelled an IRA-sympathiser

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This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read:

“I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

Disgusting government is trying to lump Palestine Action & Neo Nazis into one bill.

Peaceful protest to stop a genocide has nothing to do with fascism - and the public know it.

Cynical. Transparent. Undemocratic.