Martin Skelton 🕊️

Desertification and drought threaten lives and livelihoods across the planet.

Globally, 2.2 billion people lack access to safe water at home.

Urgent and meaningful #ClimateAction is needed to create a sustainable future for generations to come: www.unep.org/topics/clima...

Red ink line drawing says, "Israel has no red line." Drawings include buildings, a tent, a military drop, pastries, body armor, and maps of Syria, Iran, Lebanon, and Palestine. A sailboat and a globe are also depicted. @khadija.draws

Thousands of civilians killed.
Food, water, and aid weaponised.
Gaza reduced to rubble.
These are red lines, which the Israeli gvmt continues to cross.
The UK gvmt must take action now to avoid complicity in these atrocities. SHARE to amplify. #RedLineForGaza
Credit: khadijadraws

Zack Polanski has done the impossible…

Made me feel hope in politics again.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Needing this t-shirt #CarlaSaysWealthTax 👕💸

Crew member Greta Thunberg aboard the boat Alma sends a message as the Global Sumud Flotilla fleet is only miles away from 20 unidentified vessels.

Aviation expansion is a disaster for the climate crisis.

Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.

Just big business & their own interests.

#Gatwick

Rachel Reeves due to appear at gambling lobbyist’s event amid tax review Chancellor’s invitation criticised as ‘strange timing’ with Treasury looking at whether to raise duties on £12bn sector

Keep unethical gambling companies away from our vulnerable communities.

| Rachel Reeves due to appear at gambling lobbyist's event amid tax review - The Guardian

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

British Courts Service Destroys Banksy Mural Depicting Attack by Judge

"Art shouldn't be destroyed because it criticises the government"
- Jo Maugham
@goodlawproject.org
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/arts/design/banksy-destroyed.html

Fantastic news, well done!

Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’ On 80th anniversary of atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘inhumane’ consequences of nuclear weapons as a deterrent

Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Stop scapegoating migrants.

Once responsible for housing in this country, he could have built more social homes, ended right to buy, brought in rent controls...

The housing system needs a total rethink to become centred on providing truly affordable homes & not landlord profits.

Well done Katie,!

Huge congratulations to Katie and the whole team.

So happy to see a brand new Green councillor in Liverpool! 🎉

Screenshot of a headline which says "'Profound concern' as scientists say extreme heat 'now the norm' in UK", with a subtitle that reads "Increasing frequency of heatwaves and flooding raises fears over health, infrastructure and how society functions."

Scary to see extreme heat become the norm in the UK - this will cost more and more lives.

What is govt doing to protect us from these effects of climate change that are already with us?

And how can they justify giving go-ahead to airport expansion which will worsen the crisis?

Pushing pollution: a blog for Clean Air Day 2025 - Adfree Cities June 19th is Clean Air Day, so we’re taking a look at the ways in which advertising promotes pollution. If you walk around any town or city and look at the ads you see on screens and billboards, it’s ...

It's #CleanAirDay so we're taking a look at the ways in which advertising drives air pollution.

From cars, to flights to fossil fuels: if it pollutes there's probably an advert for it!
adfreecities.org.uk/2025/06/push...

Big digital billboards can emit 11 homes' worth of energy and cause harmful light pollution - but local authorities aren't allowed to take this into account when deciding whether to allow them to be built. This week I called for this to be changed #BetterWithoutBillboards @adfreecities.bsky.social‬

Here. Then, the White City junction is outrageous. Plus outside the Victoria Warehouse where we used to have a stunning Walter Kershaw art mural depicting Trafford Park.

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox MP was murdered by a far-right extremist while serving her constituents in Batley and Spen.

Jo dedicated her life to building a fairer, more compassionate society, and her belief that “we have more in common than that which divides us” continues to resonate.

Excellent thread showing very clearly why vehicles with high fronts are so lethal.

I stood in front of a parked Range Rover last night and the bonnet height was at my shoulder level - well above my centre of gravity.

Cars with high bonnets should have no place on city streets.

Sir David Attenborough’s new film calls for ban on destructive fishing methods The problem of over-fishing is highlighted in Sir David Attenborough's new documentary - which has galvanised calls to ban destructive fishing methods

Sir David Attenborough’s new film calls for ban on destructive fishing methods

www.channel4.com/news/sir-att...

🔵 Feel Good Your Way, was created by @gmmoving.co.uk and young people across Greater Manchester to inspire parents, teachers and coaches to support teenage girls to move in a way that works for them and feel the mental health benefits as a result.

It's 3 years today since Shell was given the go-ahead to drill for new gas at Jackdaw field. It was later ruled unlawful, but self-styled "green" chancellor Rachel Reeves made clear she doesn't care 👇

Repost if you agree Govt should make a break with fossil fuel polluters to make a safer future

How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.

Shocking: "Ukraine's Western allies have paid Russia more for its hydrocarbons than they have given Ukraine in aid".

Western reliance on Russian fossil fuels has an appalling human cost.

Sanctions on Russia need to be far stronger.

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

Serious collisions on 20mph and 30mph roads at record low New data reveals casualties were at a record low in 2024, despite plans to change some speed limits.

"Serious crashes on 20mph and 30mph roads in Wales are the lowest since records began, according to new data."

Almost as if 20mph is a resounding policy success which has saved lives.

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

Horrendous results overall in England but once again @greenparty.org.uk defies expectations to make solid gains across the country on a platform of hope, equality and compassion 💚

A selfie with me and four other Greens: Martin, Dan, Chris and our candidate Olga who is stood in the middle. The sky behind us is blue and there are green trees in the background.

And today we're back out in Chorley! Just said to someone it's gonna be close between Labour and the Greens and he looked at me, confused and said:

'Labour? Who are Labour? Ohhh you mean the Tories!' and yeah, I can see exactly what he means!

He's voting Green this Thursday 💪🏻

Pink and colourful blossoms from tree overhanging with terraced housing, bright blue sky above. Sale, Greater Manchester.

Recent blue skies. Manchester blossoms.

Studie: Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen macht zufrieden und mental gesund | MDR.DE Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen – ohne reduzierte Arbeitszeit – steigert Zufriedenheit und mentale Gesundheit. Das geht aus der ersten Langzeitstudie zum Grundeinkommen hervor.

The results from Germany's big 3-year UBI experiment are out!

122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo

They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.

The 50 best museum cafes in the UK The pioneering V&A tea rooms were designed to draw people into culture, and today these spaces offer more than just sandwiches. Felicity Cloake introduces some of our favourites

Good cultural content to steer away from everything else going on atm.

The 50 best museum cafes in the UK www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...