It’s me, Claire 💚

Gorton and Denton: Where will anger at Labour go? As Labour plunges further into crisis, racist Reform UK and the Greens hope to win a key by-election on 26 February in Greater Manchester.

Under @zackpolanski.bsky.social Greens have become the main force to the left of Labour in British politics & attracted many of those who were initially drawn to YourParty

The #GreenPaty candidate in #Gorton&Denton, #HannahSpencer is a principled #anti-racist

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Will Andrew ever see prison?

My friend served over 18 months for being on a zoom call.
Didn’t give away state secrets.
Just wanted homes and people protected.

Everyone knows today's young do not get a fair shot

Top five words Britons use to describe the next generation's future 👇

Worried (55%)
Uncertain (52%)
Frustrated (28%)
Conflicted (18%)
Angry (17%)

Kinda noticed you’re not female. Blocked.

1. People struggle to reconcile Keir Starmer’s ruthless ambition, Machiavellian manoeuvres, breaking of promises, collaboration in genocide, bans on protest, aid cuts, benefit cuts and war on nature with his history as a human rights lawyer. But perhaps there is no contradiction.
Read on.🧵

4 very keen looking Derbyshire Greens, standing in a park, ready to start canvassing. A large crowd of fellow Greens in the background.

Derbyshire Dales Greens were up in Denton & Gorton today to help Hannah Spencer become our 5th MP.
A fun and satisfying day, and a real privilege to be involved in such an important political moment.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing

Trump has opened the Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. Say good bye to the last 386 North Atlantic Right Whales. We all failed you.

We’ve a 19 year old woman in the Winter Olympics who got about 30 secs on the news. Same too our fantastic curling team.
But hey, let’s have 5 mins of the fucking Super Bowl that no one gives a damn about over here.
We are not America.

Feels like it’s only the UK taking any action.

man looking confused and panicked. text: Winter Olympics when they realise there's no more snow because their sponsors scorched the Earth

The math isn't mathing 2️⃣+2️⃣=5️⃣

Join us in telling the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to drop oil and gas sponsorship from the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games before it's too late.

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And who represents the licence fee payer?
No taxation without representation. bsky.app/profile/ldw1...

Perhaps Reform ex failed Tory MP Andrew Rosindell
should have a closer look at
the water, energy, post office, rail etc etc
privatised industries which have in common
becoming less efficient, more expensive, more polluting
but giving massive pay-outs to shareholders & executives

The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.

When film students can’t sit through films, it’s not just taste changing—it’s attention spans collapsing under the infinite scroll.

via NateTalksToYou

The Daily Telegraph currently owned by a private equity vehicle RedBird IMI - based in the UAE and led by Italian American Gerry Cardinale and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.

Hungary’s Orban to give advice to UK on welfare policy?
•unemployment benefit reduced to just three months (shortest duration in Europe).
•no child care support, mothers stay at home
•working mothers reduced in number
•mortgage debt reduction for third children
•Babaváró packs: baby-welcome gifts

Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client

New on FT website:

Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.

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We pay for the BBC, but there seems little in the way that we have a say on who they appoint.

We all know that #bbclaurak is not impartial. We all know that those in charge aren’t impartial. We assumed that this gov would make sweeping changes to the BBC, but they have not 🤔
#NotOurs #OurBBC

Exactly, we don't have a centrist government. This lot has moved to the right and tried to out Tory the Tories! They are hurting the poorest in our country whilst doing deals with Thiel etc.

They have devastated social care, thanks to lack of funding and the NI change. The media ignores that!

What the greedy capitalists do with our taxes... buy the politicians and governments that will do their bidding.

Money for public services, infrastructure and healthcare ends up in their grubby hands, to profit their corporations and shareholders.

#SocialistSunday #bbclaurak #billionaires #greed

Because the entire US media is owned by 6 Trump donors?

"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."

– George Monbiot

As the TV Licence is increasing by £5.50 to an eye watering £180, it’s a time to remember where that money goes👇🏼👇🏼

Fun fact - Laura Kuenssberg is paid circa £395,000, so that’s a whopping £665,000 paid to just 2 third rate ex journalists, who are now full time Reform cheerleaders promoting Farage 😡

Photograph of Hannah Spencer and Zack Polanski smiling at a Green Party campaign event, taking a selfie with supporters behind them holding green placards. A green overlay covers the lower half of the image. At the top, white text reads “Bradford District Green Party.” A BBC-style headline graphic says: “Green leader urges ‘hope over hate’ for by-election.” At the bottom is a green banner with the text “join.greenparty.org.uk” and the Green Party Bradford District logo.

🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "The Green Party are the only party who can stop Reform and to have the Labour Party trying to wade in, trying to make themselves relevant, demonstrates what a difficult week they've had and what a difficult year they've had since gaining power."

Nick Candy - Who is he and why does it matter? A dive into the Epstein Files...

Reform UK want to keep this covered up. Please reshare 🙏

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No wonder our adult children can’t get on the housing market.
With this, high rent, huge student debt, low pay they’re stuck. Give them hope.
#VoteGreen

Manchester knows what Manchester needs.

But more importantly, Manchester knows what it doesn't need, and that is Tory politics, no matter what colour rosette it's wearing.

Join @greenparty.org.uk (£6 membership), follow @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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‘Am I at peak popularity? I hope not’: on the road with Zack Polanski, from protest to podcast to Heaven nightclub With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revo...

"With polls and membership at an all-time high, the Green Party are having a moment – and it’s largely down to their charismatic (if slightly cheesy) new leader. Can he really pull off a socialist revolution?"

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