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Octogenarian. Grandfather. Green Party member. Spurs supporter.

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Zack Polanksi tells Labour deputy leader 'back Greens' in Gorton and Denton The Greens leader has written to Lucy Powell in light of a new poll that puts his party in the lead

It's Greens Vs Reform.

This Thursday we can stop Reform and have a new Green MP in Parliament.

Hannah, the local plumber, who works really hard and will be a brilliant representative for Gorton & Denton.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

21.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 953    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 11

Two things are simultaneously true:
1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it.
2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

21.02.2026 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2725    πŸ” 672    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 32
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The first constituency poll in Gorton and Denton is out.

It shows the Green Party is ahead.

But it also shows a race against time to reach undecided voters...

www.owenjones.news/p/new-poll-g...

20.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 9
Labour to come third in key byelection

Labour to come third in key byelection

You can smell the Labour Governments panic.

They're trying their hardest to discredit the new poll because it tells everyone that the alternative has well and truly arrived.

Gorton & Denton is the Green Party Vs Reform.

20.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 629    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 18
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Green leader 'confident but not complacent' of Gorton and Denton by-election win Voters will go to the polls in Gorton and Denton, Greater Manchester, on Thursday, February 26

Green leader Zack Polanski "confident but not complacent" of Gorton and Denton by-election win

#VoteGreen πŸ’š

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...

20.02.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 POLL | Greens LEAD in Gorton and Denton
** Labour drop to distant 3rd **

🟒 Grn: 33% (+19)
➑️ Ref: 29% (+15)
πŸ”΄ Lab: 26% (-25)
πŸ”΅ Con: 5% (-4)
🟠 Lib: 2% (-1)

Source: Omnisis, 13-19 Feb (+/- vs GE2024)

20.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 37
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I see two things in Gorton and Denton: palpable frustration and the need for wise voting to stop Reform | Polly Toynbee After speaking to locals, I still can’t predict the result, but a big, combined effort will be needed. Without a united front the left may splinter and lose, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The betting has the Greens at 1/2 and Labour at 5/1. If you actually want to keep Reform out, rather than making a rhetorical point, you can only rationally argue for Labour to step aside.

20.02.2026 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 17

Statement from Virginia Giuffre’s family: β€œOur broken hearts have been lifted by the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty... He was never a prince. For survivors, everywhere, Virginia did this for you.”

19.02.2026 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3032    πŸ” 677    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 27

I wish it were true that "no one is above the law". But while the City of London acts as laundromat for the world's dirty money, as almost all fraud and waste crime go unprosecuted, as no one has gone to jail for the financial crash or the poisoning of our rivers, this is manifestly untrue.

19.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1659    πŸ” 468    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 18
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Israeli military threatened a Lebanese man on the phone β€” die alone or with your family In southern Lebanon, a man received a call from Israeli forces offering two choices β€” die alone or with his family. He chose the first choice

In southern Lebanon, a man received a call from Israeli forces offering two choices β€” die alone or with his family. He chose the first

19.02.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

19.02.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 33635    πŸ” 7794    πŸ’¬ 1931    πŸ“Œ 783
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British Museum removes word β€˜Palestine’ from some displays Museum revises labelling on maps and panels, saying term used inaccurately and no longer historically neutral

'Concerns were recently raised by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLIF), a voluntary group of solicitors, about references to β€œPalestine” '

What Israel wants it gets

The genocidal state now sets policy in the British Museum

Despicable

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

16.02.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Exclusive: Greens Hit Out At Reform 'Frauds' After Zia Yusuf Suggests Poverty Rates Are Exaggerated "Reform have totally let the cat out of the bag this morning about what they really stand for."

Wild to see wealthy Reform politician "explaining" to poor people they don't understand their own experience.

Let's make sure every single person in Gorton & Denton (and the country!) knows exactly that Reform is bankrolled by dodgy donors. Mask is off.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...

15.02.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1108    πŸ” 448    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 16
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The edited highlights of Yvette Cooper explaining why she banned Palestine Action

15.02.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 9
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The Nazis encourage German women
to have more children to ensure
the mythical 'Aryan race' flourished ...

via Martyn Shrewsbury

15.02.2026 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 26
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On our way to Gorton and Denton!

15.02.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 475    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Let’s hope it’s as clear cut as the betting suggests, we do not need the Progressive vote split 3 ways"
#StopReform
via Anti-Reform

15.02.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones

Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces in a Faustian pact to sustain the PM. What they sowed, we’ll reap

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

09.02.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

A chicken that loses its head can still, for a short period, run around and flap its wings.

This is Keir Starmer's government.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

09.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3
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Now…..Starmer’s turn

08.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Inside the Epstein files: The Israeli link they’re trying to camouflage
YouTube video by Al Mayadeen English Inside the Epstein files: The Israeli link they’re trying to camouflage

'Epstein didn’t run the empire; he was an employee.'
'documents reveal his training by former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, his role in channeling funds to "Israel", and his work in blackmail and influence operations."'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RICf...

08.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zia Yusuf: Starmer must RESIGN over Epstein-Mandelson scandal - Reform UK on Question Time
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics! Zia Yusuf: Starmer must RESIGN over Epstein-Mandelson scandal - Reform UK on Question Time

I agree with Reform UK!!

Starmer should resign for hiring Peter Mandelson...

Therefore... According to the Logic of Zia Yusuf, Nigel Farage should resign for hiring James McMurdock and Nathan Gill!
#BBCqt

08.02.2026 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
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Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate' Zack Polanski joined candidate Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, on the campaign trail.

Reform Vs Green.

Hate Vs Hope.

Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins.

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

07.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1426    πŸ” 345    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 14
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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

β€œSome are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know"

Damn right we are saying this

We are in deep, deep, sh*t

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

05.02.2026 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Local councillor and plumber Hannah Spencer selected as Green's by-election candidate The Green Party have selected local councillor Hannah Spencer as their candidate for the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.

I'm happy to support a Green candidate
who blames millionaires not migrants for poverty
who attacks Labour support for Israeli genocide

"Local councillor and plumber Hannah Spencer selected as Green’s by-election candidate"
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/loc...

#SocialistSunday

01.02.2026 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?

29.01.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21041    πŸ” 5089    πŸ’¬ 548    πŸ“Œ 180
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 97476    πŸ” 40933    πŸ’¬ 4308    πŸ“Œ 5376

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

28.01.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 84786    πŸ” 11619    πŸ’¬ 2478    πŸ“Œ 620
Zack Polanski: Keir Starmer has Failed. The Green Party Will Replace Labour
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE Zack Polanski: Keir Starmer has Failed. The Green Party Will Replace Labour

It's Greens Vs Reform

Hope Vs Hate.

We must make sure hope wins.

youtu.be/s5HdfCCaUgE?...

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