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Carla has been a great co-leader and will continue to be a fantastic MP both for her constituency and for the green movement overall. It is a privilege to know her and to work with her. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

These results are insane.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Here is a nice change to a labour post I'm sure we can all get behind:

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Unsurprising that Labour, who removed clean air targets from its manifesto, is giving diesel and petrol hybrids another half a decade to be sold. The 2030 phase out only applies to cars sold in the UK. Spinning this as a tariff response is nonsense. My full response 👇

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Absolutely right. Time for politicians to start telling the truth - that migration is good for this country - instead of dancing to Nigel Farage's tune and whipping up dangerous anti-migrant hate. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 83 days ago • 35 comments

Our roads no place for SUVs European Transport Safety Council found that in a collision between a modest-size SUV (1,600kg) and a lighter car (1,300kg), the risk of fatal injury decreases by 50% for the occupants of the heavier car but INCREASES by almost 80% for the occupants of the lighter car.

submitted 85 days ago • 3 comments

There’s been a string of left wing commentators having a go at the supposed underperformance of the Greens (latest was Owen Jones in the Guardian yesterday). It really frustrates me how poor that analysis is, so here’s my review of their claims. colinboyle.substack.com/p/what-the-g...

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Thank you to Neil from @greenwichcyclists.bsky.social for meeting up with me today near Silvertown Tunnel to express the London Cycle Campaign’s concerns around the lack of proper cycle connections in the tunnel, which is opening on Monday.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

In one case a landlord tried to raise rent by a staggeringly unaffordable 121%, from £520 to £1150! Over the last year the rent cap has kept increases to a maximum of 12%. But the SNP allowed it to expire this morning. They must reinstate the renters protections immediately.

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Labour’s recent leaflet that boasts about deporting more people than the Tories is gross. Labour is failing to provide safe and legal routes into the UK for asylum seekers, while seemingly revelling in turning people’s lives upside down. My full response > greenparty.org.uk/2025/04/01/l...

submitted 89 days ago • 13 comments

What is the IFS, exactly? From the BBC today. 👀

submitted 95 days ago • 6 comments

Not only cruel, but completely incompetent.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 JUST OUT — privatised water companies DUMPED sewage for MILLION hours in 2024. Are you sick of this 💩? Do you want to end the profit from pollution crisis? Sign our petition for public ownership, starting with Thames Water: tinyurl.com/cd9y2pf8

submitted 95 days ago • 2 comments

Choosing to cut support for disabled people, knowing that many already live in poverty, and that being disabled means that life almost always COSTS MORE - that's a political choice Pleased to join @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social in Bristol today, angry that it had to happen (📸 by Clare Reddington)

submitted 99 days ago • 4 comments

I explained to the Mayor several times "plant based by default" still means meat & dairy is available but you put the other options first. He just repeatedly pretends to misunderstand what I'm asking. This is not the behaviour of a self proclaimed "climate leader."

submitted 99 days ago • 7 comments

The switch to 20mph roads in Wales meant: 🟢 100 fewer dead or seriously injured 🟢 26% fewer injured 🟢 The lowest 3 month casualty figure since records began 46 years ago That's in just the first year. Real lives saved, real families spared a lifetime of pain and hardship.

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

1/This is a lie from @WesStreeting . He does not “support” trans people in any way. He’s publicly stated he will never call a trans woman a woman. He openly supports transphobes - such as the Darlington Nurses. He despises trans people.

submitted 100 days ago • 4 comments

Why is there ANY debate? 🤦‍♀️ 20mph in Wales meant about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured in a year. “There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

submitted 100 days ago • 9 comments

I mean…gaslighting extraordinaire. How you do you fight this level of mass propaganda? They have a transphobic Health Minister fully on their side, they’ve banned transitioning, introduced conversion therapy, and will now be calling trans women ‘men’. It’s trans people who are terrified of the NHS.

submitted 100 days ago • 35 comments

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt will go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

submitted 100 days ago • 58 comments

🎉 We've just hit 60,000 Green Party members! 💚 People across England and Wales are crying out for a positive alternative to the two old parties and that's exactly what the Green Party is offering. 🤝 Want to be part of the change? Join the Green Party today ⤵️

submitted 104 days ago • 26 comments

Utterly indefensible. Labour are choosing to cut vital support from vulnerable people. They are also choosing to protect the wealth of the super rich. If this makes you angry, do something about it. Join @greenparty.org.uk and challenge this Government.

submitted 103 days ago • 32 comments

More former Labour councillors joining @greenparty.org.uk If you're a councillor - or indeed an MP - who wants to be in the party challenging injustice, get in touch! www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/2501827...

submitted 103 days ago • 12 comments

The Minister for Health thinks Doctors are incapable of making diagnosis. Meanwhile the cost of living crisis and wealth inequality rises, fascism is back, you can’t buy a house and you can’t even work from home because it’s bad for Pret. But yeah. We’re probably just being soft.

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Jenny Jones joined mothers and children taking over Westminster to raise the alarm about air pollution @mothersriseup.bsky.social brought parents, grandparents, and children together - along with a giant inhaler and a giant NHS prescription for clean air www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

On #LongCovidAwarenessDay I want to draw attention to the fact that many people are still living with the effects of Covid, and they often struggle to get the support they need. Government must do much more on research, support, and prevention.

submitted 106 days ago • 16 comments

A chat about the economy and why @greenparty.org.uk support a Universal Basic Income for all. m.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRZ...

submitted 107 days ago • 12 comments

We follow the advice. We pace, we rest. We try supplements. We meditate. We seek tests and trials... But none of this is enough. We can't do this on our own. On #LongCovidAwarenessDay the government must commit to properly investing in finding treatments for #LongCovid.

submitted 107 days ago • 2 comments

Screw the East London Line / Windrush Line. At least once every 2-3 weeks it is cancelled due to 'engineering with works'. This has been happening for years. And then, to add annoyance, they can't even be bothered to serve my local stop or my destination with the replacement bus...

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Had a heartbreaking visit to Coniston House in east London this week. The homes are in terrible condition, and it's unacceptable. I’ll be raising my concerns with the Deputy Mayor. See below ⬇️ for more of what I’ve been up to this week.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

We have written to every single Labour MP asking them to use their voice (and their votes!) Cuts do not have to be inevitable. You do not need to support this.

submitted 107 days ago • 8 comments

The government has pulled the rug out from under farmers by shutting down new SFI applications with zero notice, after previously saying they’d give six weeks' warning. It’s a disgraceful way to treat the farming community, and I’ll keep pushing them to fix this mess.

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

📊UK, Greens predicted to gain first seat on Cambridgeshire County LDEM: 24 (+4) CON: 20 (-8) LAB: 6 (-3) REF: 6 (+6) GRN: 1 (+1) OTH: 4 (-) via Electoral Calculus / 1-10 March

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Tories are stoking hate against the LGBTQ+ community in Scotland. The Scottish Greens will stand with trans people today, tomorrow and always.🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 109 days ago • 2 comments

✊ LABOUR AUSTERITY IS STILL AUSTERITY ✊ Cllr Izzy Russell explains how Bristol Greens are cleaning up after Bristol Labour's mess and demands more from this Labour government. 1/2

submitted 109 days ago • 2 comments

In 2024 it took… 24,000 votes to elect one Labour MP 49,000 votes for one Lib Dem MP 56,000 votes for one Tory MP 485,000 votes for one Green MP and 823,000 votes for one Reform MP. Wherever you live and whoever you support, we believe all votes should be equal. Do you agree?

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

The Exe is a beautiful river, but constantly under threat of unchecked pollution, which damages its precious ecosystems. Luckily, there are campaigners who care and are working hard to stop the destruction, including @exetergreens.bsky.social

submitted 110 days ago • 2 comments

Investing in our #security means also investing in the #GreenTransition. Why should the EU keep wasting billions every year on buying energy from Russia or the US? 🤑 Let’s invest in real energy independence, in #ClimateAction, in green industry, in our security. @baseickhout.bsky.social ⬇️

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

Labour have pledged £1 billion of taxpayers' cash for this billionaire-owned vanity project. But apparently, there's no money left to rebuild public services. 🤔 Can you think of anything better it could be spent on?

submitted 110 days ago • 3 comments

Once again: Less road capacity means less traffic and less congestion and less pollution. Traffic data from Hammersmith Bridge expose the ludicrous situation where building Silvertown Road tunnel is being paid for by tolling Londoners to use Silvertown AND Blackwall tunnels to MANAGE DEMAND.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

You have just got to love her @carladenyer.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

submitted 110 days ago • 18 comments

The choice could not be any clearer. Do you push 700,000 people into poverty by cutting lifeline benefits? Or do you get a grip on the extreme wealth being hoarded in this country? This IS a choice, and the Government knows it.

submitted 110 days ago • 11 comments

This is a disgraceful new low and shows exactly the reason why buffer zones are so necessary. I am concerned that the misinformation spread by JD Vance has empowered some of the most reactionary and misogynistic forces in our country. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

submitted 110 days ago • 3 comments

I've been really busy recently, but y'day evening was a classic Greens vs Others. I pushed a vote on adding a Climate Change commitment to the Football Bill. Govt obv against, Tories kind enough not to whip, leaving their ppl to decide. Shame on @LibDems who abstained! Voting 8/160. Amdmt lost😥

submitted 110 days ago • 8 comments

Really awful news coming out of the oil tanker collision. Thoughts with the family of the person still missing. Many thanks to the emergency services who have worked hard to get people to safety - now fast response needed to contain environmental damage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 111 days ago • 8 comments

You might be surprised to hear that I agree with the people who signed a petition to close the borders and stop all migration for five years. But here's the real reason.

submitted 110 days ago • 8 comments

🏠 BUCKINGHAM PALACE PAYS LESS COUNCIL TAX THAN HOUSES IN OLDHAM 🏠 Green Leader of Bristol City Council, Tony Dyer, tells the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee about the difficult situation local councils face and how the Labour Party still refuse to help.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

Thames Water. What a shit show.

submitted 111 days ago • 7 comments