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Air pollution affects everyone - but it hits poor and marginalised communities hardest

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“There is a camp for pulling it [disability benefit cuts], a camp for concession & a small but insane camp for ploughing on,” one source said, suggesting Reeves was in the latter camp. Starmer's cabinet - collective responsibility or collective insanity? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Interesting analogy "Dr J Gergis, one of the lead authors on the latest IPCC report, prefers to represent climate change as a cancer –a disease that takes hold and grows and metastasises until the day when it is no longer curable and becomes terminal.You could also think of that as a tipping point"

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"The idea that our little spaceship, our planet, is under the risk of essentially crashing & we’re still continuing business as usual is mindblowing." More nuclear weapons will do nothing to protect us from the biggest security risk we face. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Passionate words from @elliechowns.bsky.social on why the Green Party has never been closer to breakthrough.. and why we've never been more needed. Oh, and why she and @adrianramsay.bsky.social would make brilliant co-leaders to get us there 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Thanks Chloe for your support and thank you for all your amazing leadership in Stroud. #TogetherWeWin

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The increasing normalisation of nuclear weapons is deeply dangerous & sends message to all other countries that security depends on acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Oh & the bombs are owned & use controlled by US alone. What could possibly go wrong?

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Cohesion & connection aren’t just social concerns - they shape who we are, how we live, who we trust and how we thrive together. That’s why I’ve joined the Independent Commission on #CommunityandCohesion - to explore what’s pulling us apart & how we begin to rebuild

submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

"London Labour councillors defect to Greens as support for Starmer's party slumps in capital" www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

Green MPs will do everything they can to stop #DisabilityBenefits cuts. Will Labour MPs?

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

UK fighter jets carrying Donald Trump’s nuclear bombs—is this anyone’s vision of security? We should be leading efforts to reduce and eliminate nuclear arsenals, not investing further in these horrific weapons to satisfy the loose cannon Trump administration.

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

It's amazing to see so many people turning to the Green Party as their political home. Please join us if you want real hope and real change!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I'll be saying the same as @sianberry.bsky.social when this Bill comes to the Lords. Please sign and repost.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

I have written to Brighton and Hove City Council asking that Marilyn Manson's show at the council-owned Brighton Centre be cancelled. Brian Warner has faced serious allegations of sexual assault, grooming and domestic violence. Providing him a platform contradicts our city's well-renowned values.

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They said we’d never win a second seat. We proved them wrong — and then won four. 🌱 I’m proud of every Green councillor and campaigner who made that possible. Now let’s go further. Let’s win far more — together. Join us: www.ellie-adrian-2025.org #TogetherWeWin

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Peers to debate billions in subsidies burned on Drax Why is the government feeding hundreds of millions of pounds to Drax, instead of axing it? By Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

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If you met someone in the pub who talked like this you'd assume they were either very, very drunk or had forgotten to take their meds.

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📊 Multiple polls have shown that we are on course to elect our first Member of the Senedd in Cardiff next year. 🤝 But we can't do it without you! Sign up now for our big action day in Cardiff on 28 June ⤵️ actionnetwork.org/events/big-a...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

This morning, the Foreign Secretary was repeatedly asked if he considered the U.S. bombing of Iran to be legal. His refusal to answer this & whether Britain would get involved in any capacity is deeply worrying. youtube.com/shorts/_SRbF...

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Wow.

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Thank you. Perhaps you would think about joining? Members make our policies join.greenparty.org.uk

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I'm deeply concerned by reports that the Home Secretary plans to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. This is a shocking overreaction to a couple of protestors using paint. 1/2

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Nigel Farage wants to allow ultra-rich non-doms to pay a one-off £250k every 10 years rather than being taxed properly. Let's be clear: this is chickenfeed for the super-rich - and a massive tax break for the elite who fund his party.

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The Russians, who have been murdering Ukrainian civilians and bombing cities for three years, are suddenly very worried about "gross violation of international law" and "global and regional security" www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/22/r...

submitted 3 days ago • 214 comments

Thousands march through New York City’s Times Square protesting the bombing of Iran.

submitted 3 days ago • 418 comments

We have a leadership election coming up in the @greenparty.org.uk It’s a strong field, but for me the future of our party clearly sits best in the hands of @elliechowns.bsky.social & @adrianramsay.bsky.social, who have shown how to win & use power to secure positive change #TogetherWeWin

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Trump’s attacks on Iran are another hugely dangerous escalation. Unjustified, illegal, provocative; they make the world less safe, not more. The UK must condemn these attacks and make clear it will provide no support.

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

They were at the negotiating table until bombs started dropping

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

Keir Starmer backs Trump's illegal war on Iran, ingratiating himself with a psychopathic US president. He's learned absolutely nothing from the unmitigated catastrophe of the Iraq War. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

The United States should not wage war against Iran. Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war. This is a horrific war of choice.

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I utterly condemn the reckless attack on Iran by the United States that can only lead to further dangerous conflict in an already volatile region. There is no international legal basis for this unilateral action that poses a serious threat to international peace and security.

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Beware: weaponised nostalgia is the new face of climate denial. Not: 'The science is fake', but: 'We had it bad in my day too - remember '76?'. It reassures, distracts – and delays the action we urgently need. The Bear is on the case ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk

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If you read down this Mail article long enough, you get to this grudging admission: "76% of pupils at Kobi Nazrul are meeting 'expected standards' in reading, writing and maths. That compares with a local average of 71 per cent and an average of 61 per cent in England." . archive.ph/wip/lmv8G

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Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators

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I'm supporting Adrian and Ellie to be Green Party Leaders because this is a key moment for our party. We must move into the space left by Labour and Conservative vote collapse - or Nigel Farage will! 👇 #TogetherWeWin @elliechowns.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

They. Are. Sanctuaries.

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

Have written up some of my thoughts about the increasingly sinister use of 'non-UK born' and 'white British' in the British press. The obsession with 'white British' citizens over other British citizens harms all of us and needs to be called out. benansell.substack.com/p/who-counts

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I wrote last year about how my Dutch friend Simon opted for an assisted death in the final stages of cancer. I'm very glad MPs have not blocked the Assisted Dying Bill, which allows this same possibility for people in the UK. bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/a...

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I welcome the govt’s expansion of the Warm Home Discount. But we can’t stop there; we need far more investment in upgrading homes to ensure they are well insulated, cheap to heat, and truly future-proofed, and a commitment to zero-carbon housing in the Future Homes Standard. #HomesFitForTheFuture

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I’m on a mission to restore NHS dentistry. Everyone should have access to a dentist, yet kids across the country have rotten teeth & people are in pain because they can’t get the treatment they need. The Govt must ensure that dentistry receives its fair share of funding. youtube.com/shorts/VP0iU...

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Delighted @sianberry.bsky.social is picking up this vital bill - I did all I could to pilot it through the Commons when I was MP, building on the excellent work of @greenjennyjones.bsky.social in the Lords. Clean air is a human right @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social and

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

With Kim Leadbeater’s leadership we have made history on dignity and choice for dying people. I am proud to be in a Parliament where we take these decisions with such care. An honour too to be one of the original sponsors of this Bill. More from Green MPs: greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/20/g...

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

- @greenjennyjones.bsky.social's Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill passed the House of Lords with strong cross-party support. Really hope it will be widely supported by MPs when @sianberry.bsky.social introduces it to the Commons next month. Everyone should have the right to breathe clean air!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

This covers pretty much everything the Telegraph publishes on immigration..

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

I have just asked Angela Rayner to commit to Free Vote before any further UK military support to Israel. There is strong consensus across the House to prioritise de-escalation & diplomacy in the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments