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I wonder if we'll hear more about young female voters or young male voters.

submitted 13 hours ago • 25 comments

As I noted in my recent post on "Blue Labour" we here an awful lot more about young men voting Reform here than the considerably larger % of young women who voted Green.

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

New PB at the London Half Marathon with @adamhiggins.bsky.social and @tcopelandphoto.bsky.social! strava.app.link/Kfu9vxMNdRb

submitted 22 hours ago • 3 comments

Labour's approach of avoiding wealth taxes to fund public services is called EFS (exceptional financial support). EFS "goes against good accounting practice" and "loads councils with debts" - great economic thinking, Labour! A real solution? Council tax reform! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

The Greenway has been closed to people walking and cycling in east London for months, and the diversion is too dangerous. I've written to Thames Water, and everyone with a stake in the Greenway asking for a better diversion, and for better planning in future. (Link to letter in next post).

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

As Green Councillor @natehiggins.bsky.social says here, by changing the electoral system, we improve the way politicians listen to people and we include more people in decision making. “There is no monopoly on wisdom”. It’s really important we #MakeVotesMatter

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

"I'm scared about where things are going if we don't change the system." @newhamgreens.bsky.social councillor @natehiggins.bsky.social spoke to Young MVM Ambassador Amelie Abass about the dangers of a system that ignores millions of voters. 📹 Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ln...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Fascism is coming if we don’t start making people feel heard, and that starts with changing the voting system. Thank you to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak about why our voting system matters so much.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Thank you to @tldrnews.bsky.social for covering the concerning lack of cut through for @greenparty.org.uk right now We have the policies the political moment calls for, and the public agrees. But that means nothing if they don’t hear from us Required watching for all leadership candidates 👇

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Some more half marathon training, and this time managed to set a new PB for 10k! strava.app.link/r5246tLJTQb

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

submitted 13 days ago • 487 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 13 days ago • 3911 comments

How can I avoid hearing/seeing anything about Kanye West for the rest of my life plz thnx

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

submitted 15 days ago • 1489 comments

Half marathon training and my second fastest 10k ever! strava.app.link/n37U6u8mQQb

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

The absolute gall of the Tories decimating local government finance and then complaining about services (like street cleaning) being impacted.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Using a two party voting system where there are multiple parties is hugely dangerous …

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Achieved a personal best 5k time at parkrun this morning with @adamhiggins.bsky.social for the first time since being hospitalised in April, when I had been at the peak of my adult fitness. I’m overwhelmed with joy to have got back to that level. Upwards from here! 💪🏃‍♂️📈 strava.app.link/FriIB6UTOQb

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

A third party being above 20% is nothing new. No parties being above 30% is what is new. The media needs to stop treating Reform’s polling as some unprecedented achievement and talk about political fragmentation and the danger of using a 2-party voting system in this context.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

It takes a special kind of recklessness for Labour to increase council tax by a whopping 10% while gutting council tax discounts for our most vulnerable residents. @newhamgreens.bsky.social believe these are the very last residents we should be asking to pay more and will oppose this cruel budget.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

How about less billionaires? And instead more schools, hospitals and council houses? @greenparty.org.uk will always stand with the 99%. 👇🏼

submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

Thank you to @joehudsonsmall.bsky.social, Katie, @garypendlebury.bsky.social and Ren for joining me for my @newhamgreens.bsky.social councillor litter pick in Stratford Olympic Park today! Very chilly but lots of rubbish picked up. Great way to give back to our community.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you to @joehudsonsmall.bsky.social, Katie, @garypendlebury.bsky.social and Ren for joining me for my @newhamgreens.bsky.social councillor litter pick in Stratford Olympic Park today! Very chilly but lots of rubbish picked up. Great way to give back to our community.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Just listened back to @sianberry.bsky.social on Nicky Campbell on BBC 5Live from yesterday. Thank GOD for an MP who recognises that the UK needs people to protect our welfare state with an ageing population. Whoever that Labour MP on with you was was a total disaster🤦‍♀️

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

No. And anyone who says it can is lying to you. Climate Emergency. There's a clue in the last word. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 26 days ago • 29 comments

We’re on Bluesky! Want to know who we are and what we’ve been doing? Watch the video below ⤵️ youtu.be/H7YFHa3oeb0

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Transport for London (TfL) is exploring whether Railcards can be linked to passengers’ contactless bank cards or phones, enabling them to enjoy discounts on their Tube travel: www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you @carolinerussell.bsky.social - young people should not have to pay more just to use modern payment methods to get around!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks to @natehiggins.bsky.social for alerting me to ask a question of the Mayor about linking railcard discounts to contactless payments for TfL services. Helpful answer from the Mayor that should see using public transport become even more convenient, accessible and affordable for all Londoners.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

What an INCREDIBLE Newham Greens winter social today! ❄️ We could hardly believe the turnout. So many Newham residents excited to hear about how they can get involved in our work. And yummy food! We have big plans for next year's elections. Get in touch to get involved!

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

First sub 23 minute 5k of the year, at parkrun with @adamhiggins.bsky.social strava.app.link/etfcSdFvrQb

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

If node can ship TypeScript support, there’s no good reason we can’t get it in the browser too.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

the police have called in two democratically elected septuagenerian politicians who both happened to have contradicted the mets version of events yesterday… feds are drunk on power + clearly must be stopped. this is an outrageous attack on democratic rights and freedoms www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

Morning 10k 💚 strava.app.link/q3TS1H0xhQb

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Decided this is the ditch I am dying in. We already had a word for "handing some budgetary and executive powers from central to local government" and that was "decentralisation"; if it doesn't have significant legislative competency it's not "devolution", it's sparkling local government.

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

parkrun was fun today! first sub 24 minute run since november! strava.app.link/prKkrk7SfQb

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments