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BethU

@beth-u.bsky.social
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UK. Socialist. Called lots of other things but sticks and stones. Humanitarian. All life matters. Quite opinionated but enjoy respectful debate. UK

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Working class kids should be able to dream. But more than dream, they should have a genuine chance of making those dreams a reality www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greens would offer two-year jobs to unemployed under-24s
Co-deputy leader Mothin Ali tells the party's conference many young people are "bored, desperate and lost".
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brilliant turn out. The future's #Green
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've pushed the government to end unaffordable rents every day I’ve been an MP, and before then. It's a national scandal that thousands of ordinary people are forced to limit themselves & their life chances just to keep up with sky-high rents. This would be a much-needed reset👇
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The number of children and older people living in a private rented properties has increased substantially. Nearly 25% of children, up from just 8% in 2000. For over 65s it is forecast to reach over 2 million by 2040, up from 500,000 in 2022
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm so pleased Zack made a Fair Rents Guarantee a key part of his conference speech - keeping up pressure on govt on behalf of the millions of renters who have no choice but to transfer an unsustainable and growing proportion of their income straight into the bank accounts of landlords.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 03/10/2026
There's a loophole allowing foreign billionaires to spend unlimited sums influencing UK elections 👀 goodlaw.social/fpnk
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 03/10/2026
The NHS wants their logo out of our spoof video, but we’re not going to be silenced. We won’t stop criticising their contract with Palantir. After all, it’s not our fault they went into business with a sinister company hungry for our data 👀
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Burnham won't deliver anything. Burnham Always Chickens Out #BACO
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
“I'm brown. I’m a Muslim. But I’m as English as a Yorkshire cup of tea.” Mothin Ali on belonging, diversity and building a country confident enough to live with difference.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
"We see our power, and we are using it" @greenpartyhan.bsky.social
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 02/10/2026
I like the part of Zack Polanski’s speech about moving back to your parents’ home to save money, and how months turn into years. Our first home should be affordable.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holborn and St Pancras is looking incredibly close. Thank you to everyone joining us today on the doorsteps - we know it's only by having conversations with voters that we can win this. With just five days to go - we need you!
Action day photo with Zack and Ross and a big crowd
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This Thursday is the first step on this journey. Every Green vote moves Labour.
John Curtice suggests greens could be pivotal to next UK government
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tax the fucking rich before the poor are reduced to eating the fucking rich. #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No decision from Timms on releasing secret reports on deaths, a year after speaking to DWP civil servants #DWP #Lab26 #BenefitDeaths www.disabilitynewsservice.com/no-decision-...
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No decision from Timms on releasing secret reports on deaths, a year after speaking to DWP civil servants
The social security minister has still yet to decide whether secret reviews into deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can be released to grieving relatives, a year after he a…
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC fails to explain why Question Time host repeatedly fails to debunk the lie of ‘spiralling welfare’ #BBCQT www.disabilitynewsservice.com/bbc-fails-to...
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BBC fails to explain why Question Time host repeatedly fails to debunk the lie of ‘spiralling welfare’
The BBC has failed to explain why the host of its flagship current affairs programme Question Time has repeatedly pushed the idea that social security spending must be cut, while ignoring official …
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BethU @beth-u.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're proud to be part of @costoflivingaction.bsky.social and on Tues 13 Oct we'll all be in Westminster, calling for a cost of living Budget. Anyone can attend and travel support is available, register for more details. 👉 actionnetwork.pulse.ly/zaewwocvmb
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Cost of Living Day of Action
I'm attending a @theactionnet event: Cost of Living Day of Action. RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/cost-of-living-day-of-action
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026
"It is clear that Labour needs the Greens to keep them in check everyday to push them towards the real transformation this country needs." @zackpolanski.bsky.social reacts to the Prime Minister's speech at Labour conference.
HOPE IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN, IT NEEDS TO MEAN REAL CHANGE

ZACK POLANSKI
LEADER OF THE GREEN PARTY

"Unlike his predecessor, we have a PM who talks like he gets it. But sadly like his predecessor he isn’t prepared to break from the powerful and wealthy interests that have created an inequality, affordability and a climate crisis.
 
Hope is not just a slogan, it needs to mean real change. The speech today had no wealth taxes, no rent controls, no water nationalisation and a strong hint of more North Sea drilling.
 
It is disappointing that we have a country ready to break from the last 40 years, a Labour government with the majority to do it, and yet what we see are more half measures, reannouncements and tinkering."

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/09/2026
A fairer voting system can't wait until after the next general election. We need electoral reform now.
WE NEED FAIR VOTING BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION
 
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MP FOR NORTH HEREFORDSHIRE
 
"The PM cannot acknowledge the unfairness of a system capable of handing power to a government with a minority of the vote share, and then say the answer is to let that happen exactly once more before he fixes it.
 
Burnham must act with urgency to immediately jumpstart the National Commission, guarantee timely progress, and ensure its recommendations are delivered in time for a fairer voting system to be in place at the next general election."

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR 🙅‍♂️ We and 120+ organisations and unions across Europe are calling on our governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir. Read the open letter here: www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Text reads: 120+ organisations and unions across Europe call on governments and the European Commission to SCRAP Palantir contracts. Palantir provides support to warmongers, drains our public wealth, deepens our dependence on tech billionaires. WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#burnham #uklabour #socialcare #triplelock #pensions Jeremy Corbyn:
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Millionaires and billionaires aren't paying their fair share. I'm one of them and I'm calling it out. A nurse doesn't get to decide if she pays her taxes, why do millionaires and billionaires get to decide what tax rate they're gonna pay?" PMUK's Kristina has a message for the PM #TaxTheSuperRich
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why is the Government going after pensioners? It's time to tax the rich
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another weekend trip for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social to Holborn and St Pancras to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected. 💚
Oxford Green Party activists holding 'Vote Green' and 'Vote Zack Polanski' posters with a huge crowd in Castlehaven Community Park
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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Great to see some Stroud Greens on the ground with Caroline supporting @zackpolanski.bsky.social in the by-election campaign! 💚💚💚👏👏👏
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bellhui1b.bsky.social @bellhui1b.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"They're Arresting the Holocaust Survivors" for Supporting Palestine against the Zionist Genocide and calling it a Terrorist Act? Hey, Mr Burnham wake up and smell the Irony!
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#GetGreensElected - a crucial 10 days to get out the message: #VoteGreen for Zack Polanski
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another fantastic weekend of campaigning in Holborn and St Pancras for @zackpolanski.bsky.social to get him elected and become the next MP to replace Kier Starmer. Called your friends, call your neighbours, call your enemies and tell them hope is here!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you so much to Camden Muslim Women's voice for your warmth, and for welcoming me at Calthorpe Community Garden today! If I'm elected as MP for Holborn & St Pancras, I promise to always speak with you, not for you.
Zack with a group of women in Calthorpe Community Garden
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good morning, Liverpool! 👋 Spotted our billboard yet? Join us and @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social at our Labour Conference fringe event today, 5–6pm at the Novotel Liverpool Centre. Full details in the conference app. Design by prodbyselase
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour don't need another nodding dog to vote through legislation without question. They need to be held accountable. #GreenParty #BackZack 💚💚
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is what the path to winning looks like - but only if we keep the numbers up. More people came out to volunteering that there's no way of getting a photo angle to show them all! This is a huge moment - time to get it done. 10 days left. Sign up below 👇🏽
Huge crowd smiling with vote green signsHuge crowd smiling with vote greens signs
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Funny how business CEOs who depend on £millions in government subsidies for their huge profits want the pittance of benefits for poor people to be slashed meme via James Branch
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Financial Times moans about modest trade union reforms, workers rights. Most of the EU has worker-elected directors on boards of large companies. FT silence on low wages, fire and rehire, worker insecurity, undeserved exec pay. Only unions can negotiate with powerful companies. archive.ph/lbOyk
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Britain’s union reforms are a risk to business dynamism
Labour’s expansion of workers’ rights adds to pressures on the private sector
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the UK population. The govt can do so immediately by increasing income tax-free personal allowance by £3,000. All it needs to do is to end subsidies to commercial banks.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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The Man In The Shed @themanintheshed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have 4 sisters and 2 daughters. I as a man will stand for a woman’s right to choose about anything for themselves. Heart, body and soul. Stand up for the women men.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HUUUUUGE turnout for canvassing and leafleting for Zack Polanski in Holborn & St Pancras today, very positive reception on the doorsteps too. Lots of people very disillusioned with Labour.
Loads of people with Zack Polanski.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers for spreading our great energy across Holborn & St Pancras. This election could not be closer and every single volunteer brings us closer to electing our 6th Green MP. We can win this election - but only together. Sunday sign up below!
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Richie Daiches Barlow @thedogwalker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As I reported over 24hrs ago. Not trans. Not a drag queen. Not an immigrant. 31 year old serving police officer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Durham police officer arrested on suspicion of child sex offence
The force says the 31-year-old has been suspended from his role pending an investigation.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huge thank you to everyone who told me today they've got a refund for conference or are going to vote online and join us on the streets campaigning. The energy is amazing and we can win this election. But we need your help. Join us in making history: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Everything you need to get involved! Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of Zack Polanski (The Green Party) c/o PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We're having the best time in Holborn & St Pancras! The opportunity to win and push the Government on housing costs, tackling the climate crisis and for international justice. And so much more. We can't stop now. This is it. Sign up for the final 12 days below 👇🏽
Huge crowd smiling at the camera Zack greeting a resident on her doorstepZack walking with Faiza and her absolutely cutie of a child!Zack with the Southampton Greens
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