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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Greater Manchester Mayor is a straight up battle between the Green Party Vs Reform. It's Hope Vs Hate. We've been getting ready for this one. See you tomorrow Manchester!

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote

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Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection in blow to Burnham

Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I’m with Caroline Lucas on this. I would be proud to be a member of the only party willing to put country first. You’d hope all non authoritarian parties would be willing to stop an authoritarian party like Reform win a by election and then a general election. leftfootforward.org/2026/05/caro...

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Caroline Lucas calls for Greens to not campaign against Andy Burnham in Makerfield by-election

'There are times when it’s more important to put country before party.'

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

My first garden design project speaks to my inner child! 🪴

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Throw salt on the daemon and banish him.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Heartbreaking 💔 Three factors caused by socioeconomic inequality are directly affecting mortality rates for black women in childbirth today. It’s just the saddest thing. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds

Exclusive: Cambridge research finds socioenvironmental stressors may influence body’s ability to function healthily in pregnancy

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Deforestation makes heat much more deadly to humans and ofter species: “A single large tropical tree provides as much cooling as several air conditioners running continuously. Across the billions of trees in the Amazon or Congo, this "sweating" cools entire regions.” phys.org/news/2026-03...

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Why cutting down rainforests may be driving 28,000 heat deaths a year

Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent research in Nature Climate Change shows that clearing large areas of the rainfor...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Reform is the party of negative freedom, it'll strip you of your rights and protections in the name of freedom, and its ultimately the sort of freedom that benefits the wealthy and powerful.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Reducing carbon emissions and sustainable land management will allow our nature to thrive. Yet Reform UK, and the rightwing, are determined to scrap net zero emissions and keep us on a path of sickness and mass extinction.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

In addition to the hypocrisy, this obscene display of wealth by someone who skirts paying taxes is disgusting in a country that claims not to be able to afford to feed or cure its children. "Make 1789's France Great Again."

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Miloš Bielčik @milosbielcik.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Every shortcoming of renewables, whether real or made-up, gets attributed to the technology by name. Every shortcoming that is very specific to fossil fuels is called an "energy" problem, without that attribution. Dear leaders, dear media, all we ask for is a little bit of analytical clarity.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

“The smears on X have “filtered through to local Facebook community groups, where people get a lot of their information from”.. “That’s what I genuinely find most upsetting and most worrying about what’s happened to our democracy.” Hannah Spencer, says. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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‘Wow, people were so angry at Labour!’ Green MP Hannah Spencer on politics, plumbing, smears and snobbery

The 34-year-old plumber last month secured the Green party its first byelection victory and a record fifth concurrent MP. She discusses the problem with career politicians – and being screamed at by v...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Still not sure why we're putting Daily Mail *and* journalist in the same sentence? They protect power and wealth of their owner at all costs. That's all. Media reform to stop a tiny amount of people owning the vast majority of our media urgently needed. www.thenational.scot/news/2597765...

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Zack Polanski slams Daily Mail journalist over 'antisemitism' piece

Zack Polanski has slammed a Daily Mail journalist over a story which alleged his family members 'fear' they will be forced to leave the UK if he…

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Revealed: Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double - despite cost of living crisis Coupled with Reform’s policies to import US chlorinated chicken & frack rural areas, it’s clear that Farage would be a disaster for the countryside: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Nigel Farage’s farming adviser calls for wheat prices to double

Exclusive: critics warn Reform UK use of trade policy would increase food costs amid cost-of-living crisis

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Everything you need to know about the North Sea debate, for the time being. Drilling for oil and gas will not lower energy bills, and reducing reliance on fossil fuels is mission critical. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

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Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas - Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief factchecks some of the most common claims about North Sea oil and gas.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

His true profession is full time propagandist.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Kids are more fun than in my day. If besty identified as a moon, I’d be her stars.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Oh boy. Is he revealing his final act? Like a madman, he is going to destroy America? Has the KGB planted something in this tiny brain??

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The corporate world has always seemed like a weird place, but right now it must be really weird.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Dimwitted Richard Tice, ardent supporter of the global fossil fuel industry, the U.K.s propagandist in chief in attacking net zero on false grounds. Meanwhile his own Lincolnshire constituency is flooding - and he’s avoiding angry residents. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate

Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Of course they are. Reform are ‘Con’ -servatives in their worst form. They lie to voters and will continue stripping public assets dry, while cashing in on war, pollution - and widespread misery. Reform UK is no saviour; just a con. www.ft.com/content/be4b...

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Farage’s Reform UK drops pledge to nationalise water and energy companies

Rightwing populist party is shifting back to ‘small state’ economic policies

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Hard to know which is more shocking - the dire warnings of the potential collapse of our food system in the UK or the fact that governments have tried to cover it up. Their complacency is off the scale. We urgently need to switch to growing more food domestically & to restore nature now

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Britain’s food supply ‘at risk of catastrophic failure by 2030’

A report written before the 2024 election says climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability are a danger to food security — and it has been ignored

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Reform is the party of war and pollution. Reform supporters should understand this is exactly what their financial backers and leaders stand for before voting for them.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The collapse of the global food supply is impending. The research is stacking up that warns the Britain is more vulnerable than European countries and the US - the population could starve, but the government still does nothing. George Moniot sums it up, perfectly www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Good to see our pledge to stop energy bills rising on the front page of the Financial Times - the Government must step in urgently. We badly need to align capital gains tax in line with income tax. We need to tax unearned wealth the same as we tax earned income.

Greens in £8.4bn pledge to halt rise of energy bills.

Front page of the financial times with Green Party announcement bottom left

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Here’s how we’re going to fix the economy and rebuild Britain. Starting with capping rents and rescuing water and energy from private markets - bringing resources back into democratic control. Britain cant be saved by rent-a-gob Farage, who has no real plan. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski

Exclusive: England and Wales Greens leader outlines economic policy including help to meet rising energy costs and water re-nationalisation

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Sketch of my garden redesign Feb-March 2026. The plan is translating beautifully - looking forward to sharing the result. It will be a storybook garden! 🪏🪴 📖

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Until we replace wasteful GDP with genuine measurements of social and economic prosperity, climate mitigation is unlikely to happen. “we know that basic needs could be satisfied universally using less than half of the energy and materials currently consumed globally” phys.org/news/2026-03...

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A pathway to achieve high well-being and a safe climate without relying on GDP growth

Governments' attempts to achieve climate goals are falling short, in large part because wealthy economies are continuing to pursue economic growth. As these economies ramp up production and consumptio...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one. #NoBrainer www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

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Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock – CCC - Climate Change Committee

The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the total additional cost of a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022 magnitu...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why, writes @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - Those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation are telling the exact opposite of the truth #energycrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Now it’s March and the Queen Bees are emerging from hibernation. This girl was foraging primrose in the garden. 🪴🐝

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Admittedly, there’s no good option for Starmer, but the worst thing he could have done is to compromise on the UK’s involvement in Iran. The UK needs a government with a clear strategic foreign policy that will resolve the dilemma we face, regarding our defence and security, trade and Ukraine.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

British voters should back the Green’s progressive policies, which as Polanski points out, are just common sense. Nationalising water, capping rent and taxing billionaires will result in more money for ordinary people, and more wealth and security for the nation. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I predict a Green wave in the local elections. Anyone who thinks our byelection win was an outlier is mistaken | Zack Polanski

Since the Gorton and Denton victory, I have travelled the UK and seen the energy that result unleashed. More will follow, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

“The UK is one of the least food self-sufficient countries in Europe. The Netherlands is at 80%, and Spain is at 75%.” While many other countries cultivate enough food to sustain their populations, the U.K. government has no plan to increase food security. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns

Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Britain’s foreign policy is underpinned by multilateralism, which means cooperation and coordination between countries to promote security. Starmer would do well to draw the line for Trump, and be explicit about why we don’t follow unilateral decisions into wars www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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US did not share details with the UK before attacking Iran, sources say

Donald Trump has also criticised Keir Starmer’s initial decision not to allow the US to use UK military bases in the war

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

22,000 responded to a public consultation on proposed budget cuts to the network of North Devon libraries, to reduce hours and close branches. Not only have they decided not to cut funding, but have found money to invest in improving the library service! www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/around-...

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Devon libraries budget sees surprise plot twist in new funding reversal

Devon County Council backs late budget changes restoring library book funds and creating a £1 million reserve after major public consultation response

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

So true. Scapegoating migrants is literally all Farage’s politics amounts to.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Well done Hannah Spencer and her voters, who hath saved Gorton and Denton from Matt Goodwin - and the UK from another dastardly Reform MP. We have a 5th 💚 MP - and even better, a kind-hearted and friendly woman, who showed how Reform can be beaten! 👊 ✨ 💚✨ bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

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Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory

A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Guess we’ll never truly know why so many men feared women’s suffrage, and many still fear women in power 🤔 That’s about one third!

Infographic showing vote share percentages for each major party if only women aged 18-50 could vote.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🙏 Wishing good luck to Hannah Spencer and the people of Gorton and Denton 💚 ✨

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Labour have absolutely disgraced themselves in the Gorton and Denton campaign. Granted, it’s not in their policy to stand candidates down and work in the national interest. But they ran a nasty smear campaign against the Greens - who showed decency and integrity, throughout.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Lower bills. Protect the NHS. Rebuild public services. Vote Hannah Spencer & the Green Party.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Healthy defiance against the anti-Islam far right. It should be emphasised that the power of Ramadan is firstly spiritual and communal, and meaning making, but can also be political.

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A Finnish study finds four ways citizens engage with information during a crisis. Lessons from the Covid pandemic apply to the present climate crisis, emphasise a need to adapt communication strategies and messages for different types. phys.org/news/2026-02...

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Citizens engage with information in different ways during a crisis, Finnish study finds

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major health crisis that challenged citizens' information management routines. Epistemic ideals guided how people scanned and filtered information, engaged with it and adap...

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Bianca Kemp @biancakemp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

“Moltbook, the social media network created by Schlicht, resembles the discussion platform Reddit. Designed solely for AI systems and currently hosts over 2 million artificial agents.” It’s already adulterated by humans, but topics and toxicity are being observed. techxplore.com/news/2026-02...

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AI agents have their own social network: Moltbook study tracks topics and toxicity

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, systems that learn to make predictions, generate content or tackle other tasks by analyzing large amounts of data, is becoming increasingly widespread. ...

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