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Craig Horrocks

@chcookley.bsky.social
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Green party member and enthusiast Believer that communities do it best Communication is the way to make a better world - not conflict

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George @georgewalton.bsky.social · 14h
Overall, very conflicted feelings about conference. On one hand, so many incredible conversations about food resilience and radical change in our food system with people from all parts of the party. A clear opportunity for us to set the agenda in an area completely neglected by other parties.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The "Zionism is racism" motion, to be debated at the Green Party conference tomorrow, will not advance the Palestinian cause one inch. But, if adopted, it would marginalise and discredit the party. There are powerful ways to confront the genocide. Toxic gesture politics isn't one of them.
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us for the premiere of the Green Party's Autumn Political Broadcast 👇 youtu.be/9Q1h2OsWpWc
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Green Party Political Broadcast | Protecting Our Children’s Future
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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David En-Griffiths @homodavien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'll never be convinced a government is taking the country's issues seriously unless they announce truly massive increases to local authority budgets alongside whatever other improvements they suggest.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Greens lead, others follow. It just takes the others far too long: yes, looking at you @uklabour.bsky.social #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Green party leader pledges free social care for over-65s
Natalie Bennett revives her standing in party after disastrous LBC interview with well-received speech
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"When faced with skyrocketing pesticide and nitrate levels in its drinking water supply, the city of Munich, Germany bypassed expensive chemical treatment plans and chose a radical path: they tackled the contamination at its very root." via Thefarmacyreal www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
".. a morally bankrupt leader who stands under an arrest warrant for war crimes.. his fabrications are desperate, hollow attempts to conceal Israels genocide in Gaza.. no propaganda can erase the truth" Yesterday Turkiye exercised its right of reply after Netanyahus speech
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 19/09/2026
We're behind you all the way @robinlayfield.bsky.social! Robin 4 Rodborough!
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026
“A real test of this government will be torule out new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The reason they have decided not to announce that before the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras is incredibly telling.” Caroline Lucas on the government’s refusal to rule out new oil and gas on #BBCQT.
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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 16/09/2026
Going to the Green Party Conference in Brighton but haven't a stitch to wear? Local artist Val Saunders has got you sorted! Choose between Make Hope Normal Again, Greens are Good for You, or the ever popular Green Menace slogan. 💚👕
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Holborn & St Pancras, you have a choice. Vote Green to keep Labour in check.
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diaminedave.bsky.social @diaminedave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Best of luck to you all Stroud grower takes over Global Organics market site | Stroud News and Journal www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/2655032...
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Stroud Shambles welcomes new fruit and vegetable trader
A SHEEPSCOMBE-based growers’ co-op is taking over Global Organics’ long-standing stall at Stroud’s Shambles outdoor market this Friday
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was honoured to meet Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and leading human rights activist at #TUC2026. The labour movement has played a key role in moving the UK's position but we have much more to do to end UK complicity in genocide and Apartheid.
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TUC says: Migrant rights are workers' rights
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Government should absolutely introduce a wealth tax and increase taxation of the banking sector. Working people cannot take any more pressure on their purse. Time for the wealthiest pay for the investment our communities need.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s hilarious to me that people continue to purchase this nonsense! 😂
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Neoliberals have neutered direct state investment in infrastructure. Everything is privatised, state guarantees profits. UK languishes at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets. China invests over 41% of its GDP in productive assets, India 34.3%, UK 17.9%.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I quite like the Belgian approach to capping political donations
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is what people powered politics looks like. It’s a tough challenge, to win in the former Prime Minister’s seat. But this is how we win. With hundreds coming out to campaign for @zackpolanski.bsky.social every day from now until polling day.
Zack Polanski stood today in front of hundreds of supporters.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First big weekend starts today! The Daily Mail being completely normal about the pressure Greens are putting on Labour. Vote Green on October 8th 💚
Burnham bows to the green menace
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Huge win! Now it’s time for a maximum workplace temperature. Green MP @greenpartyhan.bsky.social has brought a bill to Parliament to protect workers from dangerous temperatures and push the Government to act after a summer of record breaking extreme heat.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Chucked the RNLI a small donation today. I hope they're getting a good surge of much-needed support right now.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ed Miliband’s statement on Israel is only a first step. We need to go further: a full ban on goods, services & investment. Labour is still shamefully refusing to recognise the Gaza genocide. We must have a full arms embargo, full sanctions & an end to military collaboration.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jeez! EVERY Green MP has been banned from Israel.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The backdrop to the horrific scenes in Dover and Portsmouth is Reform encouraging fear and division and the Home Office helping with hostile policies. So now we have massed fascists dressed in black on our streets. The Govt must name hard right fascism and then stand up to it.
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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Green Party Leader of Stroud District Council, Cllr Chloe Turner has said the unexpected halting of Local Government Reorganisation has created an "absolute shambles". stroud.greenparty.org.uk/news/2026/09...
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'An absolute shambles': Stroud Greens react to government decision to pause LGR
After today’s news that Local Government Reorganisation is being paused and reviewed by the government - including proposals affecting Gloucestershire – the Green leader of Stroud District Council has...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Andy Burnham promised to cap political donations. Now he’s in Downing Street, he’s backtracked. Politics should work for ordinary people, not billionaires and corporate lobbyists. Read Rachel Millward’s full article below 👇
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An RNLI lifeboat guy here, and as I’ve been saying for many years now: why is it that the public have been subjected to hate campaigns against hated enemies including rescue services, Stonewall, Amnesty International, the left of the Labour Party, the National Trust, the Proms and Match of the Day?
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Let me tell you about the Overton window:
A white, middle-aged, middle-class, clergyman in the Church of England, who volunteers with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a radical leftist seeking to bring down Western society.
That is how far it has shifted.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Under the UK’s non-proportional voting system, the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt would today have a huge, dominating majority of representatives - on a minority of the vote - with the power to be as awful as they wanted.
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👻 🎃 🦇 Bela Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fascists: behave fascistly. The Guardian: why would the anarchist left do this?
The apparent modus operandi of Patriot Platform – generating coordinated flashmobs and maintaining discipline in dress and conduct – appears to borrow heavily from the anarchist left as well as from groups such as Extinction Rebellion.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Following the Chancellor’s debut speech, Dr Ellie Chowns MP reiterated how economic prosperity must benefit all.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The wisdom of crowds: "When describing the economy as broken, most put its condition down to poor political priorities" As Green Party has long been saying: it is DESIGNED so a few profit and the rest of us pay www.newstatesman.com/politics/bur...
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Andy Burnham can't explain the economy
Forget "broken" – the economy is "on its arse"
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/09/2026
Migrants and refugees should be welcomed and treated with dignity and respect, not met with balaclavas.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#BrokenPolitics Westminster tries to dictate new _local_ government arrangements. Local councils forced to put in huge amounts of scarce resources to prepare. Westminster has made one more mess in local communities www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Plans for major overhaul of councils halted
Proposals to merge smaller councils to form larger authorities have been paused or withdrawn in a number of areas.
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now installing #Jimothy on my laptop in preparation for my No Tech For Apartheid session at the Global Awareness Day in Stroud tomorrow (11 — 4, Lansdown). Come along and find out more I'll also be demoing LibreOffice, Mapy, Libro.fm, Bookshop.org, GrapheneOS on my phone and the entire Proton suite
The cover image for the latest release of Ubuntu Linux - 26.06 Resolute Raccoon - features a picture of an especially determined looking raccoon superimposed over the Ubuntu logo - a stylised depiction of three people locking arms in a circle (well that's how I see it anyway). The image is colour graded with an orange / rust tint and has the text Ubuntu 26.04 LTS [Long Term Support] RESOLUTE RACCOON
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/09/2026
The Government is letting data centre developers bypass local scrutiny... BUT they don't even know what the data centres are being used for 🤯 It's time to put the brakes on. It's time for a national data centre strategy.
UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows

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Leader of the Green Party:
“The government plans to steamroller over local opposition so private companies can build these facilities – yet they can’t even explain what the benefits are and who is benefiting.”

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party London SE1P 6YL
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Greens for Iranian Human Rights @greensforiranianhr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Iranians do not owe us a choice between their killers" @newpolitics.bsky.social #MinaFakhravar #iran #irannews #iranwar #middleeast #antiimperialism newpol.org/anti-imperia...
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Anti-Imperialism Without Iranians - New Politics
Iranians do not owe anyone a choice between their killers. Neither do Palestinians, Syrians, Kurds, Afghans, or Ukrainians.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen
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Craig Horrocks @chcookley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/excl...
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Exclusive: Green Party leader Zack Polanski tells CNJ he WILL go for Holborn and St Pancras
Green leader lays out hopes for by-election
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Net migration is at its lowest level, outside of the pandemic, for fourteen years, small boat numbers are collapsing and yet you still can't move for 'migrant crisis' stories in the British media
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Rorza8472 @rorza8472.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
he can shove his private insurance up his arse.
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Labour have been in power for over two years and done, excuse the language, fuck all. When I originally created the meme below I was told to be patient. Blair did the same crap. Worse than no change though: "Labour" have made many of these things worse.
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Even with a wealth tax, millionaires like us will still be richer at the end of the year than we were at the start. PMUK's @stephenstroud.bsky.social explains why a 2% tax on wealth over £10m is fair, common sense and needed. Watch the full report on inequality via @deutschewelle.dw.com on YouTube
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As Burnham lets us all down by dropping calls for a cap on Big Money political donations, a reminder, the UK hit a new low on the Global Corruption Index last year. It's clear, extreme wealth inequality is a threat to democracy & decency...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You can get your copy from Routledge, or your local indy bookshop www.routledge.com/Green-Thinki...
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Green Thinking: Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics
Green Thinking is about unlearning, discarding damaging, outdated ideas deeply rooted in our societies. It seeks to “compost” the views of dead white men (René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, No...
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is fascinating data! Suggests that there is much more of a right wing bubble than a left wing bubble. Or left wing people are more aware they're in bubbles and over correct? Anyway - I will be returning to this often. Tldr: Reform voters are more out of touch than Green voters.
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