childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Relaxing Chinese poetry as I continue to distract from the post election malaise. 141
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 17/05/2026200 pages in on the next book and absolutely loving it. Mother Mary Comes to me by Arundhati Roy. Part autobiographical, part therapy for the author I feel, it's a run through her life and the non standard relationships with family and friends. Would absolutely recommend 100% 010
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Been decent weather for the peonies this year. 051
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Wes Streeting is the new Chuka Umunna. 021
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Now the Senedd elections are over, it's back to normality and books. Would definitely recommend. I'm 3 chapters in on the first of 8 short stories. 040
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I'm hearing Tony Blair's son has a financial interest in the digital ID card company they have lined up. Can anyone confirm? 150
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 27/09/2025They can't force digital ID if we all refuse. It will lead to a catastrophic data breach with all our most personal data in the hands of far right oligarchs at Oracle or Palantir. 032
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 27/09/2025From Russia with love. Gill took Russian bribes. 030
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Absolutely honoured to be top list candidate for the Senedd elections. In these dangerous times, I hope Greens can be a light in the darkness. It's time to Bring Back Hope. 040
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/09/2025Politics doesn’t have to stay broken. Inequality doesn’t have to win. We’ve got something better to offer — but we need you with us. Join the Green Party today at join.greenparty.org.uk 622893
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialCllr Benali Hamdache @greenbenali.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Keir Starmer has just announced a £1.5bn deal with Palantir. The immoral defense company linked to Peter Thiel Palantir is linked to mass deportations, surveillance and the genocide in Gaza There's always money for bombs and billionaires, but not for children and public services 12257131
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Yet more compelling evidence to support @greenparty.org.uk policy that public services should be in public hands 👇 4444193
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 16/09/2025I welcome the UN report today which has confirmed what we all know, that Israel is committing genocide. This Labour government is complicit and should have arrested Herzog this week. Instead we run spy flights helping war criminals target children. Labour, Reform and the Tories all support murder. 051
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn loss. Damage from heat, drought, flooding, crop failures will accelerate. Climate change is global. No country can escape. Trump/Farage deny the obvious and dance to the tunes of fossil fuel companies.theguardian.comEurope’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis findsGreatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria 6281127
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Convicted foreign rapists should not be allowed into this country. It's not controversial. So why are Farage, Starmer and Badenoch sucking up to this convicted foreign rapist this week? Reform is the establishment, and the establishment is crooked 11711
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2025A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comThousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farmsExclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent 331003538
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Keir Starmer called me and the Green Party "Plastic Progressives." My response: 48684214
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Absolutely. As someone who works in a university I can confirm that petty xenophobia is killing the sector and the local economies of university towns 17916
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialAnthony Slaughter @anthonyslaughter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Welsh Government falling woefully behind on vital nature protection targets. Another addition to the litany of Labour failures and a betrayal of future generations. Wales deserves better. 02211
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2025"The Government has repeatedly said 'if nothing changes, we will take further action'. But they haven't." @elliechowns.bsky.social on the Green Party's call to arrest the Israeli president and the urgent action the Labour Government must take to stop the genocide in Gaza 08133
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Mandleson and Trump linked to Epstein. And their mates in London - Starmer and Farage hardly distancing themselves... youtu.be/lsEHJTsjMtc?...youtu.beMandelson’s Epstein link could end Starmer (with Zack Polanski)YouTube video by PoliticsJOE 1215059
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Mr Polanski, who is Jewish, said: "Welcoming a potential war criminal to the UK is another demonstration of how this Labour government is implicated in the ongoing genocide in Gaza." news.sky.com/story/israel...news.sky.comGreen Party leader Polanski calls for Israeli president's arrest during UK visit over 'ongoing genocide'Israel has strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide, but is being challenged on the issue in a case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. 318340
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/07/2025Here's what we think the Prime Minister should be discussing with Donald Trump this afternoon. How many will he manage? 59643
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 30/07/2025God, the number of people who were willing to believe that the South Yorkshire police were too woke to prosecute sexual abuse cases, when in fact the police force was itself an instrument of patriarchal sexual violence. It’s like a case study in the worst excesses of the British press.theguardian.comFive survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officersThree former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time 7034241151
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 30/07/2025It was never political correctness, it was rapist police officers 000
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Awdah Hathleen, a Palestinian who was part of the crew on the Oscar winning film No Other Land was murdered in the occupied West Bank yesterday by an Israeli settler Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed across the occupied West Bank since Oct2023 by Israeli forces & settlers 14034
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 29/07/2025How come I have to age verify for Bluesky but I'm ok to carry on with Facebook which has racist and violent content that I can't block because it keeps coming back. 020
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialLilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Apparently the UK adult verification thing has basically banned blind people from half of the internet because they can't use the verification system 🫣 4628581026
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Starmer lacks any form of humanity. He has the same feelings for the disabled and pensioners. All collateral damage. 030
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/07/2025A “worst-case scenario” famine is unfolding in Gaza according to experts. The World Food Programme says Gaza needs to be flooded with 'large-scale food aid' to “prevent mass starvation”. Now is the time for the UK government, and others, to ACT. There is no more time to waste. 38742
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/07/2025A group of leading economists is urging Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves to introduce a wealth tax to tackle extreme inequality. The Green Party has consistently called for a fairer tax system. Time for Labour to make some different political choices and tax the super-rich fairly. 8313115
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 29/07/2025There are no words left for what the Israeli government and IDF are doing to Gazans. And yet we must still keep finding the words to say it loudly: they are actively committing genocide and the our governments are letting them. @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 114976
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Can someone tell Rachel Reeves? 010
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 06/05/2025Israel are planning to 'move' the population of Gaza as part of a new plan to "capture" the territory. It's clear for everyone to see. This is ethnic cleansing. 10393182
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialBerin @greenpartyberin.bsky.social · 23/04/2025💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 0168
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I looked into the bag and the abyss stared back. 010
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Hmm. Now might be a good time for the UK to strengthen relationships with our European neighbours 👀 By rejoining the Customs Union, the government could begin to overcome the obstacles that small businesses have faced in trading with our closest neighbours since Brexit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK expects to be affected by Trump tariffs, No 10 saysDowning Street does not rule out retaliating if new tariffs are imposed on Wednesday. 1437593
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialYanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025A 17-yr-old hostage dies in an Israeli prison. Time for all hostages to be released: Palestinian and Israeli. Time to end the Occupation. Time for Peace with Justice for All www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comPalestinian teenager dies in Israeli detention in West BankWalid Ahmad’s family says his health had deteriorated and officials say he collapsed in unclear circumstances 213357
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/04/20251. I've come to detest the defeatist claim, attributed to various authors, that “it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism”. Of course you can't imagine the end of capitalism if you don’t know what it is! But as soon as you clearly define it, you can see how it ends. 🧵 32579120
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 01/04/2025URGENT - there are growing concerns that the NHS will be included in trade talks with Trump 🚨 EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeirbit.lyUrgent Action Needed: Tell Keir Starmer to Keep the NHS Out of US Trade Deals 17242194
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialGreen Party Migration Policy Group @gpmigration.bsky.social · 30/03/2025At no point should a government be reviewing your right to a family life. We believe families have a right to be together. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comYvette Cooper reviews right to family life for people who enter UK irregularlyGovernment reviews use of human rights law to argue for people being allowed to stay, which PM called a ‘loophole’ 2146
childofnovelty.bsky.social @childofnovelty.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Great day yesterday with @yes.cymru Abertawe on the panel discussing all things indy, as well as how to re-engage people with politics. Great panel, great chair, excellent organisation of the event and a tremendous crowd with really incisive questions, feedback and ideas. 010
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialNationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/03/2025Cutting social security is unjust, short-sighted and harmful, it deepens inequality, harms the most vulnerable in society, and stores up challenges and problems for future generations ✍️Sarah Rees, Oxfam Cymru buff.ly/C5icoZR 1106
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Fifteen years of austerity have devastated this country - but now Rachel Reeves is planning more cuts, plunging 50,000 children into poverty in the process. An indefensible choice. My piece for @metro.co.uk on the #SpringStatement. Link below! 18484175
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Labour feel like there's no real threat to them on the left so they're pushing 50,000 children into poverty. They are threatened by Reform & things are going to get much worse. None of this is inevitable though. We can stop it. We need to grow. Quickly. Join.greenparty.org.ukjoin.greenparty.org.ukJoin the Green PartyJoin the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis. 13307138
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Let this sink in - Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are choosing to push 50,000 children into poverty - but won't ask multi-millionaires and billionaires to pay a little bit more tax. Absolutely sickening. 29556231
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialTom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Wealth tax on multi-millionaires & billionaires? Or drive hundreds of thousands more people into poverty? This, for Rachel Reeves & Labour, is a "hard choice". Not for @TheGreenParty. Join us here: join.greenparty.org.ukjoin.greenparty.org.ukJoin the Green PartyJoin the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis. 0208
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This government says they're cutting benefits to encourage people to work. But the DWP & OBR between them haven't yet been able to forecast any impact on employment outcomes. They're causing huge hardship without any analysis of whether it will even help meet their goals. 33917
Reposted by @childofnovelty.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/03/2025A national economy does not work like a household credit card. In fact: the more the government is in "debt", that's the more money we have potentially flowing around our economy & improving our living standards. A self imposed rule to "balance the books" is dangerous nonsense. 811241