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Danny Chivers

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Freelance writer, carbon analyst and climate action flag-waver. Trying to mainly post useful and hopeful things. He/him.

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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If true, this would be a terrible start and the worst possible message to send if @andyburnham.bsky.social wants to be seen as taking a positive new direction. Parts of the UK are literally on fire right now.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Greens making a habit of taking on Reform - and winning! Robert Jenrick came to visit - as did Emily Thornberry. And their vote share both dropped. Huge congratulations to the entire Green Party team. People power wins the day once again! 💚🙌🏽
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Kent is supposed to be Reform’s “shop window” where they show off what they’re doing. Huge respect to the local people who worked hard to make this happen. I hope folks all over the country can take heart from this and get ever more active for the May elections.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 10/04/2026
Britain is now better insulated from gas price shocks than it was during the 2021–2023 energy crisis thanks to a buildout of solar and wind – which helped cut gas generation 🧵 ember-energy.org/lat...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 31/03/2026
We could've phased out fossil fuels the gradual, smart and painless way starting in the 1990s The fossil fuel industry decided we have to do it the painful, unfair and cruel way instead. because that gave them an extra few decades of super-profits
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Right now, the UK is running mostly on wind and sunshine. When the Tories and Reform argue we should scrap Net Zero, fossil fuel companies and countries are speaking.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The only way Reform UK could win a general election is through our first-past-the-post system. If we had proportional representation, the threat would evaporate. We don't have PR because Starmer has blocked it. This allows him to say: vote Labour or you get Farage. Because it's all he has left.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Energy insecurity. Higher bills. Exposure to catastrophic economic consequences of Trump's wars. That's what happens when you fail to shift fast enough to renewables, and cut back on support for clean energy. Let's cut bills & create jobs through a clean power revolution.
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The Spectator Index on X: "BREAKING: UK natural gas prices are up 72% over the past week" / X
BREAKING: UK natural gas prices are up 72% over the past week
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Some wise words from Adam here. The Greens have a real shot in this by-election but canvassers may be missing a trick if they aren’t explaining to voters how a Green victory will shake up Westminster for the better, rather than just saying “vote for us to beat Reform”. I hope they’re doing both!
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
For Greens to win in Gorton and Denton, they must rage against the political machine. Me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/for-the-gr...
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'For The Greens to Win, They Must Rage Against the Political Machine'
Green Party member Adam Ramsay argues that the Greens need to prove to voters that they are a better way to shake up Westminster than the pseudo-radicals of Reform
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
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George @georgewalton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
By 2029, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is gonna be doing backflips off multistorey car parks while railing against billionaires in iambic pentameter
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I interviewed Harjeet for @newint.bsky.social last year, about how countries of the Global North need to do more to support the South’s energy transition. Awful to see this kind of sensible policy advocacy targeted by the state. Solidarity with Harjeet and his colleagues. newint.org/energy/2025/...
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Temperature Check: A shining example
What can we learn from Pakistan’s unexpected solar surge? Danny Chivers reports.
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I am so so delighted that Cllr Ed Mundy has joined the Green Party. This takes us up to 9 councillors at Oxford City Council. Ed is a hugely experienced and principled councillor who will be a huge asset to @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social Welcome Ed!
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11/01/2026
At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood. They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
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Neil Schofield-Hughes @neilschofield.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I’ve heard from campaigners in a couple of recent council by-elections here in Cardiff that they’re finding surprising numbers of people wavering between Green and Reform. They’re obviously and rightly angry at the status quo. Time to offer them ambition and hope, not fear and despair.
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I spent a lot of time in 2025 working towards this - so happy that the money is secured and the installation work will (everything crossed) start soon! Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this effort, it’s such a well-used building and these improvements should make a real difference.
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
One of the hardest things to gain in progressive politics is attention. I think the Greens might have cracked the code…
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Alarmed to hear Rachel Reeves talking about "selling government assets we no longer have any use for" Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇 *We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
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The truth about what 14 years of CUTS looks like
YouTube video by We Own It
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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 17/11/2025
it's so good to hear a british politician on the main bbc news platforms actually saying this stuff though. like we just got used to it not happening for years
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
My latest column in NI: resistance to fossil fuels is very much alive!
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Love the Clarion.
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Looking forward to seeing more data on this, but it sounds promising!
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area

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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction

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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it

Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…

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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely 

[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over

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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat 

[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster

Minister:
I understand your concerns…

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Nurse:
Are you OK love?

Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters

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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian 

[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]

Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love

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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to

[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]

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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR

[woman looks baffled]

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woman:
I just want a bus service 

Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG 
[produces a St George's flag]

[ends]
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
British.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Nigel Farage on Russia Today.
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Excited that the Oxford Congestion Charge means that the 3/3A will now run to the station!! Amongst a whole host of other bus improvements.
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
More of this sort of thing please.
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Genuinely refreshing to hear a politician say these things.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
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Ron Fassbender @ronfassbender.com · 06/09/2025
New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship - www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/n...
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New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship
The draft “Code of Ethics” was published by the Museums Association earlier this week
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Joseph Wells @josephwells.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Yay! @zackpolanski.bsky.social new @boldpolitics.bsky.social is now on @bsky.app 🙌 Please give him a follow. Also who do you want to see next on his #BoldPolitics? I choose @graceblakeley.substack.com 🙏 Repost and tag who you'd like to see in comments 👇
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 04/09/2025
Do you want a railway that works for people not profit? 🚆 The good news is there’s lots of MPs who agree. 👍🏼 We were in parliament today with Chris Hinchliffe MP, Martin Wrigley MP and some fantastic rail experts to launch our vision for the railways bill. Check out the report below 👇🏼
Several people hold of signs endorsing public ownership of the railways.
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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Fascinating paper using the unique circumstances of Starmer's "Islands of Strangers" speech falling in the middle of BESIP fieldwork to assess its impact. Reduced Labour support + no evidence of reduced support for Reform UK. The latest of many studies suggesting that accommodation doesn't work.
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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · 03/09/2025
🚨New Research 🚨 Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE. Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters. 🧵⬇️ tinyurl.com/3m62exph
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Looking for Labour’s lost voters - The British Election Study
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
'This country needs migrants' Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 21/08/2025
📣We're calling on the government to make FULL public ownership the final destination of its rail reforms. Read the full report today 👇 vist.ly/445c2
Passengers not profit: a vision for the Railways Bill. Statement from Chris Hinchliff, Labour MP.
"I welcome the publication of this constructive document from We Own It. The Labour Government has committed to the monumental step of bringing our railways into public ownership, calling time on 30 years of privatisation that delivered poor services and sky-high prices. We Own It’s proposals align with the Government’s ambition to deliver well-resourced, affordable railways that improve connectivity and help us reach net zero by getting people out of polluting cars and onto clean, reliable trains."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/07/2025
Steve Reed told Parliament his dep't provided the figure of £100bn to buy back water. The DEFRA Under-Secretary and civil servants are on record saying the figure came from a report funded by water companies. So...who's telling the truth? Time to #ComeCleanSteve Sign our petition! vist.ly/3yyng
Photo of Steve Reed with text saying "Steve Reed Come Clean on the true cost of publicly owned water. Take Action". Behind is a screenshot of a newspaper headline saying "Public Ownership of England's water companies could cost close to zero, says think tank."
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A citizens' assembly is recommending an advocate for nature at council meetings, equitable access to green spaces, and stronger protections for waterways. The Citizens' Jury met in February to answer the question “How can we make Oxford a city where people and nature thrive together?”
A lovely water vole. Jonathan Ridley at unsplash.com
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
NO NO NO The public doesn't want any of this Thames Water has failed in private hands for 35 years TAKE IT BACK and make the shareholders and creditors pay for their mess news.sky.com/story/hong-k...
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Hong Kong giant CKI demands to rejoin auction of stricken Thames Water
CK Infrastructure, which already owns Northumbrian Water, wrote to Thames Water's chairman on Monday demanding to be allowed to rejoin the ailing utility's financial rescue process, Sky News can exclu...
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Danny Chivers @dannychivers.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
You can always rely on the Clarion for quality analysis like this. If you live in Oxfordshire and aren’t signed up to their weekly email newsletter, you’re missing out.
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Incredibly proud to have played a small role in getting these two wonderful people elected in East Oxford. @greenpartyemma.bsky.social and @emilykerr36.bsky.social will now be part of the largest ever group of Greens on Oxfordshire County Council.
A photo of Emma Garnett and Emily Kerr after being elected to Oxfordshire County Council.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
An illustration of how FPP goes from sandbag to springboard - Reform votes and seats in different councils: Oxfordshire: 18% vote, 2% seats Cambridgeshire: 23% vote, 16% seats Devon: 27% vote, 30% seats Leicestershire: 33% vote, 46% seats Derbyshire: 37% vote, 66% seats
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 02/05/2025
Lots of very high profile UK biologists sign a letter saying that biological sex isn't binary or immutable and that the Supreme Court's ruling is scientifically wrong! We really need to hammer home how the anti-trans side is anti-science (you can add your name still if you are in a relevant field)
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