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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

BREAKING Arrests happening today in Stroud as @labouruk.bsky.social refusal to de-proscribe Palestine Action appears to spark a wave of autonomous actions across the country. 40 people were arrested in Leicester on Thursday, most were not breaking any law. Join us: www.wedonotcomply.org

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

Gloucestershire Constabulary rated "inadequate" in the new PEEL report. Under-resourced, overstretched, and failing victims. My response as a Police and Crime Panel member: 🔗 wotton.stroud.social/uncomfortabl... #Gloucestershire #Policing #GlosPol

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Uncomfortable Reading: the PEEL Inspection of Gloucestershire Constabulary

The HMICFRS PEEL 2025-27 inspection report into Gloucestershire Constabulary landed recently, and frankly it makes for grim reading. I ...

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

Given the volume of correspondence I'm receiving as a councillor regarding the 'Zionism is Racism' motion, I feel it's only right to set out clearly where I'm at: stroud.social/notice/BB9rj... #gaza #GreenParty #palestine #israel #ZionismIsRacism #ukpol

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2026

“What I've seen over the last few weeks are people who are excited about our plans. We are going to build and grow.” Zack Polanski reflects on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election as we more than tripled our vote share in the constituency from the last general election.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/10/2026

Following the vote on the anti-Zionist policy at Green Party Conference, the 5 Green MPs, the Leader and Co-Deputy Leaders have issued a joint statement

A green background with white text that reads: Joint Statement As Greens, we will always uphold universal human rights. We will never tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment. We will continue to stand in opposition to genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and the illegal occupation. We will continue to call out the heinous crimes of the Netanyahu government. And we will continue to work to ensure that the Green Party is an anti-racist party in every way. We know there is no conflict between supporting the rights of Palestinians and the rights of Jewish people. Signed by: Zack Polanski, Rachel Milward, Mothin Ali, Sian Berry MP, Ellie Chowns MP, Carla Denyer MP, Adrian Ramsay MP, Hannah Spencer MP

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has defended UK sanctions on companies involved with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. So when will he act on companies in the revised United Nations Human Rights Council database? stroud.social/notice/BAzI2...

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has defended UK sanctions on companies involved with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. So when will he act on companies in the revised United ...

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

This got me thinking why, back in 2021, Boris Johnson Govt's legislated to expand tax relief to include data and cloud costs over here in the UK and what safeguards were put in place? Nothing to see her, I'm sure. 👀 Move along. #UsBigTech #meta #ai #ukpol #DataCentres

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

New SDC Councillors' Report for October. Changes on how planning applications are decided locally. NPPF changes to 'edge-of-village development' guidance. Police & Crime Panel update. wotton.stroud.social #stroud #ukpol #GreenParty

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen - Green Party

Community information for Wotton-under-Edge Ward Cllr Kitchen

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

📢 My new blog is live! Sharing useful info about Wotton ward, Stroud District Council, and the Gloucestershire Police & Crime Panel. 👉 wotton.stroud.social #Stroud #Gloucestershire #ukpol #GreenParty #WottonUnderEdge #BackZack

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen - Green Party

Community information for Wotton-under-Edge Ward Cllr Kitchen

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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So it's GREEN for GO on the by-election campaign as I begin the long slog to win a place back on the District Council serving the community that I love. I have represented Rodborough on the District Council before and I am proud of my record in service to the Ward in that time.

Campaign leaflet featuring a picture of a man wearing glasses and a brown corduroy baseball cap. He has a grey beard, is wearing a blue jacket and is holding a green Green Party Rosette.

Overlaid on green on the right hand side of the image is the message: "VOTE ROBIN FOR RODBOROUGH Robin is ready to serve YOU on Stroud District Council. Vote for a community leader who puts people before politics.

ROBIN LAYFIELD - Tuesday October 13

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Promoted by Rob Brookes on behalf of Stroud District Green Party and Robin Layfield, both c/o Shiraz, Lower Street, Whiteshill, Stroud GL6 6AR

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

"Let us call bullshit on how the Green movement is currently treating artificial intelligence." thegreenangle.substack.com/p/ai-the-mes...

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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 15/09/2026

Great to see our candidate featured in the Stroud News & Journal. 💚💚💚 www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/2654759...

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Former Stroud councillor bids to return in Rodborough by-election

A BY-ELECTION has been called in Rodborough

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown #ai #anthropic #guardian

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

Didn't Andy Burnham recently backtrack on his pledge to cap donations at £500k?

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

Gloucestershire Police & Crime Panel After some gentle persuasion, I'm back representing Stroud District Council on the Gloucestershire Police & Crime Panel. It can be a tad stressful at times, but I believe the work is necessary for our wonderfully diverse community. listed.to/@eco_g/76890...

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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's amazing to be named as a candidate in a by-election at exactly the same time that our party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social is named as a candidate in a by-election! We're both standing to deliver for people and community and it would be great to see hear Zack's voice in Parliament. 🌈✊🏼

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

Mess? In Gloucestershire we have LGR along with joining a combined authority, probable police force merger, PCC abolition, fire governance separation and NHS restructuring all pretty much happening simultaneously!

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

The far-right mobilisation was reportedly driven by a livestream, but the speed and scale of the protest raises the question: Did activists have advance notice of the arrival and who, if anyone, tipped them off? Worth scrutiny, I think. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #immigration #HomeOffice

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Hundreds of far-right protesters descend on Portsmouth after small boat arrival

Influencer livestreams event calling for men to travel to port to block coaches carrying asylum seekers from leaving

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I knew today was going to be big. I didn’t know we’d have so many volunteers that we’d leaflet the ENTIRE constituency in just two hours (!!) - 80,000 leaflets. And we got to speak to so many people on their doorsteps. This is how we win this campaign. Thank you, everyone. 🙏🏽

Huge crowd on Primrose Hill with Vote Green signs

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026

Interesting article 👀 from a GB News interview with Martin Abrams, the Green leader of Lambeth Council, backing the call to publish crime data by offenders' nationality. stroud.social/notice/B9xai...

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

It’s being reported in MSM that Andy Burnham is making announcments, as prime minister, via X. His Bluesky account seems to have been abandoned 3 months ago. I really do not want to subcribe to X to hear things like this and X discontinued following via an RSS feed long ago.

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

I guess Atmosphere defaults to PUBLIC. So your posts, follows, likes & social graph are easily scrapable by data brokers & governments. Can you have a robust Bluesky private account yet? Decentralized ≠ private. Assume hostile eyes can see everything you post. Stay safe.

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

Bluesky & the Fediverse aim for better social media, but for trans safety the Fedi has the edge. Communities set anti-transphobia rules, share blocklists & defederate from hate and governed by people who live it. Bluesky's centralized team can't match that nuance. Worth a look!

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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Why digital sovereignty requires an open document platform — and what that actually means: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08... #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Powerful words from Hamza. I witnessed at first hand the dialog between a motion writer and a random commentator that Hamza describes. “It looks written by an AI” — shorthand for delegitimising and undermining the author. hamzaegal1.substack.com/p/the-algori...

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The Algorithm is the Latest Border

Technology, power and the new apartheid

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 10/08/2026

I fail to understand why spy drones used by Britain’s elite special forces are even connected to the internet in the first place.

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026

🏡 Victory! Planning Appeal for 73 Homes at Tait's Hill Road DISMISSED. The Cotswolds National Landscape is protected. Read the full breakdown here: listed.to/@eco_g/74232... #Planning #Cotswolds #Stroud #Wotton #Cam #Stinchcombe

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 11/07/2026

I had my personal pension with AJ Bell until they decided to advertise on GB News. When I contacted them they just doubled down. So I just transferred my pension to a provider who gave me an assurance they wouldn't fund hate.

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026

More love than hate. 💜 Been out on the high street dropping off @stroudsar.bsky.social leaflets to local shops, not because we've got a problem, but because the best time to tackle prejudice is before it starts. Drop me a message if you want some A5 leaflets. Pls Boost! 🙌 #MoreLoveThanHate #wotton

Copy of the A5 leaflet and helpline numbers:-
🚨 Emergency — 999
👮 Gloucestershire Police (non-emergency) — 101
📞 Tell MAMA (anti-Muslim hate) — 0800 456 1226
📞 CST (antisemitic hate) — 0800 032 3263
💜 Victim Support — 0800 077 8460
🔒 Crimestoppers (anonymous) — 0800 555 111

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Stroud Against Racism ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽🌈 @stroudsar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Premiere of a documentary spotlighting young Muslim changemakers across Gloucestershire who are creating inspiring movements focused on health, wellbeing and community empowerment. Saturday 4th July 2026 - 6-8 pm Rodborough Tabernacle, Stroud Tickets from - £5 theruhcollective.org/all-events/?...

Poster for the event. Details as per post.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Supermarkets are consistently undercutting small & independent businesses whilst exploiting workers. Let's make sure everyone has a wage where they can live in dignity and stop the hoarding of wealth by the super rich.

Zack Polanski tells bakers Union that very cheap food in supermarkets suggests workers being exploited.

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Stroud Against Racism ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽🌈 @stroudsar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

An AI tool used by Spain's public health system misses 1 in 3 melanomas and was trained almost entirely on white patients. "Without rigorous validation on diverse populations, these tools risk causing real harm, particularly to marginalized groups." civio.es/sanidad/2025... #CodedBias #ai

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Mole or cancer? The algorithm that gets one in three melanomas wrong and erases patients with dark skin

The Basque Country is implementing Quantus Skin in its health clinics after an investment of 1.6 million euros. Specialists criticise the artificial intelligence developed by the Asisa subsidiary due ...

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 07/06/2026

I can see similarities with the way AI is being foisted upon us to how Nuclear was in the 50's. Too cheap to meter right now but the long term toxic legacy of data pollution, centralised lock-in, environmental debt and security vulnerabilities will leave us all the poorer. #ai

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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

With this lovely bunch for the Stroud District Council AGM

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026

🏛️ NEW at Museum in the Park:"Home From Home:Our Migration Stories" 50+ objects,12 contributors,11 countries; exploring belonging in Stroud. Windrush keepsakes & The Boat of Hope artwork 🧳 🆓 FREE | Tue-Fri 10-4:30 | Wknds 11-4:30 🔗 museuminthepark.org.uk #Stroud #MigrationStories #MuseumInThePark

Photograph of Carmela Guerrini, pictured with her wedding photograph celebrating her marriage to fellow Italian migrant Martino Guerrini © Fulvio Naselli.

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 17/05/2026

Fielding a credible Green candidate in Makerfield isn't just an option. It's the only path forward for the Green Party. stroud.social/notice/B6NL5... #ukpol #GreenParty #GreenPriorities #ReplaceNotPropUp #Makerfield #stroud

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 14/05/2026

Yet the BBC framing created the very imbalance he warned against. His words got filtered through a lens that prioritised one form of bigotry over another, even when the source material demanded equal treatment. stroud.social/notice/B6HDC... #Islamophobia #Antisemitism #SelectiveOutrage #PrinceHarry

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Cllr Gareth Kitchen @eco-g.eurosky.social · 12/05/2026

Green-led Stroud District Council is one of the largest council house builders in the whole of England, it has been revealed. We delivered 8 of then the other week in my ward; Wotton-under-Edge. stroud.social/objects/db22... #sdc #stroud #ukpol

Complex infographic but in summary: Stroud's 2025/26 housing starts mean that it is in the top 10 local authorities in England for house building. It is building more homes than every unitary authority built last year - higher than Birmingham, Merseyside, and Tyne and Wear - despite them having a combined population of 3.8 million people, compared with 126,000 in Stroud District.

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