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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 13h

You may have missed it but the Green Party passed a ground breaking new economic policy at conference, proposed by Sheridan Kates of the Economic policy working group. A thread of interviews! First here's mine: youtu.be/7MB_2G5MeNE?...

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Ed Poole speaks to Sheridan Kates about Fiscal Referees

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10h

Palantir’s Tom Watson hasn’t missed an opportunity to fearmonger about “highly organised pressure groups” affecting public interest procurement. We’d say firms like Peter Mandelson’s Global Counsel, who lobbied the government on Palantir’s behalf, are a bigger risk 👀 bit.ly/3VALODg

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Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract

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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 10h

History will judge our government by its unforgivable complicity in Israel’s war crimes in Gaza — and its demonisation of those who opposed the genocide of the Palestinian people.

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Sally Rooney says her books will be removed from sale in UK over Palestine Action support

The Irish writer is best known for novels such as Normal People, Intermezzo and Conversations With Friends.

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 12h

For year 2025 there was huge increase 1,628 arrests linked to Palestine Action.

Graph showing massive increase in arrests (2025) of all arrests linked to Palestine Action.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 12h

Pretty much what I would expect in a country that screams in enraged terror for a week about the very idea that Zionism may be racist, while entirely failing to ask whether the project itself is at all racist, despite the genocide, massive destruction, land seizure and ethnic cleansing

This is incredible.
And not in a good way at all
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Sally Rooney's books will no longer be published in UK over her support for Palestine Action
Faber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling autho...

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12h

Standing together against hate means standing up for everyone. Everybody deserves to feel safe, respected and welcome.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 11h

We can't seriously expect people to choose rail when it costs three times as much as flying. We need a clear duty on the Secretary of State and Great British Railways, to improve the affordability of travelling by train and make fares fair.

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DamonTheDemon @damonthedemon.bsky.social · 13h

Great watch. I particularly liked the bit when Sheridan points out that nuclear level wanker Osbourne, used a totally flawed spreadsheet to introduce austerity to UK. Thanks George, you imbecilic fuckwit. And Burnham is using the same austerity model. That makes Burnham an imbecile also. Right?

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 13h

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Ed Poole speaks to Sheridan Kates about Fiscal Referees

YouTube video by Amplify with Ed Poole

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 14h

Personally I think voting online should be free to members and open for a couple of weks.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 15h

Solidarity. This is utterly disgraceful.

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 15h

I'm sure Farage has a great plan for improving the overcrowded prisons problem by overcrowding them with sweethearts who have committed their lives to helping their neighbours. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Nigel Farage says charities that help asylum seekers get to UK should be prosecuted

Reform leader did not say who should be targeted but party figures have been critical of small boat rescues by RNLI

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 16h

Exactly!! Why isn’t there a Proscription of the far right yobs??

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 16h

I don't think anyone is under any illusion this is easy to resolve. But the only resolution that doesn't involve ethnic cleansing is peaceful coexistence in one state. Two ethnically distinct states can't be created without millions of people being ethnically cleansed from one or the other.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 16h

As stated in the motion anyone found guilty of crimes should face the legal consequences. But those who have done nothing wrong shouldn't be ethnically clensed.

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 16h

We all know the demographics they’re imagining that run these places don’t we *dogs come running* Yet there is a viral tik tok where plumbers - every one of them white - at a trade show are asked their annual wages and they all say “£12,000” no clampdown there then

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 16h

The motion is quite clear on that though "equal rights for all".

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 16h

Not all high profile Greens hold an official position either in the party or as elected officials. But can still use their influence to bully a chair at conference into extending plenary, against the constitution, so someone can speak against the genocide motion...

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 16h

Yes and as I say that's why support rather than call for is important. It should be looked at. We shouldn't just be defaulting to a two state solution, as the West has for decades.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

I don't think anyone is calling for Zack's removal. Other leading figures should probably remember that they aren't above the party, as much as they might like to throw their weight around and bully people into breaking the rules for them. But that's another issue.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

No one is saying it's representative or has to be th final plan. This is a plan this group of Palestinians would support. Again the word "support" purposely leaves the door open to other opinions. But Palestinian voices are quite important here.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

I talking about what the word "support " means. It doesn't mean "must".

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

And this is party policy now. What people meant or thought when they wrote it or voted for it is now beyond the point. The party's interpretation of the text is the issue. So where it's ambiguous it's up to Zack etc to interpret it.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

No but you can't call for self determination then ay "not these Palestinians". And of course the Palestinians in the region would end up in a mass grave if they called for a single state solution at the moment.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

Well a two state is impossible without either ethnically cleansing millions of Jews or Palestinians from somewhere in the region. So it looks like the total annihilation of Palestinians or peaceful coexistence.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

I support women having abortions. That doesn't mean I think that's the only option. To me the wording leaves open other possibilities. I can't think of any that don't involve Apartheid or genocide but someone might have a great idea and the motion doesn't exclude that.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

The state of Palestine hinted at in the motion is not an ethnonationalist state. It requires peaceful coexistence. Israel (as understood by most people)is inherently and ethnonationalist state.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for sharing. The policy highlights that Zionism (as understood by most people, as expressed through Israel and as defined in the text of the motion) is ultimately a settler colonial project that is built on ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people. Their experience of Zionism is genocide.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 18h

It's worth remembering there is a good thousand years between early and later pyramids. Lot's of different regimes in that time.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 18h

And as for self determination, firstly this was written by Palestinians and secondly there are only two options available now. Peaceful coexistence or total ethnic cleansing. There's no two state solution. There certainly is no way to create a majority Palestinian state that is viable.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 18h

Yes and my point is it doesn't say what should happen. It is saying would support an outcome that has been off the table for decades. This motion has been combed over hundreds of times for the last year. The word support (rather than call for, demand etc) is very carefully chosen.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

Two weeks until the budget and here's what we're facing: The worst squeeze in living standards since 1961. The cost of renting to rise by 4% or 5% a year Household energy prices set to jump by £276 We need serious action not tweaks or half measures. That means 👇

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

🎉 join.greenparty.org.uk

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 20h

And yes I definitely think there is room for improvement on the motion. I think better wording could have been incorporated in the single state solution and amendment 3 without losing the points but ironing out some of the ambiguities.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 20h

I had a meeting a few years back with him and some other local Labour characters about GP practices. I got the impression they didn't understand the issue. But my MP at my previous address was Joan Ryan, an ally of his so I was aware of him for a while. I can't say these revelations are surprising.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 20h

My wife is always telling me Europeans stole all the good ideas from Africa.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13/10/2026

#OtD which most likely translates to 13 Oct c1157 BC, the first recorded strike in history was first reported. In ancient Egypt, gangs of construction workers building for Ramses III launched sit-down strikes in protest at insufficient food rations shop.workingclasshistory.com/search

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 22h

If got decades everyone had been pushing for her to wear something else that makes no sense I might.

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 13/10/2026

The British establishment is in full force attempting to rehabilitate the image of JK Rowling before Christmas. Absolutely desperate to make Harry Potter a unifying moment of British culture instead of the fundraiser for hatred it has become.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If people support mass murder of civilians because their ethnicity they probably shouldn't be in the Green party. If the have a book club that reads crime novels but call it Zionist, no one will care and the party has no authority over that.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I support my wife wearing that cardigan. I don't call for her to.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

You can criticise the name of a motion but how many news outlets are talking about "a Green way to health" or "Fiscal referees"?

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