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Emma Lightfoot

@emmalightfoot.bsky.social
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Green Party of England and Wales. Folk Musian, Historian, Creative, Oxford and Germany. She/her Feminist Greens Diversity Officer LGBTIQA+ Greens Committee member Opinions my own.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h
Great afternoon in Kentish Town! One week today we can make history in Holborn & St Pancras - voting for rent controls, water nationalisation and action to tackle the climate crisis. We can only do it with your help! Join here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Zack with two young people on the street holding vote Zack signsStaff and volunteers gathering outside cafe palestinaVote Zack Polanski sign going up in barber window Zack and a selfie with a woman on the street
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 3h
Capital Punishment is barbaric.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is Andy Burnham’s first party conference speech as PM. We’ve taken your messages from the mass lobby on tour to Labour conference in Liverpool, with our friends at @transactualuk.bsky.social and @scottishtrans.bsky.social We aren’t going anywhere.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The last manifesto had things like protecting trans rights in it. So excuse me if I'm not too impressed by manifesto promises, that won't even be pursued until 2029 by a party that has shown repeatedly the manifesto isn't worth the paper it was written on.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It was lovely to be out campaigning with so many lovely LGBTIQA+ Greens friends!
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another weekend trip for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social to Holborn and St Pancras to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected. 💚
Oxford Green Party activists holding 'Vote Green' and 'Vote Zack Polanski' posters with a huge crowd in Castlehaven Community Park
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Kevin (Des) @jambodes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss* Burnham as a new Prime Minister, waltzing in on a wave of "hope" and a huge majority could have changed the course of the UK for the better Instead we've got a continuation of: 🚨Support for an ongoing genocide and criminalisation of anvone who opposes it
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lucy Powell, who has just imposed a viciously transphobic Section 28 mark 2 on schools which has resulted in a massive increase in harassment and bullying of trans kids, joins Bridget Phillipson as joint most hypocritical MP on the, already very hypocritical , Labour Party.
Ahead of her conference speech, the education secretary said she will use her new role to announce an expansion of anti-harassment work in schools, having called in her deputy leadership race for Labour to be more explicitly progressive especially calling out racism and misogyny.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HUUUUUGE turnout for canvassing and leafleting for Zack Polanski in Holborn & St Pancras today, very positive reception on the doorsteps too. Lots of people very disillusioned with Labour.
Loads of people with Zack Polanski.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No more "dignity and respect", it's time for Justice, Liberation, and changes to the law that reverse the attacks on trans people and ensure they can never happen again.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Britain... It's a class act. 🎩 Privately Educated: Senior Armed Forces 63% Senior Judges: 62% House of Lords: 52% Foreign Office Diplomats: 53% Newspaper Columnists: 50% Political Commentators: 47% Leading Podcasters: 45% BBC Executives: 38% General Population: 7% elitistbritain.suttontrust.com
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Elitist Britain 2025
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Feminist Greens (GPEW) @feministgreens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A joint statement from Green Party groups in response to the recent organised far-right activity. Signed by: Black Feminist Greens @disabledgreens.bsky.social Feminist Greens @globalgreens.bsky.social @jewishgreens.bsky.social Latinx Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk @younggreens.bsky.social
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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We don't want to talk about a meaningless gesture of hostility. We do want to talk about the very real harm that privately-run, profit-driven camps do to people seeking sanctuary. Everyone needs a home in a community, not a camp.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I see the Botley Rd moving car park has reopened. The bridge is nice though
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Burnham’s attempt to steal the slogan “hope” from the Greens has backfired badly as he quickly moves on to “difficult decisions”… “Difficult decisions” for us, not “difficult decisions” for the super-rich obvs.
NEW: Andy Burnham will shift his messaging away from "hope" to preparing the public for
"challenging times" and "difficult decisions" with Labour officials increasingly concerned the budget will be gloomier than expected
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just had a lovely visit to the Barracks Lane Community Gardens for their Harvest event, playing music for the Morris in the sun.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20/09/2026
“It's tinkering around the edges of a system that is failing people. We need to have inequality tackled with bold, bold measures.” Deputy Leader Rachel Millward calling for a fundamentally different approach to the economy, on Cathy Newman.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another good day out campaigning for @zackpolanski.bsky.social. This election is totally winnable but we need maximum effort from everyone. Especially Londoners if you can make it along and help out, every little bit helps!
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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Genuinely: where is the Prime Minister? Critical infrastructure has been occupied by a fascist paramilitary, volunteers who save people's lives have been threatened and it seems to have gone unremarked upon.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Reform UK scare story of a non-white take-over of the UK is pure fantasy ...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 16/09/2026
The private rented sector is broken, and renters are being pushed to the brink. It’s time for rent controls and the council homes people so desperately need.
Green Party graphic reads "IT'S TIME TO GET RENTS UNDER CONTROL," containing a quote from Hannah Spencer, Green MP for Gorton and Denton: “The latest Office for National Statistics figures show how completely broken the private rental market is.

The fastest rent rises in the North West and North East at 5.8% mean rent rises of hundreds and hundreds of pounds. That money is transferred from families and individuals already stretched to breaking point directly to the pockets of private landlords.
 
The Renters’ Rights Act has not done enough for affordability. The temporary accommodation crisis we are seeing  is a direct result of a private rented sector spiralling out of control.

We council homes built at scale, and rent controls now.
 
If Andy Burnham is serious about finally tackling the cost of living, this is where he should start.”  A portrait portrait the Hannah appears on the right, and the Green Party logo and imprint below.
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The hare is such an indescribably beautiful and sacred animal The fact that people might kill them for money or pleasure is one more indication that many are living in a death cult www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cruel hare coursers leave 22 dead animals at Kent farm
Farmers say more action and harsher punishments are needed to tackle the illegal sport.
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My heart goes out to Rachel: she must be feeling she and her family are now strangers in her own village. But society has always been like this, except people were forced to keep their bigotry hidden. Now they’re seeing politicians and the media espousing the bigotry and hatred, and are emboldened.
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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I spoke in Parliament yesterday about preventing violence against women. We need to stop blaming migrants or trans people for the problem. They are not. That kind of rhetoric only distracts us from the real causes of violence against women. 1/2
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Does this mean they can no longer leave the village without being undocumented migrants? It's all very Passport to Pimlico but with added racism, and far less Margret Rutherford than I would like.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The bin has the right idea
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My latest election announcement
YouTube video by Count Binface
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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TUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans people
Delegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable'
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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 14/09/2026
I keep on seeing complaints that the internet and social media is disrupting our youth's ability to function .... but all of the damage to our society that I see comes from pensioners being radicalised on Facebook.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please sign and help stop yet another land grab by the University of Oxford c.org/rqHbRj26fY
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Sign the Petition
Save Castle News, Classy Barbers and American Nails!
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Important facts: "slave-traders were not protagonists in a distant, primitive phase in the nation’s history. They were enmeshed in the processes that produced the nation we know today" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/comm...
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Freedom-loving Britain was at the heart of the 18th century slave trade – and this register proves it | William Pettigrew
Register of British Slave Traders reveals how deeply the trafficking of Africans was embedded in the country’s politics, economy, institutions and culture
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was a pleasure to be out yesterday campaigning for @zackpolanski.bsky.social in Holborn and St. Pancras along with the gang from Oxford. This election is so important and I am sure I will be in great company heading down to London every weekend until the election to help try and get our 6th MP!
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Such an amazing turnout to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected! Lovely to see @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social and hear from @mothinali.bsky.social too. There are loads more events you can help out at. Sign up here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
I don't know who took this photo- it's a photo of the first lot of Oxford Greens to arrive st the location, with Zack.Selfie taken by the amazing Max!
Lots of Oxford Green activists crowding around a bench - some sitting, some standing - and smiling.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 14/09/2026
Looks like Sweden's left-bloc might have eked a win... *despite* the centre-left party who lost seats after tacking right on immigration - the slack being made up for by gains by progressives who actually stood by their voters. Tale as old as time by this point.
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Out in Camden canvassing yesterday and had some really positive discussions and some less so. Many of those already voting Green were doing so to protect the environment, for queer rights, to push the political agenda leftwards, to support Palestine, and to tackle out of control rent. 1/🧵
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
“UK goods exports to the EU have fallen by £27 billion since Brexit. Exports remain roughly 18% below pre-2019 levels. And around one in seven UK businesses have stopped trading with the EU altogether.” #RejoinEU www.eureporter.co/world/uk/bre...
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The impact of Brexit on trade uncertainty
The UK’s trade ambitions are clear: open new markets, reduce border friction, and make it genuinely easier for small businesses to compete globally. The government’s 2025 Trade Strategy frames this as...
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔥 this should be the bare minimum for Democrats (and Labour in the UK) but of course it isn’t
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Emma Lightfoot @emmalightfoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Funny when Labour are under pressure from progressives, they are rude and dismissive. Yet when they are under threat or just perceive they are from the far right they are tripping over themselves trying to appease racists and validate "legitimate concerns". It says a lot about who Labour are.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2026
Green MPs, Peers and Leaders have written to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to demand that the Government doesn't approve the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea. Approving new drilling at Jackdaw will not take a penny off energy costs, and will fuel the climate emergency.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026
The alarms are all flashing red.
Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
​The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
​The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
​The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
​The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
​The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
​The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
​The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Who remembers the campaign against paedophilles encouraged by The Sun and how that ended because the thick knuckle draggers didn’t know what a paediatrician was This is going to be so much worse
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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Interesting. And presumably this legislation is still on the statute books, making the police and the government’s inaction to last weekend’s events even more inexcusable!
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Plans for a Greater Oxford Council have been dramatically halted. The Government has unexpectedly launched a review into the planned reorganisation - meaning Oxfordshire County Council continues for now. Oxfordshire is one of 14 areas where plans have been paused for a review to take place.
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 07/09/2026
If you live in Wales or know someone who does, please sign this petition: Os ydych chi'n byw yng Nghymru neu'n adnabod rhywun sy'n gwneud hynny, llofnodwch y ddeiseb hon: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
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Petition: Immediately unfreeze gender-affirming surgeries and protect NHS Welsh Gender Service patients.
We call on the Senedd and Welsh Government to direct the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) to: Immediately unfreeze scheduled and approved gender-affirming surgeries for patients who have already completed assessments. Ensure that any ongoing clinical review is conducted concurrently without disrupting active, established patient care. Publish clear, transparent Terms of Reference and a strict timeline for the independent review of the Welsh Gender Service.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
When I refer to the Telegraph as the Nazigraph, it is without hyperbole. Saying disabled people were too expensive and then eliminating disabled people is what the nazis literally did.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/09/2026
The Farage sting is not on the front pages of: The Times Belfast Telegraph Daily Express Daily Mail Mirror Star Metro Morning Star Telegraph Guardian Herald i Independent The Journal The National The Scotsman
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Right now the government is putting our communities, our water security and our climate ambitions second to the demands of tech giants. It's time to slam the brakes on water-guzzling, energy hungry datacentres.
Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/08/2026
The Green Party are standing up for their right to make trans people feel safe and welcome, so we're defending them in court Get involved 👇 goodlaw.social/yndo
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Help the Greens protect trans members | Good Law Project
The Greens took action to protect trans people. Now the party is facing legal action – so we’re defending them in court
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