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The Green Angle in Cheltenham www.cheltenham-tenant-union.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some people here don't seem to have understood the purpose of a political party. It's not the same as a protest movement. It is a vehicle designed to get into government, to change legislation and make a material difference to the lives of people at home and abroad.
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Bettina Struff #Woke #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Less than 1% of the membership voted for it, many of those online, and yet somehow it is now Green party policy? AFAIK all the party leaders and MPs opposed this motion which was forced through by a tiny number of new members. The Greens need to sort out their policy making mechanism ASAP.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Stirring... joealextodd.substack.com/p/ecosociali...
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Ecosocialism, Ecopopulism and Progressive Environmentalism: The Ideological Currents of the Green Party
Bringing definition and specificity to the politics of the Green Party
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 04/09/2026
You’re going to hear a lot about how this crisis is about government borrowing levels. That’s largely bullshit. The cause of the global bond sell-off was investors freaking out about inflation - not governments spending too much money. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/whos-afrai...
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Who’s afraid of the bond vigilantes?
This week’s bond sell-off wasn't about government profligacy - it was about war, oil, and inflation. And as ever, it's the global South paying the price.
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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Birds Outside, Drawn For You Automatically
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The Birds Outside, Drawn For You Automatically
Hackaday Article
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We’ve built a society that functions like a broken arcade game with only two settings: Bastard or Victim. Game theory calls it the Hawk-Dove model, but in reality, high wealth inequality acts as a massive super-fertiliser for sociopathic behaviour at both ends of the ladder. 1/11
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
How the new national risk register update impacts Cheltenham and Gloucestershire. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Shifting the Risk: Why Local Commons and Decentralisation Are Our Best Defence Against National Emergencies
How the new national risk register update impacts Cheltenham and Gloucestershire.
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Cheltenham’s Comfortable "Aesthetic Police" Divert Resources from Low Income Families thegreenangle.substack.com/p/cheltenham...
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Cheltenham’s Comfortable "Aesthetic Police" Divert Resources from Low Income Families
Tents in Montpellier and Foodbanks in Oakley
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Cheltenham Borough Council a council that behaves like a commercial developer with a sideline in civic administration. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Cheltenham Borough Council cabinet meeting: A master class in political gas lighting.
A Council that behaves like a commercial developer with the sideline in civic administration.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Average UK renter spent 41% of take-home pay on rent. Rocketing costs of energy, water, food, essentials. Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Median take-home pay £26,208. 39% of Briton have £1,000 or less in savings. Can't get economic growth without curbing profiteering, ending poverty.
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We need to abolish state-sanctioned poverty
No one is ever born poor. They are condemned to poverty by societal policies which prevent millions from realising their full physical, mental, and intellectual capacities potentialities.
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Cheltenham Green Tinkerer's Guide to the Apocalypse. substack.com/@thegreenang...
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The Green Tinkerer's Guide to the Apocalypse.
TL;DR: Here is the unvarnished truth.
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The national security state threats act 2026 is officially law here's how a high speed legitimate to panic gave the home office the power to dismantle your life for the push of a button simply reading this might soon require a legal defense. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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The Silent Speedrun to Dystopia: Inside the Act That Makes "Knowing Things" a 14-Year Offence
The National Security (State Threats) Act 2026 is officially law. Here is how a hyperspeed legislative panic gave the home office the power to dismantle your life with the push of a button. Simply rea...
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Don't Fall for the Shared Ownership Trap in Cheltenham
Cheltenham Borough Council is actively promoting shared ownership as a primary solution to the local housing affordability crisis. Property prices in the town remain exceptionally high, and local lead...
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Cheltenham needs a better deal. Lib dem leaders facilitate sex work to protect the profits of big business . Cheltenham Leeds a council that stands up for resident families. substack.com/profile/3985...
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The Green Angle (@thegreenangle)
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
@edconway.bsky.social governments do not borrow from bond markets. Government's offer a saving facility, mainly to institutional investors such as pension funds, by issuing bonds. Propagating the myth that governments borrow from investors is neoliberal propaganda. Get it right please
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.
Ban continuous scroll. Appears to one of the most addictive features with no downside in banning it.
Require a 20s delay before playing any video. Would make essentially no difference to watching TV episodes or films, but would effectively nuke short-form video.8
Require all platforms to have the default feed

 as people you follow, in chronological order. Reduces algorithmic effects.
Any platform that uses an algorithm more complex than ‘people you follow in chronological order’ to be treated as a publisher, and held to account for content. As above, but more robustly.
Require users to use real names. Much of the worst content is produced by anons; it would also make it easier to hold people to account for things that are banned in real life, such as libel or incitement to violence.
Require all platforms to provide a suite of user tools. This might include hard blocks, ability to detag yourself or restrict ‘quote tweets’, and community notes.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Tory legacy England social housing lists would take 119 years to clear at current building rate. 1.3m households waiting, 12198 built. Govts prevented councils from building social homes to support private developers, push people into private renting. Tory social engineering created homelessness
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Social housing lists ‘would take 119 years to clear at current building rate’
Research shows generations of children in England will grow up homeless unless government addresses council housing debt, charity says
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The cost of growth for any price a lesson from Gloucester. a Green Angle review of the overview and scrutiny committee meeting 27th of April 2026. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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The Cost of "Growth" at Any Price: A Lesson from Gloucester
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Meeting 27th April 2026
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Bio Net Diversity credits do not replace Nature where it really matters. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen... #cheltenham
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The Bureaucratic Theft of Nature in west Cheltenham
The following opinion piece analyzes the divide between the Liberal Democrats’ bureaucratic approach and the Green Party’s community-focused stance in Hesters Way
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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A Legacy of Mirage: The Reality Behind the Council’s Spin
The Green Angle on Cheltenham Borough Council Cabinet Meeting. Tuesday, 14 April 2026
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Cheltenham Green Party County councillor and local hospital doctor is hiking 600 miles from Cape Wrath to Cheltenham raising funds for Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The oil and gas industry has changed direction, and is now spending $7 billion a year to tell us that fossil fuels are “inevitable”. The claim has no basis in fact.
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Fossil fuel propaganda is evolving
A new analysis of nearly 2,000 fossil fuel ads finds Big Oil has moved from green promises to insisting oil and gas are inevitable. (They're not).
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A Cheltenham hospital doctor and Green Party county councillor, Ian Cameron is hiking from Cape Wrath to Cheltenham raising funds for local hospital charity. www.justgiving.com/page/ian-cam...
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A 600 mile wilderness and trail hike from Cape Wrath NW Scotland to Cheltenham for The Big Space Cancer Appeal
Help Ian Cameron raise money to support Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A Kingdom for a Chariot: Gloucestershire Councillors Retreat to the 10th Century open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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A Kingdom for a Chariot: Gloucestershire Councillors Retreat to the 10th Century
Gloucestershire County Full Council Meeting Wednesday, 25th March 2026
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Greens Mean Business at Gloucestershire Airport open.substack.com/pub/thegreen... @dalevince.com
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People have spoken: A Call for a Green Vision for Gloucestershire Airport.
End of Leadership Failure and the New Green Path to Sustainable Profit. Green Means Buisness.
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The big sale has fallen through. Eight months of secret talks, over £200,000 spent on consultants, and the airport is still losing £5.1 million a year. #Cheltenham open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Look, things have got to change at Gloucestershire Airport.
The big sale has fallen through.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 19/03/2026
Given the horrific destruction that Israel’s extremist government has wrought on Gaza, Iran and Lebanon, the last thing in the world American taxpayers need to do right now is to provide 22,000 new bombs to the Netanyahu government. No more weapons to support an illegal war.
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Bernie Sanders to force disapproval votes over U.S. arms sales to Israel
“No more weapons to support an illegal war,” the senator said in a statement.
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Gloucestershire Lib Dems Dressing up In Green Clothing. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Lib Dem Leader Dressing Up in Green Clothing
Judging by her performance in the Cabinet meeting on Wed 18 March 2026, Lisa Spivey is navigating a landscape where the “Green” label is no longer just a niche interest; in 2026, it is a primary battl...
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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The Cheltenham Lib Dem Analysis: Market Dogma with a Green Veneer
Thatcher's Children And More Creative Accounting
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Where will our MP be this Gold Cup Day? While Max Wilkinson MP positions himself as a champion for Cheltenham’s 'Love My Turf' mitigation strategy ..town.https://open.substack.com/pub/thegreenangle/p/the-cosy-cheltenham-consensus-mps?r=nq8ga&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Cheltenham Festival week is framed as a £274 million economic miracle, but for the town’s residents, the reality is a story of systematic extraction. The latest Green Angle open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 03/03/2026
🗳️ POLL | Greens second -- Seats -- ➡️ Ref: 285 (+280) 🟢 Grn: 132 (+128) 🟠 Lib: 78 (+6) 🔵 Con: 57 (-64) 🟡 SNP: 46 (+37) 🔴 Lab: 28 (-384) Poll: YouGov (chgs with 2024) / using Electoral Calculus predictor
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Alice in Cheltenham Council Wonderland. The woman who pitched four options and lost the will to live. A local democracy sketch writer reports on Cheltenham Borough Council overview and scrutiny committee. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Alice in Cheltenham Council Wonderland
The Woman Who Pitched Four Options and Lost the Will to Live. Monday, 2nd March, 2026 6.00 pm, Overview & Scrutiny Committee
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/03/2026
Hope won 💚
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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 02/03/2026
On Iran: Cllr Chloe Turner, leader of Greens on SD Council: “It should be an absolute priority that we as a country uphold international law, yet we now face being dragged into another illegal war in the Middle East, even though the majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved."
Photograph of Chloe Turner, leader of the Green group on Stroud District Council
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Greens to nationalise Britain's most profitable industry. We're not here to take drugs; we're here to replace drugs. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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The Most Profitable British Industry the Green Party Wants to Nationalise: and make it fail Fail.
We're not here to tax drugs, we're here to replace drugs
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Congratulations Hannah Spencer and the Greens ! And thank you for showing progressive policies are popular. Labour's right wing was rightly thrashed in Denton & Gorton - and must be punished for bringing Labour into disrepute with racist policies on migration & with austerity- style economics.
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
What a rare breath of deliciously fresh air. Congratulations Hannah, Zack, everyone involved in defeating Reform's naked xenophobic authoritarianism with authentic humanist hope, not with Starmer's authoritarianism-lite. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer
Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, as Labour sees a 25.3% drop in vote compared to 2024
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A great opportunity to do democracy differently The Green Angle on A Citizens' Assembly open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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The Green Angle: Why Cheltenham’s New Town Council Should Be a Citizens’ Assembly.
The window of opportunity is open but not for long. Do it now!
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 21/02/2026
It’s an absurd anomaly that the most polluting form of transport pays not just the least - but zero tax, no VAT and no fuel duty, making it artificially cheaper than all other ways to travel.
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The Green Angle on Cheltenham's New Social housing flawed approach. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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Why Cheltenham’s New Monkscroft Housing Project is another Financial Folly disguised as Social Progress
The Green Angle On Housing
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Is Spy Hub Dream Bankrupting GCHQ Local Council ? #cheltenham thegreenangle.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...
Cheltenham golden valley GCHQ s114 bankrupt
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Gary Clarke @garyclarke.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Section 114 looms over Lib Dems at Cheltenham Borough Council. open.substack.com/pub/thegreen...
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A Crisis of Transparency and the True Cost of Financial Negligence in Cheltenham.
Section 114 looms over Cheltenham Borough Council
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Passivhaus Trust @passivhaustrust.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
⏰Don't miss Guy Martin's 'House Without Bills' TONIGHT! Monday 9 February 9pm on Channel 4 passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/… #Passivhaus #Retrofit #EnergyBills #Climate #AndyBurnham #GuyMartin International Passive House Association (iPHA) AECB
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
(2) here is based purely on anecdote. But - judging by social media posts - there seems to be a sizeable overlap between BTL enthusiasts and crypto boosters.
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matt@customsawdust @customsawdust.co.uk · 19/01/2026
shameless self promotion, but just had another amazing review for these shelves and it makes my shriveled cynical heart sing with joy stock a little low again, if the weather is conducive to welding tomorrow will have more by end of week customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
Two black steel and oak spice shelves attached to a kitchen wall. The bottom shelf is wider than the top one, between them they are filled with herbs, spices, oils and vinegar. Beneath the shelves, on the kitchen counter, are a coffee mug, coffee beans, and a moka espresso pot.Three stacks of narrow spice shelves on a kitchen counter. They are all constructed with a steel frame incorporating a guard rail and a solid oak shelf. One stack has a grey/silver steel frame, another is white, and the third is black.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Get Palantir out of the UK. Protect our NHS. Protect our country. www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...
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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 05/02/2026
The CBI did some fantastic analysis on this topic - their conclusion was that if we do not arrest the decline of nature in our country, within ten years we’ll suffer an economic decline on a par with Brexit. Our economies (of the world) and nature are joined at the hip.
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
If you can get to Manchester, great! If you can't, you can still help to make sure Hannah Spencer beats the Reform candidate and becomes the next wonderful MP for Gorton & Denton Here's the page to make your contribution: gorton-denton.greenparty.org.uk?link_id=1&ca...
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Welcome to Gorton-Denton Green Party - Gorton & Denton Green Party
Hannah Spencer for Gorton & Denton | Green Party Skip to main content Real Hope. Real Change. Only a Vote for Hannah Spencer Can Stop Reform In Gorton & Abbey Hey, Denton, Levenshulme, Longsight and B...
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