Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 6hPlease don't let the wreckers win, the only way we can get the hope back is if members stand up and vote to uphold those principles in April. There were only 200 votes in it, it won't take much to turn the tide. 110
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 9hNewly elected Greens doing great stuff on housing 👏 Lewisham Council's new strategy includes: 🤝 Zero-cost land to community-led orgs on condition they build social housing 🔐 Putting that land into community land trusts, locking in affordability. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comFree land for those who will build social homes on it. Is this the radical solution to the UK’s housing problem? | Phineas HarperA bold south London initiative to give land to community groups rather than private developers could transform the system, says writer Phineas Harper 315758
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 18hIn March, half a million of us marched for unity. That march was a powerful, historic moment, but our next steps as members of the Together Alliance are vital. Join us at the Together Alliance Summits to help turn the tide against division. Register now: www.togetheralliance.org.uk/organise-tog... 166
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 15hAlso, the parts of the motion that opened Jewish members to disciplinary action for being part of Zionist community organisations was ruled out of order because it violates the party constitution/philosophical basis, so they can't achieve their antisemitic aims and the motion isn't binding either. 000
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 15hThere's a fix. They only won by about 200 votes out of 200k members. Lubna's faction swung the vote by recruiting people into the party to vote on this motion exclusively and could've been beaten with an extra tenth of a percent of the membership turning out. If you change your mind, vote in April. 000
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Occupation, expulsion, settlement. It's time to win!" An advert for "Religious Zionism", Netanyahu's closest ally party. They don't leave any room for subtext 35415
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 15hThere's a third option, which is to organise and get enough people into the plenaries in April to replace the motion with something ensuring self determination for all. The Jewish Greens haven't suddenly disappeared and a large chunk of elected reps are pushing back against the antisemitic faction. 000
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026You know that motion was passed by a fine margin in a plenary with less than 1% of the membership in attendance, right? The Green Party has a problem with antisemitism at the moment coming from people entering from Your Party, the SWP, etc. and the Sunday plenary was a wake-up call for many. 100
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026Well done to @privateeyenews.bsky.social for calling the Tories out on this utter hypocrisy..... 112554
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Today marks the third anniversary of the horrific October 7 attacks. In pursuit of peace and justice for Israelis and Palestinians, today I remember those lost, hurt, and taken on that harrowing day. 1557
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For reference, this isn't official policy and the member who said it is currently under investigation for antisemitism. 110
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Dorset @dorsetuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Seahorse habitats 'healing' thanks to eco-moorings #Dorset #BBCNewsbbc.co.ukStudland seahorse habitats 'healing' thanks to eco mooringsScars in Studland Bay's seagrass meadows, caused by boat anchor chains, are healing, a study finds. 042
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Alex McKinstry @alexmckinstry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From the other place: before being demoted to Echo editor, Toby Granville allowed Reform UK to place front-page ads on all Newsquest titles in the week of the local elections .... x.com/nick_clarkLD... 111
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When it finally went to a vote, the clerk recorded 16 in favour, none against, with one abstention. From now on, when Wessex Water break the regulations upstream of Bournemouth, the council will be requesting a report into the cause and future prevention to be published on the council website. 020
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Thanks to the support of Cllr Nanovo of the Lib Dems and Cllrs Connolly (who was the original seconder!) and Farquhar of Labour, and, near the end of the debate, Cllr Moody of Reform, Anderson acquiesced and agreed to limit his amendment to removing clause 1 and 6 with a few minor tweaks to wording. 110
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But we stood our ground, I conceded the first resolution as it was flawed in a manner I hadn't considered when tabling it, and I conceded number 6 as I didn't feel I should sacrifice action in favour of a pledge, but I stood my ground on holding Wessex Water to account through 45 minutes of debate. 120
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Amidst 146 reports of sickness since 2019 and the hospitalisation of two children with E. coli, of whom one is still in hospital according to the Echo, Mark Anderson tabled a wrecking amendment to delete all of our resolutions and to replace them with a watered down version of a single resolution. 110
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Got the motion to tackle the E. coli crisis in the Stour through, I lost the testing kits because I worded it badly and had to accept an amendment and I lost the declaration of the rights of river too, but it still felt like a massive victory given Cllr Anderson attempted to delete all of it. 110
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Alex McKinstry @alexmckinstry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That they pay Ian Crump to be their "heritage writer" speaks tons about Newsquest. I've still got the double-spread he did in 2022, purporting to be 19th-c photos of Charminster in Bournemouth .... They were all of Charminster in West Dorset. One of them depicted a fecking water meadow. 001
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 23/09/2026" interfering with a rescue operation and putting people’s lives at risk is a completely different line. Nobody gets to play vigilante at sea because they don’t like what’s happening." westcountryvoices.co.uk/a-knife-a-li...westcountryvoices.co.ukA knife, a livestream and a rescue worker in the middle of the channel - West Country VoicesSo apparently Danny Tommo decided that being angry at small boats wasn’t enough. He needed to take a knife to one in the middle of the English Channel. On Tuesday 22 September, Daniel Thomas, who call... 0104
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Echo isn't interested in local history unless it's AI slop from Ian Crump. The AI Springbourne protest signs are still comedy gold to me. 111
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Alex McKinstry @alexmckinstry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Bournemouth Echo reported to IPSO over its bullshit RNLI story. www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/news/in... 011
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Reform UK scare story of a non-white take-over of the UK is pure fantasy ... 441222452
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent... End the genocide, Free Palestine.timesofisrael.comIsrael will ‘finish the job’ in Gaza and seek Palestinians’ migration — defense minister* * * 100
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026How do you measure river flows when there's not very much water? In higher flow we can use special remote controlled boats, but sometimes the best thing to do is get in the water, as Jasmine Hughes, our FDRI field technician explains. Join us at @rigb.org on 16 Nov to hear more 0115
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Francis Sealey @globalnet21.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Robert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in the 2026 BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures The acclaimed writer will argue for the urgent need to re-imagine humanity’s relationship with the living world, in order to shape a more hopeful future on Earth www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...bbc.comRobert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in the 2026 BBC Radio 4 Reith LecturesThe acclaimed writer will argue for the urgent need to re-imagine humanity’s relationship with the living world, in order to shape a more hopeful future on Earth 0219
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Alex McKinstry @alexmckinstry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Lib Dems giving nothing away tonight. Children's Services Scrutiny. One councillor asking the portfolio-holder (& Lib Dem whip, Cllr Burton) why the meeting is tonight and not the usual Tuesday. Me: "Presumably all meetings will be cancelled shortly anyway, because of the by-election?" Radio silence 001
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Alex McKinstry @alexmckinstry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Bournemouth Echo's former chief reporter has left the building ... Almost her last article (10 August) was a defence of the local vigilante group Safeguard Force, which seemed to have been written between gritted teeth. www.responsesource.com/bulletin/new...responsesource.comHannah Knight to join ITV News Meridian from Bournemouth Echo - ResponseSourceITV News Meridian has appointed Hannah Knight as a production journalist. Hannah was previously chief reporter at Bournemouth Echo where she worked for three and a half years. 122
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/i-thoug...advertiserandtimes.co.uk‘I thought she was going to die’ – another child hospitalised after playing in Christchurch watersAnother child has been hospitalised with a serious infection after playing in polluted seawater in Christchurch, it has emerged. 000
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Rescue came days before Google announced a new partnership to show off examples of 'surviving harsh environments with Gemini'." Demonstrably a bad use of artificial so-called intelligence. Generative #AI has no genuine understanding of the physical world www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukCalifornia hikers rescued from mountain after using AI route plannerUsing AI to plan the route was a ‘critical misstep,’ the sheriff’s office says 14214
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We already functionally lost ours in Bournemouth when Granville took over the Echo. 120
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Cwiar Cymru @cwiar.org · 01/09/2026More appalling behaviour from the BBC. ⬇️ A trans person interviewed about their horrific experience having their surgery cancelled whilst in the hospital described as 'biologically female'. And then half the article devoted to praising the work of an unemployed transphobe. 🗣️ DEFUND THE BBC 🗣️bbc.co.ukWelsh Gender Service: Transgender patients told surgery cancelled in hospitalOne patient said they were "heartbroken" after being told their surgery was called off 24 hours before. 29717138
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Join us in demanding clean water is put above private profit: foe.uk/nn2kafoe.ukMake 2026 the year polluters clean up their actSign the petition Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to ... 074
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“People have had enough of hearing ministers say they’ll fix the problem, only to bring in measures that superficially address the issue. If we’re to end the sewage scandal once and for all, we must see the government committing to a complete overhaul of our water system.”- K. Box. shorturl.at/XBueYshorturl.atSouth West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis showsExclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset 1125
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Dirty Water Campaign @dirtywatercampaign.bsky.social · 01/09/2026How much more of this will we take? #citizensassemblyforwater #waterpressure.uk www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comDry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutinyExclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 001
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Dirty Water Campaign @dirtywatercampaign.bsky.social · 30/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSouth West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis showsExclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset 102
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hope some day to see a story like this about the East Cliff Railway, but given BCP have put out a tender for its demolition, I think that's just a fantasy. 000
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2649650... I wish I had the word count to address the Deputy Mayor's hypocrisy of rejecting spending of the set two million pound precept due to the council's ongoing running costs being unknown while moving to spend £40k of a completely unknown amount of CIL income.bournemouthecho.co.uk'Reform depriving some areas with Christmas lights decision'A Green Party pledge in the run-up to the election in May was to fight to ensure that the Community Infrastructure Levy, the levy paid by developers… 010
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)tanglewoodsteve.bsky.social @tanglewoodsteve.bsky.social · 24/08/2026History revealing itself here in #Poole #Dorset. 012
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Alex McKinstry @alexmckinstry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Echo have changed it to "CLUBS AND SOCIETIES"!! 🤣🤣🤣 131
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Brighton residents clearly oppose these toxic chemicals being spread on our streets, so why does it continue? Brighton and Hove Council should listen and reinstate the previous ban. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2646164...theargus.co.ukCommunity groups opting out of controversial weedkiller use treblesThe number of community groups opting out of glyphosate weedkiller treatments in Brighton and Hove has more than trebled since last year 04522
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Cllr Butcher declared in his report to the council yesterday that his committee was opposing HMOs to keep the demographics who live in them out of Bournemouth. Normally they dress it up with usually spurious concerns about parking, noise, or ASB, but now they're comfortable spewing class bigotry. 🥲 000
Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S) @greenbenokeeffe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026As uncovered by Steve Harper of the East Dorset @friends-earth.bsky.social, BCP Council is also using obscene amounts of glyphosate all across the conurbation. 010
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Exactly. 12811
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)tanglewoodsteve.bsky.social @tanglewoodsteve.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It would've been more sensible to have reported on this, as serious as it is, after this evening's #BCP Council Audit & Governance committee meeting (mentioned in the article) as it may have stopped some (if not all) of the usual misinformed FB contributors from spreading even more misinformation. 111
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We need to talk a lot more about #DigitalSovereignty. About reversing #financialisation and saying care should not be for sale www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comAlarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firmDoctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England 411552
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Our new analysis: Heathrow expansion would mean taking jobs away from other regions in the UK - over 15,000 by 2050. By the government's own assessment, the economic case for expansion doesn't add up. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHeathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report findsAirports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows 51715
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Dorset Wildlife Trust @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social · 27/07/2026For #NationalMarineWeek, make a pledge to help protect our oceans and rivers. Use our tips on how to reduce your plastic waste. No matter where you are across the UK, we can all help protect our waters. Ready to get started? Find more ways to use less plastic here 👉 bit.ly/4fCuALX ~ Jack 021
Reposted by Cllr Ben O'Keeffe (EC&S)Alex McKinstry @alexmckinstry.bsky.social · 21/07/2026BCP Council was second-highest in England in 2022-3 with 61 complaints against councillors, at least five of which were upheld against then-Tory Cabinet members. Surpassed only by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, which saw 532 complaints (though 512 related to the same issue - an anti-Corbyn tweet) 121