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Cllr Emma Garnett

@greenpartyemma.bsky.social
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Green Party county councillor for Parks (Oxfordshire) & sustainability researcher @ox.ac.uk‬ Books. Bikes. Buses. Trains. Cooking. Hiking. Nature. Climate. Inequality. Public Health. She/her Promoted by James Thorniley at 12A Merlin Road, OX4 6EP

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Rosi Sexton @rosisexton.bsky.social · 3h
I happen to think the bible is deeply misogynistic, but I don't think "Christianity is misogyny" should be party policy either.
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 14h
I think this is a fine argument (in fact I agree with it). But as with so much chatter about this motion it’s not addressing the actual practical issues at hand.
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George @georgewalton.bsky.social · 16h
Having been involved in trying to find a solution to all this, I echo Rosi's thoughts exactly. It was obvious to me months back that this was going to be the result but the party collectively buried its head in the sand. What is leadership for, if not to help navigate situations like this?
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Sam Alston @moosealston.bsky.social · 23h
Jewish and Muslism green event on faith and the environment shows green party at its best #gpconf
Jewish and muslism greens officers laughing.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 21h
To Jewish members of the Green Party: Assurances, from the motion proposers, that they had no intention for Jewish members to feel targeted for their beliefs or associations have been clear. And if anyone else does try to use it in this way, I will be there for you with my solidarity and support.
Statement reads: 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.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My statement on the "Zionism is Racism" motion.
My statement on the "Zionism is Racism" motion.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
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Alexander Louis Sallons @sallonsax.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What is Sian Berry's theory of change? What is she working on in Parliament? I asked her in an interview yesterday! youtu.be/pl33ta2Dv2M
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With love and respect to every colleague and fellow member, here is my personal view on motion E02, which Greens are set to debate tomorrow as part of our afternoon plenary.
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More big news… we got a new bench!! A round one!! Me & my co-councillor @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social are very proud. Thanks to officers for making this happen.
New bench on corner of Leopold & St Mary’s Road
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rachel Millward has said she 'certainly wouldn't' vote for the Zionism is racism motion unamended
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Rachel Millward "certainly wouldn’t" vote for unamended Zionism is Racism motion
"The motion in its unamended form is problematic"
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Change doesn’t happen because those in power suddenly decide to be bolder - it happens when. Greens push them to be better. And on climate, that couldn’t be more urgent. Vote Green to keep fossil fuels in the ground, where they belong
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Elect Her @electheruk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A historic first: Fatima Zahra Mansouri has become Morocco's 🇲🇦first woman Prime Minister, and only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world. Every first makes the next one more possible. Congratulations! 👏
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Lambeth Green Party @lambethgreenparty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's happening 💚
Collage showing homes, neighbours and a dog displaying bright green "Vote Green 8 Oct" posters and a rosette to promote the Green Party Myatt's Fields local election campaign.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service are collecting children's bikes to support local school bike libraries, on 10 October from 10am-12pm at the Slade Park Fire Station Donated bikes will go to bike libraries at St Francis, St Ebbe's and St Frideswide Primary schools.
Poster for event, details in post, they want bikes with 14" frame size and above.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended' Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group. www.middleeasteye.net/news/miliban...
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Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended'
Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thrilled to visit Oxfordshire’s first of the new Quiet Lanes: filtered to motor traffic, safe for us cyclists and walkers and horse-riders. First time I have ever felt safe to cycle to the fabulous Rectory Farm: love supporting local businesses.
Me in hi viz by the shepherds pit lane QLBike and QLEntrance now safe.
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Sam Alston @moosealston.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pleasure going round Holborn with @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social absolutely Herculean efforts today we found more Greens voters today than the rest of the campaign combinded
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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pleae, please, please! Stop giving taxpayers' money to first-time buyers. These subsidies simply inflate prices. Supply is the issue. Ban buy-to-let, restrict holiday lets, & use public money to bring empty homes into council stock, & build new homes (municipal & private).
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Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers
Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells Guardian
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hats off to @sallonsax.bsky.social for making multiple explainer videos on how @greenparty.org.uk works. With conference around the corner, here's an extremely timely one ⬇️
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And yet @libdems.org.uk want to keep us hooked on climate-wrecking, geopolitical-nightmare fuel by cutting fuel duty by 10p. It's hard to imagine a more environmentally and economically illiterate policy. Read the room.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We're having the best time in Holborn & St Pancras! The opportunity to win and push the Government on housing costs, tackling the climate crisis and for international justice. And so much more. We can't stop now. This is it. Sign up for the final 12 days below 👇🏽
Huge crowd smiling at the camera Zack greeting a resident on her doorstepZack walking with Faiza and her absolutely cutie of a child!Zack with the Southampton Greens
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Andy Burnham had said more about PUBS and DRINKING than he has about racist pogroms and transphobia combined
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
- Honestly my dear grandchildren, you’ll never believe how low rates were in the 2010s. - at least you built a load of infrastructure when borrowing costs were so low grandad? Right? Right?
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's Rupert Lowe MP's payments from X Corp over the past year. This man is making serious cash from Musk's platform. Payments surged over the summer, during UK 'unrest', and when Musk was frantically re-sharing Lowe's posts... Bleak, lucrative work if you can get it.
Line chart plotting 21 payments from X Corp to Rupert Lowe MP, as declared in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. The x-axis runs from 3 September 2025 to 16 September 2026; the y-axis shows the value of each fortnightly payment in pounds, from zero to £12,000.

Payments run between roughly £1,100 and £2,200 through late 2025, rise gradually through spring 2026 to around £3,000–£3,800, then jump sharply to £11,724.97 on 10 June 2026 and £10,265.50 in July. From there they fall in five consecutive steps — £4,412.76, £3,126.35, £2,885.36, £2,542.04 — to £2,413.89 on 16 September 2026, a fall of 79% from the June peak.

Two things worth carrying with the graphic whichever version you use.

The July point is marked with an asterisk because the register gives its received date as 7 August 2026 while recording it as registered on 15 July. Plotted it at the likelier 7 July.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This animated map shows a day of actual UK train movements, delays and all! On 19 August 2026 the network peaked at 1,794 trains moving at once. Even around 3am, at least 141 were running. Passenger services wind down, but freight and maintenance keep rolling. Source: buff.ly/0zrhl41
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 21/09/2026
Trucks and SUVs are more dangerous, pollute more, degrade our infrastructure faster, and take up more of our public space than smaller, lighter vehicles. youtube.com/shorts/6Dqyn...
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Mayor Mamdani wants to explore charging higher tolls for large passenger vehicles entering NYC.
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
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Neil Fawcett @neilmfawcett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Has someone in the policy unit been at the sherry again? If we've got a few billion to spend, I'm pretty sure there are more important priorities than tax cuts for the top 20% of earners. Like, you know, the NHS, SEND, transport infrastructure, or even carers. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Davey promises £17bn income tax cut if Lib Dems are elected
Growth created by rejoining EU single market and customs union would fund change, Davey tells the party’s conference
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/09/2026
“We’re the only party looking seriously at how we can build a sustainable, thriving economy that doesn’t leave the planet broken for our children and grandchildren.” Rachel Millward on why electing Greens means choosing a future where people and planet can thrive.
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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At the #LondonCyclingFestival I met Erma, and was lucky enough to have a cycle on her amazing and viral “Smile Machine”. Four seats are on offer, and Erma takes people out in Westminster for a pedal, some fresh air and to run errands, who otherwise might not get out on a cycle. … 1/3
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Will cycles slower than you 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ @williamnb.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
One for all those BuT hOsPiTaL pArKiNg ShOuLd Be FrEe people: the free parking at this hospital removed £10 million from being spent on patient care.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The language of 'defensive' support is a smokescreen - the PM has committed the UK to this conflict Thousands have been killed by the Saudi-led coalition. Weddings hit, markets destroyed. International Humanitarian Law breached. The UK must not back the murderous Saudi regime.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bike repair is returning to Oxford city centre. A mechanic from Broken Spoke Co-op will be fixing bikes every Wednesday morning at the Handle Bar on St Michael's Street, formerly the location of Bike Zone until it closed in 2024. Repairs start tomorrow from 8.30am to 1pm.
Promotional image for Handle Bar bike repairs
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Martin Price-Phillips @mpricephillips.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great report and polling from @cyclinguk.bsky.social re: pluralistic ignorance - where someone supports a policy while believing their neighbours wouldn’t agree. Half support new cycle routes but believe only a third agree. Likewise for reducing speed limits. School streets greater (70% v 49%).
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The Route Forward
The people and places being transformed by cycling
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Patrick McAllister 🌱 @patdbmcallister.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's brilliant to have Bristol City Council Leader and @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social Cllr Tony Dyer in New York with @mayor.nyc.gov and city leaders from around the world.
Zohran Mamdani and Tony Dyer speaking together at a conference meeting.
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Danny Yee @dannyyee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The route under the Botley railway bridge has fully opened, so I went down to see how the walking and cycling provision works. Summary: the route under the railway bridge is pretty good, the transitions on either side are terrible for cycling (and not that good for walking).
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Summer of terrifying drought and wildfire, bus drivers sweltering in shocking temperatures, everyone losing sleep unable to get cool at night and *this* is the policy they come up with? Just makes things worse and does nothing to address inequality or enable people to walk, cycle or catch a bus. 🤷‍♀️
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Really disappointing yet unsurprising to see this. Lib Dems aren't a green party. I hope @libdemsoxon.bsky.social colleagues and @libdemcycling.org.uk give @eddavey.libdems.org.uk an earful at conference!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Labour are worried. They've had the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor, the Mayor of London & the Prime Minister out in Holborn & St Pancras but we've got you. Hundreds of thousands of you who care & are making a difference! Donate today to help us win: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/london-by-el...
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Let's get our sixth Green MP elected - Green Party
We have a chance to elect our 6th MP - London's first Green MP, Zack Polanski! But we raise over £200k by 8 October. Will you help us?
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 18/09/2026
Cycling infrastructure is an absolute "build them and they will come" solution www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
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More bikes than cars recorded on Edinburgh rush hour route for first time
Highest figures also notched up on major Glasgow cycle routes too
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Outside Brookes Freshers' Fair with Oxford Green Students today, had lots of lovely chats with new members and others passing by! 💚 @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social
Theo and Max at an Oxford Green Students stall with 'Free Palestine', 'No New Oil & Gas', and 'Vote Green' posters on display
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every Green voice is one that will hold this Labour government to account and push them to do better.
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
yep there's a big difference between "let's *also* talk about energy bills and energy security" and "let's *only* talk about bills and security" it's great to discuss other angles of the fossil-fuel/climate problem, but staying silent on the massive danger of global heating is not smart
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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