Reposted by Eddie ClarkeianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 6hianvisits.co.ukFifty-five years after Betjeman saved Rules, London’s oldest restaurant is secured againThe Covent Garden restaurant’s landlord has donated its historic building to the National Trust, safeguarding the atmosphere Betjeman fought to preserve. 1102
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026What was once a gradual slide into autocracy has become something like free-fall. We should all be in the streets. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...reuters.comUS launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home, Fox News reportsUS authorities conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in a probe of the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital re... 611972722
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Chuffed beyond words to have this from Annie Lennox. She’s such an icon who has been so courageous and it means the world. Get a copy here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/468587 :) 281027169
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Labour seems poised to repeat the mistakes of the last energy price crisis if they cut funding that would help families choose fossil-free heating. We cannot afford to plunge the sector into uncertainty and risk stalling growth in heat pump installations when we need it most. 318963
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Andy Burnham outlines how the upcoming UK-EU summit will increase UK trade by at least £10 billion a year by 2040 My view: While this is a welcome first step we are significantly strides away from a major boost to our economy. Until we rejoin the EU, we will have marginal improvements to our trade. 514742
Eddie Clarke @hedgiecc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“The risk for the Greens is that they interpret every disappointment or hostile headline as evidence tht they need to tone things down. But the party has made headway under Polanski precisely because it has offered a more radical, outspoken alternative 2 Labour” www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/chin...middleeasteye.netChin up, Zack! It was never going to be plain sailing for the new-look GreensThe party should not allow the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to become a referendum for its entire project; its convictions have altered the political landscape for the better 1116
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeMike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026A man who speaks out for others, climate and the environment, fairness and affordability in everyday life is vilified in the press and podcasts with a passion while a racist grifter who wants to cut benefits for the poor and taxes for the rich is lauded. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comYes, it’s been a tough week for the Greens: but don’t lose sight of how we’re transforming British politics | Zack PolanskiWe must now have unity and a discussion about party democracy. And let me be clear: as leader, I will never tolerate antisemitism, says Zack Polanski, leader of the Green party of England and Wales 07623
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeJonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026There’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale. Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-the-bb...jonathancook.substack.comHow the BBC sets a trap to make sure leftwing politicians never get a fair hearingThere’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale 12335143
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeScuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This graph is literally on the Guardian website 115048
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeGhost Coast. @spectralthrum.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026The Guardian fired the excellent Dawn Foster, a disabled working class journalist, after Watson (then Labour's Deputy Leader) and his people had a fit at her incisive piece about him being a detriment to the Labour at that time (2019), which I would argue contributed to her death two years later. 45320
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeJonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist. Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/what...middleeasteye.netWhat’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racistIsrael was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along 22590211
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 10/10/2026Andy Burnham must properly fund our NHS and end NHS privatisation We spend £40 billion LESS on health per capita than comparable European countries like France and Germany After years of underfunding and privatisation, our NHS is on its knees. It's time to get serious about reinstating our NHS 514776
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In his report on Israels response to Pillay winning the Nobel peace prize Parsons reports "she is a divisive figure" You mean a regime (& its enablers) thats spent 3yrs bombing hospitals, murdering journalists, starving families & slaughtering thousands of kids doesnt like her? 1620389
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you added our Holborn and St Pancras swing to any result in a future Green target seat, dozens of mostly Labour MPs would be replaced by Greens. We are not here to be disappointed in Labour. We are here to replace them. 718135
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeRDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Nice little nugget of horror buried in there 45707277
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeNicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 10/10/2026Ooops, there goes Donny's diesel... 0132
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeLittle Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The UK has dug up many of its orchards and now imports 70% of its apples, often from across the world. Planting apple trees in our gardens and community spaces - and protecting those we already have - can cut food miles, soak up CO2, benefit wildlife, and help save traditional apple varieties🍎 1223257
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeBold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This man has achieved more in a year outside of parliament than a lot of politicians do in a lifetime. He's rightly taking this moment to thank everyone that tirelessly supported the campaign, but let's put some respect on his name too: big up, Zacky P! We're proud of you x 26820180
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeJason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026As an objective observer, it’s clear that Zack has transformed the Greens from a party that sheepishly sits on the sidelines offering practically nothing, to one that ignites national debates and influences government. The Greens would be mad to change leader, stark raving mad. 1443471
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeTG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The media and assorted clowns are saying Polanski has to go. Here’s why: 082
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This was inevitable. We are a challenge to the status quo and they will do everything they can to keep the oil burning and the bombs falling. 1122963
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/10/2026What amazing biased illogic that the only party which did better in the by-election is the one all the mass media are saying failed and it's leader should resign ... meme via Dianne Drew 13417186
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tomorrow's front page: Labour are accused of overseeing “the worst living standards in modern history”, as new analysis shows households are thousands of pounds worse off 22917
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeAurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 08/10/2026For decades now, many have closed their eyes on the mainstream authoritarian turn in the name of security and antiterrorism because they felt they wouldn't be targets Well, as was always obvious and well researched, violence first unleashed on minoritised folk devils has come home to roost 25326
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10/10/2026The long-term rate of CO2 growth is currently at a record 24.35 ppm per decade. Net-zero by 2050? 2070? Ain't gonna' happen. Well, it might. But for another reason. 20291117
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Just a reminder: 163 articles were published on Jason Arday in the week after he resigned. Same outlets: 13 articles on Cambridge academic James Orr after allegations of misconduct & a broadcast showing him seemingly engaging in illegal activity. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network 317672
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeJohn Lubbock @jwsal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Labour are reducing equality of opportunity while watching universities collapse and promising billions more for the military. Cultural and economic suicide. 0157
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 10/10/2026Great work by @europeanmovement.co.uk - their report, backed by prominent figures from different parties, incl Conservative peer and former deputy PM Michael Heseltine, ex-Labour leader Neil Kinnock and the former Lib Dem business secretary Sir Vince Cable, and is being sent to the prime ministerindependent.co.ukLabour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining EU, poll showsExclusive: New 10-year plan for re-entry to the European Union in 2036 being put to the prime minister 215467
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UKadambienkov.co.ukWhy the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green PartyThe dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics 891906558
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It’s gone from a safe Labour seat with a 30k+ majority in 2017 to a marginal with 3,364 majority with the Greens in second what the fuck are you on about 1232968
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We TRIPLED our vote share. Second best byelection result in Green Party history. On a date that Labour chose to deliberately clash the same week as our conference. All with a brand new PM in previously a "safe" seat. Best response to all the absolute nonsense today? Join.greenparty.org.uk 1271305287
Eddie Clarke @hedgiecc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Cartoon by Ella Baron/The Guardian "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu 000
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/10/2026Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026theguardian.comAnne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026World’s most prestigious prize for literature goes to Canadian poet known for genre-crossing works including Autobiography of Red The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, the Swedish Academy has announced. The academy cited the author’s “bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”. Continue reading... 29618
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeCllr Anthony Carroll @anthonycarroll.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Best of luck to @zackpolanski.bsky.social today! 🗳️ He came to support us in Glasgow Southside where we elected our first Green constituency MSP in May, here is hoping he is elected London's 1st Green MP! 💚 For People & Planet before Profit, Vote Green today ✊ 0134
Eddie Clarke @hedgiecc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Good Morning Lambeth! Wishing Sonia Winifred and the Greens in Myatt's Fields all the best for today! #VoteGreen 020
Reposted by Eddie ClarkePete Johnson @pedrojuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I just wrote a @lambethgreenparty.bsky.social letter to my MP Steve Reed, demanding no more lying to residents in Lambeth. Write one to your MP here: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-m...actionnetwork.orgNo more lying to residents in LambethCampaigning is normal in elections. Lying to residents shouldn't be. During the Myatt's Fields by-election, Lambeth Labour chose to send leaflets to residents that claim to warn them about cuts to th... 011
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 05/10/2026Holborn & St Pancras may grab the headlines this Thursday, but there are 4 other (council) by-elections taking place: 🎗️ Rosemount/Midstocket (Aberdeen) 🌳 Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley (Amber Valley) 🌹 Myatt's Fields (Lambeth) ➡️ Town (Newcastle-under-Lyme) electionmaps.uk/council-by-e... 2408
Eddie Clarke @hedgiecc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This Thursday 8th October vote for Sonia Winifred in Myatt's Fields, Lambeth! #VoteGreen 000
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeElaine Hills @elainehills.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What an amazing campaign to be part of! 🙌 Great to work with Greens from afar to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected to parliament. 💚 We need change and a victory for Zack in Keir Starmer’s old seat would be a wake up call the govt to actually respond to the crises we're living through. #votezack 719851
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion 1471373292
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeStats for Lefties 🍉🏳️⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🚨 BREAKING: The Green Party has voted to support the abolition of Israel, and to replace it with a single Palestinian state. The motion, passed by members at its conference, declares that "Zionism is racism" and commits the party to opposing the existence of Israel full stop. 138917
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 541904772
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Thank you to everyone who came out to campaign in Holborn & St Pancras today! The election is feeling incredibly close from the thousands of conversations today. We need to keep it up for just a few more days. Every conversation matters. Join us: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP 27710162
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’ 59481105
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeDr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026While ordinary families struggle to afford the essentials, the super-rich continue to grow their wealth to ever-more obscene figures, propped up by our unfair tax system. I've written to the Chancellor pressing him to follow the Green Party's example and take urgent action to tax wealth fairly. 46029
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026With 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. 2020160
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeLambeth Green Party @lambethgreenparty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As part of the new administration’s Void Improvement Plan, aimed at speeding up the re-letting of empty homes, 200 council homes which are currently empty could be brought back into use by December 🏡 See our website - link in bio - for more info 🍀 043
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues. 2621491284
Reposted by Eddie ClarkeBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What an incredible coincidence, Netanyahu warns of a terrorist attack, and less than 24 hours later one happens. 32423110
