Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I am deeply saddened the ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion has passed. It doesn't reflect Green principles or my own view. The Green Party has long supported the principle of self-determination, and I stand by our 2024 manifesto commitment of equal rights of Israelis and Palestinians. 115713
Reposted by Helen GeakeTom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Andy Burnham has failed to make a compelling case for Greens to vote for him, let alone for the party to stand aside. But we do need to start thinking about how a *genuinely* progressive alliance could work. Me for @bylinetimes.bsky.social. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hang-toget...bylinesupplement.comHang Together or Hang Separately?Green wins and the Makerfield by-election have reignited debate on the potential for a “progressive alliance” to stop a future far-right government. Now is the time to make it happen argues Tom Scott 3207
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The first duty of any Govt is to keep the public safe. @thecccuk.bsky.social could not be clearer. On our current path, by 2050 nine in ten homes could be at risk of overheating and 40°C heatwaves may become common across the UK. That is why we need a dedicated Climate Protection Unit in No. 10. 315055
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Here's a characteristically insightful article from the excellent Rupert Read: Is There a 'Green Ceiling'? open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...open.substack.comIs There a 'Green Ceiling'?Great results, but has the Green Party run into a maximum level of support, under its current strategy? Rupert Read identifies the tricky lessons the Green Party can learn from this election campaign 040
Reposted by Helen GeakeB&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026#Archaeology #TimeTeam #Podcasts Excavating the Roman fort of Branodunum | Time Team podcast Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social and Martyn Williams @martynmnw.bsky.social are on site with Time Team in Brancaster, Norfolk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDz...youtube.comExcavating the Roman fort of Branodunum | Time Team podcastYouTube video by Time Team Official 092
Reposted by Helen GeakeLand Use Policy Working Group Green Party of England & Wales @landusegpew.bsky.social · 21/03/2026The crisis re Straights of Hormuz is making us realise we rely on oil too much. The crisis is causing massive fertiliser shortage too. Fertilisers cause tremendous environmental damage. Farming systems/land use must change to use much less. This crisis should make us think about fertiliser use. 🧵 141
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Time Team is in the Guardian! Thanks @estheraddley.bsky.social for a great article. From iron age tunnels to YouTube: Time Team’s ‘extraordinary’ digital renaissance www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comFrom iron age tunnels to YouTube: Time Team’s ‘extraordinary’ digital renaissanceThree decades after its modest beginnings on Channel 4, the TV juggernaut now has its own channel and global subscribers 0254
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 10/12/2025As John Gater said, the man who spent his life making us laugh is now making us cry. I can't imagine a Time Team without Kerry; he was our foundations and our roof, as well as our joker. 💔 1211
Reposted by Helen GeakeRichard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Am enjoying ‘The House of Wolf’ by Sir Tony Robinson. Saxon spear for effect! A Viking appears called Martin Hennig. The only Martin Henig I know is Oxford Rev Prof Martin Henig. A lovely gentle soul who’d be the worst raider: I saw him fall off a punt! REALLY hope he was Sir Tony’s inspiration 3191
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 21/11/2025www.bbc.com/news/article... A thousand suggestions have been sent in already!bbc.comSutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestionsSutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions. 140
Reposted by Helen GeakeEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 07/09/2025Britain’s pensions & care crisis isn’t caused by migrants. It’s caused by ageing – and all the politicians who ignored it. The Bear explains.eastangliabylines.co.ukNan’s not bankrupting Britain (but politicians might be)Pensions, productivity and the myth of the migrant “drain” – why Britain’s real crisis is ageing, not immigration 36430
Reposted by Helen GeakeThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/09/2025Congratulations to the newly elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @rachelmillward.bsky.social 8455103
Reposted by Helen GeakeThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/09/2025Congratulations to the newly elected Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @mothinali.bsky.social 33484111
Reposted by Helen GeakeDr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Congratulations to my colleague @zackpolanski.bsky.social on being elected as @greenparty.org.uk's next Leader! Well done on a brilliant race. I look forward to continuing to work together on the future of the Green Party and to the many achievements to come! 723827
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Grateful to everyone who gave time, energy + heart to our campaign. 💚 Hugely proud of the record-breaking successes of our party in recent years. Let's keep growing our movement. 🌱 join.greenparty.org.uk 613215
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Currently we appeal to those who otherwise might vote for any party. Let's keep on threatening all our opponents, not just Corbyn! 100
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 29/08/2025A fascinating Newsnight interview. Both the political journalists on the panel said that it's a competition between: broad church & appealing to voters of every party on the one hand, versus fishing in the same waters as Jeremy Corbyn on the other. A very clear choice, I'd say. 310
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 22/08/2025This is about leadership that can unite and grow the Green movement. If you haven’t yet, please cast your vote today. 🗳 www.ellie-adrian-2025.org 093
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Excellent sum up of current Green strength and achievement, from a local councillor who knows what he's talking about. 083
Reposted by Helen GeakeMolly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Our policies have always been more radical than Corbyn's We should not retreat into a Left ideological ghetto but should invite everybody to vote for a sustainable and peaceful future with the Green Party bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...bylinetimes.com'How the Green Party Should Respond to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's New Left Party'The creation of a new explicitly left party means that any attempt by the Greens to compete on the same ground is now a dead end, argues Rupert Read 116623
Reposted by Helen GeakeGreen Elects @greenelects.world · 25/07/2025@carladenyer.bsky.social, @adrianramsay.bsky.social, @elliechowns.bsky.social & @sianberry.bsky.social sign cross party letter calling for Keir Starmer and UK Government to recognise Palestine as a state. 39726
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Interesting take on the Green Party leadership election, from the entertaining and always well-informed Mr Pecksniff: eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...eastangliabylines.co.ukPecksniff: Exclusive! We reveal far right plot behind Epping riotsIn which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life 040
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 25/07/2025A very clear analysis of why the Green Party is different to all others. It has broadly left-wing policies because these are essential for the planet, but it is first and foremost a Green party and not a leftist party. bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...bylinetimes.com'How the Green Party Should Respond to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's New Left Party'The creation of a new explicitly left party means that any attempt by the Greens to compete on the same ground is now a dead end, argues Rupert Read 122
Reposted by Helen GeakeRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 23/07/2025“If a new political party is setting up, now, without having climate- and ecological- breakdown front and centre, then it’s hopelessly out of date”: Adrian Ramsay brilliant, on LBC #GreenLeadership debate, on why the Green Party is deeply different in fundamental starting-point from Corbyn-Sultana. 67227
Reposted by Helen GeakeDr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Thank you Mags - you're a tireless champion for disabled people's rights, and I’m proud to have your backing! #TogetherWeWin 33206
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Huge congrats to Diane @ddpearly & well done to the Wealden Green Party for holding Horam and Punnetts Town. The Greens are keeping seats like this because constituents see us delivering, not just shouting from the sidelines & delivering nothing like some parties seem to do. 0266
Reposted by Helen GeakeAlan Renwick @alanrenwick.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Great to see that the English Devolution Bill, published today, restores the Supplementary Vote system for electing mayors and PCCs. In a blogpost last year, I set out why the switch to FPTP in 2022 was bad for democracy, and why reversing that move is good. constitution-unit.com/2024/05/24/t...constitution-unit.comThe new voting system for mayors and PCCs: how it affects democracyThis month’s elections for mayors and police and crime commissioners were contested under a revised voting system. In a post published yesterday, Alan Renwick found that this change had a substanti… 99021
Reposted by Helen GeakeRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I’ve put together this listing of top endorsements for Adrian & Ellie for the Green Party Leadership race. They really are quite something. Check out this thread 🧵. Let’s start with the mother of all endorsements: Caroline Lucas’s: x.com/carolineluca... 72416
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 12/07/2025This is indeed the best analysis of Green electoral success I've read. Under Carla & Adrian, the party has gained power and influence on a whole new scale. Let's keep going upwards with Adrian & Ellie. 010
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Reform UK is rising fast - but we’ve shown they can be beaten. On 8 July, join us and Greens who’ve done just that. Let’s share tactics, build confidence, and win together. 📅 Sign up here: www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/events #TogetherWeWin 22816
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Thanks to Jonathon Porritt for backing us as the leadership team this moment demands. Climate. Justice. Fair taxation. Peace. We’ll lead with purpose — and never back down. #TogetherWeWin 14311
Reposted by Helen GeakeSuffolk Broad (aka Anna) 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺 @annadamski.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Bear in mind (did you see what I did there @bearlypolitics.co.uk 😉) this was the Chair of the party. If he’s this clueless, imagine what all those rookie councillors are going to be like. 😳 Excellent article, worth a read. 35815
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 30/05/2025We’re not here to stay small. We’re here to win. Mark Redding’s right — it’s time for leadership that speaks to real people, not just the Green bubble. Let’s take this to the next level #TogetherWeWin 52110
Reposted by Helen GeakeTim Osmond @chiena.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Great book-in-progress shouting at stately homes here from @susannahwalker.bsky.social. I live with this very happily. open.substack.com/pub/susannah...open.substack.comFollow the moneyMost of it is ours 063
Reposted by Helen GeakeSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up? No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July. Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words. 14756358
Reposted by Helen GeakeCllr Johnny Denis 💚 @cllrjohnnydenis.bsky.social · 25/05/2025#TogetherWeWin @elliechowns.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social 63217
Reposted by Helen GeakeMary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 25/05/2025This is the first really good assessment of @greenparty.org.uk leadership race. Those of us who are worried 😟 about our planet 🌍 know we have to gain the voters attention. 🤔We can easily put voters off by the terms 🤔shorthand?... we use to describe what we are about. 11812
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Some of my favourite people at the Sutton Hoo Ship Company's Saxon Festival yesterday. We had a cinema showing of the #RebuildingTheLegend film, then Q&A with Time Team director Karen Kirk and archaeologist Martin Carver (the two in the centre of the pic). The film's on YouTube - it's a triumph! 1140
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 25/05/2025The Green Party is the political wing of the environmental movement. The climate emergency means we must attract voters from across the political spectrum. Ellie and Adrian have shown they can do this - that's why I'm backing them. #TogetherWeWin @elliechowns.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social 071
Reposted by Helen GeakeAPPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 25/05/2025💰 “Donations in British politics have become more concentrated, particularly from super donors - people giving more than £100,000 per year... that is real cause for concern” 💬 Parth Patel @ippr.bsky.social 23918
Reposted by Helen GeakeRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 24/05/2025We’re calling on everyone who cares about nature: write to your MP now. Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...action.rspb.org.ukHelp stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protectionsI've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too? 9251127
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Wise, considered article by Rupert Read here: bylinetimes.com/2025/05/23/c...bylinetimes.com'The Case for Climate Popularism in the Green Party'The future of UK politics is a fight between the Greens and Reform and its clear which Green candidates are the best placed to lead that battle, argues Rupert Read 020
Reposted by Helen GeakeHelen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 20/05/2025'It epitomises the strangeness of Sutton Hoo - it has ship burials, horse burials, mound burials and now bath-bucket burials.' Nice to be ushering children out of the house while listening to the marvellous @helengeake.bsky.social from @timeteam.bsky.social on Today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSutton Hoo Byzantine bucket believed to be cremation vesselArchaeologists find human and animal remains in the base of the bucket, confirming their beliefs. 1316
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Hi Jeff. Sounds like we need a long conversation! There's a lot of misinformation around this topic and I think it's only tackled by careful, detailed discussion with goodwill on both sides. Not something best done over social media - much better when done in person. 100
Reposted by Helen GeakeAdrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Join Ellie Chowns and me on Tuesday 20 May at 8pm for our online launch event. Come and hear our ideas about how we can make transformational change in our party, in our communities and in the halls of power at every level of government. Sign up: www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/launch-event 163
Helen Geake @helengeake.bsky.social · 15/05/2025A crisp analysis of how Labour and the Tories have identical approaches to the planning process. The broader lesson - that for some reason they are now listening to the same sorts of people as the Tories wanted to please - is quite worrying. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comLabour has denounced me as ‘deeply misleading’ on its planning reform. I wish that were true | George MonbiotEven it now admits that brick by brick, these proposals will wreck habitats. This could be Starmer’s most damaging mistake yet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 032