Sign in

hoppyite.bsky.social

@hoppyite.bsky.social
68 followers 173 following 200 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Can you believe this is not headline news? Very briefly appeared on the BBC's website and the guardian. It's a dire warning. Stick the brakes on the juggernaut now or it will completely flatten us. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
@greenparty.org.uk Shouldn't you be concentrating on this? Where were new adaptation policies at conference this year? Oh that's right you didn't have any. Well perhaps you should bloody well start? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Why is Zack Polanski above the party rules? open.substack.com/pub/smalldel...
open.substack.com
Why is Zack Polanski Above the Party Rules?
The meaning of rules in the Green Party depends on who you are....
010
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Is Zack Polankski the new Farage? open.substack.com/pub/smalldel...
010
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Can the Greens survive Zack Polanski? Internal purges, rural alienation, the rise of a new Corbynist party could leave the Greens weakened. Here's why this leadership contest matters more than you think. open.substack.com/pub/smalldel... #GreenParty #LeadershipElection #ClimatePolitics #Polanski
open.substack.com
Will Zack Polanski’s Political Naivety Destroy the Greens?
The Green Party's leadership election is upon us, with Zack Polanski appearing to be well ahead of the joint ticket of Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns.
011
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Greens In Exile @greensinexile.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Need to understand the Green Party's voting system better? Exiles have put together advice pages to help! Confused by the STV (Single Transferable Vote) system? Read: greensinexile.org.uk/voting-why-r... Dealing with the Party disciplinary process? Read: greensinexile.org.uk/how-to-deal-...
012
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Greens In Exile @greensinexile.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Leadership Election! As Greens in Exile, we know better than anyone how much is at stake. Many of us have been silenced, sidelined, or excluded simply for standing by the core values of free speech, ecological justice, women’s rights and genuine democracy. greensinexile.org.uk/this-leaders...
greensinexile.org.uk
This Leadership Election is Our Moment - Please Vote and Share! - Greens in Exile
The Green Party is at a crossroads – and so are we. As Greens in Exile, we know better than anyone how much is at stake. Many of us have been silenced, sidelined, or excluded simply for standing by th...
012
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Two thirds of our energy from renewables this morning! Good, cheap sun and wind with very little expensive gas and nuclear. Time for our bills to start reflecting the actual cost of energy?
Graph showing abundance of renewables in UK this morning
000
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 20/06/2025
BREAKING: MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The #AssistedDyingBill will now proceed to the House of Lords. A landmark victory for compassion, dignity, and choice.
811742
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Greens In Exile @greensinexile.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Greens in Exile gets a mention in an article in the Guardian (Tue 17/06025) From theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Green party trying to purge gender-critical voices, claims expelled former spokesperson
Pallavi Devulapalli says party is diverging from founding principles towards a more ‘leftwing authoritarian culture’
012
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
One of the main reasons I joined @greenparty.org.uk was its stance on science, being the only party to have what it takes to save us from climate disaster. But the party is descending into an anti science swamp neck deep in gender politics. It's failing us www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
‪@benwheels.bsky.social‬ is this blog post for real or is it just mischief making? thegreenlight.blog/2025/06/14/z...
thegreenlight.blog
zack polanski and ben foley: the toxic trans connection
Ben Foley has been a Green Party councillor since 2019, being one of the first Greens ever elected to a Bedfordshire unitary council. He stood as a Parliamentary candidate for the Party in 2005, 20…
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
@adrianramsay.bsky.social ‪@elliechowns.bsky.social ‪@greenjennyjones.bsky.social ‪@carladenyer.bsky.social ‪@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social ‪@zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski seems above the Green Party's Code of Conduct and Constitution? Do different rules apply to him than to other 1/3
100
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
@greenparty.org.uk @adrianramsay.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social None of you has stated that you would clean up the Green Party disciplinary system. Why? Is it because you're happy with it as it is? Is it because it works to your advantage? Or just scared?
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Australia had a pretty wild climate before now, but now it's even wilder. The UK has a much milder climate but for how much longer? If you don't care about nature or other human beans how about your pocket? What will more flooding cost you? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
There are huge floods and/or droughts all over! And insurance is wildly expensive (if you can even get it) | First Dog on the Moon
Surely the Albo government won’t stand for this unfairness to battlers!
000
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Cllr Johnny Denis 💚 @cllrjohnnydenis.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
#TogetherWeWin @elliechowns.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social
63217
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I'm supporting Chowns and Ramsay for Leader of the Green Party. We need to be led from inside Parliament. We need to inspire trust in our great project. We need Ellie and Adrian.
32112
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
📣 Join Green councillor Kai Taylor for a live session with Ellie & myself! 🏆 Hear how we’ve won “unwinnable” seats 💚 How popular Green candidates break through 🗳️ How we changed minds—against the odds 🎟️ RSVP: ellie-adrian-2025.org/launch-event #TogetherWeWin
Promotional graphic for an online event titled "Meet Ellie & Adrian", scheduled for Tuesday 20 May at 8pm. The event is hosted by Councillor Kai Taylor, whose photo appears in the pink banner. Below, Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay are shown smiling in front of a green background; Ellie is wearing a teal blazer, and Adrian a pink shirt with a blue blazer. The top text reads "Ellie & Adrian – Together We Win". A vertical disclaimer notes this is campaign material and not an official communication from the Green Party of England and Wales.
261
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Thames Water on collision course with govt over exec bonuses. TW with £21bn debt, history of abuses & criminal convictions insists that it will pay bonuses, now calls them “retention payments”. Govt must cancel it's licence, let it go bankrupt, prosecute execs, nationalise. archive.ph/FpLe0
ft.com
Thames Water on collision course with government over bonuses
Utility claims new legislation to block bonuses will not capture ‘retention payments’
31624254
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Just what she says 👇 x.com/carolineluca...
x.com
Caroline Lucas on X: "I’m backing Ellie & Adrian for ⁦@TheGreenParty⁩ led by MPs with a national platform, a track record of overturning electoral odds & the ability to speak to all - a team committed to bringing the party together, facing down the far right & championing urgent climate action https://t.co/RdfJ0pKS1U" / X
I’m backing Ellie & Adrian for ⁦@TheGreenParty⁩ led by MPs with a national platform, a track record of overturning electoral odds & the ability to speak to all - a team committed to bringing the party together, facing down the far right & championing urgent climate action https://t.co/RdfJ0pKS1U
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Inclusive leaders. What the party currently needs! www.ellie-adrian-2025.org/launch-event
ellie-adrian-2025.org
Launch Event — Ellie & Adrian 2025
000
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Voters of all parties - including Reform - want higher taxes on the fossil fuel companies. Reform is letting its voters & the country down with climate denial. @greenparty.org.uk would increase taxes on oil and gas giants to help fund urgent climate action. globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
globalwitness.org
Reform voters among majority in UK that want higher taxes on fossil fuel polluters
Following Labour’s dramatic losses to Reform UK in last week’s local elections, and anti net-zero plans announced by the latter this week, new polling shows that the majority of Reform voters are worr...
14226
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
It’s beyond outrageous that UK is continuing to supply arms to Israel, when there is - beyond all doubt - a “clear risk” they could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law. What else are ministers waiting for? Unforgivable complicity
7314101
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Overnight, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator warned that genocide is possible in Gaza. I asked an urgent question Does this Govt stand by its duty to prevent under the Genocide Convention, and will it act to uphold humanitarian law? Or just say “we did all we could.” youtube.com/shorts/ClNmA...
youtube.com
Overnight, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator warned that genocide is possible in Gaza.
YouTube video by Adrian Ramsay MP
36737
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Time for @greenparty.org.uk to start listening to all it's members?
001
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
It’s not the first time the right has tried to capitalise on fear & disillusionment felt by those left behind by Labour & Conservatives. Like the BNP & UKIP, Reform will disappear once voters realise what they really stand for. www.itv.com/news/2025-04...
53412
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
542561996
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The Green Party is there as a compassionate party that would never cause the worry and concern the other parties do. But first it needs to remove the rotten heart that is GPRC so empathy and compassion can flow freely again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all | Zoe Williams
The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
@adrianramsay.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Green Party leadership still keeping silent about the corruption GPRC and the disciplinary system. Why?
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
@adrianramsay.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsy.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Why are @thegreenparty leaderd condoning the behaviour of GPRC inc Joe Hudson Small, Mel Earp, Rachel Collinson 1/🧵
100
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Does Israel have any conscience or sense of proportionality? BBC News - Mostly civilians died in IDF attack on Lebanon village, BBC finds - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Mostly civilians died in IDF attack on Lebanon village, BBC finds
An IDF attack on a Lebanese apartment block targeting Hezbollah killed mostly civilians, BBC finds.
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Why do some Americans have such small egos compared with the rest of the world? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
US Coast Guard and Florida start using Gulf of America for Gulf of Mexico
Donald Trump signed executive order to rename body of water in honor of ‘American greatness’
010
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
House burnt down blame the oil companies and their shills. House washed away blame the oil companies and their shills. House blown away blame the oil companies and their shills. Is your government a shill? Mine is. 😡 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
theguardian.com
World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record
UN secretary general, António Guterres, says ‘we must exit this road to ruin’ in annual new year message
000
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
As well as Universal Basic Income we need Universal Basic Services
042
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
FOSSILHEADS: CLIMATE CRISIS CABARET! @fossilheads.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#fossilheads world beating
picture with red text that reads "UK Headlines this week:" followed by the guardian headline and sub headline "Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, stusy finds (Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate)" followed by more red text "Also UK headlines this week:" followed by the BBC headline IL 'not ready' for extreme weather like Storm Darragh" followed by a picture of cars trying to drive through a very flooded road edited with a speech bubble so that one driver is implied as saying "thank goodness we're being kept safe from those terrifying soup people"
09134
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
@zackpolanski.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social If you had the power to help prevent one suicide or to prevent serious mental health damage to one person would you use it?
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Oh my god! I'm truly shocked! What a surprise! Not Guess what? Another climate criminal runs us over. 🤷‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
BP shifts offshore wind to joint venture amid retreat from renewables
Energy company’s deal with Japan’s Jera will allow it to focus on exploiting oil and gas assets
000
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
If that disgusting racist and grifting liar Nigel Farage shouldn't have been on Question Time even once, nevermind 38 times. Give this a Like, or better yet a RP.
8834971305
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
No plan for more tax rises, says UK PM Starmer. Wrong pledge. Taxes need to rise on the rich, cut for the poor to reduce inequality. Top 10% have 57% of the wealth, bottom 50% own less than 5%, poorest 10% have 0.02%. Can't build good society on injustice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
No plan for more tax rises, Starmer tells BBC
The PM says voters can judge him at the next general election on whether their living standards have improved.
691413547
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Carbon budget? No it's a carbon deficit run up by corporations that we are paying the interest on with our lives and our futures. What do we get out of it? Zilch. What do they get out of it? Short term wealth and ego satisfaction.
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
What is wrong with "democracy" in the green party ? thegreenlight.blog/2024/12/04/w...
thegreenlight.blog
what is wrong with “democracy” in the green party ?
Following its Autumn 2024 Conference in Manchester, the Green Party of England and Wales held its Annual General Meeting on 9 November. The number of participants to that online event fluctuated wi…
001
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We need to spread the word. Tell the UK government to ban deep sea mining before it starts. act.gp/3FvLdI9
021
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
FOSSILHEADS: CLIMATE CRISIS CABARET! @fossilheads.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Link suppression on other sites (including fb even suppressing ITSELF because they want us to pay them to let our own fans hear our music) means our radical anti-consumerist xmas song is pretty much at a standstill and it’s barely even advent! 😢🤣Any Blueskyers fancy a listen? youtu.be/12FyJyMBt90
youtu.be
Sick of Consumeristmas? MERRY CRISIS! by Fossilheads (slightly better sound)
YouTube video by FOSSILHEADS: CLIMATE CRISIS CABARET!
53117
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Another far right weirdo bites the dust? Why do we have to put up with them? What is so wrong and sad with our society that they even exist? www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
theguardian.com
Declaration of martial law awakens ghosts South Koreans thought were laid to rest
Yoon Suk Yeol miscalculated when he thought nostalgia for authoritarianism would resonate with at least some MPs
000
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
So MPs vote 330 to 275 in favour of the #AssistedDying Bill & so bring hope & comfort to so many. It has the strongest safeguards in the world & by keeping issue in public eye as it goes forward for further consideration, we have best chance of improving palliative care too @dignityindying.org.uk
1442652
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This woman knows what she's talking about, get her elected.
24068412035
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
But don't cows that don't fart still require the same amount of feed and land? I think someone is missing the point. www.farminguk.com/news/nfu-say...
farminguk.com
NFU says 'questions remain' as Arla trials feed additive Bovaer
News of Arla's methane suppressing supplement trial has sparked debate on social media, with the NFU admitting that 'questions remain' over their long-term use.
000
hoppyite.bsky.social @hoppyite.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
About Time!
000
Reposted by @hoppyite.bsky.social
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Paris to Berlin - €49.99 London to Manchester - €324.36 Guess which train journey is 4x longer?
52904205