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Howard Green

@howardigreen.bsky.social
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Lapsed mathematician, serial migrant, Silicon Valley Survivor, Scottish Green

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
we keep getting told the press don’t need regulatory reform. this is just racism. it’s not even being smokescreened or obfuscated. they’re calling a politician a race traitor for no reason other than that they don’t like him.
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Great song about MAGA and the world cup from my old friend John Guilfoyle www.youtube.com/shorts/gjTX2...
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Maga World Cup song, 3 verses #sports #worldcup #soccer #music #footballnews #football #usmnt
YouTube video by JohnGuilfoyle1
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
You can trust a cat to point out the obvious. 🤣🤣
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Patients and staff do not pay parking charges in Scotland.
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rlfan.bsky.social @rlfan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I don't suppose the Daily Fail would want you to re-post this, so please refrain.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
As misleading headlines go, that has to be up there with some of the worst! As is the claim that "Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s." The "shocking new study" does NOT show that at all 🙄 🧵 1/21
Express Headline:

Twenty-seven young foreign workers hired for every one Brit as immigration fuels unemployment crisis.
Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s, according to a shocking new study.
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
There is a Philip K Dick short story in which the dictator appears on TV every day, and you can press buttons to determine what he says. This is the LP now. Burnham is now against PR, rejoining the EU, and for persecuting migrants. He keeps telling us what he won't do. What is the point of him?
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just keeps getting worse. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migration
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Awesome
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Sensible thinking from Harry Eccles. On balance I think now that the Greens should stand against Burnham provided they can find a really good local candidate, unless we get a cast-iron offering on PR (whipped bill establishing decent system before election). substack.com/@harryeccles...
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Harry Eccles (@harryeccles94)
Is Burnham better than Starmer? Absolutely. Will he save Britain? Absolutely not. Let me explain… https://harryeccles94.substack.com/p/is-andy-burnham-britains-saviour?r=4lqkun&utm_medium=ios
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The rumour about Andy Burnham standing in the Rusholme constituency sets up a truly delicious fantasy. It's a top Green target seat. Turnout in 2024 was awful. Gorton & Denton round 2 looms?
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Thoughtful piece www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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James Butler · Labour’s Failure
Despite a few halting steps towards devolving power in Britain, England itself remains a profoundly centralised country...
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
substack.com/@yanisvarouf...
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Palantir and the New Order
Neoliberalism Is Dead—Say Hello to Techlordism
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This deserves to be circulated. A former Red Cross staff member got in touch. She testifies about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's role. For transparency: her name is Brea Thibodeau. The whole thing is a desperate smear.
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
All credit to Burnham and Compass. As for the absurd campaign of smears and abuse toward the Greens from the Labour hierarchy, just stop it. And could we see the end of Akehurst soon? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham sparks Labour anger with plan to appear at event alongside Greens
Some MPs accuse Burnham of undermining local election messaging by agreeing to speak at event later this month
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This is a disgusting piece. What are we doing, when the supposedly left-liberal press repeats a frankly irrelevant piece of right-wing smear three days before an important election. Any slur will do, for the wrong kind of Jew. What is the Guardian doing? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says
Green party leader also accused of incorrectly stating he was a full member of the National Council of Hypnotherapy
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Another day, another national newspaper publishing a cartoon with Zack Polanski with a massive hook nose. Another day of silence from mainstream politicians self-proclaimed great antisemitism fighters on the antisemitism faced by Zack. Solidarity with Zack and ALL the victims of antisemitism.
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Martin Farley 🔰 @martinfarley.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
On a day when the @greenparty.org.uk is being attacked re antisemitism, let's remind ourselves that the Greens have among the least antisemitic supporters in the country If you vote today, vote for a kinder, hopeful future where all people and the planet are respected and supported. #votegreen
Screenshot of graph using YouGov data showing that 95% of Green supporters are open to having Jewish friends (compared with 87% of Labour supporters and 81% of Reform supporters), while only 7% agree with the statement that "Jewish people chase money more than other people do", compared to 11% of Labour supporters and 24% of Reform supporters (though that is still too high!).
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Deeply disturbing to see number of politicians who see protest against the murder of children, medics and journalists as inciting violence while marches by far right extremists who frequently actually incite racist violence is quite acceptable - politics & media in this country is rotten & racist
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 04/05/2026
Scotland wouldn't be the country it is today without people coming here from all over the world. Their contributions to our economy, society and culture are incalculable. Scotland must always remain an open and welcoming country.
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Truly beyond belief. Why are these people not being prosecuted?
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... It must be a decade or two since I (mostly) agreed with something Polly Toynbee wrote, but here I am. This is a really good list of things the govt could do which would start to turn us around. Sadly, they won't, because they all involve some bravery.
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What does Britain need from Labour? Not another new PM, but a government with the guts to take radical action | Polly Toynbee
There’s no point searching for a saviour without a genuine change in direction. Real courage is necessary – because Labour still has time to fix what is broken, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Any sane person will condemn the knife attack on Jewish people in Golders Green. Sadly, it has already been weaponized by those wishing to distract us from the behaviour of the Israeli state, led, it seems, by the prime minister. Protest against genocide is not "venerating the murder of Jews".
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A strange mixture of reality and lack of imagination. The issue is to figure out what defence really is. Does defence require aircraft carriers? Bases in the Indian ocean? American nuclear warheads? I say no. Undersea drones and software? Perhaps. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Rachel Reeves warns other budgets may be cut to lift defence spending
Chancellor says she is ‘working through a range of options’ to boost the armed forces but does not want to put up taxes
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
www.thenational.scot/news/2601459...
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Companies behind Scotland's huge new AI data centres revealed
SCOTLAND has a large and growing pipeline of proposed “hyperscale” data centres – those with enough processing capacity to handle the vast…
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 12/04/2026
The fact the Labour Party, Tories and Reform all have specific policies to make it harder to come here and be a social care worker is absolutely disgraceful when this country is going through a social care crisis. #bbcdn
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you share our vision for a fairer, greener, kinder Scotland, join our movement today 👇 #BBCDN
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Join the Scottish Greens
Join the Scottish Greens today and be part of our growing movement. Why should I join?  We are always told that the system is broken, but it’s not. It’s rigged. It's rigged in favour of corporations, ...
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Congratulations to Ross Greer for his performance in the leaders debate. Answered questions concretely, said clearly what we want, took no nonsense from Offord and Finlay, and avoided the silly shouting match.
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/04/2026
Pretty persistently frustrating that enviro opposition to data centres get clumsily dismissed as "NIMBY" when, as you can see here, it's well-evidenced and packed to the brim with real-world examples of material harm. And GP goes further than most in pointing out the end-goals of the system:
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The energy and environmental impact of AI and how it undermines democracy - Greenpeace International
The AI boom is not progress if it deepens extraction, environmental harm and attacks on democracy. From Ireland to New Jersey, people are resisting a model of AI development that concentrates profit a...
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The Inhumane Cost of Spectacle: Iran Under Bombs subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/t...
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The Inhumane Cost of Spectacle: Iran Under Bombs – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
In the 10 days since Israel and America’s illegal war against Iran started, everything has turned upside down. It is the stuff of nightmares.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 03/04/2026
Make sure you vote for the right Greens on May 7th.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Vote @scottishgreens.org to bring Scotland's bus network back into public ownership 💚🚌
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Action to Protect Rural Scotland has done a great job in collating the current rash of plans for giant (allegedly "green") AI data centres which the Scottish government appears to be supporting. aprs.scot/data-centre-... In sum, they are asking for ~7Gw of 24/7 electricity.
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Data Centre Map - Action to Protect Rural Scotland
We have made a map of the hyperscale data centre projects being planned in Scotland. Click on the map to find out information on the capacity, stage of planning, developer. And each proposed site has ...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Prime Minister’s plan to offer rapid routes to settlement for those earning six-figure salaries whilst punishing and making lower-paid workers wait up to 15 years appears to be based on the notion that care workers are “low-skilled” because they are low-paid - its a disgrace
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Martin Farley 🔰 @martinfarley.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Renters are paying for the home they live in, plus their landlord's (unearned) profit These room rents are obscene Time to abolish landlordism We need a govt that sees affordable housing as its responsibility, not leave it to a deeply dysfunctional market
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BBC Today at its most irritating today. Emma Barnett thinks all interviewees need a good shouting at and interrupting several times a sentence. I would like to know what the government is doing about the Russian Shadow fleet, but no chance of finding out. When is the BBC going to clear them out?
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/chrisdil...
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On advertising bias
Advertising creates a bias in our preferences; we need a counterweight to this
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 22/03/2026
It's time to fix Scotland’s broken land ownership system and put power back into the hands of communities, not the super-rich.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 15/03/2026
Too many mothers have to cut their working hours or cut back on essentials to make ends meet. By expanding childcare, families can save £10,000 per child. We're pledging: 🟢570 hours of funded childcare for every child from 6 months to 2 years 🟢1140 hours for all 2 year olds
Happy Mother's Day.

All we want for Mother's day is the biggest expansion of free childcare in a generation.
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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 06/03/2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists. STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship
Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
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Open Secret Alien @opensecretalien.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
and the Wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones... But those were Foreign Children and it really didn't matter."
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Globalisation is under threat from Iran war – and Britain is uniquely vulnerable
Economic ripples from US-Israel attacks will soon become waves, engulfing everything from energy prices to food
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stubakes.bsky.social @stubakes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I am most strongly in favour of legalising all drugs, and a lot of police and clinical experts agree. Shrill pearl-clutching by the likes of the Daily Mail is a key reason why that sensible policy hasn't been seriously considered.
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Gillian Mackay - Scottish Greens @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The people of Scotland will reject hatred! 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #VoteScottishGreens
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Howard Green @howardigreen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The latest meaningless soundbite from the defenders of neoliberalism seems to be the "growth agenda". Apparently, according to Streeting and others, we need one. I have no idea what it is, but I am against it. GDP growth has no current correlation with quality of life, and mostly damages the planet
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Cara McKee @caramckeegreens.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Here's the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald reporting on my letter to CMAL and ScotGov asking them to get on with the transfer of Ardrossan Harbour www.ardrossanherald.com/news/2582451...
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Scottish Greens slam lack of progress with Ardrossan Harbour takeover bid
Ayrshire Green Party members have hit out at the lack of progress made by the Scottish Government on the Ardrossan Harbour takeover.
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
IT'S COMING ... FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ... JUST LIKE PUTIN ... tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬 SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???
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Ariane Burgess MSP @ariane-burgess.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This week, here are some of the ways I have used your voice as your MSP: • Worked on new laws to help crofters • Made things easier for people using railway via Inverness • Secured funding for research into supporting market gardeners. • Challenged the government on salmon mortality reporting
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Great to talk to Channel 4 news. Gorton and Denton is between the Green Party and Reform. Hannah Spencer - our Mancunian plumber who knows the value of work. We're fighting back. Get involved: join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack with lots of cameras.
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