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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Dr Gerald Kutney | Climate Politics @geraldkutney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Science denial has always been a fringe movement, supported ONLY by cranks and crackpots, and still is. A change has taken place this century. Social media has given them a global soapbox to preach their disinformation and blatant lies across the world. #ClimateBrawl
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK healthcare. All part of Tory plan to hike waiting list, under investment and privatisation of healthcare. Profiteering means less available for frontline services. Higher taxes for lower public value. Ban private equity from all public services
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How the NHS backlog fuelled a private equity gold rush in UK health market
The latest Spire Healthcare deal showed that private equity interest in the private healthcare market has continued.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
⏱️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations.
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in... @greenparty.org.uk @labourlewis.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social
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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest"
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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Gem&Molly ⓥ @gemandmoll.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social Your article in September's print edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social 'Countering Doom and Despair' is a welcome piece on climate change anxiety. Thank you. Please can you send a copy to Andy Burnham? We don't need more oil drilling.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
England water industry was privatized for £7.6bn in 1989. Since then They have extracted £88.4bn in dividends Dumped tons of sewage in rivers Lost 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks Built no new reservoirs They are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy but claim to be worth £144bn. Rogues.
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The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A massive plastic pellet spill is threatening North Sea wildlife 🌊 Coastal communities are stepping up, but we need action. Join us and ask @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch an emergency response & hold polluters accountable! #NurdleSpill #StopPollution action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tyn...
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Tell Andy Burnham: Save the North Sea from plastic pellet disaster
One of the UK's biggest spills of plastic pellets (or “nurdles”) is flooding the North East’s coastline. It could harm wildlife in the North Sea for decades. Thousands of volunteers – including Friend...
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition to demand the government protects us all from the impacts of extreme weather and the #ClimateEmergency. Add your name too! action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
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Tell the government: stop extreme weather destroying lives
Add my name Extreme heat. Droughts. Wildfires. Flooding. Homes destroyed. Lives shattered. Climate breakdown isn’t a distant threat. It’s happening now, and communities across the UK are on the frontl...
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
From hedgehogs and bats to butterflies and newts, the UK’s wildlife is disappearing fast – and our government is letting it happen. I’ve just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for urgent action. Add your name: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
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Tell the government: act for nature before it’s too late
Add my name Did you know the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world? There’s less wildlife today than in living memory − and it’s still disappearing before our eyes. From hedgeho...
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"Free-range" labels changed how we buy eggs. Now we need the same honesty for dairy. Don't let US-style mega-dairies hide on our supermarket shelves. Sign the petition to demand mandatory dairy welfare labels from the Environment Secretary 👇 act.38degrees.org.uk/act/battery-...
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The Great British dairy scandal: Crack down on “battery” dairy farms
"Free-range" labels changed how we buy eggs. Now we need the same honesty for dairy. Don't let US-style mega-dairies hide on our supermarket shelves. Sign the petition to demand mandatory dairy welfar...
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The 2026 ballot Private Members’ Bill ballot has taken place. We urgently need an MP to help secure our future and commit to the Nature + National Security Bill. Will you help and email your MP today? #NNSBill www.zerohour.uk/pmbb @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk
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Write to your MP about the Private Members' Bill ballot
Ask your MP to choose the Nature + National Security Bill in the Private Members' Bill ballot.
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Hold Gov 2 account! No new oil or gas in our seas. Sign and circulate 🙂 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st... @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Stop Big Oil billionaires polluting our seas for profit
The Government must keep its promise to ban new offshore oil and gas. Drilling harms marine wildlife, causes toxic spills, and won't lower our bills. Add your name to protect our ocean!
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debbiepetty @debbiepetty.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🚨 The collapse of our natural world is a direct threat to the UK’s national security. 🌍 The Nature + National Security Bill is a new, urgent, science-led response to this emergency. 📣 Ask your MP to choose the #NNSBill in the private members’ bill ballot. Head to 👉 zerohour.uk/write
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Fossil fuel chaos is harming the planet and putting us out of pocket. I’m calling on the UK government to go all in on renewable energy. Add your name too: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/bre... @friends-earth.bsky.social
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Break the UK free from fossil fuel chaos
Take action Global oil and gas markets are volatile − driven by war, conflict and the interests of power-hungry leaders. Here in the UK, we’re still addicted to fossil fuels, leaving households expose...
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Microsoft, your climate plan ran into a problem and needs to restart. Read our open letter and add your name. microsoftlies.com?utm_source=e...
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Microsoft, Your Climate Plan Ran Into a Problem
An open letter to Microsoft demanding accountability on climate commitments. Microsoft promised to be carbon negative by 2030 — but emissions keep rising. Sign the letter and demand action.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Don’t let anyone forget.
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I’ve just signed the UK’s biggest ever thank you card for the people who hold our communities together. Tens of thousands have already signed. Add your name too! @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/big...
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Thank the people who make hope happen
Add my name Across the UK, people are choosing hope every day. They’re supporting their neighbours, helping those in need and building stronger communities. They’re protecting our green spaces, harnes...
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I was quoting the article. All I would observe about the right to return is that most Jews don’t exercise it. And it was Batak’s refusal to recognise a Palestinian right of return which broke the Oslo Accords
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Indeed! From The #NewClimateWar (bookshop.org/p/books/the-...)
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Rivers worldwide are warming, losing oxygen, and emitting more greenhouse gases due to rising temperatures and intensified land use, highlighting their growing impact on the global climate system. doi.org/hbznb8
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Rivers worldwide reveal greenhouse gas rise that's been overlooked for decades
Rivers worldwide are under severe stress: they are warming, losing oxygen, and as a result emitting increasing amounts of greenhouse gases.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
If you want Sadiq Khan to block Palantir from using all the Police cameras in the UK to spy on you for Donald Trump. RT
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
No surprise that the CEO of Palantir, a tech monopoly financed mainly by the state, whose founder distrusts democracy, which builds tools to centralise state surveillance, has a problem with pluralism: “We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism”
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Trevor Phillips said on Sky News this morning that "everybody in the country who could read a newspaper" knew in advance of the Mandelson appointment that he was problematic is this the same Phillips who interviewed Mandelson on October 08 2023 and didn't ask any questions about Epstein friendship?
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The BBC just helped normalise nuclear extermination. This is insane.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
NO HUMAN BEING SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.. Iran was in negotiations The Straits of Hormuz were open There was no imminent threat Trump claimed he wanted to help them Now he wants to kill them all Imagine if you were a mom or dad with children having to do this #25thAmendmentNow
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no... @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social @greensuki.bsky.social
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No King Charles state visit to meet Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump has embarked on an illegal war in Iran and other agressive policies, at home and abroad. Donald Trump has also recently ridiculed our Prime Minister and the British armed forces...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Green Party are on the cusp of being the leading political party in the polls. Felt pretty emotional to get this reception from thousands of educators and support staff. Hope is here. It's all of us. And the tide is turning - let's do this! 💚 Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Here's what Keir Starmer doesn't want you to know about the war on Iran:
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Palantir, the controversial U.S. company working with ICE and the Israeli military, has access to our private data via NHS databases. We need the Government to trigger the break clause on their contract NOW. 🚨Can you sign and share? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/trigger-...
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End Palantir’s NHS contract NOW
Palantir, the controversial U.S. company working with ICE and the Israeli military, has access to our private data via NHS databases. We need the Government to trigger the break clause on their contra...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Half a million people standing against the far right. Half a million people who care about each other and our communities. Half a million people ready to make hope normal again.
Hannah and Zack on stage together
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Tories have opposed the rise in minimum wage. A worker over the age of 21 will earn around £25,000 a year. 32% of Universal Credit claimants work. A single person needs £30,500 for minimum living standard, £74,000 for a couple with two children. Silence on fat-cattery and human cost of poverty
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Is Britain on the path to barbarism?
Dehumanisation of the people always unleashes personal and social tragedies
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Best friend doggos reunited after a week apart.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We are always told Iran is the dangerous aggressor but the last time it invaded anywhere was in 1856. While Israel are invading 3 countries right now. And the USA are bombing, starving and imprisoning the leader of 3 different countries. Who is really the dangerous aggressor?
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Hi, I just found out that fossil fuel giants are trying to push the UK government to scrap the Windfall Tax on oil and gas companies - which taxes their profits. Will you join me and add your name to the petition? act.gp @thegreenparty.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth @xrbristol.bsky.social
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Don’t scrap the Windfall Tax
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Jeff @jsobauman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta... @thegreenparty.bsky.social
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Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Now watch the billionaire media throw all the dirt it can at the Greens, who could thwart its dream of a Farage government.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
'I didn't grow up wanting to be a politician, I'm a plumber' The green Party's Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton, with Reform in second and Labour finished third
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In a battle between hope and hate, hope won out. Why voters rejected the hateful politics of Reform and instead embraced the "Green Menace" in Gorton and Denton bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...
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Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory
A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 25/02/2026
Wisconsin-based Minocqua Brewing Company last month posted on their Facebook page that they would be offering “free beer, all day long, the day he dies. Not done their business any harm, it seems.
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 Ok folks,
 Given the recent proclamation that we're
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 "he" kicks the bucket, demand for our
 suds has gone through the roof!
 We'd like to believe the world has finally
 realized that our beer is second to none,
 but we have a feeling it's more likely that
 there's a volcanic level of mirth waiting to
 erupt moments after the Orange
 Shitgibbon finally becomes a casualty of is
 own toxic flatulence.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Reform have nothing to offer but divisive hate. Blaming migrants and communities struggling to get by. Hannah Spencer understands Manchester, she knows the value of work and will actually get things done. Thursday - it's Greens Vs Reform. Hope Vs Hate. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This election is an appeal for trust, a battle against fear and a straight fight between Greens and Reform | Hannah Spencer
Thursday’s stakes could not be higher. We know Labour has failed and Farage’s Reform is poisonous. I want to win Gorton and Denton as a fresh start, says Hannah Spencer, the Green party candidate in t...
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TryingMyBest @tryingmybestuk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Why are the children of Gaza still being so let down by the world?
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'She started to forget, little by little': Virtual reality offers escape to Gaza's children
In Gaza City, Palestinian children in displacement camps have been given some virtual reality headsets. For a few minutes, they are somewhere else. Then they step back into Gaza as it is.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It's Greens Vs Reform. This Thursday we can stop Reform and have a new Green MP in Parliament. Hannah, the local plumber, who works really hard and will be a brilliant representative for Gorton & Denton. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Zack Polanksi tells Labour deputy leader 'back Greens' in Gorton and Denton
The Greens leader has written to Lucy Powell in light of a new poll that puts his party in the lead
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