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@lovebillybragg.bsky.social
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'The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are' (Jung) Chair @mhtimeforaction Fully occupied mother of 3 adorables Peer Supported Open Dialogue (POD) Practitioner

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good luck Zack 💚 Get out and vote Green 💚
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Rachel 🇵🇸 @lovebillybragg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My Open Letter to the PM substack.com/@nurture99/n...
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Healing Happens in Relationships
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister - Andy Burnham
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Rachel 🇵🇸 @lovebillybragg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dear Prime Minister… nurture99.substack.com/p/healing-ha...
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Healing Happens in Relationships
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister - Andy Burnham
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I went to Paris to speak to Thomas Piketty - one of the world’s leading thinkers on inequality. We talk about why wealth keeps concentrating at the top, the case for public investment, and what it would take to build a fairer economy. A fascinating conversation. youtu.be/d_83pFubGvQ?...
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How We Build An Economic Future For All | Thomas Piketty
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Rachel 🇵🇸 @lovebillybragg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Our Chair Rachel Bannister joined Mark Austin @News.Sky.com to discuss #mentalhealth drop-in centres Early intervention is vital but funding&workforce capacity matter too Rachel is calling for Peer-Supported #OpenDialogue training, linked to up to 5x higher staff retention #mentalhealthtimefiraction
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered landscapes #womensart
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a landscape with flower meadow with red and white flowering plants and more fields in the background
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/06/2026
“We can’t deny that climate change is real and it is causing people to suffer. We need to take action urgently.” Paul Rock Green Senedd member on the current heatwave and the climate crisis.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Stained glass and driftwood sculpture by UK artist Louise V Durham #WomensArt #Solstice
Vertical driftwood sculpture inlaid with stained glass coloured circles, the artwork is sited on a beach at sunrise
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Rachel 🇵🇸 @lovebillybragg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm delighted to have had the opportunity to contribute this opinion piece for the @bmj.com examining how Open Dialogue’s person-centred, relational approach may offer the transformative change that mental health services so urgently need #OpenDialogue #MentalHealth www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Sculpture, "Hear: With an Ear to the Ground" by Polish-American artist Olga Ziemska #womensart
Photo featuring a large sculpture resembling a white bald head with face with eyes closed lying on its side in a garden or rural setting under a blue sky
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Carole King, US singer, songwriter musician, image from her 'Tapestry' album cover #Womensart (photo J. McCrary)
Photograph featuring a white woman with long wavey hair sitting in an interior by a window in half shadow next to a sitting cat
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If you 🧡 the work of women printmakers, you'll 🧡 the latest womensart book!! www.waterstones.com/book/reframi... Or at a bookshop of your choice....
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
Photo featuring a sculpture of a vertical piece of jaggered driftwood inlaid with rainbow coloured stained glass, sited on a pebble beach by the sea at sunset or sunrise
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 06/06/2026
“In Wales, all new profit-making in this sector was stopped in April, and the practice is being phased out altogether. But in England, the government seeks only to tweak this immoral and dysfunctional system.” Add your name to end profiteering in children’s care: weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-p...
Guardian headline that reads “Horrific, unregulated and very profitable: the companies making cash from England’s children in care”
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“Would you trust a party that wants to repeal the Equality Act, strip back workers’ rights, legalise zero-hours exploitation and fire and rehire, with the creation of your replacement human rights framework?” thedailybritain.co.uk/peter-stefan...
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Peter Stefanovic: if the media explained Reform's policies, nobody would vote for them
Lawyer Peter Stefanovic breaks down Reform's Great Repeal Act: scrapping sick pay rights, legalising fire and rehire, repealing the Equality Act and leaving the ECHR.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
First two are the only good ones. Nice to see that Margaret Thatcher didn't even get 1%. She is the root cause of ALL the problems in the UK.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Keep dancing, everyone! Join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack Polanskis Glastonbury style dancing is no joke
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Rachel 🇵🇸 @lovebillybragg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...
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Wes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - Foxglove
Wes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW!
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sara-gaia.bsky.social @sara-gaia.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
@lambethkonp.bsky.social were out in support of resident doctors yesterday at St Thomas’
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LambethKeepOurNHSPublic @lambethkonp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...
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Wes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - Foxglove
Wes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW!
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Starmer should immediately & unequivocally ban access to British airspace to US warplanes. The UK should not be accomplice to a US President who is threatening more war crimes. Period.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Massive turn out for the Together Alliance march in London at the weekend. The vibe was reminiscent of the big Rock Against Racism marches of the late 70s www.nme.com/news/music/b...
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Billy Bragg says London march sends message to far right: "The people of Britain will not allow themselves to be fooled by such shysters"
Billy Bragg has spoken about yesterday’s massive march in London, saying it will send a message to the “shysters” on the far right in the UK.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Regardless of the issue, it's always the same story: commercial interests allowed to ride roughshod over everything and everyone else. Faced with the urgent need for action, successive governments twiddle their thumbs. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters
‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Fair play from the Mail. I said what I said.
Polanski talks up teacher pay rises, scaling back exams and fighting far right - taxing the rich to pay for it all.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The British government aided and abetted the genocide in Gaza. Now, it is aiding and abetting an illegal war in Iran. Complicity in the untold suffering of human beings around the world. That is how this government of warmongers will be remembered.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
No to Palantir. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told
Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts. Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir. This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Can someone remind me again how many pay rises MPs have had in the past 15 years? 12? 13? Meanwhile, look at this (from the Nuffield Trust: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/ho...)
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I don't know how to clip a segment (sorry), but the bit I really want you to watch starts at 29'10". It's about the deep roots of the attack on Iran and why it's just as well Starmer is "no Winston Churchill". I'm surprised this aspect isn't more widely discussed. 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Question Time - 2026: 05/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel are Stephen Doughty, James Cleverly, Shashank Joshi, George Monbiot and Annabel Denham.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 06/03/2026
We've just hit 215,000 members. More than 2,000 people a day have joined us since our historic win in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Come and be a part of the movement which is making hope normal again. Join us 👇
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 06/03/2026
Most of us don’t think about the NHS until we really need it. Don’t wait for a crisis to protect the service that protects us. Sign the EveryDoctor Charter to join thousands demanding an NHS that puts people before profit, supports staff, and delivers care for all. ✍️ bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran. Iraq lessons must be learned. Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe. Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Good to see the principle that no one is above the law is being upheld in the UK, but take note of the fact that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has not been arrested because of the harm he may have done to girls, but because of the harm he may have done to profits
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
CITY OF HEROES, my song celebrating the courage of the people of Minneapolis defending their community from Tяump's goons, is now available to stream on numerous platforms via this link: bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes
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Billy Bragg - City Of Heroes
Listen to City Of Heroes by Billy Bragg.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Nigel Farage claims that he's fighting the Greens. But for weeks now he's refused to debate me. Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It's Greens Vs Reform Hope Vs Hate. We must make sure hope wins. youtu.be/s5HdfCCaUgE?...
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Zack Polanski: Keir Starmer has Failed. The Green Party Will Replace Labour
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My article in the Metro. Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton. metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/z...
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Reform’s choice in Gorton and Denton tells you everything you need to know
Goodwin is a dangerous extremist with views on race that the vast majority of us find absolutely abhorrent.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This is what an entire party stepping up looks like. Together, we stop Reform. Together, we win Gorton & Denton. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The Polanski effect? These charts reveal how much the Greens have advanced
The Green party has made gains under its leader – but there is also uncertainty ahead
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Rachel 🇵🇸 @lovebillybragg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Delighted that our family story of hope through the #OpenDialogue approach features in this excellent piece from Sarah Neville @financialtimes.com ‘Friends and family’ therapy offers new approach to #mentalhealth in UK www.ft.com/content/92ec... #Hope
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist. Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
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Dr Danny Penman @drdannypenman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Happiness takes root when you stop saying 'I'll be happy when...' And begin to think 'I'm happy now because...' #ArtOfBreathing
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Just gonna leave this here
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Powerful Guardian editorial on urgent need for #climate adaptation & for “real plans, real finance, real justice”. And good to see shout out to work of @climatemajority.bsky.social & GlacierTrust showing adaptation as both essential in itself & as a spur to greater decarbonisation👇
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The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at how the struggle to adapt to a dangerously warming world has become a test of gl...
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
New Fairytale of New York lyrics just dropped... 😮‍💨 Grace Petrie 👏
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A comfy enough spot ! Thank you to Helen Wellman on Facebook for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage". What would Woody do? Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
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BILLY BRAGG - PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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