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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Deeply irresponsible. We're in a climate crisis. This is such a terrible start. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Day one of a new Labour leadership.... And Green Party membership is rising!!! Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Honestly, what the hell? Andy Burnham's first statement is to support more oil and gas drilling?? Any hope of a more progressive, greener government is already gone Vote @greenparty.org.uk for real change www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Ruth Mersereau @ruthmersereau.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
(1/11) Following on from my post about digital billboards/ad-screens (bsky.app/profile/ruth...) I want to talk about monopoles & telecoms equipment, which pose some similar problems…. @livingstreets.bsky.social @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @douglasjohnson.bsky.social @martinphipps13.bsky.social
Councillor Ruth Mersereau standing in front of a large monopole and two large telecommunications boxes on the footpath next to A61, Derek Dooley Way, Sheffield.
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richiebryan.bsky.social @richiebryan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Sky News think a Green PM isn't out of the question This is wild!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations! His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind. It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
Zohran smiling on the street
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Unfortunately no time for speeches on Labour's motion “Protecting fair access to IVF treatment” at full council today, but I'm really glad it and our amend passed. Shocking that gynaecology waiting list is the largest one per 100,000 in South Yorkshire NHS: it's nearly tripled in the last 5 years!
8. Amendment to be moved by Councillor Martin Phipps, seconded by Councillor Angela Argenzio

That the Motion now submitted be amended by:-

1. the addition (under the section "notes") of new paragraphs (h) and (i) as follows, and the re-lettering of the original paragraphs (h) to (o) as new paragraphs (j) to (q):-

(h) that South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has been told by the Government to cut c.50% of its running costs;

(i) that the largest specialty waiting list in NHS South Yorkshire ICB per 100,000 is Gynaecology at 2356.9 as of August 2025, and this has nearly tripled in the last 5 years, and is now worse than the national average;

2. the addition of a new paragraph (r) as follows, and the re-lettering of the original paragraphs (p) to (r) as new paragraphs (s) to (u):-

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(r) to send a copy of this resolution to the South Yorkshire ICB requesting that it takes urgent action to reduce the Gynaecology waiting list, working with the Government to achieve this, and to ask the Health Scrutiny Sub-Committee to consider inviting the ICB to a future meeting to report on progress;

the addition of new paragraphs (v) and (w) as follows:-

(v) to write to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a copy of this resolution, to call for proper funding of our health services, and for greater investment in women's healthcare; and

(w) to express thanks to all health care workers supporting women's health in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Labour have learned absolutely nothing from losing majority control of Sheffield council, and are nationally repeating the same mistakes. Labour to abolish the committee system 🤦‍♂️ questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
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Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
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Douglas Johnson @douglasjohnson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Urgent: don't cut disability benefits. It is wrong to balance the books by taking from the people who are least able to pay Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/benefit-cuts/ @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @martinphipps13.bsky.social
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Petition: No to disability benefit cuts
I’ve just signed to support this campaign – join me
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Labour are continuing to do a great job... disillusioning voters who thought they'd be getting change 🫠 Proportional representation, now. UK deserves better than the two Tory parties www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Rachel Reeves confirms 15% cut to Civil Service running costs
Savings will be from back office and administrative roles rather than front-line services, chancellor tells the BBC.
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Green New Deal Rising @gndrising.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
BREAKING: Treasury minister @darrenpjones.bsky.social refuses to explain why the government is cutting support for disabled young people instead of taxing the super-rich fairly 👇🏼
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Absolutely shocking to see a Labour secretary of state stand at the despatch box and proudly announce slashing support for some of those who need it most - including removing the UC health top-up for young people, as if young disabled people don't exist?! #DisabilityBenefits
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Who does this Labour government represent? They have a big majority with only 33.7% of the vote (and turnout was only 59.8%) How many people who voted for them did so they could cut disability benefits? Tax the rich, don't punish those in need of support www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The major question thrown up by Labour's benefits plans
The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 10/03/2025
This Wednesday (12th March) I will be joining the panel for All Together, One at a Time, @sayitsheffield.bsky.social LGBTQ+ Activism Panel Discussion at Sheffield Central Library
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Morning ☕️ I can’t believe my petition is now less than 1000 signatures away from a government debate. I’ve been doing this with no evangelical 💰 media or Twitter. Please share and help get this over the line. Protect us from MAGA fascism petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Screenshot of my decriminalise abortion petition at 99, 056
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
✍ Dear Labour, Some ideas to tackle poverty 👇 ✔ Scrap the two-child benefit cap. ✔ Bring back winter fuel payments. ✔ Insulate homes. Yours, The Green Party
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HelpSheffield @helpsheffield.co.uk · 01/03/2025
We are doing ok for followers but this account hasn’t really picked up like Blue Bird did and the working hypothesis on this is that BlueSky has all the nice people on it and they know how to navigate life and #Sheffield and it makes them happier and more pleasant.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This is PATHETIC! Labour taking nationalisation off the table before it even STARTS its review of Water sector. Tell them we’re having none of it👇💪💪
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
ICYMI: Know we need so much better than this Labour government? Want to stop Reform? It's time to join @greenparty.org.uk Listen here ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/2Cmo...
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Novara FM: The Green Party vs Something New w/ James Schneider and Zack Polanski
Novara Media · Episode
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Free speech "is in retreat" in Britain, says JD Vance, who is part of a Government which is now targeting critical news organisations with politically-motivated investigations, while banning others from the White House for the crime of referring to the Gulf of Mexico by its actual name
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
What’s the point in refusing citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’? What’s the point in publishing footage of people being deported? I’m sorry to say that this is simply a continuation of the performative cruelty we saw from the Conservatives.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Labour's disgusting deportation stunt this week wasn't just morally bankrupt, it was politically stupid. Politicians need to find the backbone to be honest about the real source of our problems: the wealthy elite draining money from our communities metro.co.uk/2025/02/11/l...
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Labour's Reform copycat strategy plays into Farage's hands
Migration is good for this country – and it’s time more politicians had the guts to say it.
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Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
When they're not trashing climate commitments, they're trying to outdo Reform 🥀 We're not standing for that. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Screenshot from the Independent with the headline 'Labour accused of trying to outdo Farage with migrant deportation videos' 
and a video titled 'Labour takes on Reform by releasing migration crackdown videos'
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Labour are making inequality in the UK even worse. And rather than reverse - they're now blaming vulnerable people instead. It's just another version of Reform. Join the alternative: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Of course he doesn’t *actually* support it. He is intelligent and knows it would a climate disaster. He’s just being crushed by the Labour Party machine. There is an alternative that will always speak out on this join.greenparty.org.uk
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Sheffield Citizens Advice @sheffieldadvice.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
If you are in need of help or advice in #Sheffield our Advice Line is open 8am - 4pm Monday - Friday, you can call us on: 0808 278 7820 Please see our website for alternative ways to contact us and a range of self help guides: citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk
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Citizens Advice Sheffield
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign @pscupdates.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Next week, Sheffield City Council will become the latest local authority to debate a motion calling for the divestment of pension funds from companies enabling Israel’s grave violations of international law. We call on ALL Sheffield councillors to support this motion.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
From Elon Musk to Nigel Farage to Keir Starmer: these people do not care. They don't care about nature. They don't care about inequality. They don't care about you. We need to challenge the disastrous turn our politics is taking: Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/01/2025
So Labour can find the money to 'relax' their changes to the non-dom tax regime but they can't find the money to restore the winter fuel allowance or lift children out of poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap 🤔 Whose side are they on?
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE
WHOSE SIDE IS LABOUR ON?
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
This iteration of Labour really are the Continuity Conservative Party, aren't they?
A newspaper headline reads Rachel Reeves to soften non-dom tax changes to woo rich for growth push
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The catastrophe of Starmerism is paving the way for Nigel Farage. New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/the-starme...
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This is genuinely very concerning
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Sam Gregory – Sheffield journo @sammgreg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
EXCLUSIVE 💥 For weeks I've been investigating Oliver Coppard's plan to use vast sums of public money to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport What I found was shocking: not only is it environmentally reckless, there's also serious unanswered questions over the business case ⬇️ @nowthenmag.bsky.social
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The irresponsible, environmentally dangerous and economically unfounded case for reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Mayor Oliver Coppard is preparing to pump vast amounts of public money into the project – but has refused to say how the supposed benefits were arrived at.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Did you vote Labour in 2024? Is this what you voted for?
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 10/01/2025
The patriotic Daily Mail calling for a foreign nation to take over Britain
Richard Littlejohn - Have I got a deal for you, Donald... Forget Greenland and buy Britain instead!
Daily Mail 10 Jan 2025
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Sheffield Green Party @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Another of our councillors has left Twitter and joined Bluesky 💚 Give @alexidimond.bsky.social a follow!
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The scale of suffering we're seeing in Gaza is intolerable, and the UK government must act now to immediately end its complicity. The UK is still providing parts for F-35 Strike Fighters which are being used in Gaza - I will keep pushing for an end to all arms sales to Israel.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Mark Zuckerberg sports $900,000 watch as he calls time on Meta fact-checking. Capitalism without social responsibility. Billionaires with no empathy for victims of misinformation, will polarise society. Trump sycophants will target free thinkers. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Mark Zuckerberg sports $900,000 watch as he calls time on Meta fact-checking
Tech giant CEO wore Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’, which retails for $895,500, as he announced policy overhaul
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/01/2025
"They don’t have ordinary people’s interests at heart." @carladenyer.bsky.social on how to defeat far-right figures like Elon Musk. Read the full piece below ⤵️ www.politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
"It's crucial to remember
that Musk, Farage and their
followers are far outnumbered
by those of us who value
kindness, justice and
democracy. It's time for us
to make our voices heard."
Carla Denyer MP
Green Party Co-leader I MP Bristol Central
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Fact-checking is not censorship. Requesting evidence is not censorship. Refuting falsehoods is not censorship. Stopping a lie from travelling halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on is not censorship. But Zuckerberg's grovelling to Trump will sure as hell lead to censorship.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
On a day when the likes of Musk and Robinson decided to spread divisiveness across the country, scapegoating Muslims, the Green Team were out in our little patch of the world, trying to create unity and actually solve some of the issues facing our communities. #real #leeds
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
An image of Mothin was included in a viciously Islamophobic video posted by Tommy Robinson & vastly amplified by Elon Musk. These attacks are unhinged, libellous & extremely dangerous. Mothin has worked tirelessly for the good of his entire community & is a credit to the @greenparty.org.uk.
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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The brilliant @mothinali.bsky.social was elected the same night as me, and I’m continually amazed by his achievements. All whilst standing up to lies, misinformation and people sowing division. Mothin has remained cheery, visible and active across his community in Leeds. Solidarity, Mothin.
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
A reminder in this very cold week: If you see someone sleeping rough in #Sheffield and are concerned, you can report it either online via Streetlink (thestreetlink.org.uk), or call Sheffield’s Street Outreach Team (www.frameworkha.org/about-us/our...) on 0800 066 5358
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StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
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Sheffield City Council @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Sheffield's tallest street art is up for Best Mural of the World 2024! We're so proud Peachzz's stunning Pounds Park mural Reverie which celebrates nature in the Outdoor City is a nominee for Best of the World. Vote for Peachzz on the Street Art Cities website here streetartcities.com/awards/2024
Green trees, grass and wildflowers in Pounds Park with a large, vibrant mural of a kingfisher catching fish and a heron in a pond on the side of the Cubo building.
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Douglas Johnson @douglasjohnson.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Last month, Sheffield Council made a Public Space Protection Order to criminalise street drinkers. Today it has to decide whether to grant yet another off-licence on West St. Details here: democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
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Agenda for Licensing Sub-Committee on Tuesday 7 January 2025, 10.00 am | Sheffield City Council
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Ending 2024 with a reminder that the richest 1% emit more emissions than the poorest 2/3 of humanity. Environmental justice is an issue of racial, social & economic justice. Labour are a huge part of the entire problem. We need to transform the entire system. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Martin Phipps @martinphipps13.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Unsure if @thetimes.com could actually be more out of touch
Sponsored article by The Times with headline "The Perils of Earning £100,000. Earning A Low Six-Figure Salary Can Put You On A Cliff Edge. Subscribe To Learn More.", and a cartoon picture of a man holding on to a cliff edge about to fall
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Boxing Day is the biggest day of the year for fox hunts across the country. So help us ruin their big day. Repost this and drop us a follow if you're against the sick pastime of fox hunting. Support wildlife this Boxing Day.
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