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Green Isles @green-isles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#gpew conference is over, and Green Isles magazine is officially launched!. Thanks to everyone who came over to say hello and buy a copy of our launch issue. Great to be supported by Baroness Natalie Bennett and Siân Berry MP.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you’re going to #gpconf, pick up the launch copy of Green Isles, the exciting new magazine of Green politics, polical ecology & ecosocialism (like a New Statesman for Green politics) .… and subscribe here to make sure there are more editions www.greenisles.uk/donate

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

💚💚💚We're all off to Holborn & St Pancras for the weekend to help get the 6th Green elected! If you're going to, come say hi. 💚💚💚 #polanski #greenparty

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

12.45pm. Exactly 47 years ago I bowled out into the world. All 10lb 6 of me! Heavier than the twins combined in the neighbouring ward. The nurses came from across the hospital to marvel, apparently.

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Mo 💚 @zzzyax.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Unlike Nigel, all our donations come from regular people like the ones reading this post. If you want to help @zackpolanski.bsky.social (*see pinned comment) take Kier Starmer’s seat, hit the button below and give us a few quid. donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/london-by-el...

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Let's get our sixth Green MP elected - Green Party

We have a chance to elect our 6th MP - London's first Green MP! But we have just 5 weeks to raise over £200k. Will you help us get there?

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm hot & cold with social media. I can be on Bluesky for weeks, chatting & interacting with posts. And then I can go silent for months. After one of those silent periods, just opened up here to find I've just hit 1000 followers (from being on an early careers academic starter pack). Hi!

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I start my brand spanking new job tomorrow - online meeting with head office at 9am... and the England game is delayed until 2am, which means that I might potentially still be up gone 4am! Maybe I can catch a few hours before KO!

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Green Isles @green-isles.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@sianberry.bsky.social spoke to Green Isles in a wide-ranging interview about Palantir, digital sovereignty, and why more MPs need to realise that digital rights is about protecting our personal privacy, our public services and our national security. www.greenisles.uk/palantir-the...

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Palantir, the NHS, and the fight for who controls our digital lives — Siân Berry MP in conversation - Greenisles.uk

Green Isles editor Matt Hanley speaks to Green MP Siân Berry. “Palantir has openly stated their intention to exploit and subjugate the British public for profit and power…“ Palantir Technologies start...

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We didn't like that, and as you say: 'the door is open, and (look directly into his eyes), You. Can. Leave.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

If we wake up on Friday to a by-election result like this, and particularly if a Labour-Green split means Reform win, then you'd wonder if the PR supporters within Labour might start wondering very hard about pushing for electoral reform in this parliament.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A reminder, one day ahead of a by-election in which the Greens are favourites to defeat Reform, that the Daily Mail owner's wife recently donated £50,000 to Nigel Farage's party

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Train tix bought for Gorton & Denton tomorrow to help @greenpartyhan.bsky.social get out the Green vote on election day & beat the fash, while also showing the country that we no longer have to hold our noses & "Vote Labour to stop Tories/Reform" (which is pretty much been all they've had for years)

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 25/02/2026

I love the smell of right wing panic, in the morning.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This innocuous cartoon from a now defunct newspaper decades ago was formative in shaping my online interactions. As a result, I never really bother arguing or engaging with trolls or abuse. Just let it go.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

As a complete techno-incompetent, I'm actually quite proud of how this has turned out!

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just going to leave this here

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

'Hey, not quite made up your mind about whether I'm an absolute whopper or not? Hold my coat - '

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Been out Green/antifascist campaigning in Gorton & Denton today. Delivering a bunch of rounds of this leaflet in the constant Manchester drizzle. Been a shift and a half!

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our whole political system is broken. We need to do things differently: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/abolish-we... by me

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Abolish Westminster

Our political system is rotten, and everyone can see it.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

An all-to-brief introduction to ecofeminist thought and analysis within the Green movement.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

This is my probably wild 1st attempt at developing an applied political ecology framework to UK politics, finding its expression in Green politics and providing a much needed challenge to destructive neoliberal assumptions. open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...

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Political ecology and Green politics

The framework that connects the environment to social justice and class struggle

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

It's out! My first @green-isles post proper. People think that Green politics is just woolly liberalism, doing nice things and recycling. But it shows how the many crises we are battling today are many faces of one assault on our communities across the UK. open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...

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Green Isles @green-isles.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

greenisles.substack.com/p/connecting...

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A thing that I'm doing. The application of Green politics, ecosocialism and political ecology in the UK 💚 Would appreciate a follow 😁

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A thing that I'm doing. The application of political ecology and Green politics in the UK. Would appreciate a follow 💚

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg. $3 million from Airbnb's co-founder. $3 million from the Estée Lauder family. $2 million from Bill Ackman. $1 million from DoorDash. $200K from Walmart's heiress. Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

There it is. They can't take it away from me now! Doctor of Philosophy in Geography 😁. As a cis adult man, this is one of the few events that legitimately changes how I can present myself to the world, and how the world sees me (should I choose) - the change from Mr. to Dr. Dr. Matt!

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Deliberately alienating left & liberal voters who will now happily vote Green/LD/Corbyn, chasing Reform voters who are just going to vote Tory/Reform regardless of how inhumane Labour positions itself on immigration, McSweeney must go down as one of the worst political strategists in recent history.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This arrived today 😁. Even up to this moment there's this lurking voice in the back of my mind that the uni will eventually catch up with me and realise that this idiot has been blagging it all along, and there's no way his shoddy thesis is phd-worthy. But they can't take it back now!!

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Last Thursday, after years of steady decline, Tinks finally succumbed. She just became too ill. After 19 years together we're devastated. It's true that that decision you need to make at the end is the terrible price you have to pay for decades of love & company. So long, Tinks. You were best.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The challenge I see for the new leadership is to not allow the vote to coalesce around one type of voter (urban, progressive, uni town), but use the non-sectarian goodwill the Greens have across most voting blocks to show how we're ALL being screwed - working class, middle class, farmers, urban etc

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/09/2025

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

So, a London Jewish former actor, a northern Muslim gardener, and a community arts and conservation champion from the midlands are the new Green Party leadership team. If nothing else, this is going to absolutely annoy all the right people! greenparty.org.uk/members/inte...

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Finally finished submitted PhD thesis revisions. Now with added Foucault! 6 months of revisions has transformed my thesis from a shoddy mess into something that actually isn't too bad (I hope). Spending the rest of the day reading *fiction* (vaguely remember that!) in the corner of a cosy pub.

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Watching the Proms playing John Williams'woderful film music on BBC4. I always imagine how the Jurassic Park conversation went between Williams and Steven Spielberg:

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

This is a dark, long night. We think Tinks is fading fast - this evening she started staggering around, banging into things, staring at the wall for ages, looks really confused & a bit scared. So I'm standing vigil tonight to make sure she's comfortable until we take her to the vet in the morning...

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The Trevor Francis of women's football (if you know, you know!). Positive news, I suppose, raising the profile of women's football & valuing the player's worth in the hyper-capitalist f/ball market. Just bummed it had to be my beloved LFC losing an amazing player www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Arsenal complete world-record £1m Olivia Smith signing from Liverpool

The first £1m transfer in women’s football has been completed by the Canada forward Olivia Smith, who has described joining Arsenal as ‘an honour’

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Has...has anyone congratulated @zaltzcricket.bsky.social on his sterling cover star turn on indie royalty Half Man Half Biscuit's new album All Asimov and No Fresh Air? Talk about hiding your light under a bushel, Andy. @thebugle.bsky.social @lastweektonight.com

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Ever since I joined the Greens (20-odd years ago) I've always argued that we are unique in having the policies and vocabulary to talk & appeal to all working people in all areas: farmers, small businesses, uni grads, minimum wage workers, public & private sector employees, & even environmentalists!

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Joe Lever @joelever.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🥀 Labour as you knew them are dead; don’t let Starmer hold your vote hostage any longer. 🤝 Help us build better, for the many. Step 1: join.greenparty.org.uk Step 2: Vote for Zack in the leadership election. #BackZack

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 12/05/2025

I made a Downfall video

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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We can be the unapoletic voice in UK politics standing up for ALL working people (whatever their colour or nationality), tackling climate change, challenging neoliberalism & going toe-to-toe w/ Reform and other fascists (because nobody else seems to be willing). Right behind you, Zack ✊️

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