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Cllr Dr Max Morris

@maxmorris.bsky.social
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Green Oxford City Councillor. Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Law, Criminology and Social Justice Research at Oxford Brookes University. Views my own. They/them.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 22h
An awesome video about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's campaign in Holborn & St Pancras. No wonder Burnham is running scared.
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Campaigning With Zack Polanski In Holborn & St Pancras - Episode 2
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another weekend trip for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social to Holborn and St Pancras to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected. 💚
Oxford Green Party activists holding 'Vote Green' and 'Vote Zack Polanski' posters with a huge crowd in Castlehaven Community Park
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LGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 27/09/2026
The Green party conference starts on Friday so if you attending in person or online let's get some of our motion's passed that will give hope to Trans people in England and Wales:
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another weekend trip for @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social to Holborn and St Pancras to get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected. 💚
Oxford Green Party activists holding 'Vote Green' and 'Vote Zack Polanski' posters with a huge crowd in Castlehaven Community Park
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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Oxford gang on tour door knocking in Camden for @zackpolanski.bsky.social, making friends along the way
A cat and a Green Party leaflet
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We're having the best time in Holborn & St Pancras! The opportunity to win and push the Government on housing costs, tackling the climate crisis and for international justice. And so much more. We can't stop now. This is it. Sign up for the final 12 days below 👇🏽
Huge crowd smiling at the camera Zack greeting a resident on her doorstepZack walking with Faiza and her absolutely cutie of a child!Zack with the Southampton Greens
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For Green Party friends who are going to be at conference next week, I will be on the panel for this @feministgreens.bsky.social fringe event on Sexism in Healthcare. Join us if you can! 💚
Sexism in healthcare: Why the fight for better care must be intersectional. Join Feminist Greens at Autumn Conference for our panel discussion exploring the wide-reaching effects of sexism in healthcare, Friday 2nd October, 14:30 - 15:30, Syndicate 2, Brighton Centre
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/09/2026
Time's up on Thames Water. Since privatisation in 1989, Thames has handed out over £10 billion to shareholders, while racking up over £20 billion in debt. Now a consortium of US hedge funds want to take control... Get private profit out of water. Nationalisation now.
Background image of a sewage treatment works. Text reads:

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

TIME'S UP ON
THAMES WATER

NATIONALISATION NOW.

In the centre of the graphic is a screenshot of a Zack Polanski BlueSky post, which reads: Thames Water has long passed its notice period. Labour can use its massive majority to nationalise it right now.

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cowley Road's street art has had a glow-up. Local artist Mani has repainted the mural on Stockmore Street with a giant purple ox - or is it a cow? - proclaiming 'Welcome to Cowley Road'. Next to it are words from songs in the many languages of musical collective Starling Sessions.
"Welcome to Cowley Road" mural on the side of a houseWords from songs in many languages painted on a wall
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our Green Party is people powered. We have the energy and the momentum to win in Holborn & St Pancras. We're about to go up a gear. We'll be out every day and evening and we need you! 🫵🏽 Sign up here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Zack with lots of people with Vote Green signsZack with a group of women and a young man all smiling on the streetZack and Hannah with lots of people waving vote green signs
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19/09/2026
“The Green Party will keep fighting until our government’s complicity in genocide, occupation and apartheid is over.” Zack Polanski, Green Party leader and Holborn and St Pancras candidate, on why Greens will keep pushing for action on Palestine.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Labour are worried. They've had the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor, the Mayor of London & the Prime Minister out in Holborn & St Pancras but we've got you. Hundreds of thousands of you who care & are making a difference! Donate today to help us win: 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, Zack Polanski! But we raise over £200k by 8 October. Will you help us?
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Outside Brookes Freshers' Fair with Oxford Green Students today, had lots of lovely chats with new members and others passing by! 💚 @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social
Theo and Max at an Oxford Green Students stall with 'Free Palestine', 'No New Oil & Gas', and 'Vote Green' posters on display
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every Green voice is one that will hold this Labour government to account and push them to do better.
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Green group on Oxford City Council has written to Oxford MPs Anneliese Dodds and Layla Moran to ask them to ensure Oxford is not left out in the Government's plans to give local areas the power to impose a Tourist Tax. Oxford is among the UK's most visited cities and must not be left behind.
Letter from the Green Group asking Oxford MPs to act to ensure Oxford is not left out of the devolution of new powers over Tourist Tax. Signatures of all 13 sitting Oxford City Green Councillors.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So exciting to be with @zackpolanski.bsky.social knocking on doors in Holborn and St Pancras. #votegreen #getgreenselected 🌈💚
Zack Polanski and Max Morris taking a selfie in Tavistock Square Gardens
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Incredible turnout today in support of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in Holborn and St Pancras. 16 activists came down to London from Oxford, including several councillors 💚 #getgreenselected
Oxford Green Councillors with Zack Polanski at Tavistock Square Huge turnout today in support of Zack!
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So exciting to be with @zackpolanski.bsky.social knocking on doors in Holborn and St Pancras. #votegreen #getgreenselected 🌈💚
Zack Polanski and Max Morris taking a selfie in Tavistock Square Gardens
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Cllr Benali Hamdache @greenbenali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A genocide is happening in Palestine and Palantir’s technology is used extensively by the Israeli army A company with such dubious ethics has no place handling our data. The tech should be kicked out of the NHS I promise to not be silenced about the truth of a company so ethically compromised
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sheer unadulterated cowardice that will inflict unnecessary suffering on those without the means to access choice which for the wealthy already exists.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As a disabled person I know that our society is not (yet) prepared for assisted dying. The level of discrimination and marginalisation we face has only got worse with austerity, covid, climate breakdown; Conservatives, Labour, Reform, etc. but to deprive people of this right remains deeply cowardly.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Speaking in the debate, Green councillor Max Morris described planning guidance which states "that if you're going to be replacing play space it shouldn't be lesser...if we don't meet that criteria, there's an issue around equality that sits at the heart of this" www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2653854...
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Fight against controversial Oxford park homes goes on after review approval
"Angry" campaigners will continue to fight against an approved plan for Oxford Bertie Park "cramming in as many homes as…
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Let's get Zack elected! I'll be in London this weekend to contribute to this people powered movement. 🤩💚🗳️
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is fantastic and long overdue news. But the decision to put the power at the level of Regional Mayors means that large parts of England remain excluded, a matter exacerbated by the Local Government Reorgansiation debacle this government has overseen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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England's mayors to be given power to introduce tourist tax
Hospitality leaders warn the uncapped levy would risk jobs and push prices up for families holidaying in England.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Join us for some campaigning in the capital this weekend! ✅ actionnetwork.org/events/oxfor...
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Oxford Greens go to London
Oxford Greens travel downriver to join the effort to elect a Green MP in the capital. We will be in Camden making sure to get the Green message out. Please come and join us and greens from around the ...
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's been a busy few days for me on Oxford City Council. Here are some clips from Tuesday's Scrutiny and Wednesday's Planning Review committees. Having @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social in the room makes a difference. 💚
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Reminded of this ad @zackpolanski.bsky.social put out a little over a year and a month ago, for no reason at all, while another Labour PM fails to meet the right-wing surge in the current political moment. bsky.app/profile/zack...
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Had loads of fun at St Giles' Fair this evening, where @apowelllaw.bsky.social was very happy to win "Capy", the stuffed capybara holding a watermelon. 🎡🍉🎠🌭
Max holding "Capy" on a ferris wheelPlaying ball games to win "Capy"Vegan bratwurst with ketchup and mustardAlex and Max enjoying St Giles' Fair
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs.
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What the fuck do they mean 'spontaneous protest'? 1000 people spontaneously taking a walk around Dover with Balaclavas? Look at the social media of every Far-Right organiser in the UK... This was so clearly planned. This tells every Far-Right thug in the country that they have utter impunity.
BBC news reporting on the Far-Right blockade of Dover in which Kent Police call the activity a 'spontaneous protest'
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Disablism, misogyny, and transphobia neatly dovetail in this article. Very uncool.
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“The guidance will see Trans+ pupils segregated in third spaces, their personal agency and autonomy diminished, and their teachers forced to self-censor in the classroom, all of which serves to invisibilise Trans+ youth in the public sphere.” The British government continues to trash trans kids.
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Section 28 2.0: A complex web of anti-trans guidance that will make it vastly harder to overturn
Anti-trans rhetoric has been spread across a growing myriad of guidance and documents, with Trans+ children headed back to school facing segregation and teachers banned from “encouraging” them to ques...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it is the poorest and most excluded who will suffer from it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning
Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies
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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
💚 Such brilliant news. I am so glad to see this. 🚀 Let's get Zack elected to become our 6th Green MP! 🚪https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-1st-big-day/
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the 1st BIG DAY
📣 Calling all TEAM 6th GREEN MP 📣 🚨THIS SUNDAY is Our 1st BIG DAY. 📌 Join us at 10am next to Primrose Hill Cafe for the first BIG DAY OUT of the Parliamentary By-Election to get our 6th Green MP. ...
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bugs xo ↙↙↙ 🐞 @psyllobora22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Jewish greens response to inaccurate canary article - Jewish Greens
Jewish Greens are deeply disappointed and angry about The Canary’s decision to publish an attack on our group, written by the Iranian state television co-host David Miller. He states that Jewish Green...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/08/2026
The climate crisis is already putting pressure on our food, water, and infrastructure. Real resilience means tackling the causes as well as preparing for the consequences.
A green graphic with a notebook saying 'Labour's shopping list', with a list below with checked boxes reading: tinned food; bottled water; toilet paper. Underneath, there is a crossed out box saying 'climate action', with a sign hanging below it with the words 'sold out'.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Last year, we drew a red line There was no way we would stand by while an anti-human-rights group tried to spread its harmful and abusive rhetoric at the @greenparty.org.uk annual conference Now, that hate group is using the law to attack our decision If you can, please help us take them on 🙏🏼✊🏼
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Gillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We started an open letter countering some of the incorrect framing about the suspension of Nathan Cofnas. It is a long letter, but we think it is needed to explain the issues. Please sign in support: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton: a lover of pink, a lifelong champion of education and literacy, and a proud union member for more than five decades. An icon in every sense. #dollyparton #dolly Solidarity, always.
Quote from dolly: I believe that when you are in a position to help you should.
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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Like @zackpolanski.bsky.social said, @greenparty.org.uk members - not the leadership - determine party policy To help members, @feministgreens.bsky.social have issued guidance on prioritising feminist-focused motions promoting human rights at the upcoming autumn party conference 👇🏼
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Had a gorgeous long weekend exploring Cambridge. 😎🍧🍎🌳
Max enjoying some pistachio gelatoSculpture in Emmanuel College groundsThe mathematical bridge and people puntingNewton's Lawn (with apple tree grafted from the famous one)
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Kay @gothwhoreofbabylon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
As a trans scholar I am used to this, but my heart sinks at reading a list of approximately 500 of my fellow academics who have signed the open letter in support of what they regard as Nathan Cofnas’ legitimate activities. A legitimate activity is one which makes the world better or safer. Not this.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I teach social constructivism, the social model, the medicalisation thesis, etc. on my Sociology of Health and Illness module. Channel 4's simplistic documentary about ADHD ignored that such critiques can be made of almost any condition (the human condition?) not just the culture wars latest target.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As a disabled person I spent most of the summer indoors with the blinds shut, not much to enjoy.
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
When climate denial runs out of road, the plutocrats try nihilism. Tice's intervention here where he invites people to 'enjoy' climate breakdown is fundamentally of the same (genocidal) logic as Boris Johnson declaring 'let the bodies pile high' during Covid. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat
Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I didn't know Jason Arday but several of my colleagues did and everyone is devastated by yesterday's news. This was a violent and targeted campaign fuelled by racism and ableism. Hard to process the lack of accountability, let alone care, from elite institutions for what they did to him. Solidarity.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sending love to Jason Arday's family and friends. He was subject of sustained and malicious media attacks which were no doubt more vicious because he was Black. We must now reflect on the impact of a trial by some of the media and online on someone under extreme pressure.
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Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Placing responsibility for wildfire prevention on individuals does less than nothing to address the causes of and remedies to climate breakdown. This is the short-term, do-nothing mindset of neoliberal governance: it's your fault, not ours. We need systemic change to the economy, not phone alerts. 🚨
"Severe alert issued by the UK Government: There is a very high risk of wildfires nationally. Residents, landowners and visitors should not undertake any activity that could start a fire, including disposable barbeques, firepits, garden incinerators or fireworks..."
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