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Christian, European, anti Brexit, COVID conscious, cares about the environment.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19h
"We did win elections in greater numbers than ever before. But more than that, we changed this country. You did this. We made this happen.” In his speech at Conference, Zack Polanski reflects on a historic year for the Green Party.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20h
Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes"
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 21h
If GB News were a normal commercial venture, like Talk TV, it would have been binned long ago. Since September 2020, it has spewed out hateful far-right propaganda, paying high salaries to people such as Nigel Farage. Ofcom has abjectly failed to address this threat to democracy.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wonderful Party Political Broadcast by the Green Party, made me cry and made me remember why our party is so important and why I’ve put in so much time campaigning for @zackpolanski.bsky.social in Holborn & St Pancras. Join me here this weekend and next week, let’s get another Green MP…
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Green Party Political Broadcast | Protecting Our Children’s Future
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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doorknocking in what was thought to be solid Labour territory around King’s Cross station, and it’s clear @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s message is cutting through. Green campaigners have been working hard and residents are asking: what’s the point of another Labour MP? Exactly! Vote Green.
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Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
youtu.be/9Q1h2OsWpWc?... A deeply moving video from families and parents, who are anxious for their young children's future in the face of the #ClimateCrisis #pollution and other environmental threats. Please watch, and thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚 @greenparty.org.uk
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Green Party Political Broadcast | Protecting Our Children’s Future
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@greenparty.org.uk "Environmental campaigners and Zack Polanski have both separately written to Andy Burnham and the foreign secretary to raise concerns about Rosebank's links to an Israeli company, Delek Group." Vote Green on October 8th and help Stop Rosebank. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions
Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Zack is one of the hardest working people out there when it comes to fighting for equality. He turns up at every opportunity. Now we need to turn up for him. Sign up and help elect our 6th Green MP👇 linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h
We've won big this year - and our wins have forced the Labour government to change course. But we need far more and urgently. From climate action to an emergency brake on rents - we'll keep the pressure on to bring about the change this country needs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greens can move Labour in the right direction, says Zack Polanski
The Green leader tells his autumn conference that a vote for his party can force changes from Andy Burnham.
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 22h
Zack Polanski walks out to speak at a packed out Brighton Centre. What a speech. What a moment.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The role will support my Office Manager and constituency team so I can continue to be accessible and accountable to my constituents and will involve administrative work relating to policy and campaign casework, as well as interesting ad hoc projects!
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Recruitment - Ellie Chowns MP for North Herefordshire
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come and work with me! I’m recruiting a fixed-term Executive Assistant (~5 month contract) to join my fantastic constituency team in the Leominster office.
A graphic with a megaphone and text reading "I'm Hiring! Come and work with me in my constituency team!"
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/09/2026
A fairer voting system can't wait until after the next general election. We need electoral reform now.
WE NEED FAIR VOTING BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION
 
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MP FOR NORTH HEREFORDSHIRE
 
"The PM cannot acknowledge the unfairness of a system capable of handing power to a government with a minority of the vote share, and then say the answer is to let that happen exactly once more before he fixes it.
 
Burnham must act with urgency to immediately jumpstart the National Commission, guarantee timely progress, and ensure its recommendations are delivered in time for a fairer voting system to be in place at the next general election."

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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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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It couldn't be more critical to get more Green voices in Parliament - and with only 6 days until the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras, we need as many Green activists as possible to join us in the campaign to get Zack Polanski elected! Sign up to an action day now! linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 22h
While ordinary families struggle to afford the essentials, the super-rich continue to grow their wealth to ever-more obscene figures, propped up by our unfair tax system. I've written to the Chancellor pressing him to follow the Green Party's example and take urgent action to tax wealth fairly.
While ordinary families struggle to afford the essentials, the super-rich continue to grow their wealth to ever-more obscene figures, propped up by our unfair tax system.

I've written to the Chancellor pressing him to follow the Green Party's example and take urgent action to tax wealth fairly.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/10/2026
Welcome to Brighton. Green Party Conference has started.
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why are welfare cuts economically ignorant? Because cutting social security and forcing millions into crisis simply costs Government far more in crisis support than it ever spent on social security in the first place.
A blue graphic reading: "Cutting Non-Pension Welfare* Costs: Social Crisis or Emergency Help? Cutting welfare* by half puts 6.8 million more people into crisis Do you help them, or leave them to their fate? Providing emergency and crisis care would cost c£65 billion per year That’s £37 billion saved, but £65 billion extra spent Why spend a net £28 billion per year to make 6.8 million people angry and desperate?"
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Read our full article on how social security ('welfare') cuts are economically ignorant & morally indefensible. We argue that funds for defence must be levied on all parts of society, especially the wealthy, or generated by increasing national prosperity. buds.org.uk/cutting-welf...
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Cutting 'Welfare' to Pay For Defence
BuDS' study of politicians' calls to cut 'welfare' in order to pay for defence spending.
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rejoin the EU? BuDS pointed out nearly 3 months ago that boosting Britain's prosperity by rejoining or closely aligning with the EU removes the need for social security cuts and enables defence to be properly funded. Just saying...
A blue graphic reading: "Raising £40 billion for Defence Without Cutting Non-Pension Welfare Wealth taxes, cutting tax avoidance and breaks for high earners - £17 billion Business taxes and windfall levies - £8 billion Grow the economy by 2% - £20 billion Total: £45 billion Or leave taxes as they are, and... Rejoin the EU - £50 billion"
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 22h
Donate to help us continue these risk assessments through 2026: www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 22h
Subscribe and get all our full analysis on our Substack: budscovidinfo.substack.com. (The paid and free subscriptions are exactly the same, but choosing a paid one gives us a small, regular donation to support our work.)
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BuDS Covid Information | Substack
Up to date, expert analysis of the Covid situation in England, UK. Click to read BuDS Covid Information, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 22h
The Covid wave in England is likely continuing to grow, and infection levels as of 27 September were probably between 1 in 249 and 1 in 218 people infected. This is the time to take sensible precautions against catching Covid in all indoor places. A (short) thread 🧵
Covid wave likely rapidly rising in England.
Take sensible precautions in all indoor places
Update to follow when data published
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Change doesn’t happen because those in power suddenly decide to be bolder - it happens when. Greens push them to be better. And on climate, that couldn’t be more urgent. Vote Green to keep fossil fuels in the ground, where they belong
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The latest @yougov.co.uk tracker data shows that 59% of Britons support rejoining the EU, and 73% support a closer relationship Only 30% support the status quo, and just 16% want to loosen ties further
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 23h
Christa Pike is in a "critical condition, receiving life-saving care". Seems it was decided, not that "she must die" but rather "she must only die in a formal, state - sponsored ritual, to make us all feel better"? Strikes me as bizarre and perverse, to say the least. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services.
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NorthHerts4Europe @northherts4europe.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
‘A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And #Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake.’ liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/479671…
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The Brexit years were grim and hateful – it’s time to rejoin
Ian Dunt: Leaving the EU was a terrible, terrible mistake
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Cargo bike use in London is booming - up 126% since 2022. This week I joined 50 businesses - from Royal Mail to delivery firms, waste companies & tradespeople - to celebrate & raise awareness of this clean, green & economical alternative to diesel vans. #CargoBikeCruiseLDN
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 22h
Could we please stop framing climate action as a left/right issue. It’s just a big issue that all politicians need to grapple with. Both a massive cost/risk & huge economic opportunity with clean energy transition (with big risk of stranded fossil fuel assets).
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
📺 Watch our Party Political Broadcast tonight. Tune in on ITV1 and BBC One, or via our social media channels.
Green Party advert for party political broadcast, with picture of Zack Polanski. 

Text reads: Party Political Broadcast. Thursday, October 1. ITV 1: 6.25pm. BBC 1: 6.55pm.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC re-running their headlines from 3 years ago when Sunak released 10,000 prisoners early over 6 months....oh wait, no, that went off without a media fuss. Labour are releasing up to 5,000 early over a year - due to Tory failure to build prison capacity. They only built 36 net new places a year.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
According to a recent study (published in Lancet Oncology) researchers now estimate that infections are responsible for about 12% of cancer diagnoses worldwide, which is a reason, (indeed, yet another reason) why doing what you can to avoid infections is prudent.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After the Brexit referendum in 2016, Nigel Farage predicted that the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Austria and Italy. 2016 to 2025: each country has become more pro EU 🇳🇱 Netherlands - from 72% to 81% 🇩🇰 Denmark - from 62% to 85% 🇸🇪 Sweden - from 64% to 85% 🇦🇹 Austria - 37% to 51% 🇮🇹 Italy - 33% to 52%
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Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The #LabConRestoreReform 1%-Bought-CORRUPT-establishment must end if we want REAL hope and change for the 99%! 💚💚💚💚👏👏💚💚💚💚 #JoinTheRevolution #BackZack #VoteGreen 💚👇💚 join.greenparty.org.uk
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fantastic that the government plans to increase tree cover But trees live a long time, and our climate will be very different by the time they mature So do we plant species thriving here now, or species that will thrive in future conditions? It's not a simple question, but we should be asking it!
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As the world gets hotter, could helping trees migrate northwards protect them?
With the climate changing, many species are marching towards cooler climes – but trees are being outpaced. Some ecologists say assisted movement is the answer
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First Nottinghamshire, now Derbyshire. Pathetic avoidance of scrutiny. Reform-led Derbyshire County Council bans Derbyshire Live’s Local Democracy Reporter t.co/w4AYI2j824
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
🗳️ Rejoining is the only option. 🇪🇺 Britain needs to build bridges with our European allies and get back to the heart of Europe.
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Andy Burnham wants to review the UK’s relationship with the EU. What are the options?
The PM said Brexit has ‘done more harm than good’ and wants an assessment before the next UK-EU summit
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Really inspiring to sit down with Elodie and Jon from Streets Kitchen to hear about their incredible work supporting people facing homelessness in Holborn and St Pancras, and the need for urgent action to tackle the housing crisis.
Zack with Elodie and Jon at a table
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌍⚠️ A UK intelligence report links climate and nature loss directly to national security. It warns that collapsing ecosystems could increase risks of food shortages, migration, conflict and economic disruption. Showing how climate change is starting to be treated as a security and resilience issue.
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's great that the National Trust are pressuring the government to make climate resilience a national priority But the National trust have a gazillion members, and could/should be a powerful political force Is a petition really an adequate response to this emergency?
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The 2019 'World scientists warning of climate emergency', which Bill led, has been hugely influential Let's hope this one has a greater impact still - please sign!
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