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Mother and grandmother. Family in the Midlands and Tokyo. Love photography.

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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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"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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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026
"Miliband was right to highlight the threat that climate breakdown poses to our national security – though the full extent of these threats, highlighted by UK intelligence agencies in a report last year, have never been fully released." Adrian Ramsay asks: where does Labour stand on climate?
WHERE DOES LABOUR STAND ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS?

ADRIAN RAMSAY
MP FOR WAVENEY VALLEY

"Miliband asked where each and every party stands on tackling the climate crisis.
The Green Party is unequivocal: it means no new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea. It means no green light for a third runway at Heathrow. It means massive investment in our homes, green energy sources and transport in ways that both tackle the climate crisis and cut people’s bills.

So we ask Labour: where do you stand on these issues?"

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Today’s speech from the Chancellor shows Labour offering more of the same. We need real action to tackle extreme wealth inequality in this country and make the super-rich pay their fair share.
Headline reads: “It’s time to tackle extreme wealth inequality.”
Quote from Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire:
“The Chancellor used his speech today to repeatedly stress a message of new leadership offering new hope, yet when it came to the substance behind the rhetoric, Britain was once again left with more of the same.
“He made no mention of the extraordinary wealth inequality holding our country back, nor did he state any ambitions for fair taxation of wealth.
“A government serious about fixing our economy cannot afford to look the other way while the uber-rich accumulate ever-more wealth and dodge paying their fair share.”
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reflections on Taiwan, democracy and the right to self-determination
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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 · 22/09/2026
100 seconds of Greens standing up for our climate. Following Zack Polanski’s recognition in The Independent’s Climate 100, a reminder that Greens have always led the way on climate action. From protecting nature to ending our reliance on fossil fuels, we’ll keep fighting for a liveable future.
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Every major ecosystem, that we depend on for our own survival, is on a pathway to collapse." Watch @carolinelucas.bsky.social on BBC #QuestionTime talking about the suppressed National Security Assessment (NSA). We MUST continue to push for the UK Government to release the full report. #climate
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The most wholesome and radical event in Brighton this weekend was… Kidical Mass! All our cities need to make cycling safe and enjoyable every day, for everyone from 3 to 93. 💚
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 18/09/2026
"This is yet another example of the corrosive revolving door between politics and big business lobbying that has no place in public life." @sianberry.bsky.social responds to Labour Peer Tom Watson being hired by US spy-tech giant Palantir.
THE CORROSIVE REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN POLITICS AND BIG BUSINESS LOBBYING

SIAN BERRY
MP FOR BRIGHTON PAVILION

“Palantir, with its work for ICE in the US and the IDF, has no business at all in our NHS and public services.

Tom Watson has been employed to lobby his friends in the Labour Government.

It is a disgrace he is still a member of the House of Lords and holds the Labour whip.”

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026
Don’t miss Caroline Lucas on Question Time tonight. Watch from 9pm on BBC News and iPlayer or 10:40pm on BBC One.
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Over the weekend, Reform UK received £72m in donations, days before Parliament debates new rules that could restrict them. @elliechowns.bsky.social told us why the government needs to go further 👇
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It’s me, Claire 💚 @faultfinderuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you live in London and a Green Party member please consider helping out, even if just for an hour or two. We need Polanski in Parliament 💚 #PolanskiInParliament #GreenParty #VoteGreen
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Everything you need to get involved! - Scroll down for weekday actions
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/09/2026
On Emergency Services Day, the Green Party stands in solidarity with the incredible work of the RNLI. They are true patriots who selflessly risk their own lives to save others at sea.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
So many brave women in Iran - the world must acknowledge their courage and speak up about their fate #WomeninPolitics #WomensHistory www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests
Taraneh Rahimi was told prison guards would rape her sister, Romina, if she did not sign a confession
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/09/2026
❌ Ellie Chowns: "We now have less strong protection for our environment. Socially, politically, culturally, Brexit has been poisonous." "It's catalyzed a toxic political debate, polarization, the proliferation of disinformation, short-termism in politics, a discounting of rights and opportunities"
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trying to find a compromise position with the physics of extreme weather and climate chaos is not the winning strategy the new Prime Minister thinks it is…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 14/08/2026
Rewilding is the buffer we need now. 🌳🦫  In response to the Daily Mail's recent piece on wildfires and land restoration, our CEO Rebecca Wrigley has written directly to set the record straight: f.mtr.cool/wohxycndfw 🧵(1/4)
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Rewilding is the buffer we need now
A response to the Daily Mail from Rewilding Britain CEO, Rebecca Wrigley, addressing recent misinformation about rewilding and increased wildfire risk.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Climate breakdown isn't a political negotiation. It's a scientic reality borne out in lives lost and wildfires. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefight helicopters, a cool space in every community and a maximum working temperature.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I believe Clacton deserves an MP who will spend their time shining a light on everything the area has to offer. And why wait till I'm elected? I've been to visit one of the constituency's most stunning landmarks.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Today is the 81st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of #Hiroshima. Yet despite the gut wrenching horror, the 9 nuclear states have *already* amassed the equivalent firepower of 145.000 Hiroshima bombs & still want more. This is madness. #NoMoreHiroshimas @cnduk.bsky.social
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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Gatwick chief executive claims the process "carefully tested and scrutinised every aspect of our expansion plans". <government waves hands, sprinkles technofix fairy dust over massive climate impact, chants "economic growth" three times and closes their eyes to ignore heatwaves, wildfires & floods>
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Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails
£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airport
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/08/2026
Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/08/2026
This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Course you would, “love”… And Brexit will suddenly be amazing. And climate change will go away. And Trump will give us the bestest trade deal ever. And voters will love you for scrapping their rights, to please your moneyed mates… Now, pipe down and focus on your upcoming fight with a bin.
Telegraph headline and photo of Farage at his silly flag-laden press conference.

Farage: “Reform would stop Channel migrants in a fortnight”
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 03/08/2026
I see we've reached the point in this particular summer of extremes where we are now having to BLOW UP rocks in drought-striken rivers to help send water towards gasping nuclear power plants www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – Europe live
Explosives used to move a large rock and let more water flow to cool nuclear power plant
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shocking to discover designating AI data centres as “National Critical Infrastructure” means water companies are prohibited from restricting water to them even in times of drought. Households will lose water first. Thanks to @olliehayes.bsky.social at @globalactionplan.bsky.social for joining me
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Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 July · 16min
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 29/07/2026
This notion that the purpose of writing essays is to have an essay-shaped object to hold at the end of it is just... wild, and incredibly widely held apparently? Have these people never... written an essay?
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Brilliant reporting from @channel4news.bsky.social - at last parts of the media are finally joining the dots between a planet on fire and the burning of fossil fuels
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland. The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now. How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?
Person trying to put out wildfires in Scotland
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X
Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So Count Binface is pledging to do everything Farage doesn’t as a MP, utter genius❗️👌🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 He will👇🏼 Hold weekly constituency surgeries✅ Answer all letters and emails within 3 days✅ Spend 10 days in Clacton for every day spent abroad✅ Outside earnings will be donated to Clacton charities✅
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Count Binface goes for the jugular with Clacton pledges
Count Binface seems to have already stolen a march on Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election by announcing some policies for the area.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Risks and pollution from activities in space are very much down to Earth. We don't want to be part of a race to the bottom on environmental standards, as a #HouseofLords report suggests is possible
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is SO important - do share & support if you can 👇
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Wishing very best of luck to @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social today for first Lords debate on her #NaturesRights Bill - a hugely important & inspiring initiative to accord rights to nature & give us a chance of better protecting & restoring it, recognising we are part of nature not separate from it 🌍
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Questions I would have asked the Home Secretary about Labour’s cruel asylum Bill…had she let me.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#ZanesLaw - urgently needed @truthaboutzane.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Toxic for 100 years: the UK golf course built on chemical waste
Despite contamination at Malkins Bank in Cheshire, it is deemed suitable for golf … and now a children’s play area
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/06/2026
"We do think we should be taxing the extremely wealthy. This isn't ordinary people's fault. This is fossil fuel giants. These are the people who need to be paying." Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward on cutting bills and making polluters pay.
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Brighton Wildlife @brightonwildlife.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Please consider signing this petition to #reverse #cuts in environmental protections... #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #Geology #geodiversity #brightonwildlife 🖊️ www.change.org/p/urgent-res...
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Urgent reset for our next Prime Minister: four asks for people and nature
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
UN’s climate chief: “Climate change is running rampant, caused by the world’s addiction to burning coal, oil and gas. But the solutions are equally clear: a faster shift to clean energy – which is now much cheaper than fossil fuels – as well as protecting forests and building climate resilience.”
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European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say
Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress
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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Last week, @andyburnham.bsky.social won in Makerfield by offering a politics of hope over hate. Now we need him to bring that same energy to immigration. Here's what we're asking him to do 🧵
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Of course unions look out for their members but it defies belief that they chose *this week* to lobby for more North Sea oil drilling. They should be lobbying for super-generous retraining terms.
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