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Mothin Ali

@mothinali.bsky.social
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Deputy Leader of Green Party & Councillor for Gipton and Harehills. Aka The Hero Of Harehills

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h
Our Youth Jobs Guarantee, in football terms ⚽ The Green Party would give young people the chance to get off the bench and into work to show what they can do.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20h
Dreams need opportunities. Our Youth Jobs Guarantee would deliver them.
Graphic featuring Mothin Ali speaking at Green Party Conference, with the quote: “Working class kids should be able to dream. But more than dream, they should have a genuine chance of making it a reality. That’s why, I’m proud to introduce our Youth Jobs Guarantee.” The Green Party logo appears at the bottom.
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
👏👏👏 @mothinali.bsky.social 👌✊️
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"There should be no street, no neighbourhood and no place in this country where you can't live your life in peace." @mothinali.bsky.social calls for an equal right to exist and belong in his Green Party Conference speech.
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At Green Party Conference in Brighton, we spoke to loads of members from around the country - including its Deputy Leaders @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social! It's great to hear that the party is united in calling for fair votes for all.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
Please welcome to the stage... our deputy leaders.
The deputy leaders of the Green Party on stage at conference, smiling with an arm around each other and the other raised in the air.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
“I’m proud to announce our Youth Jobs Guarantee. Meaningful work for young people who need it. A proper job, a proper wage, proper rights at work.” Mothin Ali on our Youth Jobs Guarantee announcement at Green Party Conference.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
“I'm brown. I’m a Muslim. But I’m as English as a Yorkshire cup of tea.” Mothin Ali on belonging, diversity and building a country confident enough to live with difference.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
💚 a guaranteed job for every 18-24 year old 💚 a plan to bring failing water companies into public ownership by Christmas 💚 standing up for an inclusive and welcoming Britain So proud of our Deputy Leaders @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Working class kids should be able to dream. But more than dream, they should have a genuine chance of making those dreams a reality www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greens would offer two-year jobs to unemployed under-24s
Co-deputy leader Mothin Ali tells the party's conference many young people are "bored, desperate and lost".
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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I will be speaking at this fantastic Fringe event on Saturday alongside my friend, @mothinali.bsky.social and some other brilliant speakers, so do come along if you're in Brighton ✊🏻 @ucu.org.uk @greensorganise.bsky.social @quakersocialists.bsky.social #WagesNotWeapons
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A reminder that there are some INCREDIBLE comms roles going with @greenparty.org.uk at the moment - including a chance to work directly with the amazing @mothinali.bsky.social & @rachelmillward.bsky.social greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
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Work for The Green Party
Come and work for the Green Party for real hope and real change. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently under-represented within our staff t...
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Joseph Wells @josephwells.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely superb day campaigning. So many @greenparty.org.uk members! Wonderful to see new people I haven't met before, & people I've known on social media! Great seeing Greens, @rachelmillward.bsky.social, @mothinali.bsky.social, @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @greenpartyhan.bsky.social as always!
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another fantastic weekend of campaigning in Holborn and St Pancras for @zackpolanski.bsky.social to get him elected and become the next MP to replace Kier Starmer. Called your friends, call your neighbours, call your enemies and tell them hope is here!
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fought back against the lies in the right wing press & media : AND WON 🥇 👏
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you all for your support over these difficult few weeks, we won’t let the wreckers destroy what we've built. So let's continue that momentum, let's get out and get our 6th MP, let's get @zackpolanski.bsky.social elected!
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
5/ The Green Party wants to change British politics. I still believe we can.
But being progressive isn't simply something we can say about ourselves. Our values have to survive disagreement. They have to survive internal conflict. And they have to apply when examining our own behaviour, not just everybody else's.
For now, I welcome the Council's findings. I want to spend some time with my family, continue serving the people who elected me and get back to the reasons I entered politics in the first place.
But I will not be silent about what this experience has taught me about race, leadership, accountability and political culture.
Those are conversations worth having, not simply for me, but for everyone we want to encourage to step forward and believe that politics can be different.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
4/ This experience has hurt me.
It has damaged my reputation. It has affected my family. It has caused considerable emotional distress. And it has consumed Council time and resources that should have been spent serving the people of Leeds.
There have been moments when I have wondered whether public life is worth the price my family and I have been asked to pay.
But I'm still here.
I'm not interested in revenge. Nor am I asking anyone simply to accept my version of events.
I'm asking people to look at the evidence.
If I have done something wrong, investigate it and hold me accountable.
But when an allegation has been properly investigated and no wrongdoing is found, that has to matter too.
Otherwise the allegation itself becomes the punishment.
I hope the Council's conclusion finally draws a line under the
SRA issue.
But drawing a line under this allegation cannot mean drawing a line under the bigger questions raised by what has happened.
If we want more Black, Asian, Muslim and other underrepresented people to step forward into political leadership, we also have to be prepared to examine what happens to them when they do
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3/ I am not saying everyone who disagrees with me is racist.
Of course they aren't. I am a politician and people have every right to criticise me, challenge me and hold me accountable.
But I am a Brown British Muslim who has achieved a leadership position in a predominantly white political institution.
Since standing for that position, I have repeatedly faced allegations, complaints, leaks and demands for investigation.
I no longer believe it is credible simply to treat every one of these episodes as completely unrelated.
I believe there is a racial dimension to what I have experienced.
I cannot tell you what is in another person's mind, and I'm not going to pretend that I can. But racism isn't only somebody shouting a racist insult. It can also operate through patterns: whose word is believed, who is presumed suspect, who has to keep proving themselves, whose leadership is repeatedly questioned and whether the same standards are applied to everybody.
Those questions don't disappear because we are Greens.
If anything, a political party that prides itself on being progressive and anti-racist should be prepared to examine them more seriously.
Anti-racism cannot simply be something we demand of other political parties and wider society. It has to be reflected in our own culture, our own processes and in how we treat one another when we disagree.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2/That is now three separate examinations of this issue without a finding of wrongdoing.
I welcome that conclusion. But I'm not going to pretend that nothing has happened simply because the facts have finally caught up with the allegations.
The damage happens when an allegation is made and amplified. Reputations are damaged immediately. Time and resources are spent investigating. Families live with the consequences. And when the evidence eventually emerges, the damage has already been done.
Then another allegation arrives and the cycle begins again.
That is what concerns me most.
Private information about me has been gathered and circulated. Material has been provided to right wing journalists.
Most disturbingly, material about me has included information concerning where my children attend school.
My children are not politicians.
They didn't stand for election. They didn't ask me to become Deputy Leader. They didn't choose public life.
Whatever anybody thinks about me or my politics, my children should never become collateral damage in a political dispute.
For me, that crossed a line.
I also think we need to talk honestly about race.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🧵 You've heard the one sided attack, but the right wing rags or the wreckers working internally don't get the final say. It's time to speak out.
🧵 Since I announced that I was standing to become Deputy Leader of the Green Party, I have been subjected to a sustained series of allegations, complaints, leaks and personal attacks. Some have been explicitly racist and Islamophobic.

It didn't stop when I was elected.
I have tried not to respond to every allegation. I've tried to be patient, trust the proper processes and let the evidence speak for itself.
But there comes a point when you have to look at the pattern.
In early August, allegations were made about the Special Responsibility Allowance allocated to me by the Leeds Green Group.
The Head of Democratic Services looked at it. The Office of the City Solicitor looked at it. Both confirmed that the Green Group had acted properly.
The allegations continued.
Now Leeds City Council's Internal Audit team has completed a further review. We have received confirmation that:
"The payment for the Special Responsibility Allowance (Opposition Group Officer Holder) has been made by the council in accordance with normal practice, and that the council has discharged its role appropriately."
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The Gearwitch @gearwitch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good work. My great-grandmother was Romani. Born in the 1880s as part of an established community.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/09/2026
A strong voice on climate. A strong voice for Palestine. A strong voice for Holborn and St Pancras. Let’s get Zack Polanski into Parliament.
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Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.
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Chichester & Arun Green Party @chi-arungreenparty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Guess who our Arun coordinator @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social bumped into in St Pancras today?? No not the by-election candidate himself, but one of our amazing deputy leaders @mothinali.bsky.social 💚
Eva and Mothin smiling and holding a Green leaflet
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lies and smears from billionaire media barons can't stop our movement. We'll keep building and we'll keep moving forward! join.greenparty.org.uk
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2026
THE REPORT THEY TRIED TO HIDE. Empty shelves. Water shortages. Food security at risk. The government cannot keep hiding the scale of the threat. It must release the report in full and act on it.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They won't get away with it, not on my watch!
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yesterday under a very thin veil, Reform councillors brought a motion to council to attack another marginalised community. Gypsy, Roma and the Travelling community already face discrimination at all levels of society. Instead of demonising them we need solutions.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We can win in Holborn & St Pancras. The Guardian followed me around and heard for themselves how excited people are to vote Green! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘We can win here’: Zack Polanski presses the flesh in Holborn and St Pancras
Polanski is confident of taking seat vacated by Keir Starmer, but says he will stay on as Green party leader even if he loses
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At @greenparty.org.uk we’re recruiting not one, not two, but three comms roles! - Press officer - Assistant Press officer - Comms Adviser to @mothinali.bsky.social and @rachelmillward.bsky.social Please do apply. Please do pass on to others. greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...
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Work for The Green Party
Come and work for the Green Party for real hope and real change. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently under-represented within our staff t...
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One year ago today 857 were arrested in Parliament Sq for holding pro Palestine placards. Yet, not a single arrest yesterday for balaclava-clad right wing vigilantes in Dover. Continuity Burnham must reverse Starmer's free speech and protest clampdown on anti genocide protests
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Free and independent media is under attack from billionaires and their banker allies. A free press is the absolute cornerstone of democracy and must be defended wherever you stand politically. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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Another Canary bank account has been frozen and our money held
Recent events have created circumstances in which we have been left with no responsible alternative but to suspend Canary operations
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps. I say that's a polite euphemism and and that Farage and his mates are a bunch of fascists who hold views most Brits find deplorable. We just need to keep shining a light on them and exposing them for what they are.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Billionaires don’t give parties millions for nothing. Reform, Labour and the Tories take their money, and now they owe them. The Greens are funded by ordinary people and that's who we fight for.
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Joseph Wells @josephwells.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Todays the 1 year Anniversary of our elected @greenparty.org.uk Leadership @zackpolanski.bsky.social Leader @mothinali.bsky.social & @rachelmillward.bsky.social Co-Deputy Leaders We've hit over 230k members, have over 1,300 Cllrs, won our first MP by-election & 2 Mayors 💚 Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Leeds Green Party @leedsgreenparty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's been exactly 1 year since @zackpolanski.bsky.social was elected leader of the Green Party! Zack's leadership, along with the incredible work of our very own @mothinali.bsky.social as co-deputy leader, has seen Green Party membership in Leeds more than triple in the past 12 months!
Description: a text post with Green background and green arrows pointing upwards. The text is about the Leeds Green Party membership numbers for September 2025 (1,068) to September 2026 (3,540).
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yesterday, terrorist settlers kidnapped a British peace activist Finn Joughin and Israeli police are still detaining him - our government is silent. This is the same old Labour: complicit in genocide, apartheid, and too cowardly to defend British citizens.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Back out in Harehills, fixing up a binyard in Harehills. That’s how we roll, fix up broken, disused, neglected spaces and turn them into something the community can use! watch this space for more!
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Lucas Cumiskey @lucascumiskey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NEW: Andy Burnham has been accused of repeating 'maddening' mistakes after ministers snubbed a proposal to set a mandatory target for the proportion of social rent homes in large developments. @greenparty.org.uk co-deputy @mothinali.bsky.social claimed the govt has 'caved in to the developers'.
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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Green Party Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social said, "Wes Streeting has serious questions to answer, and we urgently need robust transparency measures to make sure we know all our politicians can't be bought."
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 16/08/2026
Don't light fires. No new oil and gas.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The media continued to hound Dr Arday with vicious and toxic coverage. It was disproportionate and persistent, even after his resignation. The media needs to take accountability. May he rest in peace.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hi @andyburnham.bsky.social Our ally here. If you can pull yourself away from videos about snacks for a moment, care to tell us when you’re going to stop arming this racist butcher
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/08/2026
In Burnham's Britain, do the pockets of rich City traders count for more than housing ordinary working people, providing running water and tackling climate change?
A quote graphic attributed to Mothin Ali that states "Labour have approved a water and energy guzzling data centre in Brick Lane. In Burnham's Britain, do the pockets of rich City traders count for more than housing ordinary working people, providing running water and tackling climate change?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/08/2026
A statement from Mothin Ali in response to new figures that show a sharp increase in Prevent referrals.
A green background with a quote that reads: “The sharp rise in Prevent referrals, including for white children over far-right concerns, should alarm us all. 

Children who are vulnerable need teachers, youth workers, social workers and mental health support, not a counter-terrorism response. 

Counter-terrorism resources should be focused on genuine terrorist threats. That's basic common sense." Attributed to Mothin Ali, Deputy leader of the Green Party
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rochdalegreenparty.bsky.social @rochdalegreenparty.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We have been very busy in the final push of the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election, with our special guest @mothinali.bsky.social! 💚 There is still time to vote if you haven't already. Polls close at 10pm. #VoteGreen #Rochdale #MayoralElection
Group photo with Green Party members and Mothin Ali holding up "Vote Green" posterboards and signs.Green Party members and Mothin Ali holding up posterboards and a Rochdale Greens banner crossing a road.Group photo of Green Party members and Mothin Ali holding up "Vote Green" posterboards, signs and a Rochdale Greens banner outside a building with a green door.Green Party member holding up a posterboard near a road.
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Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Having so much fun campaigning in Rochdale, what an excellent reception
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