Reposted by DeclanGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 02/10/2026The residents of the Garvaghy Road have a right to live in peace. That shouldn't be a controversial thing to say. 1/4 1156
Reposted by DeclanAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he dislikedbylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe 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 861526618
Reposted by DeclanParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs" 1142488784
Reposted by DeclanClaire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨 Open letter from people of Protestant backgrounds concerning the Garvaghy Road 🚨 We feel compelled to speak publicly about what is happening in Portadown 🚨Over the past few hours we have collected over 140 signatures 13293125
Reposted by DeclanDáiligh @dailigh.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026Someone already pointed out, there are already more people in this open letter than are attending the Drumcree trailer fest. #speirgorm 0244
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied. 361376619
Reposted by DeclanGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 29/09/2026Garvaghy Road residents have called for independent international mediation in the Drumcree dispute. We agree: this can't be fixed by the same institutions that caused it. 1/4 1167
Reposted by DeclanGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 27/09/2026Independent mediation now. Green Party Deputy Leader Lesley Veronica said: "What we have seen at Drumcree is a failure of politics, a failure of process, and most importantly, a failure to properly listen to the people who have lived with the consequences of this dispute for decades. 1/6 12513
Reposted by Declansean morley @seanmorl.com · 28/09/2026less of a newsletter this week - more some writing tidbits. here's one of them buttondown.com/seanmorl/arc... 192
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...leftfootforward.orgOutrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseriesMembers of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans 40775301
Reposted by DeclanGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 25/09/2026“Today, the Parades Commission allowed a restricted parade down the Garvaghy Road, first time in almost 30 years. This is not a moment for triumphalism, but responsibility. We owe the next generation a broken cycle, not a repeated one.” 1/2 13916
Reposted by DeclanDraculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I hope the actor who played the grandad in that butter toffee advert got his werthers residuals 2232
Reposted by DeclanChris de Blerp @lawlorc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It might have taken my entire break to find this pic again, but it was worth it 2369
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...carbonbrief.orgCCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon BriefAviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC). 54849393
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We should ask ourselves why this is something a Labour Prime Minister feels the need to refute. After 16 years of austerity, a tax and spend socialist is just what we need. 43738148
Reposted by DeclanLorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We need a moratorium on AI datacentres until we can understand the full impacts on our grid, our communities and our environment. @scottishgreens.org 0287
Reposted by DeclanM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So Labour are repeating the dehumanising and performative and also expensive housing of people who are seeking asylum in camps just like the Tories but because Burnham throws out a few crumbs about bus fares in a Northern accent we’re supposed to believe things have changed? 37825
Reposted by DeclanEoin Meehan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 オーエン @etm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Age verification for children means age verification for all. And age verification for all means ID verification for all. Why is this not being screamed from the rooftops? 410855
Reposted by DeclanTristan Gray @eidyngray.scot · 14/09/2026Context for the Anthropic "oh no, we must slow down or we'll end the world" nonsense 47527
Reposted by DeclanSW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 14/09/2026#Edinburgh only has c30 bus lane cameras on c40 miles of bus lanes. £1.1mn is only 4-6 fines per camera, per day - all of which can be avoided by not driving in bus lanes. Yet every peak bus will be affected by bus lane blocking or poor parking - we need much more enforcement, not less.edinburghnews.scotsman.comEdinburgh bus lane fines branded a 'racket' after raising £1m in six monthsEdinburgh ranks asecond in Scotland and ninth in the UK for revenue collected from PNCs so far this year 7309
Reposted by DeclanGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 14/09/2026North Belfast can choose different. Mal O'Hara's out leafleting and canvassing across the constituency, and he wants you alongside him. Every door knocked gets us closer to Stormont. Join the campaign. greenpartyni.org/join 2103
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This week's column is about the Starmer-like self-destruction of the impending decision to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. It might appease certain lobby groups, but it sabotages Burnham's own project and drives voters away. Utter madness. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIs Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George MonbiotClimate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 48841299
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The question that keeps occurring to me is this: If a group of people had taken office with the deliberate intention of destroying the global standing, democratic claims, credibility and power of the United States, what would they do differently? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midtermsSpeaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from. 58826234
Reposted by Declan👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The cops were telling us three days ago that this was spontaneous. 1018960
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If the police & security services didn't see this coming, it was a massive intelligence failure. If they did, but still gave the impression of being caught on the hop, it's something worse. 1231461494
Reposted by DeclanWiltshire Green Party @wiltshiregreens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Everyone should be horrified by the amount of violence on display here at Reform’s Conference. No protection of our “women and girls”! No tolerance for free speech! British values stripped away and replaced by mob rule all watched on high by Farage. Don’t be fooled by him. 0125
Reposted by DeclanThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/09/2026Israel's defence minister revealed that his Government is seeking Donald Trump's support for their plan to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza. Forced displacement is a war crime. When will Labour act? End all arms sales. Ban illegal settlement trade. Sanction the Israeli Government. 10226115
Reposted by DeclanMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"What's behind the appeal of the far right?" is one of those questions pundits keep asking but wherever you look, the answer is simple: Racism and lying www.dw.com/en/germany-i... 24982183
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The 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/...theguardian.comMinister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warningExclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies 1032071793
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's a death cult. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comJD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’ 109942281
Reposted by DeclanCllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026ALL THE DUP HAVE LEFT ARE CULTURE WARS TO DEFLECT FROM THEIR MESS. Last night I challenged the DUP on housing. Twenty years in government, & working class Loyalist communities are continually failed and been abandoned by them. Instead they chose to pick culture wars around climate action. 0163
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAndy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George MonbiotBeing subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1002092829
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comDry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutinyExclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 9824421018
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaksSecretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas 261995575
Reposted by DeclanJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The real puzzler is that even the one job most laypeople concede "Okay, it's good at that" - software development - turns out not to be true in most cases. The average dev team is taking longer to ship worse software using it, and there's no credible evidence of real returns. 2193
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Remind me why we're doing this again. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... 58567136
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donorsPM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour 2402429822
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned? 1582324783
Reposted by DeclanGreen Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 27/08/2026From today, households in GB can legally plug in solar and start saving. Northern Ireland still can’t. Assembly candidate for North Down Cllr Anthony Flynn was promised our rules would move in step with Britain, but that hasn’t happened, and renters and flat dwellers are losing £110 a year saving. 2155
Reposted by DeclanThe Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026On Thames Water, Zack Polanski is asking what we're all thinking; are conflicts of interest the reason for Andy Burnham's betrayal?thecanary.coPolanski demands answers on Burnham’s Thames Water betrayalOn Thames Water, Zack Polanski is asking what we're all thinking; are conflicts of interest the reason for Andy Burnham's betrayal? 1219078
Reposted by DeclanThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/08/2026All progressive ideas banished to Room 101! Backtrack Burnham is putting the UK on the Road to Wigan Keir. 21236105
Reposted by DeclanBarry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A Poll in the Daily Mail clearly did not go the way expected. 84% of respondents want to rejoin the EU. #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 821628579
Reposted by DeclanZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Green Party is reconnecting with its roots. The same system that is poisoning our rivers is poisoning our minds. We can & must: protect the planet while lowering people’s bills. Interesting discussion on where we’ve come from & where we grow next. spectator.com/podcast/one-...spectator.comOne year of Polanski: more continuity than change?Almost one year on from his election as leader of the Green Party, has Zack Polanski broadened its appeal? Communications strategist and Green Party insider Russell Warfield joins Noa Hoffman to discu... 1749097
Reposted by DeclanZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Our country isn't poor. We're being ripped off. The Labour Government backed Trump's war in Iran and refused to break our dependence on oil and gas - while we have such huge potential for homegrown renewable energy. We can end Rip Off Britain by making different choices. 16727194
Reposted by DeclanGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is short essay contains important lessons. It is not enough to position ourselves. We should be actively confronting power. simonpearson1.substack.com/p/the-left-t...simonpearson1.substack.comThe Left That Talks to ItselfA Green Party victory statement shows how easily solidarity becomes political subculture when class, ownership and material power disappear from view. 22468124
Reposted by DeclanNatalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026this is really going to fuck with Corrie's current Dolly Parton themed funeral plotline 031