Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 9hwww.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThere is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’ | Jamie DriscollImagine the UK with a 20-year investment plan, with green homes and fast transport. We already have the tools to make it happen, says Green party politician Jamie Driscoll 120
Reposted by Pat ClearyJo Bird @jobirdjobird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oil profits soar while you pay the price 📈 People like you and me are paying the price for expensive energy. Greens want windfall taxes on oil profits to ease the cost-of-living crisis and fund action to deal with climate breakdown. 1178
Reposted by Pat ClearyJo Bird @jobirdjobird.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Merseyside Pension Fund Tory vice chair promises the Fund will go along with new government sanctions against “arms and other exports that materially contribute to the occupation.” jobird.net/2026/merseys...jobird.netMerseyside Pension Fund will go along with new government sanctions — Jo BirdMerseyside Pension Fund Tory vice chair promises the Fund will go along with new government sanctions against “arms and other exports that materially contribute to the occupation.” 073
Reposted by Pat ClearyCycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🚲 Do you take your e-bike on the Merseyrail network? #Merseyfail has banned non-folding e-bikes from its trains and stations. We asked Merseyrail to meet and share the evidence, they said no. We’re challenging the ban via our Cyclists’ Defence Fund. Help us bin the ban: cyclinguk.org/merseyfail 811433
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Earth's life support systems are collapsing but you have to wait 37 minutes to hear about bombshell UN report on @news.rte.ie 030
Reposted by Pat ClearyDr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 23/03/2026UN Secretary General António Guterres has said "every key climate indicator is flashing red" as Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history. We cannot afford further delay in combatting climate breakdown. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUN issues new climate warning as El Niño loomsThe Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says. 48144
Reposted by Pat ClearyJo Bird @jobirdjobird.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The Green Party is opposed to this cut [to Council Tax support], suggesting borrowing the money from the UK Government instead.wirralglobe.co.ukHuge Wirral council tax rises as support scheme cut by £4 millionSOME people will soon see a huge rise in their Wirral council tax after a £4m cut to support. It is feared a £557 rise could put families “under… 1147
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Palantir taking over our public services!Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. 010
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 15/02/2026First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...actionnetwork.orgThe Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the PostFirst Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea... 030
Reposted by Pat ClearyProf Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I wrote to my MP. "We try to live lives full of purpose, of service and usefulness to others. What purpose are our lives if we don't help Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed stay alive? We will all have failed so badly. Please, please help stop this." Find yours here: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMPmembers.parliament.ukFind your MP - MPs and Lords - UK ParliamentEnter your postcode, location, MPs name or job title to find the name and contact details of your local MP. 319683
Reposted by Pat ClearyThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 13/10/2025🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members! 📈 But we're not stopping there. 💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today! 501661453
Reposted by Pat ClearyThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 08/10/2025The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚 People everywhere are joining the movement for real change. Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️ 33725273
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Bye Bye Argos. Now let's renew Birkenhead Market Cllr Pat Cleary: “It’s no secret that the Green Councillors have always opposed the move of Birkenhead Market into the former Argos unit. 471
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Cllr Ed Lamb and Gail Jenkinson, co-leaders of Wirral’s Green Party said they were “shocked by the findings of this daming report,” www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/2541132...wirralglobe.co.uk‘The whole process has backfired' - Anger over Birkenhead regenerationLEADING Wirral councillors have hit out at the management of a town centre scheme telling the LDRS “the whole process has backfired and… 154
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Good to see and good luck @hynotnw.bsky.social w.bsky.social www.hynot.uk/2025/08/20/h...hynot.ukHyNot takes government to court over carbon storage in Liverpool Bay - HyNotHyNot, a campaign group opposed to the HyNet scheme, has applied for a judicial review of the government’s decision to grant permission to Italian oil and gas giant Eni to store carbon dioxide in Live... 040
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Why do Labour, Tories and Lib Dems have so little respect for people who complain that their council tax and pension contributions are funding genocide? My speech to council earlier this week. 041
Reposted by Pat ClearyCllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 23/07/2025On Monday night at Wirral Council, we unanimously passed my @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social motion to support more welcoming, child-friendly neighbourhoods and a proper strategy to promote outdoor play. 🌱🚲🏃♀️ A small step — but a meaningful one. Here’s a short thread. 🧵👇 65112
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Merseyside Pension Fund has taken the prudent step of no longer investing in Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest weapons company. 922
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Birkenhead Green Party councillor Pat Cleary said the council’s leader up until May, Cllr Paul Stuart “totally had questions to answer,” adding: “Why has it taken a new leader to come in and shine a light on all of this? www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/2531298...wirralglobe.co.ukQuestions as £12m black hole for town centre scheme could be ‘the final straw’THERE are serious questions to answer about who knew what and when about a £12m black hole in Wirral Council’s finances. 175
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Birkenhead Town Centre works are a year late and £12m over spent Cllr Pat Cleary said, “What we are seeing is just unacceptable. I’d like some admission of that. It’s just unacceptable. I’m devastated, to be honest, as a councillor for the ward that this affects. 466
Reposted by Pat ClearyJo Bird @jobirdjobird.bsky.social · 29/06/2025*Green MPs will be voting against the two-tier Welfare Bill It’s very shameful the Labour MP for Birkenhead is one of the 10 Labour MPs sponsoring the PIP Bill. 46319
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Green Cllr Molyneux challenges Council owned company to pay the real living wage to school workers 565
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Tonight at Pensions committe I had it confirmed that the Merseyside Pension Fund has divested from Lockheed Martin. This is due to its involvement in the production of cluster munitions. A small win but it shows divestment is possible @greenparty.org.uk 183
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I was shocked to learn that town centre works in Birkenhead are not expected to complete until this time next year. That points to a complete breakdown in the management of the scheme. The public will be rightly outraged. The response received was not ok. Judge for yourself: tinyurl.com/vtrc3ne3 241
Reposted by Pat ClearyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2025We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comUK government pledges further £590m for delayed Lower Thames CrossingRachel Reeves calls Britain’s biggest road-building project a ‘turning point for our national infrastructure’ 701493419
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Tax Wealth - don't cut welfare Labour’s cuts to welfare will make it much harder to qualify for Personal Independence Payments. PIPs are essential support to live independent lives and are paid to people who have a long-term physical or mental health condition. 241
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Wirral Births, Deaths and Marriages should be registered in Birkenhead, say Greens 613
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 27/05/2025As usual @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is right. In Wirral @greenparty.org.uk is the obvious progressive alternative to Labour join.greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHow we can smash Britain’s two-party system for good at the next election | George MonbiotLabour is beyond repair. Time for a co-ordinated strategy to support progressive parties committed to electoral reform, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 042
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Wirral Labour align with toxic Tories 086
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Greens are now the joint second largest party on Wirral Council Cllr Jo Bird, co-leader of the Wirral’s Green councillors, said the news [of 3 Tory Cllr resignations] came as no surprise, www.birkenhead.news/conservative...birkenhead.newsConservative defection ‘slap in the face’ to supporters, leader saysWirral’s Conservative leader said a decision by three councillors to leave his party was “a slap in the face” to supporters. Cllr Jeff Green said he was “surprised and disappointed” by former coll 3143
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Birkenhead councillor Pat Cleary is now calling for a full, thorough and independent investigation into the matter. www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/2514005...wirralglobe.co.ukConflicting reports put out by Wirral Council over Transport Museum fundingWIRRAL Council has apologised for accidentally sending out a “final” report that blows a hole in its argument for why £3m was pulled from a… 751
Reposted by Pat ClearyThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/05/2025💚 Thank you for voting Green! Want to be part of a winning team? Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?mtm_campaign... 1132175
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Do You Want a Fairer, Greener Wirral? Then you're welcome to join us to make it happen. Wirral Green Party is looking for many more people who are willing to be the face of change in our local communities. youtu.be/x5pPsI7IwuE 484
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Recently, Wirral Council agreed a refreshed Community Asset Transfer policy (CAT). But no voluntary sector organisations were consulted. wirral.greenparty.org.uk/2025/04/11/c... 073
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 13/04/2025This really captures the positive vibe on Argyle Street 💚 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...liverpoolecho.co.uk'When we moved here people pulled faces but it's another world'People feel an area is looking less neglected as it prepares for major change 020
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Speaking for the Greens, party co-leader Cllr Bird said: “The Green Party has always supported fair and proportional representation. Likewise, Wirral Greens consistently support a fair share of chairs of council committees for all elected political parties. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...liverpoolecho.co.ukWho could be Wirral's new leader as race heats upWirral Council leader Cllr Paul Stuart said he would stand down in May 331
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Maybe we should destroy capitalism before it destroys us? www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comClimate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurerAction urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure 000
Reposted by Pat ClearyDouble Down News @doubledown.news · 26/03/2025EXPOSED: Keir Starmer’s Corporate War on Great Britain @georgemonbiot.bsky.socialdoubledown.newsEXPOSED: Keir Starmer’s Corporate War on Great BritainGeorge Monbiot EXPOSES Labour’s Biggest SCAM 812272
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 16/03/2025"Taking benefits away to pay for defence - that's a political choice and we've got a different answer." @greenparty.org.uk search.app/We444search.appInside Birkenhead, the town set to bear brunt of Labour's benefits cutsPeople in the Merseyside town find themselves on the frontline of Labour's welfare row - with up to 50 per cent reliant on universal credit and PIPs 142
Reposted by Pat ClearyJo Bird @jobirdjobird.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The Department of Degeneration? 2125
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A disgraceful ERH committee. Labour, Tory & Lib Dem cllrs hiding from the public to carve up regeneration funds to cover council delays and overspends and shovel more public money into the deeply unpopular Argos market. What they previously did to Birkenhead Market they have now done to Woodside. 152
Reposted by Pat ClearyCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 08/03/2025“Isolate growth from public good (let alone environmental security), and you are simply planning for breakdown: individual psychological collapse in varying degrees of seriousness & collective implosion as limited resources run out…”. Essential reading👇theguardian.comWhen politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Ro... 12411114
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Turnout in Germany's election under a proportional voting system was 83% Turnout in last year's UK election under First Past the Post was 60% Fairness matters and is essential to a healthy, functioning democracy. 020
Reposted by Pat ClearyJo Bird @jobirdjobird.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Green Councillors are recommending this Wirral Council budget because ... 484
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Wirral Tories still advocating for beach clearance in Hoylake and West Kirby despite guidance from national regulators indicating this would likely be illegal (and hugely expensive). At committee tonight I made the Green Party position clear @edbarnesjourno.bsky.social @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social 161
Pat Cleary @patcleary.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Includes my comments on council waste and the urgent need for a new style of leadership www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...liverpoolecho.co.uk'Failure' and £25m cuts as borough faces 'toughest' yearHundreds of jobs are at risk in the latest round of budget cuts 110
Reposted by Pat ClearyWirral Green Party @wirralgreenparty.bsky.social · 13/02/2025"An extravagant waste of public money’: inside the meltdown at Wirral Council" Kudos to @liverpoolpost.bsky.social for this deep dive into Wirral Council. Featuring quotes from Green councillors. Well worth subscribing 📰 www.livpost.co.uk/p/an-extrava...livpost.co.uk‘An extravagant waste of public money’: inside the meltdown at Wirral CouncilPlus: an update on our Laurence Westgaph investigation 074
