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Richard Sedgley

@richardsedgley.bsky.social
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A Green Party supporter based in Cornwall. Likes: culture, history, languages, politics, sport, theology. For: a more equal, inclusive, humane and sustainable society. My views. 🌻🌍

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1h
Young people are taking up bell-ringing to make connections www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Young people are taking up bell-ringing to make connections
Katie Anderson says making music with others is an antidote to screens and scrolling.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1h
Alone with the stars, lynx and wolves in "Empty Spain" A world away from the tourist hotspots of the coast, Extremadura and Castile and León offer unpolluted skies, lower prices – and hope for the future of vulnerable wildlife. www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
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Alone with the stars, lynx and wolves in ‘Empty Spain’
A world away from the tourist hotspots of the coast, Extremadura and Castile and León offer unpolluted skies, lower prices – and hope for the future of vulnerable wildlife
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1h
Rainbow sea slug find in Cornwall a reminder of climate change www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rainbow sea slug find in Cornwall a reminder of climate change
Conservationists say the animal was discovered on a Cornish beach during an event.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1h
Green members vote for councils to support BDS in show of solidarity with Palestine Members have voted through a conference motion to cut ties with companies linked to Israel. #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 leftfootforward.org/2026/10/gree...
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Green members vote for councils to support BDS in show of solidarity with Palestine
Members have voted through a conference motion to cut ties with companies linked to Israel
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 12h
"I thought Brassed Off might be popular within a 10 mile radius of Barnsley": the director of Andy Burnham’s favourite film on its 30-year anniversary www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...
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‘I thought Brassed Off might be popular within a 10 mile radius of Barnsley’: the director of Andy Burnham’s favourite film on its 30-year anniversary
Ahead of a live performance in the Royal Albert Hall, the writer Mark Herman explains why he’s not surprised it’s one of the new Prime Minister’s favourites and a why film like this wouldn’t get made ...
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 15h
Greens promise “the real National Health Service we deserve” #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/03/g...
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Greens promise “the real National Health Service we deserve” - Green Party
Green Party members at party conference in Brighton have backed a broad set of measures that aim to deliver the “real National Health Service we deserve” alongside a set of wider health targets includ...
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 15h
Greens adopt policy of mutualising the BBC #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/03/g...
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Greens adopt policy of mutualising the BBC  - Green Party
Green Party Conference passed a landmark motion today to shift media away from corporate control towards public participation, including mutualising the BBC.  Under this policy, the BBC would be mutua...
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 15h
No national security without nature security, say Green Party #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/03/n...
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No national security without nature security, say Green Party - Green Party
The Green Party of England and Wales says today that nature loss and biodiversity decline should be treated as seriously as other national security threats.  Delegates to the Party’s conference in Bri...
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 15h
Mousehole phone box transformed into community library www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mousehole phone box transformed into community library
An old BT telephone box in Mousehole, Cornwall has been converted into a library by the community.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 15h
London film festival celebrates British-Latino identity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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London film festival celebrates British-Latino identity
The Latino film festival in the capital will screen 60 films from 27 countries over five days.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 16h
Sir Kevin Sinfield completes epic challenge ahead of Grand Final www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sir Kevin Sinfield completes epic challenge ahead of Grand Final
Sir Kevin Sinfield crosses the finish line at Old Trafford after seven ultramarathons in seven days.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 16h
Cornwall musicians struggled through UK's hottest summer www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cornwall musicians struggled through UK's hottest summer
Artists thought they were going to faint in what was the 'hottest summer' for gigs.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23h
“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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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h
“We don’t want the tech billionaires' post-human reality. We want this world. The soil between our toes.” Rachel Millward on choosing a future built for people, not billionaires.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 22h
🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 20h
Greens would offer two-year jobs to unemployed under-24s #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 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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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 21h
Man City is the biggest scandal in club football history youtu.be/e1Be7C62_eg
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Man City is the biggest scandal in club football history
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 22h
Cornwall FA submits plans for new HQ and 3G pitch in Bodmin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cornwall FA submits plans for new HQ and 3G pitch in Bodmin
Cornwall FA has submitted plans for a new HQ, 3G pitch and community centre in Bodmin.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 23h
Deputy Leaders' Speech LIVE | Green Party Conference 2026 #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 www.youtube.com/live/nQZcl1V...
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Deputy Leaders' Speech LIVE | Green Party Conference 2026
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 23h
Greens would nationalise Thames and SE Water without paying compensation, says deputy leader – UK politics live Rachel Millward tells Brighton conference: "Forget compensation for shareholders and creditors, these are insolvent companies". #VoteGreen 💚 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Greens would nationalise Thames and SE Water without paying compensation, says deputy leader – UK politics live
Rachel Millward tells Brighton conference: ‘Forget compensation for shareholders and creditors, these are insolvent companies’
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 23h
I've covered the Man City scandal from the start. This is how it has changed football (£) www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
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I’ve covered the Man City scandal from the start. This is how it has changed football
The Man City case has turned football upside down and touched other industries, including politics after prime minister Andy Burnham’s comments, but, as Miguel Delaney details after years of reporting...
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Utilities are public services – and should not be run as businesses | Letters www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Utilities are public services – and should not be run as businesses | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Will Hutton and Andy Haldane suggesting that they could be run for the public benefit
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc
Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A trip to Lerryn, the mystical heart of Cornwall The river that inspired Daphne du Maurier and Kenneth Grahame forms the perfect backdrop for an autumnal adventure. www.ft.com/content/0d9c...
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A trip to Lerryn, the mystical heart of Cornwall
The river that inspired Daphne du Maurier and Kenneth Grahame forms the perfect backdrop for an autumnal adventure
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seven-year fight wins protection for Thornbury recreation site www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Seven-year fight wins protection for Thornbury recreation site
Campaigners secure protection for part of a recreation ground in Thornbury.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Greens can move Labour in the right direction, says Zack Polanski #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 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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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Green Party backs policy to cut amount of animal farming in half #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 leftfootforward.org/2026/10/gree...
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Green Party backs policy to cut amount of animal farming in half
They're proposing a big shift...
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Inspirational” and “everyone loved it” – Green Party members react to Zack Polanski’s conference speech Green Party members told LFF what they thought about Polanski's speech. #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 leftfootforward.org/2026/10/insp...
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"Inspirational" and "everyone loved it" – Green Party members react to Zack Polanski’s conference speech
Green Party members told LFF what they thought about Polanski's speech
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Caroline Lucas interview: “A lot of policies that Andy Burnham has announced are due to Green pressure.” The former Green Party leader said the Greens need to take more credit for Burnham’s shift to the left on issues like Gaza, PR and Brexit. #VoteGreen 💚 leftfootforward.org/2026/10/caro...
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Caroline Lucas interview: "A lot of policies that Andy Burnham has announced are due to Green pressure."
The former Green Party leader said the Greens need to take more credit for Burnham’s shift to the left on issues like Gaza, PR and Brexit
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "Through our sustained pressure – and our historic wins – we have held the worst instincts of the Labour government in check. And we have started to move them in the right direction. But we can't wait for them to get there on their own." 👏
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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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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it": why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
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‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl
People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watch Zack Polanski’s Green Party conference speech #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 www.youtube.com/live/E9h3vww...
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Watch Zack Polanski's Green Party conference speech LIVE
YouTube video by ITV News
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Polanski delivers Greens conference speech as by-election nears – UK politics live The Green Party is holding its largest-ever conference, while its leader runs as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Zack Polanski calls for three-year cap on rent price increases in Green party conference speech – UK politics live
The Green party is holding its largest-ever conference, while its leader runs as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Suella Braverman dismantled by audience member over "Englishness" comments #bbcqt #StopReformUK "I have been on this planet for 54 years and the amount of times I've been told I'm not English, even though I was born here..." www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/sue...
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Suella Braverman dismantled by audience member over 'Englishness' comments
Suella Braverman was called out by a member of the Question Time audience after she repeated her nonsense claims about Englishness.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Left After Growth A new left programme, beyond traditional social democracy, is needed in a world of economic stagnation and climate crisis. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/the-...
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The Left After Growth
A new left programme, beyond traditional social democracy, is needed in a world of economic stagnation and climate crisis.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Polanski vs. Burnham: The Battle for the Soul of the Left | Aaron Bastani Reports #VoteGreen ##gpconf #gpc26 💚 youtu.be/P5nE_6T0hIo
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Polanski vs. Burnham: The Battle for the Soul of the Left | Aaron Bastani Reports
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Polanski says he does not need to win "50/50" by-election to stay Green leader Exclusive: Party leader says outcome of "knife edge" vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position. #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Polanski says he does not need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader
Party leader says outcome of ‘knife edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rachel Millward says Green-run councils do not get enough funding #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rachel Millward says Green-run councils do not get enough funding
Greens' deputy leader talks about AI, social housing and the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises #VoteGreen #gpconf #gpc26 💚 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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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Council adopts bilingual signage policy Councillors and officers are also encouraged to use key Kernewek phrases as part of their roles and in their day-to-day lives. www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/council...
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Council adopts bilingual signage policy
Councillors and officers are also encouraged to use key Kernewek phrases as part of their roles and in their day-to-day lives
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reservoir progress too slow - Green deputy leader www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reservoir progress too slow - Green deputy leader
Rachel Millward claims there has been a "woeful lack of investment in essential infrastructure".
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
On the main stage: Your Green Party Conference line-up. See you in Brighton (or on YouTube).
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What Happens If Zack Polanski Loses Holborn & St Pancras? #VoteGreen 💚 youtu.be/AAqf0d5a7fA
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What Happens If Zack Polanski Loses Holborn & St Pancras?
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Green Party Political Broadcast | Protecting Our Children's Future #VoteGreen 💚 youtu.be/9Q1h2OsWpWc
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Green Party Political Broadcast | Protecting Our Children’s Future
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public control of water not enough, Green deputy leader says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Public control of water not enough, Green deputy leader says
Rachel Millward says her party would nationalise water companies to reverse years of “radical underinvestment".
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
Black History Month is a time to engage with and celebrate the contributions of Black communities who have been fundamental to shaping and inspiring the UK’s culture and history. This month and beyond, the Green Party celebrate the strength, commitment and leadership of our Black communities 💚
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Council could take full control of Cornwall's bus network www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
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Council could take full control of Cornwall's bus network
It's one of the options as Cornwall faces 'conundrum' when it comes to the future of our bus services, which taxpayers already pay £12 million a year towards
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A lack of ideas and compassion means the Tories always divide the population into 'deserving' and 'underserving'. -------- Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s
The party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit.
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Like father, like son: Sinfields take diverging paths on road to Grand Final Kevin’s ultramarathon challenge ends in time for kick-off at Old Trafford as son Jack vies for first title with Wakefield. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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Like father, like son: Sinfields take diverging paths on road to Grand Final
Kevin’s ultramarathon challenge ends in time for kick-off at Old Trafford as son Jack vies for first title with Wakefield
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