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Rob Bryher

@robbryher.bsky.social
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📍Bristol, England / 🌿 Green councillor for St George West on Bristol City Council / 🧩 Green Group Organiser (Whip) / 🅿️ Chair of Kerbside and Parking Strategy Task and Finish Group / 🏷 Agnostic, agonist, English, left populist, republican, secularist

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hello London! @caralavan.bsky.social and I are heading into Holborn and St Pancras to campaign for that there @zackpolanski.bsky.social! Everyone who cares about climate justice and a better future should join the fun - off to knock some doors! 😀💪💚
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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Buses v cycling? A 🧵... Too often, the bus 'industry' defaults to attack cycling as cause of buses (in London) getting slower & slower. Good to see that somewhat countered here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i... by @theguardian.com data team. 1. Bus speeds dropping is a "global problem"... 1/13
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London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised
As experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for poorest in society
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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@robbryher.bsky.social on Green politicians flying for work. robbryher.com/2026/09/23/t...
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The real target is the fossil fuel burners and the UK Labour government, not Green politicians who take a flight
I last flew on a plane in March 2018. It was because the Eurostar was fully booked for my urban planning course’s field trip to Lyon. In other words, I hadn’t been organised enough to take the low-…
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🅲🆁🅶 💙 🇺🇦 @c-r-g.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Urgent: Improve street lighting on #ConcordeWay, #Bristol! Dark paths risk safety for kids, cyclists & pedestrians. Well-lit streets reduce crime & boost community confidence. Sign to push #BristolCityCouncil & #NetworkRail for eco-friendly lighting: c.org/9WDVcrPQmH
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Sign the Petition
Improve street lighting on Concorde Way
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Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That’s my Mayor! (We live in Bristol) Bristol City Council Leader Tony Dyer, represented Bristol and the UK’s Core Cities at the U20 Summit in New York, discussing how to tackle the great global challenges of our time. What can Bristol learn from Mamdani? 🤝
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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So excited that Bristol's Green City Leader, Tony Dyer is meeting with NY's Mayor Mamdani and 48 mayors from the around the world. One agenda item is city owned grocery stores which could provide access to affordable decent food to combat food poverty. So good to see progressives sharing ideas.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey mate, not all of them are mayors! Some cities have moved beyond the "centralise things to just one person model" 😉
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
✅ #Burnham's £30m: helpful. 📢 But statement is weak when UK climate action is not in line with science, nor world we now live. 🤐 And when Govt won't tell us how ministers were advised in setting the carbon budget. 🚨 See Carbon Reckoning's case being filed next week 👉 bsky.app/profile/dran...
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🧵 1/13 🔦 What the Government won't tell you on climate. 🔒 It buried its own intelligence report on ecological breakdown 👉 bsky.app/profile/geor... 📈 Now it won't tell us how it sets carbon budgets that let emissions roll on ⚖️ So we are taking it to Court 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law
Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
✅ #Burnham's £30m: helpful. 📢 But statement is weak when UK climate action is not in line with science, nor world we now live. 🤐 And when Govt won't tell us how ministers were advised in setting the carbon budget. 🚨 See Carbon Reckoning's case being filed next week 👉 bsky.app/profile/dran...
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Moireibh na Chreig @muuuz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is what ... Spineless and grossly culpable ecocide fuelled by their power-demented pandering to planet-scraping profitmongers and hypocritical, entitled mansplaining to the electorate they take for fools, aided and abetted by a media that's either complicit or pig ignorant. ... looks like.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Good argument for enhanced parental leave from my colleague @ellief.bsky.social www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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'Bristol can lead the way on inclusion and support for families'
Ellie Freeman says improving parental leave will give children the best possible start in life
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Will cycles slower than you 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ @williamnb.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
Such obvious bullshit from the PM, while he's approving more North Sea fossil fuel drilling, and allowing several UK airports to expand.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Such vaulting ambition!
Screenshot of a push notification from The Guardian saying "Exclusive: Andy Burnham says UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050"
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Some of us have known this for years... 👀
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Cara Lavan @caralavan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cllr @robbryher.bsky.social and i had a good afternoon in St George Park talking to residents about ideas for our area yesterday and answering questions (many of which were about the skate park).
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
St Philip's Marsh Masterplan: LARGER PARK PLEASE!
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Cllr David Wilcox @david-on-a-bike.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If the North of England gets these trains in 2034, the South West, including Bristol, will still have diesel-powered trains long after 2034. This is not an acceptable position. One of the Major sources of diesel pollution in Bristol is the trains. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’
No 10 says new fleet of trains built in Derby will support 6,000 jobs across UK
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A good day
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Cllr David Wilcox @david-on-a-bike.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
And the Buses in the West of England Combined Authority area will still slavishly follow the Thatcherite privatisation model, where FirstBus Shareholders take all the profits. Burnham needs to have a word in Godwin's ear.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/09/2026
The Government is letting data centre developers bypass local scrutiny... BUT they don't even know what the data centres are being used for 🤯 It's time to put the brakes on. It's time for a national data centre strategy.
UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows

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Leader of the Green Party:
“The government plans to steamroller over local opposition so private companies can build these facilities – yet they can’t even explain what the benefits are and who is benefiting.”

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party London SE1P 6YL
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She got it. youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...
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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/08/2026
if spreadsheet people was ever meant as an insult, i am reclaiming it. my columns and rows are beautiful even if others don't see what i see within them
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Cllr David Wilcox @david-on-a-bike.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I said £50 million spent on this junction in 2019, which wasn't connected to the rest of the road network, was a waste then. A slip road has now been built for a further £7m, but the bridges have now been declared unsafe! This is motonormativity gone mad. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
When you call your cricket team a stupid name like Manchester Super Giants, you should expect nothing less than the announcer to yell "MSG!!!" when you are receiving a trophy
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Italy just beat Britain by 3 hundredths of a second to win the whole European athletics championships in the last moment of the last event. What an incredible week it has been!
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I fell into watching Yesterday again last night after the athletics finished The four things missing from the parallel universe are: The Beatles Harry Potter Coca-Cola Cigarettes 2 out of 4 ain't bad! I'll leave you to decide which two things I think are expendable.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wish my Republican-voting American grandparents were still around to endorse me. Haha!
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I have actually heard this song because of its status (sought it out) but I still can't remember it. I know I'm old for saying this, but please bring the monoculture back a bit. And I don't just mean TOTP repeats on BBC 2 (which are indeed sweet solace). www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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Demise of the monoculture: why so many have never heard UK’s record-breaking No 1 single
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In is longest-running No 1 single in UK chart history, and yet it seems to have passed many people by
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Superlative video from Haringey Council (run by Greens) on the scale of the challenge re: local government austerity. There needs to be a transformative change in how local government is funded and delivers for the needs of our communities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DESr...
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Facing the financial challenges
YouTube video by haringeycouncil
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Why the international authorities persist with this event is beyond me.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Phone Coop have really excellent customer service. The queue time on their phone lines is never longer than about 10 seconds in my experience too. I would recommend changing your internet service provider away from the big ones.
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wayne Rooney speaks for everyone.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you think that half time "show" was good and/or worth it, you have to go now please
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"City relieved" = Burnham's government won't challenge the power of the bankers, or tax their wealth. Who is choosing our politicians - the people or the banking sector?
Financial times - city relieved as Burnham poised to choose Mahmood as his Chancellor
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I think this is still Spielberg's greatest "religious experience at a spectacle" scene, because Sam Neill and Laura Dern contribute so much to it. RIP Sam Neill (who was also tremendous in Hunt For The Wilderpeople). youtube.com/watch?v=E8Wa...
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Jurassic Park (1993) - Welcome to Jurassic Park Scene | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
LOL.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yes Joe! I have been saying this all day
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Pet peeves when you live in a city... "Town centre" No. It's either "city centre" or "town". Lecture over.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Misery is a world where vaccine sceptic Djokovic is still playing and winning and wonderful Serena Williams makes a comeback and loses.
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Serving as an MP is a privilege and should be viewed as such by those who do the job – not as a part-time role or a get-rich-quick scheme. We need a ban on second jobs for MPs now.
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Tristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
South Gloucestershire's unitary authority has its first-ever Green Party councillor, after a Labour cllr for Kingswood defected. He explains why, here: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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South Gloucestershire has first-ever Green councillor after Labour defection
"Two years into a Labour Government and foodbanks still outnumber McDonalds"
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sign this please pavementoverload.com
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Pavement Overload | Britain's Pavements Are Not For Sale
Delivery robots are operating on Britain's pavements with no law to permit them. The Living Streets Pavement Overload campaign is demanding Government action to protect pedestrians and public space.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A bit of a local milestone... www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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First Green on South Gloucestershire Council as Labour cabinet member defects
Rhodes has been involved in an impressive list of projects for South Gloucestershire as a whole and particularly for Kingswood.
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The robots really are taking over then
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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I don't think anyone will ever do anything as magnificent as this on a cricket pitch. A sportsperson so inspiring that I started watching cricket again. youtube.com/watch?v=wamt...
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Headingley Final Day HIGHLIGHTS! | Incredible Ben Stokes Wins Match | The Ashes Day 4 2019
YouTube video by England & Wales Cricket Board
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10
A mockup SUV advert image with a prototype safety warning
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