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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽

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Coder, Councillor, Activist, Active Travel Enthusiast Green Socialist, GreensOrganise, Unite / UTAW member, standing for Stonehouse in Stroud. Join a Union. Let's GO! “Shock them into focus with clarity of intent” — Kae Tempest, cf Ian Rickson

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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 3h
I so hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social is elected tomorrow. Another green on the opposition benches will help pull Labour in the right direction. If @andyburnham.bsky.social faces a sea of shades of blue he’ll bend like Starmer bowed. Zack will give Andy courage.
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This is how it's done
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 59m
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.
fastcompany.com
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 7h
There has been a virulent backlash in the British media against the Green Party since its conference voted to brand Zionism as a racist ideology. Nobody has seen fit to ask any Palestinians what they think about Zionism and what it has meant for them.
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The European Green Party Attacks Solidarity With Palestine
The European Green Party rushed to condemn the Greens of England and Wales when they voted to support a single democratic state in Palestine. It has never condemned the German Greens for supporting Israel’s genocidal violence against the Palestinians.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Paul Da Pork Hunt & Mr Moo (Friends with Larry) @paulcwgb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.trackisraellobby.uk
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Ben (he/him) @filosofical-140.bsky.social · 3h
Passed by conference ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ #gpconf
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 4h
But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself William Blake
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 4h
Three years on, we remember the horrific events of October 7 and the wave of destruction in Gaza that has followed it. We call today, and every day, for an end to the violence, for peace and safety for all.
Hand holding a single lit candle with a plastic drip-catcher raised during a candlelit vigil, warm bokeh lights behind and a Green Party logo with small promotional attribution at the bottom.
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 2h
Great flyer, all credit to Oliver, he's done a really good job with this
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Andy Woolley @cymroandy.bsky.social · 2h
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 3h
This is a message for @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3h
Thousands of active UK companies may have fraudulent directors. Anyone can form a company in the UK. Companies need one natural person as a director who can be non-UK resident. Too many small companies are fronts for crimes I have long called for companies to have one UK resident director.
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UK companies face scrutiny as identity checks expose possible fraudulent directors
New UK identity rules reveal possible fraudulent company directors as overdue filings surge, raising concerns about the accuracy of corporate records.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 9h
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 4h
@premnsikka.bsky.social is ALWAYS right. Listen to Prem
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 4h
This is utterly gorgeous Tom
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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 5h
Correct headline should be “End of parking subsidy in Liverpool saves council tax payers over £1m”
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Liverpool parking charges bring in more than £1m council says
The figure has been revealed following a Freedom of Information request from a group of businesses.
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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen #BackZack @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 5h
As a man, I honestly cannot argue with this. 👇
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 14h
When we stop classifying them by their "usefulness," we discover complex individuals capable of forming friendships that transcend their own species. 🌿🤎 🎨 VeganFTA
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 15h
Fact check: when the chips are down, this fella will graft his knackers off, he's got your back and he doesn't half put a shift in. A new kind of politics, a new kind of politician. Starmer II talks about hope, but Zack Polanski come prepared with a skip-full of hope, AND, real, tangible, change. 💚
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20h
“It’s a proposal to fund councils to not just build, but also, in addition, buy council homes, which they then can use as real council homes.” Siân Berry on her Buy the Supply panel at Green Party Conference.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ms Dent Coad said: “Holborn and St Pancras needs an MP who understands that the current housing model has failed those who need genuinely affordable homes, and who will support leaseholders battling an archaic system that disadvantages and silences them." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Ex-Labour MP enters Holborn and St Pancras by-election battle by backing Polanski
Emma Dent Coad said that residents should be looking for somebody to stand up for them on housing policy
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌈💙🫂
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're into the final 100 hours of the campaign for Holborn & St Pancras! Every leaflet & conversation can make the difference between Greens narrowly missing out or electing our 6th Green MP. Any time before Thurs you can help can make the difference. linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well Said,Pope Leo.......
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 22h
Umbrella use is an indicator sign of a healthy city. People used to actively moving about their urban spaces know that simple tools mitigate weather concerns. Alternatively, this is why you see North Americans getting soaked in the rain. They know nothing beyond car to door, door to car transit.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
JUST LAUNCHED: Amnesty International UK’s NEW DOCUMENTARY explores the recent crackdown on protesting in Britain 🪧 The Fight to be Heard charts the growing pressures facing protesters in the UK. Watch the full film at the link below 👀
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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also, THIS is the affordability crisis. Prices are too high for what regular people make.
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Everything Trump touches turns to shit
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026
In one week, MPs will debate rejoining the EU in Parliament. Rejoining the EU would boost our economy, and the majority of Brits want it. Use our tool to ask your MP to attend:
bestforbritain.org
Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don't. - Best for Britain
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"If your coalition is not uncomfortable, it's not big enough" — Martin Luther King
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
bbc.co.uk
Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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bogwoppitt59.bsky.social @bogwoppitt59.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
harryeccles94.substack.com/p/10-importa... Here’s what the establishment and the billionaire press owners don’t want you to see
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10 important policy changes from the Green Party Conference that the media don’t want you to hear
A balanced review that you wont see from the hysterical media.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026
this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept
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Biblioraptor, PhD @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A close pass is a way to say you care more about 5 seconds than about the safety of other people 🚲
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No! We spent literal hours waiting by phones for friends to call or wandering around aimlessly trying to meet each other. On the plus side, we only worked during office hours.
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Litsa Dremousis @litsadremousis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I've had to have the AC on all day in Seattle on October 4.
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April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
Alt: April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
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Stroud District Green Party @stroudgreens.org.uk · 02/10/2026
Such an inspirational speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social today at Conference, and Stroud Greens got a nice name check! 💚💚💚
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm guessing the fuel's just too expensive
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Rickard Sisters @rickardsisters.com · 04/10/2026
How long does it take to make a graphic novel? That depends…
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"I can help you but I want ten percent" — Donald Trump
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
it's illegal election expenses, just like the huge mailing operation that Reform runs to boost their chances of winning elections. #ItsaScam
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