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Zoe Banks Gross @zoebanksgross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The pavement is for people. Walking around this monstrosity requires going into the road. You may note that this person also parked on the double yellow lines. Is it so hard to be considerate? #pavementparking

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026

Yesterday Zack Polanski called on the government to put in place a three year emergency brake on private rents. No sudden rent hikes. No evictions under the guise of rent rises. No more uncertainty, no more fear: just vital breathing space for renters.

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

bathecho.co.uk/news/business/no-confidence-motion-wessex-water-thrown-out-120032/ Green councillors in Bath and North East Somerset had tabled a motion to declare there was “no confidence” in the water company due to its spilling of untreated sewage.

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‘No confidence’ motion in Wessex Water is thrown out before voting

Green councillors had tabled a motion to declare there was “no confidence” in the water company.

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are you ready Bath?!? Join us at Orange Grove at 7pm on Thu 22 Oct as we light up the night for #MyRideOurRight, calling for safer streets for women to cycle. Because when it’s safer for women and non-binary folks, it’s safer for everyone. #glowride @cyclinguk.bsky.social

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Your regular reminder that streets are for people, not just cars. #streetsforkids #KidicalMass

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very, very, last minute, but do join us for Kidical Mass in Bath tomorrow at 11am! There'll be bubbles 🫧 and chanting by children 🎶 📣 What do we want: SAFER STREETS! When do we want it: NOW! Another popular one is this: Hey ho, hey ho Stinky cars have go to go 😆 Poster design by Alice, not AI 🙌

Poster for Kidical Mass in Bath on Sat 26 Sept at 11am. Poster design by Alice (11 yrs old).

Routemap showing:
Orange Grove - Cheap Street - Westgate Street - Saw Close - Barton Street - Wood Street - Quiet Street - New Bond Street - Broad Street - George Street - Queen’s Parade Place - Royal Avenue - Brock Street - The Circus - Gay Street - George Street - Milsom Street - New Bond Street - A3039 (around Guildhall) - Pulteney Bridge - Great Pulteney Street - A36 - Sydney Gardens - End

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Read that again... 😳 80% of ALL UK emissions from flying alone. A climate disaster written right there in black and white. Expanding our way to net zero is not the way forward! ✈️❌

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Commute de Paris @commutedeparis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mamans. Paris, 15 septembre.

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Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The oil shock is deepening & with Diesel nudging £2, this article needed updating. Today it is at least 140 times cheaper per mile to ride an e-bike than it is to drive. With 75% of UK car trips <5 miles in length, you can save hand over fist by riding. www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/how...

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How an electric bike can protect your money as another oil shock hits

Over $110 per barrel and rising, the oil shock of 2026 is evolving and we are now on target to

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good news! I made the case for banning adverts for high-carbon products back in 2020. It was important then and it’s even more crucial now. Huge respect to @adfreecities.bsky.social for their years of campaigning, and to my @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social council colleagues for making it happen 👏

Screenshot of an Instagram post by Adfree Cities: Bristol bans polluting ads - ads for fossil fuels, SUVs, flights and fast fashion will no longer appear on council-owned sites. Huge result as Bristol council approves ban on ads for fossil fuels and other polluting products and services.

Screenshot of second page of Instagram post by Adfree Cities: In a massive win against polluting advertising, Bristol City Council has introduced restrictions on ads for SUVs, fossil fuels, airlines, cruises and ultra-fast fashion on council-owned and sites. The policy aims to make rim for the promotion of more sustainable forms of transport, travel and holidays.

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When you book a ferry from UK to NL, you are clearly shown harbour tax as well as environmental taxes (latter is 45 euro for a family of 4). When you book a flight from UK to NL you are being congratulated on your children no longer having to pay Airport Passenger Duty 🔥🌎 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

Stenaline booking screen showing harbour tax and environmental tax for a return ferry from UK to NL

Easyjet website message showing Savings for children. Good news! UK air passengers duty (APD) is no longer payable for: Children under 16... This is a saving of £13 per child.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A windfall tax on the big banks. Support our small businesses.

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'The tunnel is only at about 50% capacity - there's huge room for more rail services' @jonworth.eu #FlightFreeMovement #CrossChannelRail

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Oliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Great to see this major reserach project concluding that children's lungs are developing far better in London following sustained action to reduce air pollution. A significant step to reducing health and social inequities 🫁 @london.gov.uk 👏👏👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm with the local green party on this one. Subjective safety is very important to enable cycling for women. And feeling safe is very important so they are absolutely correct in objecting to this. This proposal sounds like it's just convenient and easy to the council. road.cc/news/greens-...

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"If you can’t get Greens to back one cycle lane, then what are you ever going to get support for?": Green Party councillors in Bath oppose lit, protected bike lane through park

Local Green Party councillors in Bath have re-stated their opposition to a segregated cycle lane through a park in the city, arguing the additional lighting set to be installed is insufficient to prev...

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Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In summary, a load of men talking about women's safety and going 'well I'm fine so I don't see what the problem is' while the Green Party line is actually based on evidence and the experience of women.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Well that’s one way to avoid Parliamentary Standards scrutiny for a few weeks. Wonder how Clacton will feel about Farage not even turning up to the count? And thank you @countbinface.bsky.social for running a decent and necessary campaign.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

😔“In 2005, about 7.5% of the UK’s front gardens were paved; by 2025 that had risen to 55%” “… changing paved gardens back to grass could reduce night-time temperatures by as much as 0.5C, and adding trees would double the benefit”

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Weatherwatch: Paving over front gardens is leading to hotter nights

Changing paved areas to grass and planting trees can reduce urban heat island effect by as much as 1C, study shows

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 27/07/2026

Anyone thinking Burnham might be alright… he’s immediately coming after disabled people like Starmer tried and failed to do. Anyone thinking he might focus on wealth tax is deluding themselves. It’s just more of the same old austerity and let them eat cake just with a different accent.

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 27/07/2026

Every time someone digs up a main road in Manchester, they find the old tram lines buried beneath the pavement. And I cry at what we could have had.

A dug up section of road. The layers of tarmac have been cut away to reveal a tram track. A few bits of litter have been thrown in the hole.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland. The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now. How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?

Person trying to put out wildfires in Scotland

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My talented brothers in law made it into the Guardian with their video game 🤩 "And this is all being funnelled through a queer and dark lens – like the best vampire stories are." www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...

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Red Kiss – guiding vampires through a blood-soaked cold war Berlin

Inspired by interactive theatre and fuelled by the motion capture tech used by VTubers, the vampire spies in Red Kiss have personality in spades

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Teenager injured WHILE SITTING ON BENCH in hit and run in 10mph Royal Victoria Park in Bath 😫 Do we need to shift our campaigning from safe streets to safe benches and parks?! www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2026/07...

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Witness appeal after fail to stop collision in Bath | Avon and Somerset Police

Witness appeal after fail to stop collision in Bath

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is an appalling lack of judgement and the surest sign yet that Britain will continue to be Trump's lackey. The war in Iran has cost countless lives, and breached international law - yet we continue to support it. Very, very concerning. Very, very continuity Starmer.

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you're a Progressive Labour member and were waiting to win back the soul of the party, your last hope just loudly announced his defection to the reactionary right by keeping Mahmood as Home Sec and making Healey chancellor. Join the real progressives: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20/07/2026

So much for a fresh start with Burnham. New oil and gas won't cut bills or make Britain more energy secure. But they will lock us into more climate damage. It's time to invest in clean energy, warm homes and the jobs of the future - not to double down on the fuels of the past.

NO
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OIL + GAS

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

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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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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Kidical Mass in Bath today 🎉 We are calling for safer streets! #streetsforkids

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Throwback to the June #kidicalmass Bath 🤩 Join us on Sunday for the last ride before the summer holidays. 📅 Sun 19 July 🕒 2pm 📍 Orange Grove (next to the Abbey) Whether you're riding solo, with grandkids, with your own kids, or just want safer streets, come along!

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Cycle Sprog @cyclesprog.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Cycling with disabled children isn't just "can they ride a bike?" It's whether they can make the actual journey needed. Kate Ball shares her family's story: rear-steer tandems, trikes, e-tandems, and years of trial and error. www.cyclesprog.co.uk/inspiration/... @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk

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The right cycle for the journey: cycling with disabled children

From rear-steer tandems to e-bikes, Kate Ball shares practical advice on cycling with disabled children for everyday journeys.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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4 Day Week Foundation @4dayweek.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🥵 As it’s the 2nd UK heatwave of the year, it’s worth saying that a 4-day week would: - reduce carbon emissions to prevent Summers getting even hotter - give you an extra day to either enjoy the weather, or hide from it somewhere cool, and not have to sweat it away at work!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If you’re out there championing electric vehicles without also championing significantly fewer and smaller vehicles driven less due to better cities providing less car dependency and more legitimate transportation choices, read this thread to understand why you’re less than half right. #EVs

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Pete Dyson - Bicycle Mayor for Bath, UK @bicyclemayorbath.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Compelling speech from Guy Hodgson yesterday @bath-bicyclist.bsky.social, and when Council Leader Kevin Guy accidently thanks 'Councillor Hodgson' he makes our point perfectly.....when moving at speed, us humans easily make mistakes! That's why... bath20mphcity.org

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 03/07/2026

Children's mental health is at a crisis point, experts fear, as lack of funding and wider societal issues have hit some regions harder.

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North of England hit hardest by 'children's mental health crisis' as funding gaps widen

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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 30/06/2026

We support @livingstreets.bsky.social #PavementOverload campaign to get delivery robots off our pavements. Pavements are already inaccessible for many #Disabled people, and these robots will make them less safe and more inaccessible. #TakingTheDis

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The fact delivery robots - despite being small motor vehicles - aren't on the roads with all the other motor vehicles is inadvertently very revealing about the dangerous state of our roads

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The most heard comment is definitely this one (always from women!): "I wish something like this existed when my kids were little!" Runner-up is: "Can I get a lift?"

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Wherever we go people stop us and ask us about our cargo bike. Yesterday's question: "Can it go on the road?!" (we were parked at the local supermarket). The two ladies who asked us were genuinely stunned when I stepped on the bike and rode away. Never a dull day with a cargo bike!!

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 30/06/2026

The Green Party is clear on what real change looks like: • Proportional representation • Taxing billionaire wealth • No new oil and gas • Public ownership of water • Rent controls • Ending arms sales to Israel

Open letter dated 29 June 2026 from Green Party MPs, addressed to Andy Burnham MP, urging urgent reforms on electoral system, taxation and climate; includes a parliamentary emblem and bulleted policy demands.

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We covered our south facing windows with tin foil during the heatwave but one batch had a silly coating of some sort which means our windows are now covered in this. I've tried water, window cleaner, vinegar is next...

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Having a partner with a PhD in comp sci is useful sometimes 😅 He has been making mazes on demand for our maize-obsessed 8 yr old.

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Solve the School Run @solveschoolrun.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Does this unexpectedly poignant scene from the BBC's Amandaland show attitudes towards dangerous driving are changing? #amandaland #dangerousdriving #roadsafety

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