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Stephen Jensen

@stephenjensen1953.bsky.social
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Born Lambeth 1953,live Cornwall.Love Andrea. FulhamFC+Politics+Environment+ Conservation+Climate change+Local planning+NT member+Stones, Kinks,Psychedelic Furs,Folk eg Gigspanner Big Band+Walking Dartmoor+comedy+cider.Abhor what's happening in & to Gaza.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I mean her party is polling on average 18% in the polls. She's 'set' for a general election at Xmas in the same way I'm set for winning a grand slam tennis tournament next week
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Here's something the media is hardly talking about. This Government is set to oversee the steepest fall in living standards in modern times - unless they change course fast. In less than two weeks Labour faces a stark choice - will they tax wealth and back the majority?
Under current projections this is set to be the worst parliament on record for living standards growth - and a bar chart demonstrating it
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The winner of Nobel peace prize doing what the Government of the United Kingdom will not do: calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We TRIPLED our vote share. Second best byelection result in Green Party history. On a date that Labour chose to deliberately clash the same week as our conference. All with a brand new PM in previously a "safe" seat. Best response to all the absolute nonsense today? Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK
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Why the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green Party
The dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you Holborn & St Pancras. Our second best byelection result ever. 💚
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Saying @zackpolanski.bsky.social “should resign” because of coming a close second with a massively increased vote in the H&SP byelection is like saying the Manager of Scunthorpe United should resign because they lost 5-4 to Arsenal.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
EU vows to protect ICC from US sanctions as governments rally behind court - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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EU vows to protect ICC from US sanctions as governments rally behind court
<article data-history-node-id="449066" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/eu-vows-protect-icc-after-us-sanctions" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/eu-vows-protect-icc-after-us-sanctions" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">EU vows to protect ICC from US sanctions as governments rally behind court</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>The European Union on Friday condemned US sanctions on the International Criminal Court as “deeply regrettable” and pledged to take “any necessary measures” to ensure The Hague-based tribunal can continue its work.</p> <p>In a statement, the European Commission said it would work closely with the ICC to safeguard its operations. It added that the six-month delay before the sanctions take effect offered “room for dialogue”.</p> <p>The ICC called the sanctions "an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order", warning that "history will judge this moment".</p> <p>Several governments have also voiced support for the court.</p> <p>Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said Norway and other countries were assessing how to protect the ICC and prevent the sanctions from taking effect.</p> <p>Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Prevot strongly condemned the measures, while the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the UK issued a joint statement on the ICC.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wall-to-wall praise for the policy in today’s papers but they either don’t understand it or don’t care. We’ve been here before, of course. Bexit, Boris Johnson, Truss… all bigged up by the media despite, all obviously awful.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Adam Parsons explains that Israel has kicked out ("made to leave") 20 of the 27 British diplomats working at the UK consulate in occupied East Jerusalem.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Israel is a genocidal apartheid state led by someone wanted for war crimes. Middle East minister @sdoughtymp.bsky.social says we have lots of common interests with them
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Voting is open until 10pm in Holborn & St Pancras - and remember to take photo ID. Rent controls, water nationalisation, tackling the climate crisis - I'll be pushing on these issues from inside Parliament. Vote Green 💚
Group of doorknockers with Zack in Kentish Town Group of volunteers in St Pancras Gardens Zack with Domi and El in front of a treeGroup of doorknockers from all over the country!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is it. The final hours to vote. Greens got 10% here last time. And now we're genuinely on the cusp of winning it. Vote Green in Holborn & St Pancras! 💚
Zack in a group smiling outside Camden squareZack with a group of volunteers in Covent Garden Zack with volunteers taking a selfie Zack with volunteers outside Russell Square
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Previously unseen lobbying shows the oil and gas industry is misleading government on North Sea drilling. For now, it looks like Burnham is listening to them. Only a Green win tomorrow will force them to listen to us. New analysis from Influence Map 👇
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This Thursday is the first step on this journey. Every Green vote moves Labour.
John Curtice suggests greens could be pivotal to next UK government
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've won big this year - and our wins have forced the Labour government to change course. But we need far more and urgently. From climate action to an emergency brake on rents - we'll keep the pressure on to bring about the change this country needs. 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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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
94-year-old Labour conference “terrorism” arrestee, Margaret Owen OBE, is an old friend of Miliband’s late mother. In an incredible @skwawkbox.org interview, Owen said: “she was never afraid of anything… she would have scolded Ed for not going far enough”
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EXCLUSIVE: 94yo arrested Jewish protester, friend of Miliband's mum, has words for him
Speaking to Skwawkbox by video link, Margaret Owen reminisced about her recently-passed friend Marion - Ed Miliband's mum
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On #GMB Burnham is asked what hes doing about energy prices going up & he says "what we've got to do is address the root cause, which is the conflict in the M/E" Meanwhile over on #BBCBreakfast we're told RAF Fairford is being used by the US as a staging ground for bombing Iran
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office
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Stephen Jensen @stephenjensen1953.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can't help admiring Brits' persistent attachment to the idea that supply and demand doesn't operate in the housing market and their concomitant refusal to admit that a place is only ever worth as much as anyone is prepared to pay for it.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lord Walney: "The idea of calling this a genocide is repugnant.. the way that Ireland made a fuss about this [football match] is reprehensible" How does genocide happen? Because of people like Lord Walney. There is no genocide without genocide denial
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Tonight Ireland will play Israel.. their goalkeeper has pulled out" Gavin Bazunu is his name. Hero.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer. We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this. Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer.

We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this.

Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour already have a huge majority. Another Labour MP putting Thames Water "on notice" isn't going to lower our water bills or protect our rivers. Nationalise Thames Water. Vote Green on October 8th. 💚
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David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches
City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can win this - but only with your help. linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thank you to the Independent for including me in Climate List of Worlds Top 100. The UK Labour Govt are due to approve new oil & gas licences in the north sea. They've delayed the decision post October 8th. We can invest in renewables instead. Vote Green in Holborn & St Pancras
Since becoming leader of the Green Party in 2025, Zack Polanski has made the links between climate change, inequality and the cost of living central to his politics, arguing that environmental action must also make people’s lives better.

This summer, as the UK faced its hottest summer ever and wildfires swept across the UK and the rest of the globe, he called for oil and gas companies to pay higher taxes to fund climate adaptation. That is alongside investment in cooling homes and public spaces and bringing water companies into public ownership.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Vote Green on October 8th in Holborn & St Pancras 💚
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Stephen Jensen @stephenjensen1953.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The New York Times......"Why Israel fears this seating documentary." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | Why Israel Fears This Searing New Documentary
It’s hard to tell whether Israelis are enraged by “NAZA” because they think it’s full of lies, or because they know or fear it’s true.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Zack stood wth a big sign saying green party zack
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Stephen Jensen @stephenjensen1953.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch's decision to abandon climate change puts her on the wrong side of history. eibi.co.uk/article/on-t...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. 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 consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Stephen Jensen @stephenjensen1953.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Macklemore donates $1m from his Ed Sheeran tour to Palestinian causes.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That's a lot of "fighting-age young men coming and going"...
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ICJP urges investigation into UK charity over support for illegal Israeli settlement - www.middleeasteye.net/news/icjp-urg…
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ICJP urges investigation into UK charity over support for illegal Israeli settlement
A probe reveals the Gainsborough Trust is among six charities that have sent £2m to settlements in the last three years
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
All supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore’s removal - www.middleeasteye.net/news/all-supp…
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All supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore’s removal
Four supporting acts, including musician Finneas, stood in solidarity with the US rapper, as Sheeran said the rapper's removal was not his decision
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 15/09/2026
All of Ed Sheeran’s opening acts and his touring band have dropped out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 15/09/2026
Four supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore is dropped over Palestine comments
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Four supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore was dropped
The artists announced they were pulling out of the tour hours after Ed Sheeran broke his silence on the controversy
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pro-Israel billionaire Robert Kraft led campaign to drop Macklemore from Ed Sheeran tour - www.middleeasteye.net/news/pro-isra…
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Pro-Israel billionaire Robert Kraft led campaign to drop Macklemore from Ed Sheeran tour
New England Patriots owner rallied other stadium owners against rapper after he condemned Israel’s genocide of Palestinians
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Stephen Jensen @stephenjensen1953.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Heroic stuff from Macklemore. I suspect Ed Sheeran's response will be remembered as most do not find slooey shoulders and adequate response to genocide. Impersonating Gerald Ratner isn't normally advised either www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Justice for Macklemore
The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran's tour for saying "free Palestine." That's a disgrace.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Helen Whately on Sky News: "We want to bring down the tax burden on working people. Kemi has asked her economic unit for a fiscally responsible way to bring down inheritance tax, another tax that hits hard working people hard." One of the dumbest people in politics. Liz Truss levels of stupid.
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