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Susan Buckingham

@susanjb7.bsky.social
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Ecofeminist writer and campaigner for a world free from social injustice, genocide and the destruction of nature. Co-founder of Friends of the Cam. Feminist Climate Policy in Industrialised States just published by Routledge

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17h
Stupid, sickening and - frankly - deranged www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 15h
#FOTW Daily Post 12 A Mars-sized object hit the young Earth and made the Moon -without this: no tides, no axial tilt, no seasons, and probably no us. Today's climate is the last link in a long chain of crazy serendipity that we're now pulling apart Pls share + tag 2 #DeepTime #FateOfTheWorld
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 12h
Labour seems poised to repeat the mistakes of the last energy price crisis if they cut funding that would help families choose fossil-free heating. We cannot afford to plunge the sector into uncertainty and risk stalling growth in heat pump installations when we need it most.
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“Labour seems poised to repeat the mistakes of the last energy price crisis if they cut the funding that would help families choose fossil free heating for their homes. 

We cannot afford to plunge the sector into uncertainty and risk stalling the growth in heat pump installations just when we need them most to meet our legally binding climate commitments.

Instead, Greens call for a local authority-led, street-by-street retrofit programme to insulate our homes and upgrade to cleaner heating that doesn't leave families exposed to volatile gas prices.”
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 8h
Waves lapping at the tattered remnants of an old wooden coastal defence structure. The structure was designed to slow retreat of the fragile cliffs composed of Quaternary sands and glacial deposits along the coast north of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 10h
Judging by a recent survey, a majority of Jewish Greens approve of Polanski's leadership They have no confidence in Vivien Lichtenstein, JG chair and dismayed by her efforts to divide the Party and want her to stand down. If not there will be a challenge to her as chair at the committee elections
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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Spot on. The super-rich and powerful own the media. Most politicians suck up to them. Zack Polanski challenges their wealth and power and so they want him gone. They slur him and spread misinformation and disinformation about Zack and the Greens.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h
Deloitte in Cyprus helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, Leaked documents show transactions backdated and tailored. Assets spirited away to BVI. Big four accounting firms advise UK govts, get public contracts, routinely implicated in scandals.
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Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds.
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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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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 20h
Professor Peter Hallward was arrested on the National March for Palestine for holding a banner with a factually accurate legal statement on it. “In the UK it’s a crime to say I support Palestine Action” #ukterrorlaws #freepalestine
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 19h
Chin up, Zack! It was never going to be plain sailing for the new-look Greens - www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/chin-…
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Chin up, Zack! It was never going to be plain sailing for the new-look Greens
The party should not allow the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to become a referendum for its entire project; its convictions have altered the political landscape for the better
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Good for Hannah!
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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
... was bad enough that Robinson insisted on repeating the gotcha question without allowing Polanski to argue, but the overbearing, churlish, ill-tempered attitude that went with that insistence was even more unprofessional.
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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
*argue his case
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Even Jews aren't safe in the Racist Zionist State of Israel.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/10/2026
It has been really, really, eye-opening to learn from the folks opposing Google's data centres in vizag (Visakhapatnam). You can feel how it plugs into the wider political context in India. These activists are brave beyond belief stopdirtydatacenters.org
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Stop Dirty Data Centers | People's Campaign
Join activists, researchers, and citizens in the campaign to stop environmentally destructive hyperscale AI data centers in Visakhapatnam & Andhra Pradesh.
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
@38degrees.bsky.social is runnning a petition 'Don’t give in to oil and gas fat cats - keep a strong tax on their mega profits to help us with our energy bills, don’t let them get out of it!' Sign here to support 38d.gs/wsa- (Mystifyingly, 38 degrees don't have Bluesky as a sharing option.)
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It's time for them to pay up.
Oil and gas companies who make BILLIONS are trying to get out of paying tax while we all freeze this winter.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist. Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/what...
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What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist
Israel was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Out on patrol nice and early. Pleased to report no fascists spotted on the beach again. Happy days x
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🇬🇧🍉 More than 250,000 protesters took to the streets of London, marking three years for the genocide of Gaza Footage: Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 10/10/2026
The Jewish Bloc for a on today's Gaza march in London #StopArmingIsrael #endTheGenocide
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Great to join the Jewish bloc on another march against hate and genocide today. But looking forward to the day when they are no longer needed. @stwc.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social @jvl.org.uk
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My piece about Zack and his leadership 💚 harryeccles94.substack.com/p/the-greens...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
BREAKING Arrests happening today in Stroud as @labouruk.bsky.social refusal to de-proscribe Palestine Action appears to spark a wave of autonomous actions across the country. 40 people were arrested in Leicester on Thursday, most were not breaking any law. Join us: www.wedonotcomply.org
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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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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not to mention placing huge pressure on already stressed water supplies, guzzling energy, damaging local communities …
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Enough hysteria. Let’s take a sensible look at the by-election results and what this means for the Greens - and let’s figure out what the problem actually is 👇 harryeccles94.substack.com/p/the-greens...
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The Greens, Democracy and Power... What’s the problem?
A closer look at the Green party, Zack Polanski, and what happens next.
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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As an objective observer, it’s clear that Zack has transformed the Greens from a party that sheepishly sits on the sidelines offering practically nothing, to one that ignites national debates and influences government. The Greens would be mad to change leader, stark raving mad.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2026
A campaign to be proud of. A huge thank you to everyone who helped make it happen.
Quote graphic featuring Green Party leader Zack Polanski, with his photograph on the right against a grey background. The headline reads: “A BY-ELECTION CAMPAIGN TO BE PROUD OF.”
Below, the graphic identifies Zack Polanski as Leader of the Green Party and features the quote:
“I'm incredibly proud of the campaign we did run. We got 30% of the vote, and in fact John Curtice, an independent pollster, said this shows that the Green Party are more of an electoral threat in these seats than we've ever been before.”
The Green Party logo appears at the bottom left, alongside the imprint: “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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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 09/10/2026
Isn’t it strange how, when you start being paid by private companies instead of elected by the public, the people become the “mob”? Palantir’s record deserves scrutiny – from politicians and the public. bit.ly/47avtHW
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Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts
Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The science is crystal clear: our only chance at a future without such extreme weather and a thriving green economy, depends on rapidly phasing out fossil fuels. There is no economic growth on a dead planet." via Greenpeace UK
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay last year: "The commission finds it is genocide" Pillay has just won the Nobel peace prize.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm so sorry we couldn't get you into Parliament (this time) but I couldn't be prouder of all we've achieved under your leadership.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If the @greenparty.org.uk can run Labour this close, under their new and currently popular Prime Minister, enjoying his temporary 'bounce', what will they be able to do once the novelty wears off? 👍
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2026
“Burnham wouldn’t be there without Zack, because we won four times as many votes from Labour as Reform.” Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward, on BBC Newsnight, discussing Zack Polanski’s influence on moving Labour to the left.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Congratulations!! #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen
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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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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Jews from across the globe speak out about the horror that Israel is inflicting on Gaza and the West Bank and its aggression against neighbouring countries #genocide #EthnicCleansing
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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Israel has killed 74,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during its genocide, now entering its fourth year. That number keeps growing – but it’s not a number – it’s a people being ethnically cleansed. Where is the accountability?
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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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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If they come for you, it's because you've got them rattled... We've got your back Zack! #IveGotZacksBack #SeenItAllBefore #StillaScam
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Handy @theguardian.com graph on Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Labour vote declining from 48.9 to 45.2%. Green vote up from 10.4 to 32.8
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ChayBristol @chaybristol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm gonna stay put as a member. There is so much misrepresentation of our politics, and of this motion, it is depressing but I see the GPEW as the only real ray of hope around. I still think the ZiR motion was unnecessary and ill advised, but so much being said about it is simply untrue.
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was very dignified, particularly in his response to Robinson's attempt at another smear of @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social Robinson seemed to be saying that all Your Party members were racist, which is ridiculous.
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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nick Robinson on #r4today now 'interviewing' Zack. @zackpolanski.bsky.social showing nothing BUT leadership throughout his interrogation. What nameless senior party figures whisper to Chris Mason that get him so hot under his beige mac collar is up to them... I #BackZack
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Solidarity to @zackpolanski.bsky.social who's taken @greenparty.org.uk to new heights. He had 4 weeks to prepare for this election. H&StP was previously not a target; the timing by the Gvt was unhelpful, to say the least, and he faces growing press hostility as the GP becomes more successful. 💚
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Found this on the back pages in Guardian on-line. Front story is still too busy vilifying Zack Polanski. Had the Nobel Peace Award been beside it, it would offer some context. ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
See also JVL’s letter in support of The Green Party and Zack Polanski.
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Interesting that the Guardian doesn’t speak to any of the Jewish Greens members or even committee who do not agree with Vivian Lichtenstein. It, once again, assumes Jewish people/members are of one voice. They are not. Leader of Jewish Greens calls for Zack Polanski to resign after byelection loss
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Solidarity to @zackpolanski.bsky.social who's taken @greenparty.org.uk to new heights. He had 4 weeks to prepare for this election. H&StP was previously not a target; the timing by the Gvt was unhelpful, to say the least, and he faces growing press hostility as the GP becomes more successful. 💚
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