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Pete George

@thepetegeorge.bsky.social
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A traveller making my path through life by walking it - literally and figuratively (NB: I’m happy to listen to different views but I block people who are abusive)

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 15/10/2026
Shocking undercover footage of Reform!
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14/10/2026
Standing together against hate means standing up for everyone. Everybody deserves to feel safe, respected and welcome.
Green Party quote graphic titled “STANDING AGAINST HATE CRIMES”, featuring Deputy Leader Mothin Ali standing in front of a mosque, against a green-tinted background.
The quote reads:
“Whether you’re a Black boy sitting in a park, a Jewish family going to synagogue, a Muslim praying in a mosque, or someone who arrived in our country seeking safety from war and persecution, there should be no place in this country where you can’t live your life in peace and security.
You don’t have to become your neighbour. You don’t have to worship like them, vote like them or agree with them. You do have to recognise their equal right to exist and belong. That should be the standard we set for the country, and for ourselves.”
The Green Party logo and promotional imprint appear at the bottom left.
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Boriswave” is a deliberate deflection from “Brexitwave”, which is a far more accurate designation
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They've still got their flagpole in the middle, I thought, that's a compromise. Everyone else gets lovely green peace But now these Kingstanding Patriots 🤬 are doxxing deflaggers while begging for more money for more flags so I invite you to report their fundraiser because they don't have permits.
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Donate to Kingstanding Circle Display, organized by Kingstanding Patriots
The patriotic display on Kingstanding circle has been vandalised and all the flags … Kingstanding Patriots needs your support for Kingstanding Circle Display
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'm not an immigration expert, but if I can analyse and articulate the data there is really no excuse for the misinformed prejudice of the whining Wills of this world. Free link: medium.com/the-springbo...
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I’m Not Racist, I’m a Mathematician
A dialogue on the numbers behind the ‘immigrant invasion’ of the UK
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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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Annie Gottfried Cohen @annsplaining.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reading the news, it would be easy to believe that the Green Party has adopted a policy to expel its Jewish members, prevent them from attending synagogue or at the very least scrutinise their activities outside the party. *None of that has happened* 🧵
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don’t think anyone disputes the word “Zion” has been around for millennia, but that’s not the same as saying that Zionism has been around for the same time. When the author of Psalm 14 refers to Zion here they are not even talking about a Jewish homeland, but Jerusalem/God’s dwelling place
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good straightforward reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Musk's promotion of Restore/Rupert Low/civil war in the UK. Lots of detail, no polemics. The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it? archive.ph/eTOS5
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Surely psalm 14 was written a long time before the Jews were expelled from their homeland? (1000 years or so if you accept it was written by King David). I’m not sure it has any relation to the modern concept of Zionism other than the word?
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m glad this has been said 👇
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My thoughts on tomorrow's conference motion 'Zionism is Racism’
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🍽️ Food and hospitality can unite people of different views, says Steve Chalke #ChurchTimes
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Steve Chalke: Let’s choose connection over division
IT IS a simple idea, but a powerful opportunity. Across the UK, our communities are under strain. Loneliness is growing. Mistrust and fear seem louder than they once were. Too many people feel unseen, unsafe, or simply forgotten. Yet, another stor...
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Greens have set the political agenda this year, and we'll continue to push Labour to cut people's bills and protect our planet. Here's me speaking to the News Agents about the Green Party's influence on Labour over the past year.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham wouldn't even be Prime Minister if it wasn't for the Greens taking hundreds of council seats from Labour, so for his supporters to suggest we should stop piling on the pressure is absurd.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel's genocidal war
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At what environmental cost? "Spacecraft is being landed in the sea with no plan to recover and recycle it...exploded in a huge fireball once it had hit the water" #PlanetaryBoundaries www.independent.co.uk/tech/spacex-...
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SpaceX’s Starship dramatically explodes after first orbital trip
Mission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Germany is the third European country to present its own roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. The plan, made public last week at #UNGA, lays out a path for Europe's largest economy to get rid of coal, gas and oil by 2045. Story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Germany Maps Exit From Fossil Fuels as Energy Crises Take Toll
Germany has provided a roadmap setting out its transition away from fossil fuels by 2045, as Europe’s largest economy seeks to reduce its vulnerability to global energy-market shocks.
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This can’t be pointed out often enough - reducing immigration costs this country
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Plant-rich diets are the food system's electrification. Petrol cars only see 18-25% of their fuel energy get to the wheels; EVs 87-91%. Heat pumps are 2 or 3 times more efficient. Food has its own combustion engine: a chicken turns about 13% of its feed calories into food, worse than a petrol car.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Don’t worry, it’ll create jobs” is the economic version of “trust me, bro.” Pls read, subscribe, share; it's free: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/please-tru...
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Please, Trump, Keep Supporting Data Centers
The Politicians Who Told You Immigrants Were Coming To Take Your Job Want You To Shut Up And Let AI Take Your Job
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can win in Holborn & St Pancras But we need your help on the streets to help make history. 💚
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve always assumed it’s a safety measure - ie pedestrians/cyclists are at danger from cars in a concentrated area That said I’ve never noticed recycling centre staff being particularly pedantic over rules - I’ve dropped stuff into our local tip on a tricycle and never had any issues
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
First time at @medium.com Day - takeaways: Impressed that here’s a tech business that rewards people for being decent to each other - rare thing these days Like the “pro-human” (rather than “anti-AI” stance) Human stories are rare when there’s so much machine generated slop, so more valuable
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026
'We missed the 1.5c target so that means it's too late to stop climate change' Ah, we missed the 'zero road deaths' target this year. What a shame. Time to take the hummer out, squeeze my eyes shut and smash the accelerator in a pedestrian zone. Come on people, let's make some sense here
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How Ed Miliband's late mum was at the forefront of his mind during his statement on Israel-Palestine.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Today the UK government announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. A critical and overdue step that the Green Party has long fought for. However, the government must go further and introduce an arms embargo, wide-ranging sanctions and end military and intelligence cooperation.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The sad thing is that there only 11 British MPs that the current genocidal Israeli regime has a problem with
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Make a donation to the RNLI: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Immigration salience at 42% in August 2026 Reform: 81% see it as a top 3 issue Cons: 54% see it as a top 3 issue Labour: 28% see it as a top 3 issue Immigration 2024-26 has widest salience gaps by party of any issue in this 50 year series (much wider than immigration 2014-16)
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/09/2026
The hottest summer on record. The worst arable harvest on record. A climate crisis already hitting communities around the world. Andy Burnham must rule out more drilling at Jackdaw and Rosebank.
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Globally, the three largest sectors with the largest emissions impact are electricity, industry, and food, agriculture, and land use. Get the latest climate data and insights from Jonathan Foley and James Gerber: drawdown.org/insights/the-four-most… #climatesolutions
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company: "What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@zackpolanski.bsky.social: Put the brakes on data centres due to climate and water impact The Greens and @friends-earth.bsky.social are calling for a moratorium until environmental concerns are addressed 👇 ttps://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/zack-polanski-data-centres-greens-vsz2jmv0l
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Zack Polanski: Put the brakes on data centres due to climate impact
Green Party leader warns of water shortages and higher energy bills, after it was revealed that nearly 200 more centres are being built
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sign the petition from chrisgpackham.bsky.social & georgemonbiot.bsky.social & carolinelucas.bsky.social asking the UK govt to hold a nationwide emergency briefing from leading experts on the climate and nature risks facing our country, economy and society. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
There has been a converted attempt here (including by the current Home Sec) to promote the "Danish model" of anti-immigrant policy as being somehow consistent with social democratic/progressive values. So we should welcome this mask-off moment from the Danish PM.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Water companies are pumping shit into our rivers & seas and charging us extra for the privilege. They’re in charge of our vital water security as temperatures hit record levels. Enough words from the Labour Government. Time for action. Nationalise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thames Water gave finance chief a £1m signing-on fee
The seven-figure payment was given to Steve Buck as part of package to persuade him to join the troubled utility company.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#20sPlenty "There is a six to eight per cent reduction in casualties for every 1mph reduction in speed. Anything that brings down speed is a positive.” #PublicHealth www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...
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How the 20mph speed limit is taking over British cities
With a third of roads now having the limit, driving offences are up while deaths have continued to fall. Plus: seven tips to make sticking to the rules easier
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Remember the line from War Games? “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.” That’s what Apple figured out regarding AI. When Oracle and Open AI burn to the ground, Apple will be even stronger. www.macrumors.com/2026/08/07/e...
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Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When AI Bubble Bursts - Ed Zitron
Memory prices have doubled, Macs and iPads have gone up, and iPhones are expected to follow. Ed Zitron – who writes the Where's Your Ed At newsletter, hosts the Better Offline podcast, and has been de...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/08/2026
Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
E-trikes are a great vehicle alternative for local travel, to shops etc. The instability thing is just about getting used to a different riding style. With a bike you tend to intuitively lean into a bend, with a trike you need to learn to lean away. Otherwise, they’re very stable.
Red tricycle from behind at road junction on with cyclist wearing fluorescent jacket and small black/grey dog sitting in trike basket looking towards camera
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is surely curtains for Farage's political career. I don't think there's any coming back from it. I hope not, at any rate. Looks like there could be a strong basis for a criminal case as well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Any 16-18 year old posting this stuff about "fight back or die" + white genocide would be on the Prevent radar. But Musk gets a unique pass
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
And you feel that Polanski needs your astute political advice otherwise his campaign is doomed? All things considered, I expect he will stand as an MP in a London seat at the GE. He either will stand or he won’t - he’s clearly politically savvy enough to decide that for himself.
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It’s always amusing when folks go with the “you’re in a social media bubble” when what they mean is “I’m the only one that sees the world correctly and you’re all wrong”
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Pete George @thepetegeorge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Clearly it matters a lot to you that Polanski is not an MP, but it doesn’t seem to bother the ~170,000 Green members who joined the party since he became leader. Denya/Ramsey served as non-MP leaders up until the last general election when they then became MPs - likely Polanski will do the same
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