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Tim Goodall

@timgoodall.bsky.social
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Green Party Councillor Headingley & Hyde Park ward, Leeds

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Wishing you all who celebrate a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays to those that don't. Your Green Party councillors are here all year to help in any way we can. here's a little something from @timgoodall.bsky.social, me and @leedsgreenparty.bsky.social
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
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Tim Goodall @timgoodall.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Support local businesses! #shoplocal
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This govt promised to deliver the homes that we need in this country - but instead they're writing a blank cheque for developers to make even more profits building luxury homes only the richest can afford. The only way to solve the housing crisis is to restore our social housing.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
An apology to Keir Starmer:
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Tim Goodall @timgoodall.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I was on BBC Politics North this morning with Heather Mills! That section was about animal welfare but I was also on for other sections including the need for better regulation of crossbows and a debate on the new fisheries agreement with the EU. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Photo of Tim Goodall, Headingley and Hyde Park Councillor on BBC Politics North. Photo of Tim Goodall with Heather Mills, Tim Iredale (the presenter) and a Reform Councillor from Lincolnshire
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
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Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Swifts are amazing. A single swift can fly 2 million miles in its lifetime with a top speed of nearly 70 mph 😳 Yet they’re under pressure as never before. Please do as @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social asks - lobby your MP to overturn this Govt’s obdurate refusal to mandate swift bricks in new homes 👇
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Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
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Leeds Green Party @leedsgreenparty.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
💚 Announcing Chris Bell as your Green Party candidate for the upcoming Morley South by-election. 📢 CAN YOU HELP? 📰 Read more here: leeds.greenparty.org.uk/2025/05/11/c... 💰 Donate to our crowdfunder here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-green-co... #GetGreensElected
A green graphic with a photo of Chris Bell in a circle on the right hand side. It reads:

"Elect Chris Bell
Morley South By-Election 12th June

Can you help?
Get in touch with us on contact@leeds.greenparty.org.uk if you can support Chris' campaign!"

There is a QR code leading to the campaign crowdfunder underneath the text. At the bottom, there is a "Green Party Candidate" icon with the hashtag #GetGreensElected.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Now Government’s own impact assessment shows no real evidence to support their argument that nature is a blocker, I look forward to ministers reversing their proposals that will trash nature protections …
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UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development
Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building
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Leeds Green Party @leedsgreenparty.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
#MayThe4thBeWithYou! 💚 Join the Rebellion, and help us fight for #RealHope and #RealChange in the face of the far-right 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
A Star Wars inspired graphic, reading:

"The Rise of Starmer, The Farage Menace, A New Hope?

May the 4th be with you
Join the Rebellion!
join.greenparty.org.uk"
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
If this is what Starmer means when he says “I get it”, heaven help us …
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Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform
Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
(... which is more than Reform, by the way)
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Leeds Green Party @leedsgreenparty.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
📈 The Greens are (still!) going up 💚 Across the country, we're continuing to offer a positive difference and break through in areas where we've never had councillors before. 🫵 You can be part of that difference here in Leeds! Join today: join.greenparty.org.uk
Graphic titled: "The Green Rise Continues!"

The graphic shows a graph of Green Councillors between 1974 and 2025: it rises steeply, and continues to rise beyond 850 in 2025.

Text underneath reads: "Join Leeds' fastest-growing party today!"

join.greenparty.org.uk
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🎉 Congrats to all the new @greenparty.org.uk councillors elected today across England! 💚 I'm so pleased to see how many more communities will now be served by hard-working Greens, after our 8th consecutive year of growth in local elections. ...🧵
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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 with the policies needed to tackle the climate crisis.
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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 02/05/2025
Accrington West and Oswaldtwistle Central (Lancashire) council election result: GRN: 30.6% (+24.5) CON: 27.6% (-17.0) LAB: 24.2% (-25.0) REF: 17.5% (+17.5) Green GAIN from Labour. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Live Results: 2025 English local elections
Full coverage of the first major contests since Labour’s victory.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
This "debate" about who should use what toilet doesn’t benefit anyone. It doesn’t fix the underfunding of women's refuges, NHS waiting lists leaving women in terrible pain, mums skipping meals to feed their kids. How about we get on with tackling the real issues affecting women?
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Why is anyone still listening to Tony Blair?
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Labour’s plan to cut spending by freezing benefits like PIP is more than concerning—it's inhumane. Instead of abandoning the sick and disabled, we need to tackle the root causes of poor health with affordable food and care. We must tax the wealthy, not punish the vulnerable.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Photo from 12 years ago - me between Labour MPs Catherine West and Emily Thornberry fighting NHS cuts. Will they be joining me on the next round of demonstrations?
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Tim Goodall @timgoodall.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Noise, particularly at night, is a huge issue for residents near airports (and don’t say “don’t live near an airport!” - the noise field has expanded hugely over the last few decades, affecting people over a wide area).
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Mike Chitty @mikechitty.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Excellent press release from Leeds Green Party regarding NHSE. leeds.greenparty.org.uk/2025/03/13/l...
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Leeds Green Party Demands Urgent Assurances Over NHS England Abolition and Impact on Leeds Jobs - Leeds Green Party
Leeds Green Party is deeply concerned about the potential impact of the UK Government’s decision to abolish NHS England (NHSE) on jobs in Leeds, particularly for the thousands of staff based at Wellin...
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Tim Goodall @timgoodall.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
It was interesting to visit the enquiry about night flights at the Civic Hall today. Thanks to everyone @galba.uk who has worked so hard to make sure Leeds Bradford Airport follows the rules. The noise from night flights has a huge detrimental impact on people’s physical and mental health.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In 2024, the UK’s billionaires increased their collective wealth by £35 million every day. Corporate profits are soaring. Instead of trying to balance the books on the backs of the poorest both in the UK and abroad by cutting welfare and aid, it's time this government started taxing wealth fairly.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Chancellor's claim that rampant airport expansion will raise living standards is deeply flawed, and her own Labour colleagues are questioning it too... Glad to have @ruthcadbury.bsky.social join me in asking for the evidence.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Israel cannot be allowed to block Gaza’s receipt of vital aid whenever it chooses. Collective punishment is being used as a bargaining tactic and starving Palestinians are paying the price. Government must call out this breach of international law and impose targeted sanctions.
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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 01/03/2025
Government ministers and the aviation industry are putting all their gambling chips on so-called 'sustainable' aviation fuel. This brief briefing by MP Watch explains why that’s not a good idea. Could you explain the problems to your MP? @mpwatch.bsky.social www.mpwatch.org/blog/sustain...
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MP Watch | SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS Article
Along with environmental and democratic allies, we aim to address the democratic deficit, by building and realising the potential of grassroots community groups to expose and oppose MPs of bad faith ...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com
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Tim Goodall @timgoodall.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Only just seen this. This is fantastic news. Well done to everyone who campaigned for this! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released
Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 during holiday in Saudi Arabia after posting tweets in support of women’s rights
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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Just to remind anyone who has forgotten other parties are available. If you want Real Hope and Real Change dont be red, be Green www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Labour must seize the moment to show child poverty matters in push for growth | Heather Stewart
Scrapping two-child benefit cap is among levers Rachel Reeves could pull – yet chancellor remains silent on ‘shameful’ levels of poverty
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Please repeat after me: the flood-plain is not _beside_ the river. The flood plain is part of the river www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones
Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Thank you v much to @theguardian.com for this pick of the week. Also for referring to me as a ‘Guardian & Observer journalist’ something @theguardian.com is currently denying. And illustrating it with a pic of me on the picket line outside the office 😂
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Tim Goodall @timgoodall.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
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Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January, Josh Howie, one of their presenters, repeated a dangerous homophobic slur that links the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. You can watch the video here. It’s clearly illegal to stir up hatred by broadcasting a poisonous myth. Like GB News, Howie thinks he’s above the law. But he’s wrong. And we’re going to show him how.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Trump's threats of ethnic cleansing in Gaza are abhorrent and the UK government must stand firmly against them
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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 01/02/2025
Well, well, well… it looks like Reeves has been caught red handed using dodgy data! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reeves’s Heathrow third runway report was commissioned by London airport
The chancellor is under fire after a study cited as evidence for expanding the terminal to boost the UK’s economic growth was ordered by Heathrow itself
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Our "friend and ally" and #ArmsSales customer. Supporting #HumanRights - it would be a good idea
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Tim Goodall @timgoodall.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Help save Woodhouse Moor meadow! The parks department are planning to plant trees there tomorrow, saying “no wildflowers here” Not true! Watch for updates here! Come tomorrow to stop the tree planting! I’m in favour of planting trees, but not on a designated wildflower meadow.
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Lucy Wheeler @lucywheeler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I grew up under the Heathrow flight path. My bed shook when Concorde came in to land. Planes flew over our garden every minute and a half. You could often see three at a time. Even if we could afford the carbon and even if we needed more flights, this decision is certifiably insane. #NoThirdRunway
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I questioned Ed Miliband on Monday on how the Govt. could possibly justify airport expansion when aviation has such a detrimental impact on the climate. Today, the Govt. confirmed their support of Heathrow expansion, flying in the face of their own climate scientists' advice🤦
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
What's happening to civilians in Sudan and the DRC is unbearable to watch. Part of our response MUST be opening up safe routes so that Sudanese refugees are able to come to safety in the UK - I asked the foreign secretary about this yesterday.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The idea that we have to choose between economic prosperity and safeguarding our children’s future is absolute nonsense - Reeves is chasing headlines with her Heathrow announcement but it will trash her Govt’s own emissions targets and won’t do anything to make people’s lives better
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Neil Terry Photography @ntphoto.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Today (29.1.25) @galba.uk held a protest outside the Constituency Office of Leeds West MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves in Bramley, Leeds over Rachel Reeves support for airport expansion - especially around a 3rd runway at Heathrow, which is expected to be confirmed in a speech today
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GALBA - Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport @galba.uk · 29/01/2025
GALBA’s message for Rachel Reeves this morning - outside her constituency office in Leeds. Heathrow’s fight is our fight. #NoAirportExpansoion #FlyLess @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @theaef.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social @staygroundednet.bsky.social
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Incredibly disappointed that MPs didn’t get the chance to vote on the Climate and Nature Bill - a crucial piece of legislation to prevent climate breakdown and protect our natural world. But thanks to all those who backed it - I'll keep fighting for urgent climate action #CANBill
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Today I pushed for MPs to have a vote on the Climate and Nature Bill because the issue is simply too important to kick into the long grass. We have a vanishingly small window of opportunity to prevent climate catastrophe - govt needs to act now. #CANBill
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Because it is not like we have problems with giant multinational companies dominating markets, exploiting consumers and workers and poisoning the planet. Right? #CMA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Government ousts UK competition watchdog chair
Marcus Bokkerink is leaving as the government signals it is serious about growth, the BBC understands.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Great to see this extensive coverage in The Mirror on my #BiocidesBill - addressing #AMR, #Microbiotoxicity and environmental damage
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
1 week today the cross-party Climate and Nature Bill #CANBill is debated in Parliament. Will we have enough MPs there to vote it through? We don't know 😕 It's not too late to write to your MP to ask them to clear their diary and commit. Template provided by @zero-hour.bsky.social ⤵️
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George @georgewmw.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Myself, @timgoodall.bsky.social and the Headingley Greens out earlier this week to litter pick Sparrow Park and surrounding areas. Lots of positive response from the community. #litterfreeleeds
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Breathing a sigh of relief that after 15 months of bloodshed, there will finally be a ceasefire in Gaza. My thoughts are with all of those who lost loved ones in this horrific violence, and those who will continue to suffer as a result of the destruction of hospitals, schools & land needed for food
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