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Adam Ramsay

@adamramsay.bsky.social

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Left wing journalist. Dad of Léa and Saoirse. Book ‘Abolish Westminster’ due out with Faber 2026ish. Also at: https://substack.com/@abolishwestminster

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 1d

Last year, @TheGreenParty had an income of £5.2m. £2.1m of that came from membership fees. If the now 100,00 members pay the same average fee, that will be £3.6m from subs. That’s an income boost of 26% before you even look at fundraising, activists, etc. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 3d

The expression is literally “one bad apple rots the barrel”.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4d

More people have joined @greenparty.org.uk in the past couple of days than were members in total when I first joined.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4d

I’m afraid that score for Reform is pretty standard across all agencies at the moment: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...

Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4d

I am a Green member talking about the Greens being just two points behind Labour.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4d

Morgan McSweeney’s whole strategy just got blown up by a lad from Salford and his 90,000 friends

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 4d

I spoke to @neweconomics.bsky.social about why @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s strategy is working.

New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 5d

People want politicians to match the scale of the crises we face.

@adamramsay.bsky.social talking about Zack Polanski's shake-up of the Green Party on the New Economics Podcast. Subscribe on all good podcast apps.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 5d

Citing my previous story on the Lib Dems’s real membership, and doing some digging of their own on what it was in 2020, the BBC have shown that it’s halved:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Liberal Democrat membership has halved in 5 years, figures show

Analysis of available figures shows the number of party members has fallen by 49% since August 2020.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 5d

So proud of my wife, Juliette, who was part of the team which organised this protest tonight against fossil fuel sponsorship of the arts with Siobhan Macsweeney and Samuel West: www.thetimes.com/culture/thea...

Drama outside Old Vic as TV actors appear in sponsorship protest

Siobhán McSweeney and Samuel West star in video about greenwashing shown to theatregoers before the London debut of Hollywood star Susan Sarandon

www.thetimes.com

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 6d

Membership of @greenparty.org.uk has just passed 90,000. Can @zackpolanski.bsky.social and team organise that into action? novaramedia.com/2025/10/07/z...

Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists | Novara Media

The telegenic eco-socialist has triggered an explosion of interest in the Green party, and a parallel growth in membership. Now he needs to translate enthusiasm into activity, writes Adam Ramsay.

novaramedia.com

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 6d

The @scottishgreens.org tell me they will be making an announcement about their membership “in the near future”. It was 7,805 on 22 September. @greenpartyni.org are 560 paying members or supporters (the latter are paying a previous, lower membership fee). @greenparty.org.uk is 88,000+.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t really say more without revealing my source

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 6d

Solidarity to the work experience kid in a Scottish Labour MP’s office overheard arguing with colleagues about the Greens.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 7d

Irony being that the entire Farage-isation of British politics is built on the phenomenon of white right-wingers who don't want to "integrate" with the reality of multi-ethnic Britain, don't want to accept migrants as their fellow citizens, and don't want people of colour moving into their street.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 7d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 6d

Solidarity to the work experience kid in a Scottish Labour MP’s office overheard arguing with colleagues about the Greens.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 7d

Now, @zackpolanski.bsky.social must tranform his fans into activists: novaramedia.com/2025/10/07/z... - me for @novaramedia.com

Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists | Novara Media

The telegenic eco-socialist has triggered an explosion of interest in the Green party, and a parallel growth in membership. Now he needs to translate enthusiasm into activity, writes Adam Ramsay.

novaramedia.com

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 7d

88,000 England and Wales Greens + 8,000 Scottish Greens = 96,000 GB-wides @scottishgreens.org have their conference in two weeks. Surely it will
Have passed 100,000 by then?

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

I said that @greenparty.org.uk membership is rising by 1000 new people a day.

I was wrong.

Yesterday we welcomed 2000 new people.

We now have 88,000 members! 🎉

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote this, I am not Adrian, I endorsed and voted for Zack, and this piece is not critical of him.

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 7d

Green members at their conference this weekend were exuberant. But can @zackpolanski.bsky.social and team meet soaring expectations? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - me for @theguardian.com

Good and bad news for Zack Polanski: the Green conference was a joy, but now hopes are stratospheric | Adam Ramsay

Members loved hearing from a leader who boldly reflects their views and isn’t afraid of the rightwing press. How far can he take the party?, says journalist and Green party member Adam Ramsay

www.theguardian.com

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Sam @faroqabilly.bsky.social · 7d

Indeed. Instead of interviewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social they invited along a Tory peer who proceeded to smear a Jewish man who has been marching tirelessly for Palestinian liberation as a "useful idiot"
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 9d

Tory peer Ben Houchen calls a Jewish man who's attended pro Palestinian marches every week for the last 2 years a "useful idiot" #bbclaurak

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 7d

It’s hard not to conclude that Kuenssberg’s crew decided that @zackpolanski.bsky.social - the most prominent Manchester Jewish politician - is “the wrong kind of Jew”.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 8d

Officially, the Tories have about 120,000 members but a) I suspect that’s inflated and b) it’s falling. Will @greenparty.org.uk overtake them before the year is out? #gpconf

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8d

Breaking: over 3,000 people joined @greenparty.org.uk over conference weekend.

Membership now stands at over 86,000.

We’re just getting started.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 8d

'We won’t get real climate action while big polluters are overseeing government departments.'

Another scoop from @adamramsay.bsky.social

theecologist.org/2025/oct/03/...

The real power brokers

We won’t get real climate action while big polluters are overseeing government departments.

theecologist.org

Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 8d

England currently has a very clear group of five parties with MPs and significant support. There really is no excuse for Laura Kunessberg to choose to interview the other four during their conferences, but ignore @zackpolanski.bsky.social #GPconf