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Brian Candeland

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Former Elections Coordinator on Green Party England and Wales Executive. Pronouns he/him. Other interests include Amateur Dramatics, walking, salsa. 50% Scottish, 50% English, 100% European. Views are my own.

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · Nov 13

Promoted by, and on behalf of Brian Candeland, at 13 Devonshire Road, M21 8XB

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 1d

Telegraph, Mail, Express, Jeremy Clarkson etc, please stop saying nasty things about Zack Polanski; the Green Party membership system is struggling to keep up

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 3d

Green Party membership is now Greater than Daily Express readership

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 6d

In this interview, Farage said, "Brexit is the best thing to happen to..." and the first country that came to his mind was Russia.

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 8d

"Nigel meets tens of thousands of people on an annual basis ultimately, he can't be held accountable for the actions of every single person who he comes in contact with."

-Zia Yusuf, head of Reform UK Department of Government Efficiency.

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 10d

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 10d

Reform UK is a whole bad orchard

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 12d

Remind me which Party was in power for 14 out of the last 15 years.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13d

Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.

The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.

The Greens say enough is enough.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 13d

It's 88,000 now! Hard to keep up...

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 14d

The Tories typically have their annual conference in Manchester every other year; there are always loads of angry protests. This time - tumbleweed. I can think of no better symptom of their decline.

Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 14d

This also applies to the UK ...

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18d

In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 22d

'A sharp leftwards turn'?! Goodness knows what he would have made of the politics of former Tories like Macmillan and Heath

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23d

Elon Musk deleted this Tweet.

You wouldn't want to repost it... oops.

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 23d

Sadly Reform are not a minority Party

Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 23d

They can. Our voting system means that Deform only need about a third of the vote to have a governing majority.

Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 23d

'The day is long' - the day being referred to is presumably the 25th December in Svalbard

Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 23d

Have emailed you

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 24d

I believe the last time Labour failed to be in the top two in a Manchester City Council ward was in 1983 when Michael Foot was Labour leader, and even then the percentage wasn't as low

Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 24d

Labour were tweeting during the campaign "Only Labour can beat Reform in Woodhouse Park". I guess that messaging didn't work.

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 24d

His Party and Her Party

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Dr. Olaf Bachmann @falo2.bsky.social · 24d

The way Starmerism is crawling before the proto fascist tabloids is stomach turning. It's why the UK is stuck with Brexit, has no PR voting, and all of that with a historically exceptional majority in Parliament. What an utter waste of opportunity. Pathetic.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27d

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · Sep 20

The BBC seems to be full of them

Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · Sep 18

Welcome Thelma!