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Cath Martin 59
@cathmartin59.bsky.social
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Books, walking, dog owner,climate, renewables, community energy, Green Party, Humanist, traditional music, NHS, Byline Times supporter. Views my own.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 5h
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 6h
They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 1d
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇

🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com

“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 18h
"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
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Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife
'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'
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RSPB Action @rspbaction.bsky.social · 20h
Win for nature-friendly farming!

UK Government’s one-year extension of some nature-friendly farming agreements in England gives breathing space for those making space for wildlife on farms.

But it’s only a stop-gap, we need a long-term plan for the future 🧵 👇
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 5h
Labour

The party of the working class?

They really should change their name to 'The new Tories' because their value set seems to have shifted...a lot
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 5h
Excuse me but, what the f*** is the point of targets to build homes that only the wealthy can afford? How does it help anyone who is not a property developer? And why does Labour care more about property developers than families? liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...
Leaked memo reveals Labour plan to slash affordable homes target
A requirement for developers to build affordable housing in London is set to be cut from 35% of new homes to 20%, in a move councils fear will spread across Britain
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5h
Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty
Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 15h
Taxing the rich has been @greenparty.org.uk policy for years, and that policy has been amplified very strongly by @zackpolanski.bsky.social in recent months

So now #Reeves concedes to do this eminently sensible step

Thank you Zack!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves says higher taxes on wealthy ‘part of the story’ for November budget
Chancellor hints at rises and calls out past ‘scaremongering’ over VAT on private schools and changes to non-doms
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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 21h
#EdMiliband needs to consider this very carefully. He knows that he is backtracking if he approves this, and he knows it is a climate disaster

The UK can lead in not allowing further oil and gas

Now is the time to do this Ed

And tell #Keir and #Rachel where they can put the anti-climate greed
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.

In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.

Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20h
Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025

10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025 10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h
"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death... It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda" - the late Marie Colvin.

Truth is the cornerstone of justice. Without it we can't start to hold those responsible to account. Let journalists into Gaza.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20h
The Rafah crossing is expected to re-open.

Alongside the desperately needed aid, journalists must be allowed into Gaza.

Over 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza - but the crimes of the Israeli government and military must not go undocumented.

Let the journalists in.
Graphic with an image of a press photographer among rubble in Gaza. Text reads: REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. LET JOURNALISTS IN Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15h
Caroline Lucas is wondering why Michelle Mone is still a member of the House of Lords

And most of us are wondering the same as well!

But if Mone is going to be removed from the Lords, there are others too who fail to meet the standard and should be removed as well
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David @zero-4.bsky.social · 1d
Starmer regarding Reform’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill: “The member for Clacton & his deputy worked alongside someone who took money to spread Putin’s propaganda. They have serious questions to answer about what they knew”

#PMQs #PoliticsLive
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 22h
The Renters Rights Bill has finished going through the House of Lords and will soon become law - great news that renters will now get the basic protections they desperately need

But it barely does a thing on affordability, so now time to tackle that by bringing in rent controls
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Jenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 1d
I’d prefer to watch a programme about this serious subject presented by Alice Roberts alone.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 3d
I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.
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Bromley Green Party @bromleygreens.bsky.social · 1d
Greens are winning in London!
A graph on a green background, showing the Green Party's vote share in London being 27%, Labour on 20, and Reform on 16.
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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 1d
A quarter of the average UK energy bill last year was profit for the big energy companies.

Meanwhile, almost three million households in England suffer fuel poverty.

No one should be choosing between heating and eating while energy companies rake in billions.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d
Keep it up, folks!

Together - hope is here!

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Exclusive: Greens Plan To 'Overtake Tories And Replace Labour' As Support Surges
The party has also seen its membership break through 100,000 for the first time.
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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 1d
Seriously super news that Cllr Cate Oliver has defected to @norwichgreenparty.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk

Cate is a long standing and respected local former Labour councillor

Spectacular #GreenSurge has started - a long way to go yet.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d
On my trip to Ukraine, great to have the chance to catch up with MP Yuliia Ovchynnkova, follow member of the International Parliamentary Alliance for the Recognition of #Ecocide
www.ecocidealliance.org
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d
#GoodNews - finally!

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BBC to give Polanski interview with Kuenssberg after ‘anti-Green’ bias complaints
The new Green Party leader will get an 'in-depth' interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg after a slot from the party's conference was cancelled
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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 1d
Feels like it’s been a while since I put my workplace here. This is Skara Brae right now 🏺🧪🌊
Grass of various lengths around and over a 5000 year old stone village. The houses are beside a rocky coast, and the North Atlantic is off to the far right, with ominous rain clouds.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 1d
BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...
BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview
ZACK Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party…
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d
Join us in being cheerful!

Let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
"You need to be unapologetic, someone who gets the modern media environment and social media, and is a competent speaker - all of which Polanski is."

Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents
In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d
This weekend we reached 100,000 Green Party members - and we're not stopping there.

In fact... we've already passed 105,000 members.

Be part of the Green surge. Join the Green Party today ⤵️
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. 105,000 Green Party Members Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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