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Mary Marshall (UK green)

@greenmarykm.bsky.social

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IT Senior Software Tester, Green Party life member since 2015. Quaker & Community gardener at Hitchin Quakers who occasionally attempts to get elected to the local council 🙂 Personal green views.⬆️📸 is a short walk away🙂

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · Aug 20

Worried that the other parties, especially the new "Your Party", gate keepers are going to prevent cooperation and let Reform storm it!

The proof will be the London elections due next year.

I'm not hopeful, listen to the 1st part of this podcast on what happened in 2019.
pca.st/episode/cd7e...

Ep 163 with Zack Polanski (Part 2)

pca.st

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 11h

Clarkson.... Politics.....😬

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Jeremy Clarkson: “Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up.

He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150billion.

But before anyone has the chance to question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.”

Jeremy Clarkson brands Keir Starmer 'thick' as he details his own economic plan

Clarkson also too aim at Nigel Farage in his penned political rant

www.birminghammail.co.uk

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 12h

It's been a butterfly year starting in late spring and it's not quite over yet if the day is warm and sunny.

The highlight was a magical field full of butterflies 😯 when I took my OH orchid spotting around his birthday.

Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Aug 3

Time flies when you're counting butterflies! 🦋

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the #BigButterflyCount so far, and for sending in your photos. 🙏

Didn't get around to it this week? Don't worry! You have until 10 August to do as many counts as you like.

A Red Admiral butterfly basks on a handwritten list of butterfly species, next to a pair of glasses on a table outside. Photo credit Mary @marypot

Two Common Blue butterflies sharing a closed flower. Photo credit Dennis Atherton

Two Peacock butterflies feeding on a white buddleia. Photo credit Ian Lipthorpe @pyfbrown.bsky.social‬

A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly nestled amongst nettles. Photo credit Jitka Dojivova

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 13h

After all that It wasn't just that the secrecy denied him his due "It turned out – in the kind of irony a novelist wouldn’t dare try to fly – the health authority computer had randomly dropped him from the list."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...

www.theguardian.com

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 20h

"That ecological truth is stark: humanity has ruptured almost all planetary boundaries. #Climate is merely the leading edge of a wider cluster of crises."

Reflecting on our largest-ever Green Party Conference.

rupertsreads.substack.com/p/from-elect...

From Electoral Breakthrough to Political Maturity: Reporting from the Green Party Conference

I’ve just returned from our largest-ever Green Party Conference – and the excitement was palpable.

rupertsreads.substack.com

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 14h

😢thing is they started on those least able to defend themselves, like my neighbour when I was growing up. Now they wonder why many won't speak to journalists and go on about not believing Mainstream Media.

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 14h

No wonder things feel so bad😢

Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 1d

Farage never entered No.10 but his politics did.

From Cameron to Starmer, every leader since 2015 has copied his playbook.

Britain didn’t take back control.
It handed it to corporate power.

How Farage Won Without Ever Becoming Prime Minister
youtu.be/xywxTSeUk6g

How Farage Won Without Ever Becoming Prime Minister

YouTube video by Liz Webster #SaveBritishFarming

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 1d

It's clear the commentariat has a place. The view of someone perceived to have the inside track is valued especially in podcast land.

They are usually good room readers or as Quakers say have a good "sense of meeting".

As @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social said "we are buzzing".

Mr Pecksniff's Diary @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social · 1d

Those Rabelaisian Tory conferences when Therese Coffey led the faithful in what was supposed to be karaoke, but which in her performance resembled an obscure form of martial arts.’

@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social on the week’s doings.

Pecksniff: Badenoch brazens out the Tories’ 14 years of failure

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 1d

🤔 this @rupertread.bsky.social idea sounds good...

🤔How do we do that? Do I know anyone who could help do that?

Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 1d

"The ‘good’ guys are all on their own, out for themselves without being able to trust a single soul."

Are you watching The Celebrity #Traitors? Here's why I won't watch be watching the programme ever again.

#CelebrityTraitors

rupertread.net/writings/202...

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 1d

These guys will call anyone who believes in politics which helps people have a roof over their head, enough to cloth & feed their family, schools and hope for their kids and to be looked after when they are ill "communist"

Where is their humanity?

Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

" @zackpolanski.bsky.social is a sort of raving communist, really"

The right-wing media are losing their minds as the Green Surge continues.

Join us > Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

Visiting a National Trust property is a good day out. The historic houses, the knowledgeable staff, polite visitors, a decent cup of tea and a sticky bun.
Only downside is the chance of meeting an angry Nigel Farage in the Gents.

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 1d

Remember this when the rest of the UK starts saying "where did they come from"?

Most of the media, when not hanging on Reform's every utterance, are still spending all their energy on Labour & Conservative.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

Who's still buzzing from our incredible conference in Bournemouth one week on? 🤚 💚

A photo of Green Party of England and Wales CEO Harriet Lamb, Leader Zack Polanski, and Co-Deputy Leaders Mothin Ali and Rachel Millward on stage at Green Party conference in Bournemouth.

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone done that before?

When it's that equal emotions are already running high. So I can understand why someone might do this.

All it proves is one side are sore lossers with deep pockets.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Next week, the Green Party will defend Worcestershire Councillor Hannah Robson in the High Court.

The Reform UK candidate is hoping to overturn our election win!

Can you help us defend Hannah and democracy from this attack? Please donate if you can 🙏

donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/make-sure-we...

Make sure we defend democracy in Worcestershire - Green Party

In the event that there is any money left over after the legal matters have been settled, including if we are able to recover some or all of our legal costs from other parties, then these remaining fu...

donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 1d

🤔 some might have thought that "Abolish landlords" was a bit of a jape ... It didn't land that way for me. More the "for god's sake do something" desperation of a whole generation!

Many of us told the proposer that having the government or council as a landlord is often no better!

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2d

The Tory party faces an existential threat, which may reduce ‘Britain’s natural party of government’ potentially to mere walk-on parts, like the Monster Raving Loony Party.

Pecksniff’s Diary

Pecksniff: Badenoch brazens out the Tories’ 14 years of failure

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

eastangliabylines.co.uk

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 5d

But Putin isn't Communist anymore. He just gives everything to his mates like everyone else!

🤫 Don't tell them about our yellow inclusion card ..

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 5d

On October 7th, we hold in our hearts all those whose lives have been lost and those who are still suffering, and pray for a just peace.

A prayer for 7 October

Find out about Quakers and how our faith translates into action.

www.quaker.org.uk

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 6d

youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3R...

They DIDN'T Kick Me Out! Owen Jones Visits GREEN PARTY Conference

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 7d

Listen to our National Co-director Rula Daood speak to tens of thousands of people at the anti-war rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. (1/2)

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 7d

Not really it was to 🤔.... give the whole thing a kick up the arse!

It's bad, this is disproportionately affecting the young and they are letting us know!

"Why the f**K aren't you getting on with doing something about it!"

Now it's up to the policy group....

Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 7d

Politically speaking, I feel squashed in a tin, like a sardine, with others of "the left".

There used to be more space. A spectrum of leftish thought from traditional "c"onservative observant CofE, love thy neighbour, Christian through to communism.

I'm a country mouse, I need more space!!😫

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 7d

I think we need to say this, keep saying this, then say it again.

If more self-described Christians loved their neighbours like Jesus taught, the world would be a much better place.

Thee Quaker @theequaker.bsky.social · 7d

Today's Daily Quaker Message. Read the full quote: dailyquaker.com

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 7d

🤔Yes, in this case probably irrelevant.

What would happen if we kept up the flotitas?

Taking a leaf out of the migrants book
www.euronews.com/2025/10/05/e...

www.euronews.com

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 7d

It's a miracle nobody was hurt. Sending solidarity to the Muslim community in Sussex and across the UK, as well as the Jewish community who are still grieving from the appalling attack in Manchester. No one should EVER feel unsafe in their place of worship
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Police urged to seek clarity on whether hate crime fire at mosque was terrorism

The Green Party has called on police to seek clarity over the motives of the hate crime fire at Peacehaven’s mosque.

www.independent.co.uk

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 7d

Police already have huge powers to restrict protests.

Handing them more would undermine our rights further while failing to keep people safe from violence like the horrific and heartbreaking anti-Semitic attack in Manchester.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.

www.bbc.com

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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 7d

Please help combat BBC news blackout of Green Party!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..

Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 9d

Whatever your party politics, @zackpolanski.bsky.social leaders speech deserves to be heard..

www.youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...

Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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Mary Marshall (UK green) @greenmarykm.bsky.social · 7d

Right! Everyone pile into the housing policy committee because we'll need to amend that to make it workable!