Kerry Pickett
@kerrypickettbh.bsky.social
Green Party councillor for Preston Park Ward in Brighton & Hove
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Kerry Pickett
@kerrypickettbh.bsky.social
· Dec 31
This is my personal account used to promote the work of @BHGreens and @BHGreenCllrs.
Promoted by Leo Littman for Brighton & Hove Green Party, both at 39-41 Surrey St, Brighton, BN1 3PB
Promoted by Leo Littman for Brighton & Hove Green Party, both at 39-41 Surrey St, Brighton, BN1 3PB
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The Chancellor explicitly references the negative legacy of Brexit on the UK economy - so why is her govt so opposed to taking steps like joining the customs union or single market with all the economic benefits these would bring? #Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Chancellor explicitly references the negative legacy of Brexit on the UK economy - so why is her govt so opposed to taking steps like joining the customs union or single market with all the economic benefits these would bring? #Budget2025
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Gambling taxes are long overdue and an ethical way to raise revenue.
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Gambling taxes are long overdue and an ethical way to raise revenue.
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
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Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
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Rachel Reeves earmarks £5m for secondary school libraries. Less than £1,200 per school.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Rachel Reeves earmarks £5m for secondary school libraries. Less than £1,200 per school.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
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I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
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"Would avoid 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms, 2,000 hospital visits & 4,500 premature deaths... $46bn in health benefits in 2032"
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s EPA moves to abandon tough standards for deadly soot pollution
EPA had previously said rule reducing fine particle matter from vehicles and industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Would avoid 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms, 2,000 hospital visits & 4,500 premature deaths... $46bn in health benefits in 2032"
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The South Downs National Park is crammed with amazing history! ⚔️ 🏰
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The South Downs National Park is crammed with amazing history! ⚔️ 🏰
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
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Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
Baby steps won’t fix Brexit or the Budget
There is a way to get back a much bigger slice of the money Brexit has cost us. By getting the UK back into the EU single market.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
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Totally munched!
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Totally munched!
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"We must demand that another world beyond capitalism is possible."
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"We must demand that another world beyond capitalism is possible."
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
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100,000 new members.
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
100,000 new members.
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
Great to have Zack in Kemptown yesterday to welcome Lloyd Russell Moyles to our party. Welcome Lloyd! 🌳
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great to have Zack in Kemptown yesterday to welcome Lloyd Russell Moyles to our party. Welcome Lloyd! 🌳
Totally munched!
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Totally munched!
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Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore
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Here I am again. 🎺
It was such a delightful moment as I wasn't expecting it and was surrounded by esteemed colleagues who were equally joyful. #LDreporter
It was such a delightful moment as I wasn't expecting it and was surrounded by esteemed colleagues who were equally joyful. #LDreporter
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Here I am again. 🎺
It was such a delightful moment as I wasn't expecting it and was surrounded by esteemed colleagues who were equally joyful. #LDreporter
It was such a delightful moment as I wasn't expecting it and was surrounded by esteemed colleagues who were equally joyful. #LDreporter
Well done Sarah! Congratulations! Keep up spreading the word of democracy!
ICYMI: Brighton and Hove journalist wins Local Democracy Reporter of the Year award
Brighton and Hove journalist wins Local Democracy Reporter of the Year award
Brighton and Hove journalist Sarah Booker-Lewis has won the Local Democracy Reporter of the Year award. The prize was presented by BBC political correspondent and Any Questions host Alex Forsyth at the annual Local Democracy Reporting Service Awards in Manchester. It comes a year after she won the prize for Best Use of Social Media, […]
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Well done Sarah! Congratulations! Keep up spreading the word of democracy!
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Poll finds the public remain unaware of the health impact of air pollution - AirQualityNews.
Piece by Paul Day on research by Royal College of Physicans
airqualitynews.com/headlines/po...
Piece by Paul Day on research by Royal College of Physicans
airqualitynews.com/headlines/po...
Poll finds the public remain unaware of the health impact of air pollution
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has written to the secretary of state for health and social care calling for a nationwide public health campaign on air pollution after a survey revealed widespre...
airqualitynews.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Poll finds the public remain unaware of the health impact of air pollution - AirQualityNews.
Piece by Paul Day on research by Royal College of Physicans
airqualitynews.com/headlines/po...
Piece by Paul Day on research by Royal College of Physicans
airqualitynews.com/headlines/po...
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Most people don’t realise how much air pollution harms our health. The RCP says many are unaware of links to heart disease, stroke & dementia. We need clear public info and stronger action to cut emissions. Clean air is basic public health.
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@rcphysicians.bsky.social
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@rcphysicians.bsky.social
Public unaware of the health harms of air pollution, warns Royal College of Physicians
www.rcp.ac.uk
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Most people don’t realise how much air pollution harms our health. The RCP says many are unaware of links to heart disease, stroke & dementia. We need clear public info and stronger action to cut emissions. Clean air is basic public health.
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@rcphysicians.bsky.social
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@rcphysicians.bsky.social
What are they thinking? Oh, they aren’t!😞
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What are they thinking? Oh, they aren’t!😞
A good day collecting signatures on behalf of the Lewes Road Air Pollution petition. Thank you to all those concerned residents who signed.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A good day collecting signatures on behalf of the Lewes Road Air Pollution petition. Thank you to all those concerned residents who signed.
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Young people are at the heart of National Parks and why these cherished landscapes were designated for the nation.
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Young people are at the heart of National Parks and why these cherished landscapes were designated for the nation.
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...
We're pleased to announce more than 7,500 children enjoyed school trips to the National Park over the past year, thanks to grants schemes.
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/thousands-of...