Patrick McAllister 🌱
@patdbmcallister.bsky.social
Green Party councillor for Hotwells & Harbourside | Fan of cycling + circular economies | Views my own | Sign up to my e-news at https://tinyurl.com/PatricksENews.
Promoted by Patrick McAllister (Bristol Green Party) at 17 Great George St, Bristol BS1 5QT.
Promoted by Patrick McAllister (Bristol Green Party) at 17 Great George St, Bristol BS1 5QT.
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'We do not ask lightly for Bristolians to pay more council tax'
Green councillor Patrick McCallister is asking for everyone's views on Bristol's budget
www.bristol247.com
"Bristol is beginning to see the benefits of a Green approach to governing: one that prioritises genuine prevention over instead of sticking plaster treatments, a philosophy at the heart of our financial mindset."
Me for @bristol247.bsky.social.
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Me for @bristol247.bsky.social.
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
A pleasure to attend the switching on of the Christmas lights at the @ssgreatbritain.bsky.social this evening!
There was some beautiful singing and a pleasingly traditionally-attired Santa to boot 🎅
There was some beautiful singing and a pleasingly traditionally-attired Santa to boot 🎅
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A pleasure to attend the switching on of the Christmas lights at the @ssgreatbritain.bsky.social this evening!
There was some beautiful singing and a pleasingly traditionally-attired Santa to boot 🎅
There was some beautiful singing and a pleasingly traditionally-attired Santa to boot 🎅
Disappointing and frustrating that Labour has ducked the chance for meaningful council tax reform.
Instead they have tinkered at the edges with half-measures that won't substantially improve council finances or the system's fairness.
Without proper change, local services will continue to decline.
Instead they have tinkered at the edges with half-measures that won't substantially improve council finances or the system's fairness.
Without proper change, local services will continue to decline.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Disappointing and frustrating that Labour has ducked the chance for meaningful council tax reform.
Instead they have tinkered at the edges with half-measures that won't substantially improve council finances or the system's fairness.
Without proper change, local services will continue to decline.
Instead they have tinkered at the edges with half-measures that won't substantially improve council finances or the system's fairness.
Without proper change, local services will continue to decline.
Labour again going for inefficient + incremental measures to keep the budget afloat.
Frankly, their polling is so bad, they should grasp the nettle of reforming policies everyone knows are bad but is too scared to touch. Ie the fuel duty freeze and triple lock, tax cliff edges, a land value tax...
Frankly, their polling is so bad, they should grasp the nettle of reforming policies everyone knows are bad but is too scared to touch. Ie the fuel duty freeze and triple lock, tax cliff edges, a land value tax...
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Labour again going for inefficient + incremental measures to keep the budget afloat.
Frankly, their polling is so bad, they should grasp the nettle of reforming policies everyone knows are bad but is too scared to touch. Ie the fuel duty freeze and triple lock, tax cliff edges, a land value tax...
Frankly, their polling is so bad, they should grasp the nettle of reforming policies everyone knows are bad but is too scared to touch. Ie the fuel duty freeze and triple lock, tax cliff edges, a land value tax...
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The nonreligious Hotwells School in Bristol has been saved from amalgamation into a C of E school.
Our schools need to bring families of different religions and beliefs together, not segregate them according to religion.
We're mentioned👇
uk.news.yahoo.com/david-dimble...
Our schools need to bring families of different religions and beliefs together, not segregate them according to religion.
We're mentioned👇
uk.news.yahoo.com/david-dimble...
David Dimbleby helped save 100-year-old secular school from merging with faith school
It could have been merged with Cathedral Primary School
uk.news.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The nonreligious Hotwells School in Bristol has been saved from amalgamation into a C of E school.
Our schools need to bring families of different religions and beliefs together, not segregate them according to religion.
We're mentioned👇
uk.news.yahoo.com/david-dimble...
Our schools need to bring families of different religions and beliefs together, not segregate them according to religion.
We're mentioned👇
uk.news.yahoo.com/david-dimble...
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The UK is in crisis with bills skyrocketing & families struggling to make ends meet
We need a transformative budget to make life affordable again
But it looks like what we're getting instead is half-measures
We need to fix the foundations - instead we've got a quick paint job
We need a transformative budget to make life affordable again
But it looks like what we're getting instead is half-measures
We need to fix the foundations - instead we've got a quick paint job
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The UK is in crisis with bills skyrocketing & families struggling to make ends meet
We need a transformative budget to make life affordable again
But it looks like what we're getting instead is half-measures
We need to fix the foundations - instead we've got a quick paint job
We need a transformative budget to make life affordable again
But it looks like what we're getting instead is half-measures
We need to fix the foundations - instead we've got a quick paint job
Always a pleasure to be invited to speak at the Baltic Wharf residents AGM for the annual Councillor Q&A. It's a great chance to share information, answer questions and pick up casework. Thanks for having me!
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Always a pleasure to be invited to speak at the Baltic Wharf residents AGM for the annual Councillor Q&A. It's a great chance to share information, answer questions and pick up casework. Thanks for having me!
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“This is a fantastic victory for the children and families... who were extremely clear from the start that they did not want their inclusive, secular school taken over by a religious one”
Our head of campaigns is quoted on the Hotwells school campaign👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Our head of campaigns is quoted on the Hotwells school campaign👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Victory for parents as school merger is refused
But there is still uncertainty over the future of one of Bristol's smallest primary schools
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“This is a fantastic victory for the children and families... who were extremely clear from the start that they did not want their inclusive, secular school taken over by a religious one”
Our head of campaigns is quoted on the Hotwells school campaign👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Our head of campaigns is quoted on the Hotwells school campaign👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today to be part of it ⤵️
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Brilliant and important news!
Look forward to seeing the results!
Look forward to seeing the results!
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Brilliant and important news!
Look forward to seeing the results!
Look forward to seeing the results!
📅Reminder that Bristol’s Budget 2026/27 consultation closes in one week.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📅Reminder that Bristol’s Budget 2026/27 consultation closes in one week.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
Today, I and other @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social councillors approved *£53,000* to refurbish the Brandon Hill ponds and get a replacement waterfall pump! 🌊
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Today, I and other @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social councillors approved *£53,000* to refurbish the Brandon Hill ponds and get a replacement waterfall pump! 🌊
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
A fantastic doorknocking session this evening in Hotwells & Harbourside. The cold can't keep the Greens down! 💪
Lots of support on the doors for @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social and the work @carladenyer.bsky.social and myself are doing in the area, and picked up some face-to-face casework as well 💚
Lots of support on the doors for @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social and the work @carladenyer.bsky.social and myself are doing in the area, and picked up some face-to-face casework as well 💚
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A fantastic doorknocking session this evening in Hotwells & Harbourside. The cold can't keep the Greens down! 💪
Lots of support on the doors for @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social and the work @carladenyer.bsky.social and myself are doing in the area, and picked up some face-to-face casework as well 💚
Lots of support on the doors for @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social and the work @carladenyer.bsky.social and myself are doing in the area, and picked up some face-to-face casework as well 💚
Great to speak at the Bristol Green Party AGM as the Council's finance chair, talking to our members about the successes and challenges of setting Bristol's billion pound budget in this time of continued spending constraint from national government.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Great to speak at the Bristol Green Party AGM as the Council's finance chair, talking to our members about the successes and challenges of setting Bristol's billion pound budget in this time of continued spending constraint from national government.
Bristol Green councillors again turned out to help stand between anti-migrant protestors and a hotel housing vulnerable asylum seekers.
The protesters claim to "defend women and girls" but what about the terrified women and girls who are living in the hotel thanks to the UK's broken asylum system?
The protesters claim to "defend women and girls" but what about the terrified women and girls who are living in the hotel thanks to the UK's broken asylum system?
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Bristol Green councillors again turned out to help stand between anti-migrant protestors and a hotel housing vulnerable asylum seekers.
The protesters claim to "defend women and girls" but what about the terrified women and girls who are living in the hotel thanks to the UK's broken asylum system?
The protesters claim to "defend women and girls" but what about the terrified women and girls who are living in the hotel thanks to the UK's broken asylum system?
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Once again, anti-migrant protests are happening outside a Bristol hotel sheltering asylum seekers. As @heathermackbristol.bsky.social wrote a few weeks ago: 'Targeting hotels full of children is not the answer to our problems.'
bristol247.com/opinion/your...
bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'Targeting hotels full of children is not the answer to our problems'
Heather Mack says we must target those who have the power to make meaningful change; not vulnerable and traumatised children
bristol247.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Once again, anti-migrant protests are happening outside a Bristol hotel sheltering asylum seekers. As @heathermackbristol.bsky.social wrote a few weeks ago: 'Targeting hotels full of children is not the answer to our problems.'
bristol247.com/opinion/your...
bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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Congratulations to our newest Green councillor, Cllr Mike Dunn, on winning the Long Ashton ward by-election in North Somerset with a huge Green vote!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Congratulations to our newest Green councillor, Cllr Mike Dunn, on winning the Long Ashton ward by-election in North Somerset with a huge Green vote!
1% of Bristol's population is a member of @greenparty.org.uk!
There are more people attending every event we put on - we had to move our AGM to a bigger venue!
Something truly exciting is happening.
There are more people attending every event we put on - we had to move our AGM to a bigger venue!
Something truly exciting is happening.
🚨BREAKING: Bristol Green Party has passed 5,000 members 🥳
We have more than TRIPLED our membership in 2 months!
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
We have more than TRIPLED our membership in 2 months!
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
1% of Bristol's population is a member of @greenparty.org.uk!
There are more people attending every event we put on - we had to move our AGM to a bigger venue!
Something truly exciting is happening.
There are more people attending every event we put on - we had to move our AGM to a bigger venue!
Something truly exciting is happening.
Another day at the picket line supporting the striking school support workers! 🤝
Got to spend more time with the lovely Mabel 🐶 as well.
Schools could not run without support staff, and society could not run without schools.
Got to spend more time with the lovely Mabel 🐶 as well.
Schools could not run without support staff, and society could not run without schools.
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Another day at the picket line supporting the striking school support workers! 🤝
Got to spend more time with the lovely Mabel 🐶 as well.
Schools could not run without support staff, and society could not run without schools.
Got to spend more time with the lovely Mabel 🐶 as well.
Schools could not run without support staff, and society could not run without schools.
Thanks to all of the many members who joined for tonight's Hotwells & Harbourside phonebank! 📞
Bristol Green Party is surging like never before 💪
Be part of our movement at join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
(we also have pizza 🍕)
Bristol Green Party is surging like never before 💪
Be part of our movement at join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
(we also have pizza 🍕)
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thanks to all of the many members who joined for tonight's Hotwells & Harbourside phonebank! 📞
Bristol Green Party is surging like never before 💪
Be part of our movement at join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
(we also have pizza 🍕)
Bristol Green Party is surging like never before 💪
Be part of our movement at join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
(we also have pizza 🍕)
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No child should be subjected to unnecessary #FGM or #circumcision. Tell your MP it's time to protect boys from non-consensual religious and cultural genital cutting. 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/mp-letter-ci...
MP Letter: Circumcision
Tell your MP it's time to protect boys from non-consensual religious and cultural genital cutting.
www.secularism.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
No child should be subjected to unnecessary #FGM or #circumcision. Tell your MP it's time to protect boys from non-consensual religious and cultural genital cutting. 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/mp-letter-ci...
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Powerful questioning from my colleague @elliechowns.bsky.social, pinning the government on exactly what it needs to do - NOW - to bring about an end to the atrocities being committed in Sudan.
In the midst of horrific mass killings and violence, British-made military equipment has been found in Sudan.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Powerful questioning from my colleague @elliechowns.bsky.social, pinning the government on exactly what it needs to do - NOW - to bring about an end to the atrocities being committed in Sudan.
Back again this morning - if anything I think the turnout was higher!
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Back again this morning - if anything I think the turnout was higher!
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In the midst of horrific mass killings and violence, British-made military equipment has been found in Sudan.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In the midst of horrific mass killings and violence, British-made military equipment has been found in Sudan.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
It's clear our arms export licensing system is not fit for purpose; we need a full review, alongside an embargo on all arms exports to the UAE now.
Me for @bristolpost.co.uk:
“It’s really important that as politicians we come down and support workers when they are striking for better pay and conditions.
"I fully support the ask of the workers and the support staff who are absolutely essential in running the schools today."
“It’s really important that as politicians we come down and support workers when they are striking for better pay and conditions.
"I fully support the ask of the workers and the support staff who are absolutely essential in running the schools today."
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Me for @bristolpost.co.uk:
“It’s really important that as politicians we come down and support workers when they are striking for better pay and conditions.
"I fully support the ask of the workers and the support staff who are absolutely essential in running the schools today."
“It’s really important that as politicians we come down and support workers when they are striking for better pay and conditions.
"I fully support the ask of the workers and the support staff who are absolutely essential in running the schools today."
✊ Inspiring to join this morning's picket in my ward, in solidarity with the school support staff strike for back pay
📢 I read a statement of support from @carladenyer.bsky.social, in Parliament today
💚 @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social backs workers striking for fair pay and conditions
🤝Solidarity!
📢 I read a statement of support from @carladenyer.bsky.social, in Parliament today
💚 @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social backs workers striking for fair pay and conditions
🤝Solidarity!
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
✊ Inspiring to join this morning's picket in my ward, in solidarity with the school support staff strike for back pay
📢 I read a statement of support from @carladenyer.bsky.social, in Parliament today
💚 @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social backs workers striking for fair pay and conditions
🤝Solidarity!
📢 I read a statement of support from @carladenyer.bsky.social, in Parliament today
💚 @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social backs workers striking for fair pay and conditions
🤝Solidarity!