Pete Johnson
@pedrojuk.bsky.social
Singing, not dancing. Green, but not so green. Lambeth Green Party election coordinator. Rail | active travel | sustainability | choirs | Streatham.
Pro investment in new high speed rail and CLEAN power.
G line electric = fun!
he / him
Pro investment in new high speed rail and CLEAN power.
G line electric = fun!
he / him
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I don’t know how many ways there are to say “Manchester’s economy is growing, so if we’re not going to do much proactive on infrastructure, can we at least not do stuff that’s actively damaging”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I don’t know how many ways there are to say “Manchester’s economy is growing, so if we’re not going to do much proactive on infrastructure, can we at least not do stuff that’s actively damaging”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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tl;dr: British airports basically export GDP to elsewhere - they're a net disbenefit
The economics of air transport in Europe | New Economics Foundation
neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-...
The economics of air transport in Europe | New Economics Foundation
neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-...
The economics of air transport in Europe
Part one: Air transport and growth
neweconomics.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
tl;dr: British airports basically export GDP to elsewhere - they're a net disbenefit
The economics of air transport in Europe | New Economics Foundation
neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-...
The economics of air transport in Europe | New Economics Foundation
neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-...
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You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
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Absolutely fantastic article from
@lowcarbonhub.bsky.social about why we need both rooftop solar AND solar farms in Oxfordshire &beyond.
Plus, the importance of communtiy energy with communtiy benefits.
I'll be sharing this often!
H/t @moosealston.bsky.social
www.lowcarbonhub.org/p/rooftop-vs...
@lowcarbonhub.bsky.social about why we need both rooftop solar AND solar farms in Oxfordshire &beyond.
Plus, the importance of communtiy energy with communtiy benefits.
I'll be sharing this often!
H/t @moosealston.bsky.social
www.lowcarbonhub.org/p/rooftop-vs...
Rooftop vs ground-mounted solar - Low Carbon Hub
Rooftop or ground-mounted? Discover why both are vital to Oxfordshire’s clean-energy future — building a fairer, locally owned power system.
www.lowcarbonhub.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Absolutely fantastic article from
@lowcarbonhub.bsky.social about why we need both rooftop solar AND solar farms in Oxfordshire &beyond.
Plus, the importance of communtiy energy with communtiy benefits.
I'll be sharing this often!
H/t @moosealston.bsky.social
www.lowcarbonhub.org/p/rooftop-vs...
@lowcarbonhub.bsky.social about why we need both rooftop solar AND solar farms in Oxfordshire &beyond.
Plus, the importance of communtiy energy with communtiy benefits.
I'll be sharing this often!
H/t @moosealston.bsky.social
www.lowcarbonhub.org/p/rooftop-vs...
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The irony is that the prototype interiors for HS2 trains include significant space for bikes to be stored, without hanging them vertically.
HS2 is better for cyclists as a railway line, because it’s the only way we’ll get capacity for bikes on trains again.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
HS2 is better for cyclists as a railway line, because it’s the only way we’ll get capacity for bikes on trains again.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The irony is that the prototype interiors for HS2 trains include significant space for bikes to be stored, without hanging them vertically.
HS2 is better for cyclists as a railway line, because it’s the only way we’ll get capacity for bikes on trains again.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
HS2 is better for cyclists as a railway line, because it’s the only way we’ll get capacity for bikes on trains again.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
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To be clear, Jones is breaching the Green Party's code of conduct here. GPEW policy is now explicitly pro-HS2 and high speed rail, and at minimum she should state at much in her tweet.
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
To be clear, Jones is breaching the Green Party's code of conduct here. GPEW policy is now explicitly pro-HS2 and high speed rail, and at minimum she should state at much in her tweet.
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In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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“It sounded as if he was suggesting that songs about gassing Jews, Asians and Black people amount to no more than “banter”. That’s not schoolboy Farage talking, but the Farage of 2025.”
Yes. Same racism. Now weaponised by the wealth and power of the far right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes. Same racism. Now weaponised by the wealth and power of the far right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do | Jonathan Freedland
Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“It sounded as if he was suggesting that songs about gassing Jews, Asians and Black people amount to no more than “banter”. That’s not schoolboy Farage talking, but the Farage of 2025.”
Yes. Same racism. Now weaponised by the wealth and power of the far right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes. Same racism. Now weaponised by the wealth and power of the far right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At its heart, it's so simple: "The government ... spends the money into existence in the economy and then taxes it back out."
We've suffered 46 years of neoliberalism and 17 years of austerity because this basic fact was hidden from us in a blather of national credit cards and black holes.
We've suffered 46 years of neoliberalism and 17 years of austerity because this basic fact was hidden from us in a blather of national credit cards and black holes.
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
At its heart, it's so simple: "The government ... spends the money into existence in the economy and then taxes it back out."
We've suffered 46 years of neoliberalism and 17 years of austerity because this basic fact was hidden from us in a blather of national credit cards and black holes.
We've suffered 46 years of neoliberalism and 17 years of austerity because this basic fact was hidden from us in a blather of national credit cards and black holes.
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Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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Not long until the Green Party's production of a Christmas Carol!
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Not long until the Green Party's production of a Christmas Carol!
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Cheesy, yes. But effective. We need hope and we need humour. Both available in abundance in the Greens!
Donate and help us cheer up the nation!
Donate and help us cheer up the nation!
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Cheesy, yes. But effective. We need hope and we need humour. Both available in abundance in the Greens!
Donate and help us cheer up the nation!
Donate and help us cheer up the nation!
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In a world crawling with nasties of all descriptions, be more Zack.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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We have already hit our £100k target in just a few hours 🤯
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We have already hit our £100k target in just a few hours 🤯
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
This is what hope looks like 💚
We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Our conversation about immigration is framed entirely on Nigel Farage’s terms.
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our conversation about immigration is framed entirely on Nigel Farage’s terms.
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
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I just have this feeling that support for Reform and Nigel Farage is about to start decreasing. There are so many more questions about Nigel Farage's association with Russia and his past racism that have not been in the media or news until now. He is at last being scrutinised by our press and media.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I just have this feeling that support for Reform and Nigel Farage is about to start decreasing. There are so many more questions about Nigel Farage's association with Russia and his past racism that have not been in the media or news until now. He is at last being scrutinised by our press and media.
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1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
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Otherwise-savvy commentators thought that this would be Zack's ball-and-chain.
He's joked about it himself on Channel 4, and now we've got the most tedious possible setup and punchline from the despatch box.
It's already stale and boring.
He's joked about it himself on Channel 4, and now we've got the most tedious possible setup and punchline from the despatch box.
It's already stale and boring.
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 7:04 PM
Otherwise-savvy commentators thought that this would be Zack's ball-and-chain.
He's joked about it himself on Channel 4, and now we've got the most tedious possible setup and punchline from the despatch box.
It's already stale and boring.
He's joked about it himself on Channel 4, and now we've got the most tedious possible setup and punchline from the despatch box.
It's already stale and boring.
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
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Earlier this week I had this debate about wealth taxes, austerity and spending.
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Is Labour being outflanked by Polanski and Farage? Reeves budget debate
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Earlier this week I had this debate about wealth taxes, austerity and spending.
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM