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Thelma Walker @thelma-2.bsky.social · 5h

The Green Party now have 100,000 members, increasing their number by 55% since @ZackPolanski was elected leader.

The Green Party now have 100,00 members. Photo of the leaders

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 9h

I think what he means is being on Twitter gives money to Muskie who pays to influence policy.

Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 9h

We need to think about the Billionaires, everyone is being so mean....

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

The Billionaire MeToo Movement is on it's way - Barry's Economics

YouTube video by Barry's Economics

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 14h

Green leader Zack Polanski labelled 'breath of fresh air' after electric Question Time performance
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/zack-polanski-question-time/?utm_content=1760275200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Zack Polanski labelled 'breath of fresh air' after electric Question Time performance

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been praised for his electric performance on BBC Question Time on Thursday night: here are the highlights.

www.thepinknews.com

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 14h

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 14h

If you look at how 'corporate' were treated at Labour conference then I think you have your answer. They are heavily intertwined now. Their main funders (and future employers) won't ever allow them to have a wealth tax policy. The same goes for Tories and Reform. This won't change.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16h

Great to spend weekend at The World Transformed in Manchester.

- Q&A with lots of students
- spoke on a panel about the future of the left
- another event on housing & rent controls.
- hosted a quiz!

Great energy!

And caught up with @turnleftmedia.co.uk

youtu.be/7ltyShwV-Bc?...

Reform are Cowards | Zack Polanski Interview at The World Transformed

YouTube video by Turn Left

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

Is the crash happening? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10... Cryptocurrency markets crashed yesterday. More than $800bn was wiped off values. With stock markets massively overvalued at present, will the same thing happen there this week?

Is the crash happening?

I have long suggested that the crypto market is all based on hype and has nothing to do with reality. I have also suggested that the crypto market is massively overvalued and due for a crash. Yester...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 14h

I've also joined Greens but I don't have any ill feelings towards your party or Zarah. I do hope they will work together and be strategic.

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 14h

It's good to see progressive parties pushing back!

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kop·ol·o·gy @kopology.bsky.social · 15h

I feel like it's a bad thing that our media has to get dragged kicking and screaming to important stories.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 16h

His deputy Mothin Ali talked about building an Island of Belonging which I thought was such a lovely idea!

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 19h

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 16h

And Kemi wants this in the UK? This will make digital ID feel like a paper gym membership card

onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

we need to abolish this shit

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 16h

Mornington Crescent

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to the hardest working man in podcasting: BEN MEISELAS of Meidas Touch, who's taking the fight to Maga (and beating Joe Rogan in the ratings), and doesn't mince his words about the state of US media, and its failure to meet the current moment.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

The Green Party is polling higher than ever before. Our membership is growing rapidly.
And every single day we are surging.

Where Labour have failed, the Left must be ready to take on Reform.

news.sky.com/story/bring-...

'Bring it on': Left-wing activists gather for fight back against the right - and Labour

Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will headline a left-wing festival in Manchester this weekend - as progressive voters look for an alternative to Labour.

news.sky.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time!

The Black British Book Festival is back this Sunday 19th October, celebrating the incredible talent of Black authors and storytellers 📚

Can’t wait to see you there!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Membership at record levels.

Polling at record levels.

Winning elections at record levels.

What a time to be in @greenparty.org.uk

metro.co.uk/2025/10/10/z...

Zack Polanski: I went on Question Time - I was blown away by the response

The response has been quite overwhelming.

metro.co.uk

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 2d

Loving Zack's work but please for the sake of his mental and physical health, we need to amplify our Green MPs and prospective candidates too. Their profiles also need to be boosted. The more Greens the public recognise the better.

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Ying B @tailsandtea.bsky.social · 2d

How many times have we heard record profits made or asset prices rocketing yet those who work for these industries have had no real pay rises and work benefits are slashed? These two things don't make sense unless ...... Tax the rich

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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