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Tewkesbury Green Party
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For a fairer, greener Borough Join us here https://join.greenparty.org.uk Promoted by Chris White on behalf of Tewkesbury Green Party, both at Hillview House, Walnut Court, Teddington, GL20 8WB
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Feb 13
We’ve started a crowdfunder to get Greens elected in the May 2025 Gloucestershire CC elections www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tewkesbury... Please donate if you can. We can accept donations above £50 that can be confirmed.

Promoted by Chris White on behalf of TGP c/o Hillview House, Teddington, GL208WB
Tewkesbury Green Party: County Elections May, 2025
£3000 needed to pay for all the flyers to elect Tewkesbury Green County Councillors this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · 4d
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 19d
Excuse me
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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 19d
Over 170,000 children living in temporary accommodation is a national disgrace. Children need safe, warm, stable homes to thrive - when will Labour grasp the nettle on this?

We need to unfreeze the local housing allowance and seriously invest in social housing, now.
Screenshot of an article headline which reads "Number of children living in temporary housing could 'fill both Wembley Stadium and Twickenham' More than 172,000 children are now living in temporary housing across England, in what is described as a "humanitarian crisis"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20d
Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 20d
🚨 BREAKING | Greens TIED with Labour

➡️ REF – 32% (-)
🔵 CON – 17% (-)
🟢 GRN – 15% (-)
🔴 LAB – 15% (-2)
🟠 LD – 12% (-)

Via @FindoutnowUK, 15 Oct (+/- vs 8 Oct)
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 21d
The frequency of disasters has quadrupled in the past two decades, yet the healthy ecosystems that naturally help reduce these risks are vanishing.

Investing in nature offers a smart, cost-effective way to protect lives and strengthen economies.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/4zcbfbxk
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20d
Green Party level with the Labour Party for the first time.

Let’s see if the media give the Greens as much coverage as they gave Farage when he didn’t even have MPs.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 21d
Reality: Brexit's a disaster.
Labour Apologist: The EU don't want us back.
Reality: Here's the EU saying they want us back.
Labour Apologist: Brits don't want to rejoin.
Reality: Here are polls showing people want to rejoin.
Labour Apologist: We must be patient.
Reality: We've been waiting 9 years!
a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk .
ALT: a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk .
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20d
We now have 115,000 members (translation: a sh*t load).

And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.

Join the Green Party today ⤵️
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. SH*T LOADS of Green Party Members* *115,000 to be precise Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20d
The Greens have pulled ahead of Labour for the first time.

It's on! 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/greens-pul...
Greens pull ahead of Labour
And both Labour and the British media are rattled.
www.owenjones.news
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 20d
Earlier this week, Zack Polanski predicted that the Green Party would 'replace Labour'. He might be on to something...
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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 20d
Robert Jenrick calls Handsworth "a slum".

The Prime Minister calls us "an island of strangers".

Real leaders know that there's culture in every corner of the UK when you scratch below the surface.

Real leaders don't punch down, they lift up.
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Mar 7
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Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Feb 27
With 2 weeks to go, we are 1/3rd of the way to reaching our goal of £3000. We need this money to get Tewkesbury Greens elected on 1 May. This County election is no ordinary one - it will decide the new way services are delivered. Let's ensure these are Green www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tewkesbury...
Tewkesbury Green Party: County Elections May, 2025
£3000 needed to pay for all the flyers to elect Tewkesbury Green County Councillors this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Feb 20
Tewkesbury Green Party and friends on tour last night (quiz night at Elmstone Hardwicke). We came joint first.
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Feb 13
a really interesting report www.imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research.... Would be interested in people's thoughts. #CCS #PAC #UKGrowth #NetZero
Public Accounts Committee Report on CCS, February 2025
Public Accounts Committee report on CCS is full of errors and misconceptions
www.imperial.ac.uk
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Feb 13
We’ve started a crowdfunder to get Greens elected in the May 2025 Gloucestershire CC elections www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tewkesbury... Please donate if you can. We can accept donations above £50 that can be confirmed.

Promoted by Chris White on behalf of TGP c/o Hillview House, Teddington, GL208WB
Tewkesbury Green Party: County Elections May, 2025
£3000 needed to pay for all the flyers to elect Tewkesbury Green County Councillors this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Feb 5
Tewkesbury Green Party have just issued the following Press Release #RealDevolution #DemocraticLocalGovernmentReorganisation
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Jan 29
On the 5th anniversary of the UK's EU exit, why won't @labouruk.bsky.social recognise that geography has always counted in the prosperity of our nation and have some courage to go faster in repairing the terrible damage of #BREXIT yougov.co.uk/politics/art....

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How do Britons feel about Brexit five years on? | YouGov
55% of Britons now say it was wrong for the UK to leave the EU, with just 11% seeing Brexit as more of a success than a failure
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Jan 22
Tewkesbury Borough Council has a new Green Group Convenor - congratulations Hilarie Bowman.
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Jan 10
Here is the press statement put out by Gloucestershire Green Party coordinators this morning about the County Council’s attempt to pervert the democratic process and cancel this year’s County elections gloucesternewscentre.co.uk/may-election...
May elections must go ahead for the sake of public trust, says Greens - Gloucester News Centre
Gloucestershire Greens say the Gloucestershire County Council elections in May must go ahead, for the sake of public trust in local democracy. The county's Green parties – Stroud District, Forest of D...
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Jan 3
Région Normandie honours the memory of the fallen.

Knitted & crocheted,
#TheLongestYarn represents 80 depiction of 6th June 1944 in wool art including the horrors on the landing beaches & the bloody inland battles.

Currently in Tewkesbury Abbey til the 7 Jan 2025.

#lestweforget
#TheLongestDay
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Jan 3
We were delighted to meet and have a good olde chin wag with Tewkesbury Borough native, @sianberry.bsky.social MP for Brighton Pavilion at The Swan Cheltenham before Christmas.

Thank you @cheltgreenparty.bsky.social for hosting.
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Tewkesbury Green Party @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social · Jan 3
✨️Happy New Year from all of us at @tewksgreenparty.bsky.social 🎉
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Nov 15
This is desperately sad and my thoughts are with friends & former colleagues impacted by these cuts

As Laura says, this is also no way to run the NCN. The CSR, and CWIS3, should set out a long term funding settlement for the NCN - this should reach £300m by the end of this parliament
lauralaker.bsky.social Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · Nov 15
National Cycle Network charity
@sustrans.bsky.social is braced for “substantial cuts” as last year's funding cuts finally bite... as the Department for Transport says it doesn't know how the budget's £100m for active travel will be spent yet cyclingindustry.news/national-cyc...
National Cycle Network charity Sustrans braced for "substantial cuts"
Sustrans braced for “substantial” cuts as CEO of National Cycle Network charity says it needs long-term public investment
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