Cllr Barry McKee
@barryndgreen.bsky.social
Green Party Councillor for Bangor West. Beer loving LFC supporter, Pearl Jam 10club member, Boundary Brewing Co-op, Birder & GMB union member
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Timid budget, timid Labour. If you’re done with continuity Tory politics that protects wealth & polluters while services fall apart, it’s time to go Green. Together, we can demand real investment, real climate action and an economy that works for people, not billionaires: greenpartyni.org/join.
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Timid budget, timid Labour. If you’re done with continuity Tory politics that protects wealth & polluters while services fall apart, it’s time to go Green. Together, we can demand real investment, real climate action and an economy that works for people, not billionaires: greenpartyni.org/join.
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Families left cold. Kids locked in poverty. Schools and hospitals squeezed while polluters profit. We need real transformation - fair taxes, green jobs, proper funding for public services and a future free from self-harming austerity. Not one step backward.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Families left cold. Kids locked in poverty. Schools and hospitals squeezed while polluters profit. We need real transformation - fair taxes, green jobs, proper funding for public services and a future free from self-harming austerity. Not one step backward.
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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Safe Leave Act was a Green Party victory. It was fought for & championed by Rachel Woods when she served as the Green Party MLA for North Down, and passed in March 2022. Now watch as other Stormont parties take credit for “future implementation” whilst domestic abuse victims continue to wait.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Safe Leave Act was a Green Party victory. It was fought for & championed by Rachel Woods when she served as the Green Party MLA for North Down, and passed in March 2022. Now watch as other Stormont parties take credit for “future implementation” whilst domestic abuse victims continue to wait.
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1. THIS BILL PASSED THE ASSEMBLY IN MARCH 2022.
2. IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WHEN IT IS NOBODY SHOULD GET SLAPS ON THE BACK FOR DOING SOMETHING 4+ YEARS OVERDUE.
3. SAID BILL WAS BROUGHT BY THEN N. DOWN MLA RACHEL WOODS, FROM THE GREEN PARTY. NOT THE ECONOMY MINISTER.
2. IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WHEN IT IS NOBODY SHOULD GET SLAPS ON THE BACK FOR DOING SOMETHING 4+ YEARS OVERDUE.
3. SAID BILL WAS BROUGHT BY THEN N. DOWN MLA RACHEL WOODS, FROM THE GREEN PARTY. NOT THE ECONOMY MINISTER.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
1. THIS BILL PASSED THE ASSEMBLY IN MARCH 2022.
2. IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WHEN IT IS NOBODY SHOULD GET SLAPS ON THE BACK FOR DOING SOMETHING 4+ YEARS OVERDUE.
3. SAID BILL WAS BROUGHT BY THEN N. DOWN MLA RACHEL WOODS, FROM THE GREEN PARTY. NOT THE ECONOMY MINISTER.
2. IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WHEN IT IS NOBODY SHOULD GET SLAPS ON THE BACK FOR DOING SOMETHING 4+ YEARS OVERDUE.
3. SAID BILL WAS BROUGHT BY THEN N. DOWN MLA RACHEL WOODS, FROM THE GREEN PARTY. NOT THE ECONOMY MINISTER.
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Labour’s awful migrant policies are helping pave the way for the racist far right. And they are also building a gold-plated shed at the end of that road - full of tools for a far right Govt to oppress us all.
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Labour’s awful migrant policies are helping pave the way for the racist far right. And they are also building a gold-plated shed at the end of that road - full of tools for a far right Govt to oppress us all.
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
🕵️ Digital ID database
📸 High St facial rec
👨⚖️ Removing trial by jury
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I have written to the Chief Executive of the IFA to raise serious concerns around safeguarding procedures, following Linfield signing a sponsorship deal with a convicted sex offender.
The IFA needs to show leadership and that it is not left to fans to highlight such matters.
The IFA needs to show leadership and that it is not left to fans to highlight such matters.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have written to the Chief Executive of the IFA to raise serious concerns around safeguarding procedures, following Linfield signing a sponsorship deal with a convicted sex offender.
The IFA needs to show leadership and that it is not left to fans to highlight such matters.
The IFA needs to show leadership and that it is not left to fans to highlight such matters.
It’s disgraceful that a @greenpartyni.org bill passed in the last Assembly mandate has still not been introduced by the failing executive at Stormont.
The Sinn Fein Minister & her department have failed the vulnerable, who need help to escape domestic violence. Northern Ireland needs #SaveLeaveNow
The Sinn Fein Minister & her department have failed the vulnerable, who need help to escape domestic violence. Northern Ireland needs #SaveLeaveNow
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It’s disgraceful that a @greenpartyni.org bill passed in the last Assembly mandate has still not been introduced by the failing executive at Stormont.
The Sinn Fein Minister & her department have failed the vulnerable, who need help to escape domestic violence. Northern Ireland needs #SaveLeaveNow
The Sinn Fein Minister & her department have failed the vulnerable, who need help to escape domestic violence. Northern Ireland needs #SaveLeaveNow
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I first reported in October 2024 how decades of sewage underfunding means pollution flows into Belfast Lough ‘every time it rains’.
Read the latest on the issue here 👇
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
Read the latest on the issue here 👇
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
UK watchdog investigating Stormont departments and Utility Regulator over sewage pollution
The Earth's Corr revealed in October 2024 how decades of sewage underfunding means pollution flows into Belfast Lough 'every time it rains'
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I first reported in October 2024 how decades of sewage underfunding means pollution flows into Belfast Lough ‘every time it rains’.
Read the latest on the issue here 👇
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
Read the latest on the issue here 👇
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
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Making the richest in society pay more has helped Scottish Greens deliver for working-class Scots.
🚌 Free bus travel for Under 22s
🚸 The Scottish Child Payment for families
🥪 More free school meals
📈 Increased funding for local services
🚌 Free bus travel for Under 22s
🚸 The Scottish Child Payment for families
🥪 More free school meals
📈 Increased funding for local services
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Making the richest in society pay more has helped Scottish Greens deliver for working-class Scots.
🚌 Free bus travel for Under 22s
🚸 The Scottish Child Payment for families
🥪 More free school meals
📈 Increased funding for local services
🚌 Free bus travel for Under 22s
🚸 The Scottish Child Payment for families
🥪 More free school meals
📈 Increased funding for local services
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according to the EHRC, if you look too trans, you can be banned from all toilets. if they don't provide an alternative? well that happens.
the institutional cruelty to our community is baffling.
the institutional cruelty to our community is baffling.
If the EHRC had their way we'd see all women forced back into wearing only skirts and dresses and wearing their hair long lest they be suspected of being trans and banned from going to the toilet.
That's what this is suggesting. Masculine women being denied access alongside trans people.
That's what this is suggesting. Masculine women being denied access alongside trans people.
![The guidance said that if transgender people are excluded from a space, organisations should consider whether there is a suitable alternative for them and that it would not be proportionate to leave them without essential services, such as access to lavatories.
But it also outlines how in some cases that may not be possible owing to the physical constraints of buildings or high costs. It said: “It may be that offering alternative arrangements is not reasonably possible […] this may be because of the type of service being provided, the needs of the service users, the physical constraints of any building, or because of the disproportionate financial costs associated with making those arrangements.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:movr4wsu2du5xbmeragyr5cx/bafkreigp3qse73rzhl2czgxgbmpzectwrb4hdwxk44fm52m7l7cu36mwaa@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
according to the EHRC, if you look too trans, you can be banned from all toilets. if they don't provide an alternative? well that happens.
the institutional cruelty to our community is baffling.
the institutional cruelty to our community is baffling.
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The Supreme Court ruling on mandatory Christian worship in NI schools is a major step forward.
Huge respect to the father and daughter who took this case.
No child should be pushed into a worldview that isn’t theirs. It’s time for modern, balanced and pluralistic RE in NI.
Huge respect to the father and daughter who took this case.
No child should be pushed into a worldview that isn’t theirs. It’s time for modern, balanced and pluralistic RE in NI.
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The Supreme Court ruling on mandatory Christian worship in NI schools is a major step forward.
Huge respect to the father and daughter who took this case.
No child should be pushed into a worldview that isn’t theirs. It’s time for modern, balanced and pluralistic RE in NI.
Huge respect to the father and daughter who took this case.
No child should be pushed into a worldview that isn’t theirs. It’s time for modern, balanced and pluralistic RE in NI.
I work in social care, and I know firsthand how badly this pay decision has hit workers and will impact the families relying on us. As a Green Party councillor, I’m standing with those affected and pushing for a fair, reliable social care system that treats people with dignity.
1/ Social care in Northern Ireland is in meltdown. Care workers were promised a fair pay increase, but the government’s U-turn has destroyed that hope. Thousands are trapped on wages that can’t even cover basics, while vulnerable people lose vital support.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I work in social care, and I know firsthand how badly this pay decision has hit workers and will impact the families relying on us. As a Green Party councillor, I’m standing with those affected and pushing for a fair, reliable social care system that treats people with dignity.
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“It isn’t people seeking sanctuary who are tearing our country apart. It’s toxic, racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants for crises they did not cause.”
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“It isn’t people seeking sanctuary who are tearing our country apart. It’s toxic, racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants for crises they did not cause.”
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
Carla Denyer challenges the Home Secretary's new immigration reforms saying they just fuel far-right narratives.
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
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Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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trans people exist.
billionaires shouldn't.
billionaires shouldn't.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
trans people exist.
billionaires shouldn't.
billionaires shouldn't.
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“Please, please don’t mention the 10,000 litres of fossil fuels I’m transporting, let’s talk instead about how ‘green’ the 100 litres of HVO that fuels this lorry is”.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“Please, please don’t mention the 10,000 litres of fossil fuels I’m transporting, let’s talk instead about how ‘green’ the 100 litres of HVO that fuels this lorry is”.
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Ards & North Down Council has made history by passing the first motion in Northern Ireland supporting Ruby’s Law proposed by Green Party Cllr Lauren Kendall.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Ards & North Down Council has made history by passing the first motion in Northern Ireland supporting Ruby’s Law proposed by Green Party Cllr Lauren Kendall.
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We're in Newcastle with PMUK's Ian Gregg - former chairman of Greggs.
Speaking in a personal capacity, he said: "We hope the Chancellor uses this Budget to raise taxes on the wealthiest people first - who can most afford it - instead of ordinary people who can’t."
Speaking in a personal capacity, he said: "We hope the Chancellor uses this Budget to raise taxes on the wealthiest people first - who can most afford it - instead of ordinary people who can’t."
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We're in Newcastle with PMUK's Ian Gregg - former chairman of Greggs.
Speaking in a personal capacity, he said: "We hope the Chancellor uses this Budget to raise taxes on the wealthiest people first - who can most afford it - instead of ordinary people who can’t."
Speaking in a personal capacity, he said: "We hope the Chancellor uses this Budget to raise taxes on the wealthiest people first - who can most afford it - instead of ordinary people who can’t."
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My NHS employer has just confirmed redundancies are coming. For the second time in my 16 year NHS career tens of thousands of NHS staff, many with decades of experience will be thrown on the scrap heap. Many worked on the frontline (including me) in the pandemic. This is Streeting's reward for us.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My NHS employer has just confirmed redundancies are coming. For the second time in my 16 year NHS career tens of thousands of NHS staff, many with decades of experience will be thrown on the scrap heap. Many worked on the frontline (including me) in the pandemic. This is Streeting's reward for us.
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BBC news once edited footage of Orgreave during the miners' strike in 1984-85 to give the erroneous impression that violence had been initiated by picketing miners, when in fact it was mounted police that had charged pickets. No one at the BBC resigned or lost their job because of this.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BBC news once edited footage of Orgreave during the miners' strike in 1984-85 to give the erroneous impression that violence had been initiated by picketing miners, when in fact it was mounted police that had charged pickets. No one at the BBC resigned or lost their job because of this.
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If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
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Cllr Brian Smyth didn’t mince words in City Hall. Belfast needs an overdose prevention facility. Not debate. Not delay. It’s about saving lives, treating people with dignity, and getting real about harm reduction.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Cllr Brian Smyth didn’t mince words in City Hall. Belfast needs an overdose prevention facility. Not debate. Not delay. It’s about saving lives, treating people with dignity, and getting real about harm reduction.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
It’s time for Belfast to choose compassion over judgement.
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Remembrance Day is about honouring all who suffered the cost of war, military and civilian alike. We remember with respect and without division. The best tribute we can pay is working for peace, justice and a future where conflict isn’t the legacy we hand to the next generation.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Remembrance Day is about honouring all who suffered the cost of war, military and civilian alike. We remember with respect and without division. The best tribute we can pay is working for peace, justice and a future where conflict isn’t the legacy we hand to the next generation.