Phil Wood
@blaurock.bsky.social
Writer| Political Theology, history, poetry| Birder, Anabaptist-Mennonite, rejoiner, Marxist, Green| Trees should count as FB friends.
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Another fabulous interview with Zack. Spreading hope not hate. Green Government 2029!!!
What's next for the Green Party? Zack Polanski interview
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November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Another fabulous interview with Zack. Spreading hope not hate. Green Government 2029!!!
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Really excited for the double bill this week! 👇🏼
This week on Bold Politics: the truth about our nuclear weapons, who really decides what goes in Reeves' budget and how the UK left will need to work together to take on fascism.
Big week. Subscribe: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Big week. Subscribe: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Really excited for the double bill this week! 👇🏼
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
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The leader of the greens thinks he can persuade Putin to give up weapons. The leader of reform thinks he can cut public spending without cutting services. Labour risks falling into same trap in its immigration and asylum policies. To actually change the world we need less bravado and more scrutiny.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Huge.
And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Under-50s Back Green Party as FIRST Choice in Latest YouGov Poll.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Huge.
And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
And I meet more and more over 50s too who will be voting for the Green Party as well!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
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I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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The leader isn't Labour's problem
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The leader isn't Labour's problem
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.
And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk
📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.
And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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My motion against mandatory digital ID has gained a lot of cross-party support.
Combined with the Govt's alarming new restrictions on the right to protest freely, these plans represent an enormous threat to civil liberties.
Ask your MP to add their name: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Combined with the Govt's alarming new restrictions on the right to protest freely, these plans represent an enormous threat to civil liberties.
Ask your MP to add their name: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
A Green MP has launched a bid to stop the Labour Government’s plans for digital ID
Greens lead crossparty MP bid to force Keir Starmer to scrap digital ID plans
www.thenational.scot
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My motion against mandatory digital ID has gained a lot of cross-party support.
Combined with the Govt's alarming new restrictions on the right to protest freely, these plans represent an enormous threat to civil liberties.
Ask your MP to add their name: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Combined with the Govt's alarming new restrictions on the right to protest freely, these plans represent an enormous threat to civil liberties.
Ask your MP to add their name: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
So, how come buses in Shetland are super duper when the tourist board want visitors to see puffins on Noss, but the job I want has mandatory car driver in the person spec'?
October 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So, how come buses in Shetland are super duper when the tourist board want visitors to see puffins on Noss, but the job I want has mandatory car driver in the person spec'?
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The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚
People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.
Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️
People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.
Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚
People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.
Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️
People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.
Want hope to be normal again? Join the Green Party today ↩️
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Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
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"That's just cruel and wrong."
@matthewsnedker.bsky.social discusses Reform's attack on our neighbours, friends and family on BBC Politics North East.
@matthewsnedker.bsky.social discusses Reform's attack on our neighbours, friends and family on BBC Politics North East.
September 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"That's just cruel and wrong."
@matthewsnedker.bsky.social discusses Reform's attack on our neighbours, friends and family on BBC Politics North East.
@matthewsnedker.bsky.social discusses Reform's attack on our neighbours, friends and family on BBC Politics North East.
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After being used in WW2 compulsory ID cards were abolished in 1952 because of the widespread sentiment that they are fundamentally at odds with British values and civil liberties.
That was true then and it’s true now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That was true then and it’s true now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
After being used in WW2 compulsory ID cards were abolished in 1952 because of the widespread sentiment that they are fundamentally at odds with British values and civil liberties.
That was true then and it’s true now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That was true then and it’s true now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Everyone: What's government doing about the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and the unfolding genocide in Gaza?
Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards".
This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.
Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards".
This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Everyone: What's government doing about the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and the unfolding genocide in Gaza?
Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards".
This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.
Labour: "We will mandate people carry Brit cards".
This government's priorities are painfully out of touch and increasingly authoritarian.
Well said, Sian. These cards deserve only outright opposition. We're so focused on winning the struggle with Reform that Starmer's own righttward leaning instincts have gone unnoticed.
After being used in WW2 compulsory ID cards were abolished in 1952 because of the widespread sentiment that they are fundamentally at odds with British values and civil liberties.
That was true then and it’s true now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That was true then and it’s true now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Well said, Sian. These cards deserve only outright opposition. We're so focused on winning the struggle with Reform that Starmer's own righttward leaning instincts have gone unnoticed.
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Grace Blakeley is brilliant.
And here's an episode of everything from the economy to how to tackle inequality.
A huge conversation that's ultimately about power. And how do we organise & empower communities?
👇🏼
And here's an episode of everything from the economy to how to tackle inequality.
A huge conversation that's ultimately about power. And how do we organise & empower communities?
👇🏼
The latest episode with Zack Polanski in conversation with Grace Blakeley breaking down the structures that ultimately prop up our inequality is premiering now!
youtu.be/ojrrTf_SD0M
youtu.be/ojrrTf_SD0M
Why Rachel Reeves Is Obsessed With Growth At Any Cost | Grace Blakeley | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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September 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Grace Blakeley is brilliant.
And here's an episode of everything from the economy to how to tackle inequality.
A huge conversation that's ultimately about power. And how do we organise & empower communities?
👇🏼
And here's an episode of everything from the economy to how to tackle inequality.
A huge conversation that's ultimately about power. And how do we organise & empower communities?
👇🏼
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I am not shy to say when I disagree with Sadiq Khan. But I also think it's important to say out loud when other politicians get it right.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic', says Sadiq Khan amid feud with US president
Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic', says Sadiq Khan amid feud with US president
Sadiq Khan has branded Donald Trump "racist, sexist, misogynistic" and "Islamophobic" following the US president's latest attack on London.
news.sky.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I am not shy to say when I disagree with Sadiq Khan. But I also think it's important to say out loud when other politicians get it right.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.
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🎉 Really delighted to welcome former Labour MP @thelma-2.bsky.social to the Green Party.
💚 We are now at 78,000 members. That's +10,000 new members in the last few weeks.
👀 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/im-...
💚 We are now at 78,000 members. That's +10,000 new members in the last few weeks.
👀 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/im-...
‘I’m a former Labour MP - here are the two reasons I’ve joined the Greens under Zack Polanski’
EXCLUSIVE: 'I thought a Labour and Green alliance could cut through. Then two things happened'
www.thelondoneconomic.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🎉 Really delighted to welcome former Labour MP @thelma-2.bsky.social to the Green Party.
💚 We are now at 78,000 members. That's +10,000 new members in the last few weeks.
👀 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/im-...
💚 We are now at 78,000 members. That's +10,000 new members in the last few weeks.
👀 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/im-...