Cara Lavan
@caralavan.bsky.social
Film-maker & Green Councillor for St George Central, Bristol. Interests include drug law reform, harm reduction, feminism, BLM, LGBTQPI+, climate change, nature, politics, public transport, netball and music. Not always in that order. FT single parent.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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📅Reminder that Bristol’s Budget 2026/27 consultation closes in one week.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📅Reminder that Bristol’s Budget 2026/27 consultation closes in one week.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
🗣Give your views on council tax and proposals for how the Council can reduce costs and increase income in other ways to help it set a balanced and legal budget.
👉Fill out the consultation by midnight on Wednesday 26 November.
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Today, I and other @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social councillors approved *£53,000* to refurbish the Brandon Hill ponds and get a replacement waterfall pump! 🌊
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Today, I and other @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social councillors approved *£53,000* to refurbish the Brandon Hill ponds and get a replacement waterfall pump! 🌊
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
I am so happy that this site of such importance will once again flourish and flow, delighting visitors and supporting the park's wildlife. 🐸
“It is a political choice to keep children in poverty whilst billionaires and multimillionaires get richer, that’s just a fact, and any politician who says otherwise doesn’t have the public’s interests at heart.''
Green Party leader Zack Polanski says: our message to Rachel Reeves is simple: cut bills, tax billionaires - Green Party
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: “It is a political choice to keep children in poverty whilst billionaires and multimillionaires get richer, that’s just a fact, and any politician who says othe...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“It is a political choice to keep children in poverty whilst billionaires and multimillionaires get richer, that’s just a fact, and any politician who says otherwise doesn’t have the public’s interests at heart.''
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Once again, anti-migrant protests are happening outside a Bristol hotel sheltering asylum seekers. As @heathermackbristol.bsky.social wrote a few weeks ago: 'Targeting hotels full of children is not the answer to our problems.'
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'Targeting hotels full of children is not the answer to our problems'
Heather Mack says we must target those who have the power to make meaningful change; not vulnerable and traumatised children
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November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Once again, anti-migrant protests are happening outside a Bristol hotel sheltering asylum seekers. As @heathermackbristol.bsky.social wrote a few weeks ago: 'Targeting hotels full of children is not the answer to our problems.'
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Fair play to Heather for leading by example and taking this epic train journey. Of course she worked the whole time there and back on the train too.
Councillor Heather Mack takes train to Lithuania in bid to cut down on flight emissions
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Councillor takes train to Lithuania in bid to cut down on flight emissions
Since the Greens have taken power at the council flight emissions have been slashed by two thirds
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November 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Fair play to Heather for leading by example and taking this epic train journey. Of course she worked the whole time there and back on the train too.
A family emergency meant I couldn't join the counter protest this weekend but I'm super proud of my Green Councillor colleagues who did join. At least twice as many attended as feature in this photograph.
Bristol Green councillors again turned out to help stand between anti-migrant protestors and a hotel housing vulnerable asylum seekers.
The protesters claim to "defend women and girls" but what about the terrified women and girls who are living in the hotel thanks to the UK's broken asylum system?
The protesters claim to "defend women and girls" but what about the terrified women and girls who are living in the hotel thanks to the UK's broken asylum system?
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A family emergency meant I couldn't join the counter protest this weekend but I'm super proud of my Green Councillor colleagues who did join. At least twice as many attended as feature in this photograph.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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This is @caralavan.bsky.social not holding back about the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood truths.
Bristol Labour need to get on board for the scheme they instigated and voted for. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
Bristol Labour need to get on board for the scheme they instigated and voted for. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'Labour MPs should work with the council, not against, to decide the future of the EBLN'
A Green councillor for St George Central responds to criticism from the MP for Bristol East
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November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is @caralavan.bsky.social not holding back about the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood truths.
Bristol Labour need to get on board for the scheme they instigated and voted for. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
Bristol Labour need to get on board for the scheme they instigated and voted for. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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Great piece by excellent ward neighbour @caralavan.bsky.social here. A few home truths for our Labour MP...
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'Labour MPs should work with the council, not against, to decide the future of the EBLN'
A Green councillor for St George Central responds to criticism from the MP for Bristol East
www.bristol247.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Great piece by excellent ward neighbour @caralavan.bsky.social here. A few home truths for our Labour MP...
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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Here's my report with @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on how and why the failing Home Office should be broken up: carladenyer.co.uk/no-way-home/
No Way Home: It is time to remove management of immigration from the Home Office - Carla Denyer
Carla Denyer: Your Bristol West Green Party MP Candidate. Tackling the Climate Emergency - An End to the Housing Crisis - A Fairer and More Equal City
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October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Here's my report with @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on how and why the failing Home Office should be broken up: carladenyer.co.uk/no-way-home/
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The reality for children and families living in deep poverty while receiving Home Office Asylum Support gets little attention. My article for @cpaguk.bsky.social Poverty Journal - 'Learning is an essential need' - looks at what this means for children's education cpag.org.uk/news/learnin...
Learning is an essential need
Recent public narratives around asylum-seeking have focused on mostly men arriving by small boats and staying in Home Office commissioned hotels. However, what is the experience of the children and fa...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The reality for children and families living in deep poverty while receiving Home Office Asylum Support gets little attention. My article for @cpaguk.bsky.social Poverty Journal - 'Learning is an essential need' - looks at what this means for children's education cpag.org.uk/news/learnin...
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It feels ridiculous to even point out that it’s not about the drugs. It has never been about the drugs. Trump wants Venezuela’s oil.
Yes, the U.S. pumps plenty of oil. But if Venezuela isn’t a competitor, we can sell it for so much more.
Yes, the U.S. pumps plenty of oil. But if Venezuela isn’t a competitor, we can sell it for so much more.
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It feels ridiculous to even point out that it’s not about the drugs. It has never been about the drugs. Trump wants Venezuela’s oil.
Yes, the U.S. pumps plenty of oil. But if Venezuela isn’t a competitor, we can sell it for so much more.
Yes, the U.S. pumps plenty of oil. But if Venezuela isn’t a competitor, we can sell it for so much more.
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Never been so happy by being proven to be not ambitious enough - when I read the political strategy motion and said “150,000 members” never did I imagine it would happen to quickly!
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Never been so happy by being proven to be not ambitious enough - when I read the political strategy motion and said “150,000 members” never did I imagine it would happen to quickly!
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
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Because no one else has the political guts to say it, we will: #Brexit was an utter unmitigated disaster, foisted upon us by charlatans and conmen and we are demonstrably worse off now than if we had stayed in by every conceivable measure.
#RejoinEU
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
#RejoinEU
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
Zack Polanski confirms Green Party would aim to take UK back into the EU
Zack Polanski has confirmed that the Green Party would look to take the UK back into the European Union if they were in power.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Because no one else has the political guts to say it, we will: #Brexit was an utter unmitigated disaster, foisted upon us by charlatans and conmen and we are demonstrably worse off now than if we had stayed in by every conceivable measure.
#RejoinEU
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
#RejoinEU
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
First the government kick adult social care reform into the long grass. Now this: leaving councils desperately trying not to cut other services. The Labour gov't had the chance to seize the moment and blew it. Children, the elderly & their carers will pay the price. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Send reform in England pushed back to 2026
The government says it needs more time to test proposals for the special educational needs system.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
First the government kick adult social care reform into the long grass. Now this: leaving councils desperately trying not to cut other services. The Labour gov't had the chance to seize the moment and blew it. Children, the elderly & their carers will pay the price. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As Patrick says, Bristol is beginning to see the benefits of Green governance. Another area of progress is the securing of 54 new specialist places for neurodivergent children at Henbury Ct & St Annes Infants &nursery. We know how out at sea many SEND families feel, and we are doing what we can.
"Bristol is beginning to see the benefits of a Green approach to governing: one that prioritises genuine prevention over instead of sticking plaster treatments, a philosophy at the heart of our financial mindset."
Me for @bristol247.bsky.social.
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Me for @bristol247.bsky.social.
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'We do not ask lightly for Bristolians to pay more council tax'
Green councillor Patrick McCallister is asking for everyone's views on Bristol's budget
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October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As Patrick says, Bristol is beginning to see the benefits of Green governance. Another area of progress is the securing of 54 new specialist places for neurodivergent children at Henbury Ct & St Annes Infants &nursery. We know how out at sea many SEND families feel, and we are doing what we can.
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Maddening that no government has the balls to tackle this.
4/4 The best way to reduce overdose deaths would be to legalise AND REGULATE the illicit drug market (while avoiding corporate capture). However, in the short term, we desperately need harm reduction to be implemented since drug policy based on zero tolerance is unrealistic & counterproductive.
October 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Maddening that no government has the balls to tackle this.
1/4 UK 2024 drug overdose death statistics were released today and AGAIN the numbers have gone up. Alarmingly, there was a 400% rise in deaths due to nitazenes. The harm reduction community has been warning that a nitazene crisis is coming but gov't is still blocking overdose prevention measures.
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
1/4 UK 2024 drug overdose death statistics were released today and AGAIN the numbers have gone up. Alarmingly, there was a 400% rise in deaths due to nitazenes. The harm reduction community has been warning that a nitazene crisis is coming but gov't is still blocking overdose prevention measures.
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Because I listened to @carladenyer.bsky.social @caralavan.bsky.social & other Bristol Greens I saw that the @greenparty.org.uk are the most forward thinking party in British politics. I left the Labour Party to join with @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social & help make a difference...
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Because I listened to @carladenyer.bsky.social @caralavan.bsky.social & other Bristol Greens I saw that the @greenparty.org.uk are the most forward thinking party in British politics. I left the Labour Party to join with @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social & help make a difference...
A good analysis of the lie of the land in politics in Bristol East here. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
‘Hastily arranged meetings are an insult to those impacted by liveable neighbourhood’
Rob Bryher accuses Bristol Labour of poor leadership and a lack of principles
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October 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A good analysis of the lie of the land in politics in Bristol East here. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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The Greens are the only real opposition left in British politics. Standing up for fair taxes, a livable planet + a future where compassion and courage matter more than corporate interests. People are understandably disillusioned, but we are here to make hope normal again - @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month
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October 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Greens are the only real opposition left in British politics. Standing up for fair taxes, a livable planet + a future where compassion and courage matter more than corporate interests. People are understandably disillusioned, but we are here to make hope normal again - @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Obviously we want to be preventing children from going into care, but in the mean time, this is great work from Green Cllr Christine Townsend and BCC's Children and young people team as we make sure our looked after children get the best care possible. news.bristol.gov.uk/press-releas...
Largest Ever Expansion of Children’s Homes as Ofsted Rates all homes in Bristol ‘Good’
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October 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Obviously we want to be preventing children from going into care, but in the mean time, this is great work from Green Cllr Christine Townsend and BCC's Children and young people team as we make sure our looked after children get the best care possible. news.bristol.gov.uk/press-releas...
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The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
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October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
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