GreenerFutures
@greenerfutures.bsky.social
One life. One planet. One humanity.
People before profit.
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Always learning - democracy, politics, climate & ecology. Green Party 💚
People before profit.
Love 🚲 🌱 🦋 🐝 🌳 🏕 🎺
Always learning - democracy, politics, climate & ecology. Green Party 💚
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If you really care about a socialist future, quit Your Party and join @greenparty.org.uk . We’re getting on with kicking Reform and Labour out, fighting the oligarchs, and defending the powerless not wasting time on pathetic ego trips and faction fights. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you really care about a socialist future, quit Your Party and join @greenparty.org.uk . We’re getting on with kicking Reform and Labour out, fighting the oligarchs, and defending the powerless not wasting time on pathetic ego trips and faction fights. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Couldn't agree more. There's a long way to go to change what uk politics has become. But the Greens and @zackpolanski.bsky.social are leading the way and have a huge amount of support.
We just want decent, caring policies. A country not led by a handful of the mega rich. Is that too much to ask?
We just want decent, caring policies. A country not led by a handful of the mega rich. Is that too much to ask?
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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It's not just about the messenger.
You've got to have the right message.
You've got to have the right message.
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It's not just about the messenger.
You've got to have the right message.
You've got to have the right message.
Most of the big landowners don’t give a fig about the environment. They care only for the tax-avoiding asset value and killing animals for sport.
We don’t need big owners, we need big collective interest in doing the right thing for communities and the environment.
We don’t need big owners, we need big collective interest in doing the right thing for communities and the environment.
Why the battle still rages over land ownership in Scotland
The reaction to the Scottish government's wide-ranging new laws show the divided opinions on the issue.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Most of the big landowners don’t give a fig about the environment. They care only for the tax-avoiding asset value and killing animals for sport.
We don’t need big owners, we need big collective interest in doing the right thing for communities and the environment.
We don’t need big owners, we need big collective interest in doing the right thing for communities and the environment.
Raising income tax ‘taboo’?
With years of threshold freezes behind us, the fraction of wages subject to tax has been continually rising for ‘Working Britain’ anyway.
With years of threshold freezes behind us, the fraction of wages subject to tax has been continually rising for ‘Working Britain’ anyway.
Could Rachel Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
It is more than half a century since a chancellor chose to put up the basic rate of income tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Raising income tax ‘taboo’?
With years of threshold freezes behind us, the fraction of wages subject to tax has been continually rising for ‘Working Britain’ anyway.
With years of threshold freezes behind us, the fraction of wages subject to tax has been continually rising for ‘Working Britain’ anyway.
Water co’s told to clean PFAS out of drinking water.
Good.
But the real question is how did they get there in the first place?
Good.
But the real question is how did they get there in the first place?
Firms ordered to reduce forever chemicals in drinking water for 6m people
The persistent pollutants which build up in the environment have been linked to serious illnesses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Water co’s told to clean PFAS out of drinking water.
Good.
But the real question is how did they get there in the first place?
Good.
But the real question is how did they get there in the first place?
A peculiarly British sentiment espoused by people who I suspect don’t farm and don’t look beyond the garden gate.
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
- Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
Via @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...
- Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
Via @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A peculiarly British sentiment espoused by people who I suspect don’t farm and don’t look beyond the garden gate.
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"Polanski has blended anger with hope.
“Hope is much more difficult to sell than outrage, but he’s finding a way to do it that connects with people.”
Let's make hope normal again!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
“Hope is much more difficult to sell than outrage, but he’s finding a way to do it that connects with people.”
Let's make hope normal again!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Green party surging as Polanski’s social media strategy w...
Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok
observer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"Polanski has blended anger with hope.
“Hope is much more difficult to sell than outrage, but he’s finding a way to do it that connects with people.”
Let's make hope normal again!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
“Hope is much more difficult to sell than outrage, but he’s finding a way to do it that connects with people.”
Let's make hope normal again!
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Only now ‘a reality’?
Where have the BBC been for the last decade?
How is this ‘news’ to anyone other than an overpaid executive?
Where have the BBC been for the last decade?
How is this ‘news’ to anyone other than an overpaid executive?
Houses without lounges are a reality for renters
Nearly a third of homes advertised on a property sharing website had no living room.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Only now ‘a reality’?
Where have the BBC been for the last decade?
How is this ‘news’ to anyone other than an overpaid executive?
Where have the BBC been for the last decade?
How is this ‘news’ to anyone other than an overpaid executive?
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“If we endeavor to make rational use of everything Earth offers us, there is still hope of salvation. The runas (humans) have a single large ch'uklla"' (house), called Pacha Mama (Mother Earth), HER LIFE IS IN DANGER. It depends on us to save her”
Regional Museum, Cusco 🇵🇪
Regional Museum, Cusco 🇵🇪
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“If we endeavor to make rational use of everything Earth offers us, there is still hope of salvation. The runas (humans) have a single large ch'uklla"' (house), called Pacha Mama (Mother Earth), HER LIFE IS IN DANGER. It depends on us to save her”
Regional Museum, Cusco 🇵🇪
Regional Museum, Cusco 🇵🇪
Your Party a ‘10, 20, 30 year project’ says Sultana.
Dude, you got 5. Maximum.
Deeply unserious.
Dude, you got 5. Maximum.
Deeply unserious.
Zarah Sultana says new party is aiming to 'run government'
Changing "people's lives for the better" requires "winning state power", the Coventry South MP says.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Your Party a ‘10, 20, 30 year project’ says Sultana.
Dude, you got 5. Maximum.
Deeply unserious.
Dude, you got 5. Maximum.
Deeply unserious.
Not ‘unacceptable’,
Illegal.
Illegal.
UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’
Volker Turk voices rare criticism of the US bombing campaign that has killed more than 60 people in under two months.
aje.io
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Not ‘unacceptable’,
Illegal.
Illegal.
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Greens overtake Labour, Tories in latest poll to become leading opposition party...
Greens overtake Labour, Tories in latest poll to become leading opposition party
The Green Party overtakes both Labour and Tories in new poll — Zack Polanski leading a political surge that’s shaking up the establishment
www.thecanary.co
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Give this man a 🥇
Chapeau, chap 👏🏻👏🏻
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Chapeau, chap 👏🏻👏🏻
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Give this man a 🥇
Chapeau, chap 👏🏻👏🏻
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Chapeau, chap 👏🏻👏🏻
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‘Dentally challenged’
or
‘more corporate sponsors than a racing driver’s overalls’
Pick one.
#VoteGreen
@greenparty.org.uk
or
‘more corporate sponsors than a racing driver’s overalls’
Pick one.
#VoteGreen
@greenparty.org.uk
My hot take on this its great that the journalist acknowledges that the Green Party is at record membership, record polling and has huge momentum.
But why say "dentally challenged?"
Who or what is that serving?
The state of journalism.
But why say "dentally challenged?"
Who or what is that serving?
The state of journalism.
Can Zack Polanski turn the Green Party poll surge into votes? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
‘Dentally challenged’
or
‘more corporate sponsors than a racing driver’s overalls’
Pick one.
#VoteGreen
@greenparty.org.uk
or
‘more corporate sponsors than a racing driver’s overalls’
Pick one.
#VoteGreen
@greenparty.org.uk
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Change is coming, and it won't be the fascists.
October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Change is coming, and it won't be the fascists.
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so what? all these stories boil down to 'we want a young, educated, healthy workforce but we don't want to spend any money whatsoever or make sure more parents have good pay and conditions to make it happen' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Councils paying school transport costs for 470,000 pupils in England
Local authorities say the cost of providing school transport is becoming
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
so what? all these stories boil down to 'we want a young, educated, healthy workforce but we don't want to spend any money whatsoever or make sure more parents have good pay and conditions to make it happen' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The options? Easy…
1. Safe and legal routes (reduce demand)
2. Speed up decisions (reduce delay)
3. Let asylum seekers work (reduce indignity)
1. Safe and legal routes (reduce demand)
2. Speed up decisions (reduce delay)
3. Let asylum seekers work (reduce indignity)
What are the government's options on asylum seeker accommodation?
Where to put asylum seekers has become one of the fiercest topics of political debate since last year's general election.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The options? Easy…
1. Safe and legal routes (reduce demand)
2. Speed up decisions (reduce delay)
3. Let asylum seekers work (reduce indignity)
1. Safe and legal routes (reduce demand)
2. Speed up decisions (reduce delay)
3. Let asylum seekers work (reduce indignity)
Whatever problem confronts them, Israel’s answer is always ‘drop more bombs’.
October 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Whatever problem confronts them, Israel’s answer is always ‘drop more bombs’.
The uncontacted deserve to be left alone to live as they wish.
But the imperial project of greed keeps stealing their land and encroaching.
We need the trees and nature much more than we need gold and oil.
But the imperial project of greed keeps stealing their land and encroaching.
We need the trees and nature much more than we need gold and oil.
'Brothers in the forest' - the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe
Peru's Mashco Piro face a struggle to survive in the 21st Century, but locals want to help them.
www.bbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The uncontacted deserve to be left alone to live as they wish.
But the imperial project of greed keeps stealing their land and encroaching.
We need the trees and nature much more than we need gold and oil.
But the imperial project of greed keeps stealing their land and encroaching.
We need the trees and nature much more than we need gold and oil.
Just how can you be ‘disappointed’ when a Labour loss was as obvious as a comet’s tail, months ago?
Plaid Cymru wins Caerphilly by-election for Welsh Parliament
The prime minister is "deeply disappointed" at Labour's first parliamentary defeat in Caerphilly for 100 years.
www.bbc.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just how can you be ‘disappointed’ when a Labour loss was as obvious as a comet’s tail, months ago?
Trump plays Pirates of the Caribbean. 🏴☠️
Now, where’s Johnny Depp? 🦜🌴
Now, where’s Johnny Depp? 🦜🌴
Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' after it deployed huge warship
The deployment marks a major escalation in what the US says is a campaign against drug traffickers, which Trump warns will include "land action".
www.bbc.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump plays Pirates of the Caribbean. 🏴☠️
Now, where’s Johnny Depp? 🦜🌴
Now, where’s Johnny Depp? 🦜🌴
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📈 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 5:07 PM
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‘Maccabi Tel Aviv will not accept Villa tickets’
The team that can’t control its fans now comes out as victim?
Oh, do eff off.
The team that can’t control its fans now comes out as victim?
Oh, do eff off.
Maccabi Tel Aviv will not accept Aston Villa Europa League tickets
Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv say they will not accept any ticket allocation from Aston Villa should the decision to ban their supporters from next month's Europa League match be overturned.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
‘Maccabi Tel Aviv will not accept Villa tickets’
The team that can’t control its fans now comes out as victim?
Oh, do eff off.
The team that can’t control its fans now comes out as victim?
Oh, do eff off.