James Milne
@jmilnegreen.bsky.social
Architectural Psychologist(!) and Technologist.
Newcastle Green Party.
Basically a cat in human form.
Most of my views are stolen, but nobody else should be held responsible for them.
Newcastle Green Party.
Basically a cat in human form.
Most of my views are stolen, but nobody else should be held responsible for them.
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"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On Monday, Trump ran roughshod over intl law - the UK took no action.
On Tuesday, Trump threatened a NATO ally - the UK took no action.
Today, the UK supported Trump's military operation in the North Atlantic.
When will this govt stop appeasing Trump and stand up for the rule of law?
On Tuesday, Trump threatened a NATO ally - the UK took no action.
Today, the UK supported Trump's military operation in the North Atlantic.
When will this govt stop appeasing Trump and stand up for the rule of law?
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
On Monday, Trump ran roughshod over intl law - the UK took no action.
On Tuesday, Trump threatened a NATO ally - the UK took no action.
Today, the UK supported Trump's military operation in the North Atlantic.
When will this govt stop appeasing Trump and stand up for the rule of law?
On Tuesday, Trump threatened a NATO ally - the UK took no action.
Today, the UK supported Trump's military operation in the North Atlantic.
When will this govt stop appeasing Trump and stand up for the rule of law?
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Can't help think about this having just skimmed the government's new road safety strategy
In 2014 I met Australian traffic researcher Ian Johnston at a conference in Edmonton. I think often about something he said, and this week shared his words with a colleague: "If your plan is not for zero deaths, then your plan is for some deaths to happen"
January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Can't help think about this having just skimmed the government's new road safety strategy
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It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes.
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes.
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄
📢 Share to make the call even louder!
With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social
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Wonderful to announce Jamie Driscoll has joined the Green Party, now is the time to build on the foundations laid by the Newcastle Green team to make a real change for the city in May 26!
More and more people are seeing the Green message of hope and feeling inspired!
More and more people are seeing the Green message of hope and feeling inspired!
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Wonderful to announce Jamie Driscoll has joined the Green Party, now is the time to build on the foundations laid by the Newcastle Green team to make a real change for the city in May 26!
More and more people are seeing the Green message of hope and feeling inspired!
More and more people are seeing the Green message of hope and feeling inspired!
This quite clearly should be headline news. Hunger strikers are nearing death and both the media and the government are largely ignoring them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action hunger strikers call for urgent meeting with ministers
Lawyers for eight remand prisoners waiting to go on trial say they could die in prison as part of their protest.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This quite clearly should be headline news. Hunger strikers are nearing death and both the media and the government are largely ignoring them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, warned yesterday that Europe faces war with Russia.
Yesterday, wind produced 60% of British electricity.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce makes us more secure.
That’s why our enemies fund anti-renewables propaganda.
Yesterday, wind produced 60% of British electricity.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce makes us more secure.
That’s why our enemies fund anti-renewables propaganda.
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, warned yesterday that Europe faces war with Russia.
Yesterday, wind produced 60% of British electricity.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce makes us more secure.
That’s why our enemies fund anti-renewables propaganda.
Yesterday, wind produced 60% of British electricity.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce makes us more secure.
That’s why our enemies fund anti-renewables propaganda.
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When are we going to have a special on:
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
When are we going to have a special on:
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
• The rise of the far-right
• The state of the NHS
• The severe lack of trans+ healthcare
• The constantly hiking rent
• The 1% who own half this country's wealth
• Stagnant wages for the working class
• The state of council homes
• The housing crisis
...
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As for the comment at the end : they talk about immigration every week as well but they’re still doing an immigration special.
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
As for the comment at the end : they talk about immigration every week as well but they’re still doing an immigration special.
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In case it wasn't already obvious why Farage and his party are spreading misinformation about the climate crisis and trying to blame the most vulnerable for the problems caused by inequality - they've just received a record donation from a jet fuel multimillionaire!
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In case it wasn't already obvious why Farage and his party are spreading misinformation about the climate crisis and trying to blame the most vulnerable for the problems caused by inequality - they've just received a record donation from a jet fuel multimillionaire!
Very happy to pay her £4,000 to take it off her hands if it’s such a concern.
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Very happy to pay her £4,000 to take it off her hands if it’s such a concern.
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I did my little bit. It was only a bit, but at least I did something. We need positive change, and now "hope is here," I'm in.
Vote for change without hate.
Vote Green.
Vote for change without hate.
Vote Green.
In 24 hours this has now raised £150,000.
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Thank you to the thousands of people who have donated.
Let's make small donations normal again!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I did my little bit. It was only a bit, but at least I did something. We need positive change, and now "hope is here," I'm in.
Vote for change without hate.
Vote Green.
Vote for change without hate.
Vote Green.
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“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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"About 35% of children in Newcastle are growing up in poverty, which is absolutely disgraceful"
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"About 35% of children in Newcastle are growing up in poverty, which is absolutely disgraceful"
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
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NEW WEBSITE FEATURE: Westminster Voting Intention Polling Dashboard
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NEW WEBSITE FEATURE: Westminster Voting Intention Polling Dashboard
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
🌈 Current Weighted Polling Average
📅 Latest Poll from Each Pollster
📊 Smoothed Weighted-Average Chart
📈 Sortable Table of all Polls since GE2024
electionmaps.uk/polling/vi
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Welcoming Ouseburn Councillor Alistair Chisholm to Newcastle Green Party! 💚
“Residents tell me they feel let down by Labour — and I can’t tell them they’re wrong.
(1/4)
“Residents tell me they feel let down by Labour — and I can’t tell them they’re wrong.
(1/4)
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Welcoming Ouseburn Councillor Alistair Chisholm to Newcastle Green Party! 💚
“Residents tell me they feel let down by Labour — and I can’t tell them they’re wrong.
(1/4)
“Residents tell me they feel let down by Labour — and I can’t tell them they’re wrong.
(1/4)
Welcome, Alistair 😃💚
Ouseburn ward councillor Alistair Chisholm has announced he is quitting the Labour Party and joining the Greens
Newcastle Labour councillor defects to Greens and attacks government 'failure'
Newcastle Labour councillor defects to Greens and attacks government 'failure'
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Welcome, Alistair 😃💚
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So UK Labour decided to copy the horrendous immigration policy used by Denmark's Social Democrats, on the very day those Social Democrats were routed in elections and lost the mayoral position in Copenhagen. Copying fascism doesn't make you popular with antifascists.
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So UK Labour decided to copy the horrendous immigration policy used by Denmark's Social Democrats, on the very day those Social Democrats were routed in elections and lost the mayoral position in Copenhagen. Copying fascism doesn't make you popular with antifascists.
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
www.reuters.com/world/danish...
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
RFM: 27% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 17% (+2)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 16-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 9-10 Nov.
You cannot ban people from working and take away their assets and their mobility and then argue it’s their fault if they cost the government money.
- safe routes
- legal work
- help people rebuild their lives
Our communities and our economy will be richer as a result.
- safe routes
- legal work
- help people rebuild their lives
Our communities and our economy will be richer as a result.
I haven't got much to add to the general horror at Labour's migration plans, but the bizarre focus on ebikes as assets seems to serve - intentionally perhaps - to increase the stigmatisation of ebike riders (read: delivery drivers) still further and undermine migrants' everyday mobilities.
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
You cannot ban people from working and take away their assets and their mobility and then argue it’s their fault if they cost the government money.
- safe routes
- legal work
- help people rebuild their lives
Our communities and our economy will be richer as a result.
- safe routes
- legal work
- help people rebuild their lives
Our communities and our economy will be richer as a result.
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Want real change rather than the hate-filled more of the same that Reform is offering?
then #VoteGreen for #RealHopeRealChange and
join.greenparty.org.uk
then #VoteGreen for #RealHopeRealChange and
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Want real change rather than the hate-filled more of the same that Reform is offering?
then #VoteGreen for #RealHopeRealChange and
join.greenparty.org.uk
then #VoteGreen for #RealHopeRealChange and
join.greenparty.org.uk
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The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
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👏👏👏👏👏
Our huge, heartfelt thanks to Sam Fender, who’s donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to Music Venue Trust... after already making sure £1 from every ticket on his recent tour went to support grassroots music venues.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
👏👏👏👏👏
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The situation in Sudan is horrific; war monitors have compared the level of violence in El Fasher to that of the start of the Rwandan genocide.
The international community cannot abide this.
The international community cannot abide this.
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The situation in Sudan is horrific; war monitors have compared the level of violence in El Fasher to that of the start of the Rwandan genocide.
The international community cannot abide this.
The international community cannot abide this.