Kerry Pickett
@kerrypickettbh.bsky.social
Green Party councillor for Preston Park Ward in Brighton & Hove
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Kerry Pickett
@kerrypickettbh.bsky.social
· Dec 31
This is my personal account used to promote the work of @BHGreens and @BHGreenCllrs.
Promoted by Leo Littman for Brighton & Hove Green Party, both at 39-41 Surrey St, Brighton, BN1 3PB
Promoted by Leo Littman for Brighton & Hove Green Party, both at 39-41 Surrey St, Brighton, BN1 3PB
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"You're a government of cowards"
Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
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Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
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December 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"You're a government of cowards"
Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack Polanski calls out the Labour government's inhumane approach to asylum- highlighting continued austerity as the root cause of structural issues in our society
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Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters and raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bill increases of nearly a third for millions of ordinary people have helped Thames Water's profits soar to over £400 million. Foreign hedge fund lenders want more power to pollute our waters and raise our bills. Privatised water is a scam. Let's bring it back into public hands.
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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!
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60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate change and overfishing contribute to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds.
Climate change and overfishing contribute to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds.
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
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December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate change and overfishing contribute to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds.
Climate change and overfishing contribute to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds.
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A new electric ferry for Londoners.
"After being progressively phased into operation, the 150-passenger boat, with capacity for 100 bicycles, will cross the river every 10 minutes from each side on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"After being progressively phased into operation, the 150-passenger boat, with capacity for 100 bicycles, will cross the river every 10 minutes from each side on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Electric ferry brings zero-emission travel to the River Thames
The Orbit Clipper will carry passengers between Canary Wharf and Rotherhithe every 10 minutes.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A new electric ferry for Londoners.
"After being progressively phased into operation, the 150-passenger boat, with capacity for 100 bicycles, will cross the river every 10 minutes from each side on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"After being progressively phased into operation, the 150-passenger boat, with capacity for 100 bicycles, will cross the river every 10 minutes from each side on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A reminder to dispose of your plastics properly!
Plastic is a nightmare for wildlife. This carefully curated Blackbird nest was found with plastic packaging material running through it. It's hard to see at first - imagine how tricky this is for a Blackbird.
📷Blackbird nest © Roy Williams
Plastic is a nightmare for wildlife. This carefully curated Blackbird nest was found with plastic packaging material running through it. It's hard to see at first - imagine how tricky this is for a Blackbird.
📷Blackbird nest © Roy Williams
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A reminder to dispose of your plastics properly!
Plastic is a nightmare for wildlife. This carefully curated Blackbird nest was found with plastic packaging material running through it. It's hard to see at first - imagine how tricky this is for a Blackbird.
📷Blackbird nest © Roy Williams
Plastic is a nightmare for wildlife. This carefully curated Blackbird nest was found with plastic packaging material running through it. It's hard to see at first - imagine how tricky this is for a Blackbird.
📷Blackbird nest © Roy Williams
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It is great to hear @sianberry.bsky.social MP calling for the enactment of the socioeconomic duty. The UK Government have said they will, but they are now dragging their feet.
It's time to unlock this vital tool for tackling inequality at a local level.
It's time to unlock this vital tool for tackling inequality at a local level.
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It is great to hear @sianberry.bsky.social MP calling for the enactment of the socioeconomic duty. The UK Government have said they will, but they are now dragging their feet.
It's time to unlock this vital tool for tackling inequality at a local level.
It's time to unlock this vital tool for tackling inequality at a local level.
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The Chancellor explicitly references the negative legacy of Brexit on the UK economy - so why is her govt so opposed to taking steps like joining the customs union or single market with all the economic benefits these would bring? #Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Chancellor explicitly references the negative legacy of Brexit on the UK economy - so why is her govt so opposed to taking steps like joining the customs union or single market with all the economic benefits these would bring? #Budget2025
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Gambling taxes are long overdue and an ethical way to raise revenue.
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Gambling taxes are long overdue and an ethical way to raise revenue.
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
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Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible #budget2025
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Rachel Reeves earmarks £5m for secondary school libraries. Less than £1,200 per school.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Rachel Reeves earmarks £5m for secondary school libraries. Less than £1,200 per school.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
You couldn’t even replace the carpet for that.
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I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
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Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
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"Would avoid 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms, 2,000 hospital visits & 4,500 premature deaths... $46bn in health benefits in 2032"
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s EPA moves to abandon tough standards for deadly soot pollution
EPA had previously said rule reducing fine particle matter from vehicles and industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Would avoid 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms, 2,000 hospital visits & 4,500 premature deaths... $46bn in health benefits in 2032"
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Because of a "cost to industry of 'hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars'"
Sounds good cost benefit to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The South Downs National Park is crammed with amazing history! ⚔️ 🏰
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The South Downs National Park is crammed with amazing history! ⚔️ 🏰
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
Find out about efforts to restore these incredible paintings of cultural heroines from the 1500s 👸
👉 www.southdowns.gov.uk/restoration-...
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Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
Baby steps won’t fix Brexit or the Budget
There is a way to get back a much bigger slice of the money Brexit has cost us. By getting the UK back into the EU single market.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Brexit is the reason today’s Budget squeezes families, yet the government is still shuffling towards solutions that demand real urgency. We need far bolder steps back towards the single market if we want future budgets that lift people up rather than drain them.
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Totally munched!
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Totally munched!
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"We must demand that another world beyond capitalism is possible."
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"We must demand that another world beyond capitalism is possible."
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
✊ Cllr Marina Lademacher speaking at the Brighton climate march last week.
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100,000 new members.
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
100,000 new members.
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
175,000 members and counting.
And we're not slowing down anytime soon.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social speaking in Brighton on Friday
@greenparty.org.uk
Great to have Zack in Kemptown yesterday to welcome Lloyd Russell Moyles to our party. Welcome Lloyd! 🌳
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great to have Zack in Kemptown yesterday to welcome Lloyd Russell Moyles to our party. Welcome Lloyd! 🌳
Totally munched!
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Totally munched!
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Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Friston Forest: good all year but absolutely perfect in the Autumn.
📷 Sam Moore
📷 Sam Moore