@shirtylefty
This is 'Last Chance Saloon' peeps - history, and recent events, plus a bit of informed extrapolation all suggest that "time" is about to be called at the Bar, so please let us not accept any more kick-the-can-down-the-road bullshit - too much at stake 😳
As the price of natural gas spikes across Europe for the fourth time in the last five years remember those extremely clever people in Reform and the Conservatives who want to abandon renewable energy and rely even more on gas 🤡 🤡
This is a seismic victory.
The Green Party are the alternative to the Labour Party AND Reform.
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The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member.
We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare.
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Quite something that the fact 70% of voters seem to have rejected insular nationalism, out and out racism and the removal of workers rights doesn’t even seem to have occurred to Reform.
Long way to go, but still think I’m right in thinking the chances of Farage in No 10 remain non-existent.
Yep, irredeemable vibe-surfing twat at best & much worse at worst - what's the betting that he will resurface at the next available opportunity (witness Farage in Clacton, and previous iterations) to crow-bar an entry point to further pollute British politics alongside his vomit-inducing 'phlegms' 💩
Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.
HOPE WINS @greenpartyhan.bsky.social
People-power has sailed the Greens to victory. This is proof that when we get organised, we win.
A vision of a world where everyone can thrive is more powerful than the far right’s hatred and division.
And far more popular.
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Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere.
It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.
The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment.
We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upcoming debate. Urge your MP to attend: actionnetwork.org/letters/repr...
Ellie smiling with a group of volunteers on Gorton and Denton
A photo of a child's handmade "Vote Green" poster in a window
Brilliant to be out knocking on doors in Gorton and Denton with a lovely group of volunteers; we have 75 more groups like this getting out the vote all across the constituency!
Just spoke to one voter whose daughter has made her own beautiful poster to show her support💚
Oh! It does exist! 😱
Tactical-choice.uk
Zack and Hannah plotting menacingly (although not really coz they're smiling on a kids table in an outdoor park cafe!)
Daily Mail - beware the green menace
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Having unpleasant flash-forward visions of Farage’s shit-eating grin on Friday.
Do the right thing, Gorton.
The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos & disillusionment !! We need MPs to stand up for fair votes in this upcoming debate - please urge your MP to attend an speak out for PR. 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/repr...
This might be the first positive contribution to public life Peter Mandelson has ever made - albeit that he did it by accident.
Ah Matt turn off comments.
Why?
Maybe to stop people pointing out that:
a) All Reform MPs voted against the Workers’ Rights Bill
b) He took a hefty salary from a Hungarian far-right organisation
c) He doesn’t even live in the area—and likely won’t be seen after the election
d) All of the above?🤔
Grim. One can only imagine what passes for ‘banter’ or ‘locker room talk’ when these ghouls converse in private.
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
At this very moment both the BBC News and Sky News channels are yet again showing a live speech by Nigel Farage. When will they start showing every speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk live as well?
As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances
Dear Gorton & Denton,
Something you might want to hear...
Drop the charges.
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First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos 🙃 60% of Brits want it scrapped !! Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, leaving millions unrepresented 💩 Tell the PM to implement real representation 👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Take action for our wild places 🙏 The Prime Minister is considering weakening environmental protections at a time when nature is already in serious crisis - please speak up today 👇👇 action.rspb.org.uk/page/186397/...
I can't be bullied. I can't be bought. I've stood for the same principles for many decades.
"I can't be bought"
Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.
UK Dept of Work and Pensions deducted £32.4m from Universal Credit to pay poor people's water bills.
People in the North hit the hardest.
Water companies pay dividends, exorbitant exec pay, fleece customers, don't pay fines.
Now allowed to rob the poor, with full complicity of the state.
