Labourβs *majority* in Gorton and Denton in 2024 β just 19 months ago β was 13,000+. Tonight it got fewer than 10,000 votes total, on an almost identical turnout. In its heartland. Thatβs what a collapse of your core vote looks like.
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Lecturer in Criminology UoD PhD on families experiences of Universal Credit and social harm Interests: qualitative research, social harm, feminism, social policy, compassion and inequality Single mom π§βπ§βπ§
Labourβs *majority* in Gorton and Denton in 2024 β just 19 months ago β was 13,000+. Tonight it got fewer than 10,000 votes total, on an almost identical turnout. In its heartland. Thatβs what a collapse of your core vote looks like.
Manchester Green Party graphic on a green background with hannah spencer. itβs a green win! the gorton and denton residents chose hope, not hate. hereβs to change. thank you very much to all of our volunteers that helped elect hannah, our 5th Green MP and 1st in the north!
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Hope HAS WON!
πͺ Only the GREENS can take on Farage
π¬π§ Politics has changed forever
πͺ Hannah the Plumber is now Hannah Spencer the MP for Gorton and Denton!
π The FIRST NORTHERN GREEN MP
π₯ Labour have been replaced
π« Reform's rise has been halted. Hate has been defeated.
Apologies to all of Hannah's customers!
Something exciting is happening. Be a part of it ‡οΈ
We love to see it π
It was a brilliant day to learn about different areas of research and talk about my own. I came away feeling inspired β¨
Today hope is back on the agenda! Phenomenal to have another Green Party MP and in seat they said was unwinnable, Mayor Mamdani creating jobs for local people and whispers of changes to student loans! As someone with over Β£100k debt thatβs increasing rapidly despite paying chunks each month #Hope
Derby University is in chaos and management caused it.
π» 265 redundancies proposed
π» Nursing & early childhood studies at risk
π» Staff pushed through a rushed, unfair process
Show your support for staff and students on strike from tomorrow.
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Almost every senior manager in UK universities seems to be making the same bet, under the misapprehension that the university is the buildings rather than the people.
Grateful to have spent 3 days on the Strictly Come Writing retreat at Gladstoneβs Library, organised by @socrevdev.bsky.social .The structured time & inspiring setting helped me finish almost a full draft! Fantastic to work alongside brilliant researchers from across the UK.
If you have any friends or family that work in higher education in UK right now (or probably anywhere really) - they are NOT doing OK. Universities are being gutted. It's a horror show and I'm not even sure people outside understand this is happening. #academicsky
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
"The Greens are taking off, in part, because the main player in the new party has dithered and delayed, and then the project was almost tossed into the skip. Politics waits for no one. If there's an opportunity, someone will move on it."
Research Associate β Womenβs Road Safety in Greater Manchester
0.6 FTE for 12 months
To work with my colleagues Caroline Miles and Rose Broad
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βIn Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europeβs plodding economies.β
"Why is it always hard choices for our working class communities, for people living in poverty?... Why are these not tricky choices for multimillionaires and billionaires? We need to tax wealth, not work. It is time for a tax on the super-rich." ~ @zackpolanski.bsky.social on #BBCQT π
βYou canβt blame austerity on one hand, but then say itβs the immigrants. The immigrants havenβt caused austerity.β
Zack Polanski takes on Reformβs Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT
Photo of Zack Polanski. Text: Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens
βIt feels good β and quite strange β to think I could vote for what I believe inβ¦β
@natashawalter.bsky.social reports on why young women are flocking to @greenparty.org.uk, won over by @zackpolanski.bsky.socialβs stance on topics such as Palestine, refugee rights and economic injustice π±
Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating.
We're just getting started.
This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.
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Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.
Extraordinary.
Hope is returning. ππ
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The Green Party for the last few days have gained 1000 new members every single day.
We've just reached 87,000 members!!!!
Let's make hope normal again.
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Just signed up to the @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social
As a former Labour member & academic specialising in Universal Credit, Iβve been looking for a party that leads with clarity, compassion & credible policy. Youβve won me over. Looking forward to getting involved πͺπ±
Whereβs Zarah?!
*Fully funded PhD studentship opportunity!* We are looking for a full-time postgrad to undertake a PhD on βSocial Infrastructureβ using Staveley (Chesterfield) as a case study. Contact Prof. Alessio D'Angelo (project lead) for queries. Deadline 10/10/25. Follow link for more info: lnkd.in/gmP2yE9d
I was asked to come up with an "Idea for Keir".
Easy.
Stop arming Israel.
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