Calais exposes our moral failure on migration. We can and must do better A visit to the French town’s makeshift migrant encampments made it clear that we need a new vision for the new year, writes Zack Polanski https://bit.ly/4b6qZVK

A highlight of our 2025 was announcing the winner of the THINK Essay Prize. Kan Zhang won with: ‘Could a Person Migrate to Another’s Body? A Realistic Solution to a Fanciful Problem’. 👤➡️👤 Inspired? The THINK Essay #philosophy Prize 2026 is open to 15-18-year-olds now!

Just uploaded to #TheWaterboys' Patreon: unreleased 1986 versions of COME LIVE WITH ME, HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN HANK and Dylan's WALLFLOWER. To check us out free for a week or subscribe monthly click here patreon.com/posts/wallfl...

"The needs of the planet," Roszak believes, "are the needs of the person. The rights of the person are the rights of the planet"

I ask MPs and media heads to consider this question: 𝙄𝙛 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙙? Clips below of expert warnings of severe economic and societal threats without emergency action. #NEB2025

Government recently blocked an intelligence report warning of threats to UK national security from climate and nature breakdown. Link in replies. Lt General Nugee outlined those risks at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing 👇 The public has a right to know. Will the Gov now publish the report?

Cannot stop thinking about the people I met in Calais. They deserve so much better. @greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social

America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth. When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

As the #TheArchers tractor run was for the homeless and they missed the opportunity for a crossover #DuvetKnowItsChristmas why not donate to this worthy cause instead to help @centrepointuk.bsky.social

Out now: Something different that’s going to become standard for this Substack - original (modest) artworks - combined in this email with old ways to think anew, drawing on indigenous, premodern and posthumanist approaches nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...

Salmon farming raises profound animal welfare concerns. Sentient creatures confined for life, vulnerable to disease and suffering — this isn’t sustainable or humane food production. #AnimalWelfare #SustainableFood Full report: zenodo.org/records/1785...

Matthew Bowles works for the IEA. Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco. Times up. Merry Christmas! Join.greenparty.org.uk

Just a little something for your day. Kenneth C. Steven

www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby... No surprises here

A year in polling of UK politics

Whether it's through acts of kindness, volunteering in local communities, or supporting causes that promote social and environmental justice, everyone has the power to make a positive difference.

Same cruelty, new practices - and we mostly outsource it now.

Possibly it wasn’t Pope but Beckett’s “Dante and the Lobster” that convinced them evergreenreview.com/read/dante-a...

Over most of human history, 'work' was the activities that contributed to the health and wellbeing of family and community, animals, land.

This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all. And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.

Stronger penalties for cruelty against wildlife is warmly welcome too But there must be no more delays – we will hold Government to account to ensure these changes are implemented from 2026 Bring on the consultations!

I wrote a bit in the Evening News on why I've joined @scottishgreens.org It's only been 2 weeks, but I've already learned a lot from Green councillors and I'm loving being part of a group that is so focused and hard-working.

I like how @carladenyer.bsky.social on University Challenge has become a Christmas tradition. Who needs Doctor Who? Tonight, 8.30pm, BBC2.

💼 We're hiring for a number of roles! - Assistant Economist (London/York) - Accounting Services Supervisor (York) - Media Manager (London/York) - Cyber Security Lead (York) Interested in working for JRF in 2026? Find out more and apply now: https://www.jrf.org.uk/careers

Our supporter funded Animal Crimewatch service is here throughout the Christmas season. If you witness cruelty linked to hunting, please report it. Call 0300 444 1234 or Whatsapp 0755 278 8247. You can also report it here: https://leagueacs.co.uk/bWPRE

For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

We are hiring a Campaign Organiser for Waveney Valley. If you are well organised, enjoy motivating volunteers and want to help us grow the Green momentum locally, this could be for you! Application deadline 2nd Jan. More info at greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...

I like this.

Happy solstice - tonight is the longest night. The light is creeping back in, too slowly to notice it just yet. And maybe, so could the hope. Another world is possible ❤️

In England, people currently have a legal right to access just 8% of the land. This solstice, on a day of reflection and setting intentions for the new year ahead, we’re calling for a right of responsible access, so we can reach, and reconnect with, the sites that hold our shared heritage.

Happy Winter Solstice, where we celebrate the returning of the light, on the shortest day and longest night. On the solstice, when the land feels closest to its oldest stories, we’re reminded how much of England’s past remains out of reach.

I hope this is real...

Closing the year with one of our highest ever polls. Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year. We're all just getting started. Join.greenparty.org.uk

New York, this moment belongs to you. Please join us for the Inauguration of a New Era on January 1, 2026.

when the gov't turns its back on people...

I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things.

Starmer’s police state. Replaces judges with friends of israel, criminalises good people as terrorists, ignores hunger strikers and gives police free rein. Broken politics and corrupt PM. www.instagram.com/p/DScyHVVCj6...

People often ask, how can I make a difference? Food is something where we can all choose, every day.

This is so worth sharing - with everyone you know.

🚨Whitehall flooded with darkness today as XRUK say A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE #TheNationalEmergencyBriefing warned of climate threat to our food security and infrastructure yet #Labour have reopened the door on #Rosebank. 💚1.5 is dead but humanity is not. Will you walk with us and rebel for life?

Wishing you a probiotic Christmas! 😀 Lots here to enjoy and ponder on, from one of my favourite polymaths.

Have you just joined @greenparty.org.uk, or thinking about joining the rush? With perfect timing @wiltonsquare.bsky.social has published the Second Edition of #ChangeEverything, setting out, in accessible, easy-to-read form, Green political thinking wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/cha...

We now have 2.8 million pensioners living below the minimum income standard. As the Commons Work and Pensions Committee has said, no older person should be denied a dignified standard of living — and I and the Green Party fully agree. #Pensioners #Poverty

The sort of community event I like, and the sort of society I want: where the singer is also the Berkeley Political Science Graduate.

Can we just stop factory farming yet please?

I welcome the return of Erasmus — but we must also acknowledge the lost years for students and classrooms on both sides. We now need action to cut visa barriers and work with devolved nations to make exchanges truly seamless. #Erasmus #Education

A beautiful, grounding thread. I want these things too, for all of us 🙏🌏💚

I want your country to be safe from mine. I want your children to be free to learn and develop, well-nourished and safe for ten generations. And I want the same for the children of my children. It is not too much to ask. It's the only thing to ask.