This is horrific. Not just the awful violence in Manchester but the fear this attack creates for Jewish people across the UK as they mark Yom Kippur. My solidarity and love to everyone affected.

Friends, lets hear it for the organisers of this important protest to restore our NHS. I’m one of over 850 Green councillors and growing. We know that things like good housing, good food, clean air and the real living wage are all contributing factors to healthy outcomes

Wirral's libraries committee was privileged to hear David speak about the message that closing Wirral Council's library would mean to his community.

Visiting Greens in Parliament

Threats against Council workers are not OK What is fantastic about England is that we welcome diversity. Flying the flag for a sporting event is fine. Flying the flag to intimidate - not so much.

Return Our Merseyrail Jo Bird:”Last year, Merseyrail recorded 28.3 million passenger journeys. In the same year, it paid out £44 million in shareholder profits. That’s money that could and should have been used to improve train services, accessibility and reduce fares.

Green Cllr Jo Bird said: “Nobody has said sorry. Why is that? Is that because nobody is sorry? It’s really not good enough.” She said one thing she had learned was to seriously question what she was told by officers going forward. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Mazel Tov! @rachelmillward.bsky.social

Mazel Tov! @mothinali.bsky.social

Mazel Tov! @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Plastic Pilot Lands Some households in Greasby received a roll of blue plastic bags and were asked to fill them with items such as sweet wrappers, foil-lined packets, cheese, fish and meat wrapping, bubble wrap, cling film and plastic bags, then pop the bags in the grey bin.

Boardwalk u-turn Repairs not going ahead In a previous newsletter we happily reported that Wirral Council had agreed to maintain the Red Rocks to West Kirby boardwalk. This was originally built in the 1980s to help prevent damage to the dunes and vegetation along that stretch of coast.

Teledyne activists labelled terrorists Palestine Action, the group who sprayed red paint into the Teledyne factory on Tebay Road, Bromborough has been named a terrorist organisation by the government, after protesting about making parts for war planes being used by Israel to bomb Gaza.

Seven years ago today, I was first elected as a local Wirral Councillor. After the Labour Party expelled me retrospectively, the good people of Bromborough, Port Sunlight and New Ferry re-elected me as their Green Cllr in 2023, with even more votes.

Charity campaigner joins Rock Ferry Green team Hello neighbours. I’m Claire – a local resident, parent, and longstanding community activist. I care deeply about our area and want to see it thrive.

Greens ask everyone to support our shopkeepers and traders in Birkenhead

No more trucks in Port Sunlight After a campaign from Port Sunlight Residents Association and repeated requests from your Green councillors, Wirral Council has agreed to put a sign on the A41 roundabout to direct lorries to the correct location.

It’s brilliant to see new, warm, affordable homes rising up out of the New Ferry explosion site, going to people that need them most. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wirral Green Cllrs began to sound the alarm publicly about Council secrecy, raising concerns about Birkenhead town centre and relocation of the market. www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...

The Green Party has shown that there is a different way of doing business that is kind to people and the planet. www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/2538090...

We’re here outside the Kings Gap Hotel in Hoylake to counter some of the hatred that we can see on our streets.

Benny, Cheryl, Lenny and me enjoyed the Dog Show and other delights of New Ferry Festival today

Shush! Don’t scare these kids even more

I'm backing Mothin for Deputy Leader of the Green Party. Cllr @mothinali.bsky.social won local election with 3,070 votes and 52% vote share. He wins hearts, minds and votes across all kinds of communities.

Birkenhead town centre works - not OK if it was your own house

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

Companies are making weapons that are killing people It seems to me that people are quite happy to have more money in their pockets, no matter what. Councillor Bird has just outlined to you that some of these companies are actually making weapons that are killing people.

At 16, young people can work, pay taxes, get pregnant and join the army. In the 1990s, I campaigned with Underground Power, Article 12 and others to lower the voting age. It’s great to see votes at 16 coming to pass.

Birkenhead Green Party councillor Pat Cleary said the council’s leader up until May, Cllr Paul Stuart “totally had questions to answer,” adding: “Why has it taken a new leader to come in and shine a light on all of this? www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/2531298...

On winning more Green MPs @zackpolanski.bsky.social said, “I’ve toured the country. I’ve seen the amazing work you’re doing… Like Jo Bird in Birkenhead. She got an amazing second place. But you know what? It’s going to be much more amazing when she gets first place next time.”

Recycle for our one beautiful planet We all live on one beautiful planet. We need to recycle 100% where we can, because we have limited resources. Its easy with the three Rs: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle.

Lift up healthy life expectancy for everyone Annabel: Is that [Labour's plan] going to help sort of support preventative health care? Jo Bird: I hope so. Greens welcome this emphasis on prevention and health inequalities, new from Labour.

Give Peace A Chance I’m Jo Bird. I’m one of 14 Green Cllrs on the Wirral. Greens have long called for a ceasefire, release of all the hostages, and sanctions against the state of Israel - while it kills Palestinians in their thousands.

*Green MPs will be voting against the two-tier Welfare Bill It’s very shameful the Labour MP for Birkenhead is one of the 10 Labour MPs sponsoring the PIP Bill.

Welfare not Warfare Speech at fundraiser event for - Medical Aid for Palestinians, Heart 4 Refugees, Save The Children Sudan & Yemen.

7 good reasons to join the Green Party 1. For wealth taxes on the super rich to support our public services. 2. For a just transition away from fossil fuels. 3. For welfare not warfare. 4. For Gaza. 5. To win lots of elections, building on 850 Councillors and 4 MPs.

Over 1,300 people sign petition to Save Rock Ferry Library Green campaigner, Tony Norbury said, “Rock Ferry Green Party organised the Save Our Rock Ferry Library petition, which I present to this committee today, for the people of Rock Ferry.

2,350 households on the Wirral need more social housing

It was a priveledge to launch Refugee Week art exhibition at Birkenhead Library. Thanks to Heart4Refugees for all their work of welcome and integration for people fleeing the futility of war, as Wilfred Owen put it. Great singing from ‘Malvy’ Ukrainian choir.

Wirral Green Group Announces New Co-Leaders wirral.greenparty.org.uk/wirral-green...

Cold homes in Port Sunlight: Lord Leverhulme must be turning in his grave Cllr Jo Bird said many of the listed homes were very cold in winter and hard to heat and called for immediate investment to make tenants’ homes more energy efficient. www.birkenhead.news/complaints-a...

In my twenties, me and my friends set up Equinox Housing Co-op in Longsight, Manchester. It’s still going strong. We used the same principles of democratic, collective ownership as these brilliant 50 year old housing co-ops in Liverpool. www.livpost.co.uk/liverpool-ha...

The only roads closed to cars was the parade route itself. Why didn't the Police and local Council close more roads to moving cars where lots of people were expected? www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/wha...

Beautiful Liverpool family

Greens held the chair of [Merseyside] Pensions [Fund committee] until May 2023. It was October 2023 that Hamas launched its awful attacks on Israel, and Israel launched awful awful attacks on Palestinian people, who are dying in their thousands. It is a genocide.

Remembering people who fought fascism Last week was the stone setting for my great uncle Ezra and also 80 years since Victory in Europe.

Greens are now the joint second largest party on Wirral Council Cllr Jo Bird, co-leader of the Wirral’s Green councillors, said the news [of 3 Tory Cllr resignations] came as no surprise, www.birkenhead.news/conservative...

Save Rock Ferry Library Wirral Council is proposing to close Rock Ferry Library. But our Rock Ferry Library is about more than books. chng.it/bdGmvY5Ww7

📈 The Green Party has now increased its number of councillors for 8 years in a row. 💚 Two-party politics is dead and only the Green Party is offering the hope people are looking for. Join us today to be a part of the change ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?mtm_campaign...

Thank you to Bromborough Social Bowling Club for making Cllr Ruth Molyneux and I so welcome. Please keep up the good work in our community.