I went to a kind and emotional vigil today, to commemorate the day of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The vigil was organised by Sheffield Re-Water, the Hong Kong community in Sheffield.

What on Earth?! This video is from Greenpeace. 💔

1/6 I’m a Green Party councillor for City Ward #Sheffield. It’s a densely populated urban ward. Today, I was at the unveiling of the newly installed Station Lightwell at Sheffield #railway station. People can now see, hear and smell a section of river that has been hidden since the 1860s…🧵

Delighted to be at the unveiling of this Lightwell at platform 5A on Sheffield Station. It opens into the spot where the Porter Brook enters the River Sheaf.

The 2026 World Cup will be played across cities already facing extreme heat. Players are now calling on FIFA to protect people from these dangerous conditions and to stop promoting the industries responsible. Read the full player letter. 👇 www.cooldownclimate.org/latest/playe...

📣Election Day! Polling stations are open! Your chance to vote for amazing Green councillors who have just 2 vested interests - your local community and your environment. Make hope normal again & Vote Green💚 (& remember to take photo ID to the polling station!)

If you live in the UK in an area with local elections today, vote Green 🌻 and not only will you give the far right a bloody nose, you're also guaranteed to get a councillor who actually gives a toss about you & your area! #votegreen

(1/11) Following on from my post about digital billboards/ad-screens (bsky.app/profile/ruth...) I want to talk about monopoles & telecoms equipment, which pose some similar problems…. @livingstreets.bsky.social @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @douglasjohnson.bsky.social @martinphipps13.bsky.social

Are there local elections taking place near you this May? 🗳️ Want candidates to commit to restricting harmful outdoor advertising & getting this on the political agenda? ✅ Get involved & take action: adfreecities.org.uk/2026/01/may-...

Tireless work from Sheffield councillor @ruthmersereau.bsky.social fighting planning applications for digital advertising screens. It's hard work - which is why we're working to change the planning rules, to give councils and residents more power to keep these unwanted ad screens off our streets.

1/7 I’m a Green Party councillor for City Ward #Sheffield. It’s a densely populated urban ward. I’m going to talk about digital advertising screens, which doesn’t sound exciting, but please bear with me. I want to explain why I spend time objecting to so many of these. Since 2023, I’ve …

Earlier today, the new Member of Parliament for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer was sworn in.

Chuffed to be the most popular leader with young people! Thanks, guys! 💚 www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

What a lot of Green councillors at the LGAI conference in Leeds today. Talking about lots including: community cohesion, climate resilience, emotional labour, social isolation, who's voices are not being heard in your council?

This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇

And many going further: join.greenparty.org.uk

Disappointing to see so many Labour and Tory councils avoiding elections across the country. Presumably because they think they'll lose. People have the right to vote for their elected reps. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Even when we don’t have freezing rain in Sheffield, this surfacing is really slippery. Further up the hill it forms part of a cycle route, on a steep hill. A bone-headed decision from councils past, and now we’re stuck with it.

Watch out - Sheet ice at Sheffield station. Yet again no gritting on a key route from @sheffieldcouncil.bsky.social or @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social

Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, from entering Gaza is another war crime. The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.

The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law. After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.

All of us at Sheffield Green Party send deeply-felt condolences to Bolton Green Party @boltongreenparty.bsky.social and to Vicki Attenborough's family & friends, as well as the friends & family of the woman who died alongside her. We are grieving for and with you. Heartbreaking. 💔

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Heather burning should stop. Please add your name to this petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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When you adopt the policies you once opposed, you risk becoming like the very forces you once criticised. Labour’s temporary asylum plan echoes the harsh approaches they used to stand against. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You know the @greenparty.org.uk is popular? This poll shows 75% of people support this top GP policy of introducing a wealth tax of 1% on assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn yougov.co.uk/economy/arti... @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳 Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform. Are you in? Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️

Just got this new equipment installed at the council ...

Here's a great new independent business in Sheffield that collects food waste and produces compost. Just what we need for better soil health and less incineration. nowthenmagazine.com/articles/hop... via @nowthenmag.bsky.social

Have a read of this thread for excellent snapshots of what Green Party conference is like. #GPConf

House building slumps to lowest level since 2020 with job losses and falling confidence in Labour It’s no surprise that house building is stalling when people can’t afford to save for deposits This is the perfect time to replace the 1.4 million social homes lost since 1980

💚 Delighted to announce we just reached 73,000 new members! ✊🏽 @greenparty.org.uk is the party of environmental, social, racial and economic justice. 👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk

So, Government wants a massive cut in local democracy that will cost more in a huge local government reorganisation? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Makes no savings? Makes no sense. @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social

It's Friday - so why not watch this sketch with Patrick Stewart: What has the ECHR ever done for us? youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?...

It IS possible to act on the Nature Emergency. 🌻 Salmon are now breeding again in the River Don in Sheffield 🐟🐟🐟: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Great work by everyone involved in the projects like Don Catchment Rivers Trust.

Congratulations to everyone who got the A-level results they wanted today. And a heartfelt "don't panic" to anyone who didn't. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

🌍 "Low carbon" grants for businesses in Sheffield are available again. 💷 Businesses can get advice on how to save money and further grants are available towards the cost of bigger investments like solar panels and insulation. www.sheffield.gov.uk/business/uk-...

This is brilliant - of course. Happy #YorkshireDay!

Wishing the world a happy Yorkshire Day. And what better way to do it than with a world famous song originally written and performed by a Sheffield band, and covered by another one here. Blue Sky: meet the Everly Pregnant Brothers.

This was a brilliant initiative I visited yesterday. @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social

Today, I visited the @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social stall at the Moor Markets where children from local schools were selling produce they had grown themselves.

Brief trip to Liverpool this morning for the LGA Independent AGM and the General Assembly. Congrats to Hannah Dalton, @cllrandrewcooper.bsky.social and @cllrjohnnydenis.bsky.social Many thanks to Marianne Overton for all her work. Caught to with @douglasjohnson.bsky.social and some other Greens too!

Moving fast and breaking things didn't work well in Iraq in 2003 and won't work any better in Iran in 2025. The UK must not get dragged into supporting an illegal war.

What Eisenhower said over 70 years ago is even more true today.

Huge congratulations to Dr Agnes Watson for being elected as councillor for Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden, joining the 23-strong team running Mid Suffolk. Get involved: midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/about-us/get... Help Clare win in Bury St Edmunds: actionnetwork.org/campaigns/to...

It's certainly welcome to hear the #Chancellor announce £39bn for affordable housing, building on the success of places like #Sheffield. We'll have to await the detail of how this splits out over the 10-year period and how much is for social rent not just "affordable" related to market prices.

Free parking announced for town centre! 🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗 Seriously? Surely every town centre needs is more people driving in, causing congestion and pollution. At least it keeps them off the buses. 🤦 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Defence minister Luke Pollard refuses to tell parliament how many spy flights the RAF has conducted for Israel. We can tell him. It's over 500 👉 www.declassifieduk.org/britain-sent...

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