Surely the greed of the inside Traders must finally be satisfied? BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj... 'Let's not blow it!' Trump says after Tehran warns Israeli strike on Beirut risks US-Iran deal - BBC News 51st dud announcement of ceasefire & failure

New Reform councillor Mike Stray wanted to change the world. Instead, Ben Smith sees him hiding from voters while delivering curries and reflecting on whether his late Uncle Brian might have had a happier life today. #satire

It's pretty disgraceful that there has been absolutely no mention of this from the Prime Minister. It's increasingly clear that some attacks, correctly, warrant disgust, emergency measures and days of media coverage. Others seem to be met with silence.

It was great to visit the boys and girls at Gislingham School recently. I had the chance to answer some fantastic questions from students about what it's like being an MP, how Parliament works, and the issues that matter most in our community. Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome.

Holding a £2m by-election for the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner makes little sense when that role will be abolished in 2028. I’ve asked the Government to remove the requirement for the role to be filled and to allow the Police and Crime Panel to take over.

If you are wondering why trump keeps making hot beat and downbeat comments about the Iran War :: BBC News - Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

Suppressed civil servant report warns: without urgent change, our water & food systems risk catastrophic failure. The Water Bill must force companies to build long-term climate resilience.

A Farage PM would issue pardons, imitating Trump. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Mike, newly elected in Essex, was certain the council's problems could be fixed in an afternoon. Then he attended a meeting. Things went downhill from there. #satire @eastangliabylines.co.uk

This week our fictional new councillor, Mike Stray, has a couple of unwelcome checks to his hopes and ambitions | Ben Smith

Polanski at his best. A unifying, patriotic appeal:

Reform in local government: chaos, incompetence and confusion. Greens in local government: collaboration, vision and standing up for local people.

Wot about us Boomer socialists in the Green Party?

It beggars belief that, as drafted, the Government's Health Bill could bring to an end 50 years of independent patient representation.

If UK government would publicly accept Netanyahu regime is committing genocide, which all can see, this wouldn't be needed. BBC News - NHS staff should be banned from wearing political badges, report recommends - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Story lurches back and forth I begin to wonder if the main beneficiaries are inside Traders linked to the White House? BBC News - Are US and Iran close to peace or sliding back to war? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Maybe central office should allow the Tory councillors to decide based on interests of citizens. BBC News - Second attempt to elect Kirklees Council leader fails - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.thenational.scot/news/2614803... Blair ought to be introduced on TV etc as a lobbyist for AI not as a former Prime Minister

This is somehow worse??? His plan is not actually to back PR, it's to immediately hold an election under FPTP and run it as a defacto referendum on PR 😣 If he wins, that means Labour breaks promises for another 5 years, if he loses (which he will), we get a Reform government 2 years early and no PR.

More than 60 MPs have signed our amendment to the Representation of the People Bill. fairelections.org.uk/over-60-labo...

PM Starmer is listening sanctions on Russia to maintain supplies of aviation fuel - private flights are one of the necessities of life for some. Eggs bread and milk not so much

Reform passed over its most experienced Suffolk councillor for a figure closely tied to the party’s national operation. That choice may prove revealing. Disruption over continuity? Oliver Rouane-Williams reports

💬 "The attacks on @zackpolanski.bsky.social in the press have been bananas." 🎙 Coco Khan from the Pod Save the UK podcast with Nish Kumar. 🟢 Help us stand up to wealth and power in this country: Join.greenparty.org.uk

Can't take this article seriously when it fails to discuss the crucial role of an electoral system that doesn't work with more than two parties, let alone 5! BBC News - Is it harder than ever to be prime minister? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The speech today, the agenda the government's got - it doesn't speak to the moment" - @elliechowns.bsky.social Unlike Labour, the Green Party has a clear plan to tackle the issues that people care about: cost of living, wealth inequality and action on the climate and nature emergency.

This was a really disappointing King's Speech from the Govt. What the country & Govt needed was a fundamental reset. One that brings about a transformative agenda to tackle the major challenges we face as a nation. This speech failed to do that.

Delighted to see strong Green results across Waveney Valley including Green gains in Diss, Bungay and Hoxne & Eye. We also held our seats in Halesworth, Upper Gipping and Thedwastre North.

Elections should be a feedback loop: reward councils doing well, challenge those doing badly. But under First Past the Post, swings in votes often make little difference until parties suddenly collapse. That’s not healthy democracy. buff.ly/2C3OpzZ

Animal testing is not incidental suffering. It is systemic, deliberate, and built into the process itself. Science has moved on. We no longer need to rely on cruel animal testing.

Greens proved in 2023 that local, community-focused politics wins in Suffolk, writes Cllr Richard Winch in a letter to the editor. With strong local policies on transport, nature, and services – can they build on that success in the County Council elections?

Mayor Sadiq is the one senior labour politician who has to engage with Zack Polanski on a regular basis. "Greens not extremists " he says.

Trump has certainly scaled down his ambition of expanding the size of USA! Falkland Islands 0.1% area of Canada. BBC News - No 10 says Falklands sovereignty rests with UK after report of US 'review' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The loopholes are there because the same specialists that help HMRC draft regulation are those that also advise the rich to ensure they keep their wealth. They know all the dark corners

More home insulation, faster domestic solar with batteries are the quickest ways towards energy independence. Oil and gas a ridiculous distraction

Rural communities are the hardest hit by this energy crisis. Heating oil prices have doubled or more. The Government must do more, including a price cap on heating fuel.

BBC needs literate social media people. 'Crossing the strait' means between the two land masses. They mean *traversing the Strait of Hormuz.*

If labour’s share of global income had stayed at its 2004 level, workers would have received an additional $2.4 trillion in 2024 alone. Speaking tomorrow at the L20 event at AFLCIO on what it takes to reverse this trend through a new social contract. Wed 15 Apr| 15:00 ET | Hybrid | Links below

Tonight MPs will vote on the govt's latest attempt to crack down on the right to protest - this time through restricting recurrent protests. Myself and fellow Green MPs will be voting against these plans; peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy and must be defended.

It was great to be at Morrison’s in Diss, holding an open surgery, where people could come and talk about the issues affecting them. From potholes and the need to improve bus services to restoring our rural health services.

A new petition has been launched calling for a referendum on taking water into public ownership

I’m thrilled that after years of campaigning 25 dental students are now going to be training at UEA every year to provide some of the new dentists so desperately needed in the East. We now need the government to put in place the funding & contract reform needed to restore NHS dentistry.

Another 90 million refugees? BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5... Trump says 'a whole civilisation will die tonight' if Iran doesn't make deal, as US hits Kharg Island - BBC News

'Trickle down economics, but a flood up ....' A great line I'd not heard before.

“His people aren’t us… his people are the wealthy elite.” @mothinali.bsky.social cuts through Farage’s ‘man of the people’ act.

The row with YouGov makes headlines. The decline in support is the real story. Prof Paul Whiteley looks at the data behind it. eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/far...

“Yesterday’s judgement is a huge blow to all our civil liberties.” @mothinali.bsky.social on the convictions of two organisers of peaceful pro-Palestine protests. The Green Party stands in solidarity with those organising to end genocide and demand justice.

Tragic that vox pop sound bites think North Sea oil can help. It can’t. BBC News - Oil prices jump and shares drop after Trump threatens more Iran strikes - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great 4 A’s. Quick strong messaging.