Extremely happy to be welcoming Cllr Brett Wright, who has defected to the Green Party from the Lib Dems on East Sussex County Council! We've had dozens of councillors defecting since May - more and more people are realising that the Greens are the future of progressive politics.

What a day! HUNDREDS of members were out yesterday to make sure the brilliant Hannah Spencer gets elected in Gorton and Denton. 💚 It's clear that the choice here is between Reform and the Greens. We have 25 days to prove that hope can win. Action days are super fun, join us at our next one!

Sussex deserves better.

📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time. Join us and join in ⤵️

ADORE our new party political broadcast. It is just...YES. Precisely this. Well done that team. 👏

👏👏👏👏 to everyone involved here. All politicians do walking at/with a camera films, but *sprinting* directly at a camera that keeps up is a whole new genre (!) If there isn’t a ‘making of’ to go with this later, I will eat my Green trainers.

Water privatisation has failed South East Water spent more on shareholder dividends than on infrastructure Now the taps aren't working in Kent and Sussex Emma Reynolds and Ofwat, bring South East Water into public ownership immediately Sign the petition 👇 weownit.org.uk/act-now/sout...

"Greens were on course to win when these elections were first cancelled and our support has grown rapidly since. Democracy isn't optional, and this should alarm everyone" Green co-deputy leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social on the postponement of up to 30 council elections until 2027.

Greens are getting about two defections a week since @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social & @mothinali.bsky.social became new leadership team. Most defections have come from Labour. But it's great to see a former Lib Dem come across as well www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2576904...

YouGov poll out today: Reform 24 (-) Labour 19 (-) Tories 18 (-2) Greens 17 (+3) Lib Dems 14 (-2) Changes on last week. 17% for Greens is the joint highest YouGov ever polled Greens.

Spoiler! No. Absolutely none. And huge consequences for the whole world and all our security if US are allowed to get away with this... Come on Keir... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This is how 2025 felt to us when @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social took over the reins of the @greenparty.org.uk a ray of hope breaking through the storm. Vote for change without hate. Vote Green. #art #seascape #painting

This leaves me wondering how many other countries are on Trump's "to invade" list for 2026, and whether the UK government will oppose any of them.

2025 - what a year! Huge thanks to all the amazing teams - staff, politicians and volunteers who have worked so hard in so many ways. And of course the families, friends and communities behind and around us all. THANK YOU and here's to a hope-filled 2026! (1/3)

Conservative PCC Katy Bourne wants to revisit a failed idea which adds both costs and cruelty to a broken system. Tagging was trialled by the Tories in 2022-3 and deemed illegal and dehumanising. Asylum seekers need the right to work - allowing them to build new lives and contribute to society.

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

Happy Christmas all! Huge thanks for an incredible year. Special shout out to all the amazing Green party members, old and new, who I've met these last 3 months. Absolute legends, all. Thank you for all you do. Here's a pic with the Chichester lot! 🎄🤶🎄

"These women in Calais are in crisis, but they are not a crisis. Each is a person. And how we treat them tells us everything about the kind of country we are choosing to be." Read the rest here 👇 bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i... @bylinetimes.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @care4calais.org

Thank you @bhgreens.bsky.social for having me at your Xmas party. Just love meeting so many new members - all sorts of inspiring conversations. What an awesome time to be Green, join us!

Found a moment to light the first Channukah candle and to honour lives lost in Bondi yesterday. Love and solidarity to the Jewish community worldwide.

Today should have been a day of celebration for Jewish communities around the world. Instead, they are mourning. As Greens we stand today, and every day, with our Jewish colleagues and friends.

Heartbreaking. Such horrors. Sending love to Australia and to the Jewish community worldwide.

Thinking of all the directly affected members of the Jewish Community in Australia, and the broader community in Bondi and beyond, whose sense of security must be shaken by this horrendous attack.

I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning. I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss. We stand with you.

I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers. He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff. Trumpian

Labour have bottled it, they’ve cancelled the elections. Undemocratic and incompetent - aka Labour’s new normal. Greens are on the rise. Join us, help us take the first Mayor of Sussex and Brighton! Let’s build our future of hope together. join.greenparty.org.uk

1/3 **MAYORAL ELECTIONS DELAYED TIL 2028!** Labour: incompetent, scared & zero regard for democracy. The devolution agenda they sprung on us a year ago is in utter chaos, they are terrified of their plummeting in the polls, and - most importantly...

£200,000 in 3 days!!! Thank you to all those who have donated. Let's keep going and smashing through our targets. 📈 Hope is here. It's all of us. 💚 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

Loved speaking alongside these brilliant people at the Eastbourne Stand Up To Racism event on Monday. Thank you to all who are determined to raise their voices for hope and truth in these dark times. #StandUpToRacism

It was inspiring to join the protest against Rosebank in Worthing on Saturday. Labour must stop Rosebank. All oil must stay in the ground. In Sussex we can elect a Green Mayor who will stand up for the environment, let's make it happen. 💚

Great to speak alongside @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @sianberry.bsky.social in Brighton on Friday! So glad to have @russell-moyle.co.uk on our Green team. Let's turn the rest of Sussex Green 💚

So excited to be speaking alongside Zack and Siân tonight! This is a really exciting moment for the Greens in Brighton - especially with our opportunity to elect a Green Mayor 👀💚

ASHDOWN AND CONQUEST - GET OUT AND VOTE FOR HOPE! Good luck to Paula Warne in today's Hastings by-election. 💚

Asylum seekers are welcome here.

People fleeing war and persecution are ready and able to contribute to our society. The problem is... they're not allowed. Rather than shipping them off to army barracks all over the country, it's time to let asylum seekers work.

Asylum Seekers must be given the right to work - to contribute their skills, and their tax! And to be much more safely integrated into our society.

POSTPONED - due to a special focus on the BBC story, Newsnight have asked me to come on the show next Monday instead...

Catch me on BBC Newsnight at 10:30pm TONIGHT! 💚

Deeply moved by the Remembrance service in Hartfield this morning. Rev Julie took us from honouring lives lost, to committing to peace in our communities today. Proud to wear the red poppy for those who gave their lives for our freedom, and the white for a world without war…

Zack for PM, anyone? join.greenparty.org.uk

Good times in wonderful Hastings last Sunday. Join us next time! Join our WhatsApp group in the link in the thread. #TeamRachel

New York just elected @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, who offers real hope, over billionaire funded opponents. In May, Sussex & Brighton will face a similar choice between real hope and real change with a @greenparty.org.uk mayor or a big money backed Reform mayor with no real plan for the future.

Brilliant to join an action day in Hastings on Sunday! Speaking to locals about their concerns and what they want to see from the new Mayor of Sussex and Brighton. Meeting so many Greens is always brilliant. Thank you to all who came along, hope to see you again soon! 📸: Alice Denny

When public service matters more than party politics, and how the Home Office is letting us down... this is a clip from my Ashdown Radio interview this morning.

It has been astonishing to experience first hand how badly the Home Office mismanages asylum seeker accommodation. Wealden District Council has written to the Minister to make clear our dissatisfaction. (1/2)

Here's a clip from when I spoke to the Northern Rose at Green Party Conference about how I got involved in politics and how the Greens aim to address inequality.

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇 1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK 2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves 3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

@sianberry.bsky.social is doing amazing work in Parliament to ensure our new mayors have a duty to measure and reduce socio-economic inequality, alongside protecting our nature and climate. I am so grateful to have her support in my campaign to be the first Mayor of Sussex and Brighton. 💚

Here's a letter from James Partridge and me in response to Nus Ghani's deeply unhelpful and false accusations. The Home Office does not involve local councils in decision making. We need honest community leadership, not antagonistic and politically motivated open letters.

Sign up to join me in Hastings for doorknocking and leafleting! We have an exciting opportunity to support Paula Warne for East Sussex County Council and to spread the work about our mayoral campaign! 💚 Sign up with the link in the thread.