UPDATE: Last month I asked our City Council to show some leadership to fund new defibrillators across the city that we so desperately need. But if they won't act, I will - so I've been meeting with local groups to identify potential locations and begin applications for funding. Watch this space!

Some residents in Hanover & Elm Grove are as far as 20 minutes away from their nearest defibrillator - when every second can make a difference during cardiac arrest. More *public* defibs are badly needed here and across the city. In today's @bhcitynews: www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/12/18/m...

Brighton & Hove Green Party statement on Reform UK Brighton and Hove's antisemitic Facebook post:

"When we stand together, the Green Party is there with you. We are anti-fascist, we are anti-racist, and we will not stop fighting until this fight is won." @jeromecs.bsky.social speaks on behalf of BH Greens at the Brighton & Hove Against Racism Unity March today.

I pestered that @zackpolanski.bsky.social bloke in the street and managed to get a pic! Thanks Zack!

Also great to meet @zoegarbett.bsky.social @dylanmlaw.bsky.social @liamshrivastava.bsky.social @richiebryan.bsky.social @jeromecs.bsky.social @jamesonions.bsky.social Sonali Bhattacharyya and Faaiz Hasan in person!

🚨 Just two weeks left to vote! Huge thanks to Brighton & Hove Greens - the energy from members across England & Wales is powering this campaign! 🗳️ Vote today 👉 ballot.greenparty.org.uk

Proud to join the community action outside L3 Harris this morning - end the genocide now

L3 Harris cannot be allowed to continue to operate in Brighton with impunity. End complicity in genocide, now.

Why I'm running for the @greensorganise.bsky.social Steering Group!

Yet another by-election in Brighton thanks to a Labour resignation- time for another opportunity to make them pay!

Election for Steering Group of @greensorganise.bsky.social is open #GreensOrganise Who are we feeling chat? 😄 From a first glance at candidate list/statements, @edpoole1975.bsky.social @tamhauyu.bsky.social @jamesonions.bsky.social @ruthyphro.bsky.social @jeromecs.bsky.social stand out to me

Two party politics is crumbling. There's no time to waste. So I'm standing for Deputy Leader of The Green Party. I'll empower new leaders from all backgrounds & ensure we cut through in media like never before. Hope Can Win. Find out more & get involved rach4deputy.com. #rach4deputy

Why I'm backing Zack Polanski to be the next leader of the Green Party. #backzack & join @thegreenparty.org.uk before July 31 to have your say

Only one GPEW leadership candidate will **actually** win us elections *and* mobilise a mass movement *and* actually stand up for the marginalised. And that candidate is Zack - not the duo offering more of the same. #BackZack

"A clear example of politics being done to people, not for them – the residents of Brighton and Hove deserve to have their say." Hear from Green opposition leader Steve Davis on devolution proposals for a Sussex-wide mayor: www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/01/08/g...

I think we all need to stop saying "Cass Review" and exclusively refer to it as the "Cass Scandal" or something

💸 Millions of people in the UK can't afford to own cars, or can't drive for whatever reason. 🛑 The lack of non-car options means they are trapped around where they live. 🚍 Getting around needs to more affordable, which means less focus on private cars. 🧵A thread on #CarCulture 👇

Further confirmation that transphobia has been institutionalised in the UK - and that the Labour government are gleefully accelerating it. Turning up for Pride isn't enough - why aren't local Labour voices speaking out against this and truly supporting the trans community when it really matters?

UK Labour confirms its status as the most overtly anti-trans Government in our history, and Wes Streeting as the standard bearer for that transphobia. This approach was condemned by the Council of Europe just last week, but Streeting's "experts" know better. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Amnesty International says there is "sufficient evidence" that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. The UK Government has to end all arms sales to Israel immediately.

The hostile immigration environment is alive and well under Labour. In fact, it looks as if it might be even more hostile than under the Tories. Wonder who had that on their political bingo card going into the election? www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

🚨Towns in France roasted in “completely extreme” overnight temp of 26.9C (80.42F). “It’s very exceptional – even for summer, let alone late November,”. Scientists described the night-time heat as “staggering” and “phenomenal” so late in the year. #climate www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Putting aside the fact that there's about as much chance of Labour's plans achieving their goals as me becoming an astronaut, it really says something about how much denial there is of climate breakdown when the Guardian runs something like this. Not one mention of the impact (or cost!) of inaction

Filling up nicely at the AGM for Hanover Community Association - where I've been coming since I was about 2 months old! Positive changes on the agenda to expand the area of benefit to the entire ward and build on great work across decades to date

Jim McMahon's passion for elected mayors and jumbo-authorities and suggestions that other systems are "not acceptable" aren't great signs for Labour's devolution plans... Scrutiny and connections to local areas matter - which is why committee systems that engage *all* elected Cllrs work better!

New Sharon Van Etten *and* it's a Sinead O'Connor cover? Absolutely yes.

100 years ago tomorrow. New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”

This is a profound test for the UK Government: ministers must state clearly that they will uphold international law and execute any arrest warrants.

Controversial opinion: if you starve innocent civilians, you should face the consequences. www.ft.com/content/0b62...

Feels like the media narrative post budget has now entirely focused on farmers. Meanwhile the two child benefit cap currently affects nearly 2 million children. Child poverty isn’t just a statistic – it’s a crisis. A crisis made from political choices. A crisis of clothing, heat and food.

It's Trans Day of Remembrance. Like we do every year, we're remembering all the trans people around the world murdered just for being trans. Days like this shouldn't need to exist. We will keep working until all trans people can live happy and fulfilled lives free from transphobia. #TDOR #TDOR24

I've been responding to plans for the Queens Park/Elm Grove junction this week. New greening space is positive... but so far it looks like a real missed opportunity on active travel and improvements for those walking and wheeling. Hoping for consultation to lead to more benefit in these areas!

If @brightonhovecc.bsky.social wants more bus & train use, it should boost active travel. "A good active travel infrastructure increases the catchment for public transport ten-fold," says @chrisboardman.bsky.social at #COP29 today. At 10:50 on www.youtube.com/live/zT3Egi1... @trevmu10.bsky.social

Today on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims we honour the millions killed or badly injured in crashes. 🕊️ With road deaths due to speeding up, it needs to be made crystal clear that speeding is never ok: through education, policing & tougher penalties. www.brake.org.uk/how-we-help/...

Without wishing to sound too preachy as someone with tinnitus, I remain very bemused by how all the discourse around the new BBC 'Rebecca Hall has tinnitus' drama seems to sidestep the fact that it's an actual thing that they haven't just made up for the show

tell me, Sir David, do you think Oxford or Oxford Brookes should keep their history degree running?

This is a really, really bad thing to say out loud. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...🙄

Great to be joining one of 25 climate marches this morning across the country - featuring a special guest!

On this Independence Day for Palestine - it stands in the shadow of 45,000 people who have been murdered by the Israeli government. It stands in the shadow of a brutal occupation & an ongoing assault that feels like peace is a distant dream. The UK must end arms sales now.

This stop-start funding really holds back cycling growth though. Lost staff and their skills, have to be replaced as and when money returns, plans consulted on and delivered, which takes years. As the Minister said this week, stop-start also costs more (as covered this week) road.cc/content/news...

National Cycle Network charity @sustrans.bsky.social is braced for “substantial cuts” as last year's funding cuts finally bite... as the Department for Transport says it doesn't know how the budget's £100m for active travel will be spent yet cyclingindustry.news/national-cyc...

We can't go on like this. And this is being amplified by governments around the world - like our Labour one - saying they're "climate leaders" but then spending 22 billion on Carbon Capture and Storage!!

This is absolutely ridiculous. Hundreds of GP practices have closed across the UK in recent years. Millions of patients are waiting longer than 4 weeks to see their GP. Why won’t Wes Streeting support GPs? 🚨🚨🚨

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. @StreetsblogUSA.bsky.social usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...

fond memories of the first time round with this classic while still in the MERL neighbourhood at Reading Uni

Pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales. Walkable high streets = healthier & more prosperous ones. 👍 “But high streets aren’t just shops – they provide services, entertainment, and a social hub for people of all walks of life”

Paging Brighton & Hove 👀

Hopefully we can look at getting Brighton & Hove Greens set up on here ASAP ❤️