Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance. But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show. Richard Tice pulled out. Farage won’t face me. Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer. Vote Green.

Yesterday Government announced the final figures for councils next year... and little or nothing more for B&HCC. Why isn't our Labour council able to get more for Brighton and Hove from their Labour government? @bhgreens.bsky.social www.brightonandhovenews.org/2026/02/05/o...

Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon

This is what solidarity looks like

Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow. How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?

Labour knew about Peter Mandelson. They just didn't care.

Labour is briefing that they know they won't win the Gorton and Denton by election. The Greens are favourites and are the only party that can stop Reform. Lower bills, tax the rich, protect the NHS. We will win.

The Gorton & Denton by-election is Green vs Reform.

I'd be very very surprised if either Reform or Labour can match this level of on-the-ground activity in Gorton & Denton. Both will be much more reliant on expensive paid deliveries, which will soon eat into the spending limit. And neither will they have this number of dedicated door-knockers!

so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Two puff-pieces for fascists in the @theguardian.com Humanising hate is not journalism, it is propaganda.

im as pro-pub as the next person but… really? Sure the optics of this (aaarggggh… sorry) look kinda bad?

Another fantastic episode of the Bureau of Lost Culture podcast, presented by Stephen Coates open.spotify.com/episode/1HvR...

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

This bastion of moral virtue has opinions about the Green Party. Just remember that as they continue to attack us. This is who they are. Mask is off.

The man behind donations of £200,000 to Reform is a church warden from Potters Bar, who just happens to work for a billionaire from Kazakhstan. But it's definitely not money laundering or interference in UK politics by a foreign national.

2008: Epstein is convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution 2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party Protecting women and children, is it?

JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

A tiny few Lords are simply refusing to allow the House to come to any decisions on assisted dying. This is profoundly undemocratic. MPs put huge time into listening to the public during the Commons stages, and then had the courage to make difficult decisions there. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Just leaving this here www.thenational.scot/news/2545164...

My complaint to the Biological Broadcasting Corporation

Nice summary of the Gorton and Denton by-election @greenparty.org.uk

Swimming figures from the Cave of Swimmers, Wadi Sura in the Gilf Kebir plateau, ca 6000 BCE

As they knew full well all along www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Hannah will be an excellent MP and a brilliant representative for her community. The Labour vote is collapsing in Gorton and Denton. This is Green Vs Reform. Help us get Hannah elected! 💚👇 donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...

Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚

WHY is this government content to leave private renters stuck in homes not fit for habitation for another DECADE? The state of private rented homes is appalling. Renters deserve better than this disappointment from Labour. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...

A podcast that everyone who voted Labour at the last election needs to hear. youtu.be/c4NnGWHEhIA

Now with this rather lovely cover! Due to be published in April

🥀 It’s over, Labour. Bring it on, Reform! 👇

recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue

Reform seem to have been charging people £125 to put themselves up as potential Gorton and Denton parliamentary Candidates: Applications closed Sunday. When did they select Goodwin?

Reform picks anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election. A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"

Our January Sale ends this Saturday! We are currently offering 40% OFF every single book on our website, both trade and academic. Ends 31st January 2026. #booksky

Labour say a Green win would be "existential." Sounds like an invitation.... Join.greenparty.org.uk

Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.

Fun times ahead!

Now with this rather lovely cover! Due to be published in April

"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.

Kurdish-majority communities are under attack in North East Syria from the Damascus regime. Rojava must not be abandoned

More evidence that the government has an ulterior motive for scrapping jury trials

Hell of an argument for banning social media for under 16s from Kemi this. Get kids off it so we can be free to carry on destroying our democracy and tearing apart our society without them.

I was heckled by another MP while asking about inclusive relationship education in schools Sickened but not really surprised that homophobia is alive and well on the bench behind me 'They're primary school kids' he says - as if no primary school kids have lesbian or gay parents!

Another Green councillor in Brighton & Hove. Welcome Councillor Bruno de Oliveira! If it wasn't clear already, we'll say it again: it's time for change.

BOLD POLITICS. LIVE. @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @carolinelucas.bsky.social 23rd February. Brighton Dome. bhgp.uk/bold-politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social

Average Sunday show interview: OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats HOST: how will you pay for it? OFFICIAL: tariffs HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed HOST: thank u for ur time

Oh no, the Times has accidentally published commentary from a parallel universe!

I did not realize quite how bad this “AI” error in hiring ICE officers was www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Everybody, please read this. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...