Why don’t we offer the same incentives for people moving from cars to bikes?

The speed at which Burnham’s bounce will deflate will amaze all political commentators, who will seem baffled that a man that stands for nothing didn’t do any better than the previous man who stood for nothing

The Labour government has sacrificed the country just so it can claim to have met its completely pointless fiscal rules (Andy Burnham has already said that he too will commit to these self-imposed rules, so there’ll be no change with him)

For those who ask why the @greenparty.org.uk don’t form a progressive alliance with Labour, this article is a useful read Labour has become a deeply reactionary party that targets minorities for awful treatment and toxic rhetoric. I would never vote for them, under any circumstances

Clap 👏 with 👏 me👏 ! The safest car in cities is not an autonomous car - it is NO car. Stop pretending that cities are build for cars.

Unlike ethnic, national, or religious genocides, however, trans people *cannot* be eliminated because they exist everywhere in every generation, across ethnicities and so forth. Therefore the anti-trans project is a recipe for perpetual cruelty and abuse.

The central problem with neoliberal ideas is that their proponents don’t understand economics beyond ‘supply and demand innit’ Henry George explained 150 years why Iain Dale is wrong. The price of labour isn’t fixed and bid down by new entrants. Wages are determined by the value Labour brings

Indeed. This reality will dawn on people sooner or later. And then they’ll be even angrier than they are now

I’ve seen lots of people rejoice about Andy Burnham’s commitment to ‘electoral reform’, because they think it means PR (or something similar) But it means this nonsense, which is not proportional and is designed to further protect the two old parties Burnham is continuity Starmer in every way

This EHRC guidance makes zero sense Challenge people to prove their sex, but not too much, and there’s no definitive way to prove it anyway, so… er… just consider it… and… er… that’s great. All clear?

Lots of people saying the @greenparty.org.uk should work with Labour to see Reform defeated Meanwhile Labour actively banning its Cllrs from working with the Greens in any capacity Do you see where the problem lies now?

It was never about migration; it was always about finding ‘others’ to blame for the country’s problems Remove one set of ‘others’ and they’ll find another (I forget whether it’s Muslims or Trans people’s turn at the moment) Labour seem determined to not learn this lesson

Burnham looks even weaker than Starmer. He has surrendered virtually everything already.

When Caroline Lucas last led the @greenparty.org.uk, it won 1.7% of the vote And Labour still lost That’s where this strategy leads Greens are here to replace Labour, not rescue it

Ignoring the usual tired violence metaphors, he’s essentially saying that he is ready to lead, but only if somebody else goes first What a bunch of chancers

It’s a bit early for the @greenparty.org.uk to start celebrating Christmas, but if this happens, I’m sure they will Are there really people who think we need more of the same but with an even more nasty, reactionary face? “Mandelson protegé becomes PM” would very be an interesting headline

Because the local elections took place in unrepresentative areas, and voting is slightly different than in GEs, it’s difficult to compare to national polling. As a result there’s lots of conflicting estimates of national vote share So this analysis is helpful if you want to understand that

In two years Keir Starmer’s government has tried to rob Disabled people of help, kept children in poverty, trashed nature protection, restricted peaceful protest, helped arm genocide, and moved to scrap jury trials. He says that Greens exploit despair. He has created it. We offer only hope.

Once again, who are the Labour strategists who look at these results and conclude “it’s important that we carry on with exactly the same political strategy that we’ve had for the last 20 years”? They really need to be studied. The world needs to understand

Amazing result @martinosborne.bsky.social is a star and it’s great to see him elected once again for the @greenparty.org.uk

The most important analysis from this election: it looks like the national polls from the likes of YouGov and FindOutNow have been broadly pretty accurate

Labours smear campaign badly backfiring www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

The first question we should ask ourselves in these and all other elections is: Which candidates oppose the inordinate power of the ultra-rich, and which ones accept or encourage it?

On a day when the @greenparty.org.uk is being attacked re antisemitism, let's remind ourselves that the Greens have among the least antisemitic supporters in the country If you vote today, vote for a kinder, hopeful future where all people and the planet are respected and supported. #votegreen

Super import article from @danneidle.bsky.social about why UK taxes are going up, but public services are not benefiting Reeves decision to push down the deficit with higher tax revenues is causing this It’s also flattening economic growth (my view, not his) taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/04/29/w...

Time is up for Labour www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This government ran on a competence and managerialism ticket. It's somewhat bewildering that they can do neither.

More people need to be made aware of this. Labour would rather work with Reform than with progressive parties. They've been doing deals with the Tories in Scotland for years to keep out SNP and Greens That's why they need to be completely replaced in the minds of progressive voters #voteGreen

I’m so impressed by the contributions to this crowdfunder that we’ve been too busy to even talk about properly. We planted hundreds of trees. Removed infinite barbed wire. Rewetted miles of land. Already spent £3,600 on surveys yet to be done. Help us! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/warleigh-n...

100% this What they did to gay people in the 1980s, they are doing to trans people now It’s why we shouldn’t budge an inch. They will fail eventually and we will still be here

Remarkable poll this evening from Lord Ashcroft. The Greens in joint 1st place. We are replacing Labour and ready to take on Reform in the local elections on 7th May. Join.greenparty.org.uk

The ‘GDP growth above all else’ brigade will be happy about this Turning fields, wilderness, villages and towns into waste dumping sites will be viewed as a good thing because it increases GDP, whereas a playing field or a woodland generates zero revenue The narrative needs to change

They say if you hold on to your clothes, they'll come back into fashion eventually This article on how the @greenparty.org.uk should tax wealth is very similar to the proposal the party agreed in 2018 (but was then overturned with the current policy) www.greenhousethinktank.org/dipping-into...

Renters are paying for the home they live in, plus their landlord's (unearned) profit These room rents are obscene Time to abolish landlordism We need a govt that sees affordable housing as its responsibility, not leave it to a deeply dysfunctional market

Some climate change facts: 2015–2025 = hottest decade observed 🌊 ~90% of excess heat stored in the oceans Heat gain ≈ 18× global energy use Rate is accelerating, not stabilizing This isn’t just warming; it’s a system moving further out of equilibrium www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A useful reminder that Australia’s alternative vote system is even less proportional than the UK’s First Past the Post South Australia results give Labour nearly 90% of the seats with 38% of the vote Other

Lie: Bike-lanes cause traffic congestion. Truth: Bike-lanes help solve traffic congestion. Lie: Bike-lanes hurt street shops if they replace parking. Truth: Bike-lanes help street shops more than street parking does. Lie: Bike-lanes cost us too much. Truth: Bike-lanes save us all public money.

This made me realise for the first time that YouGov’s published voting intentions each week are in fact an MRP projection based on the polling figures The underlying polling figures (below) are even better for the @greenparty.org.uk (and worse for Labour)

Ipsos likely underestimates support for @greenparty.org.uk because it doesn't prompt for it as a choice with those who are polled But it does provide an interesting breakdown by housing tenure that shows the following support from private renters: 🌍Grn: 38% 🌹Lab: 29% ➡️Ref: 13% 🔵Con: 11% 🔶LD: 4%

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one. #NoBrainer www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

This would be entirely self-defeating Why would anyone bother to gather information or do research if they never get paid for it This is why Intellectual Property law was established in the first place. These tech businesses genuinely think they can do magic!

This is exceptional. A 25% swing from Labour to Green in a ward where Labour only had 32% of the vote to begin with Labour are losing 2/3 of their support in areas where there is a credible progressive/left challenger If this is replicated in May, we will truly change political course as a country

Media commentators for decades: The Green Party only ever talk about the environment - they don’t care about other issues Green Party: Let’s talk about those other issues Media commentators: The Green Party have abandoned the environment!!! …so tedious

Great video that gets underneath one of our main challenges But let's also add the 800 libraries, 2000 public toilets, 900 football pitches, 800 play parks & 200 school playing fields that have been closed in recent decades Thatcherism has killed our social spaces and it is time to reverse that

This headline from the Washington Post highlights something we could all figure out if we think for a moment Structural harassment of groups of people is directly detrimental to their health Being racist or transphobic or homophobic or antisemitic isn't 'free speech' - it's inflicting harm

Good article on the political dynamics of an ageing population, that rightly centres house prices as a core problem But I wonder why we don't acknowledge the causal link between the 2: more older, homeowning voters have deliberately voted for high house prices www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

At first I thought this looked far too high (and a potential hostage to fortune if the @greenparty.org.uk only gained, say, 400), but then I realised that it's only ~25% of Cllrs in London If Greens win 25% of votes (which seems very achievable), and target well, this starts to look realistic

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...