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/...

I’d be very surprised if the Green Parties across the UK didn’t now have more members than Labour

Labour’s response to being replaced by the @greenparty.org.uk is not only to double down on a failed approach, but also to tell flat-out lies They must think voters are stupid

There is some truth in this, but what if Labour was enacting cruel, divisive and authoritarian policies because they want to? What if these policies align with their personal views and they are, in fact, cruel, divisive and authoritarian people? We are giving these people far too much moral leeway

Hidden in the detail of the Chancellor's speech is the prediction that by the end of this Labour government, household incomes will fall & child poverty will increase And Labour wonder why their voters have become disillusioned Labour are the main obstacle to progress now, and need to be replaced

@moreincommonuk.bsky.social always have the lowest polling score for the @greenparty.org.uk, so this is very significant Looks like Green polling average is in the process of jumping from about 14% to about 18% Which means in urban seats it’s probably 30%+ on average

This is peak Toynbee She says that people don’t know who to vote for to stop Reform, but I’m afraid Polly that ship has already sailed People now understand that voting @greenparty.org.uk is the way to stop Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@pjtheeconomist.bsky.social You said something similar about the @greenparty.org.uk commitments in 2019 As it transpired, the Tory govt increased public borrowing by an even larger amount than the Greens were proposing Strangely, all those domesday predictions re the Greens were then forgotten

I think this doesn't take account of just how loathed Reform are by non-Reform voters In Wales, for example (according to Election Maps UK), every Reform gain would be in seats where Plaid+Grn+Lab+LD vote is DOUBLE theirs. It would take a modest local campaign to coalesce that vote against Reform

One interesting feature of FPTP is that, as soon a there are two parties clearly in the lead, the system will push voters towards them in large numbers This tipping point might be reached, and regardless of the politics, anyone not in the top 2 will be squeezed out of existence

So much to digest here, not least Labour winning 0 seats in Scotland and Wales, but most importantly it is the first poll in all of human history showing Labour losing Bootle (to the @greenparty.org.uk) Let’s get on it @seftongreenparty.bsky.social !

Au contraire! It's been hugely successful at demonstrating the utter moral bankruptcy of the Labour Party and the stupidity of our FPTP system. Blue Labour might yet deliver real change in the UK, but just not in the way they intended

Really important article here that really gets underneath voting intentions and was able to predict this: "On Thursday, Hannah Spencer will be elected to serve Gorton and Denton in Westminster, and the dam will be broken. By the end of March, the Greens will be leading Labour in all polls"

I've always been very ambitious for the @greenparty.org.uk, and thought if we could hit 12-15% in the polls we could seriously disrupt UK politics If this poll is accurate, we have overturned the table Labour is about to find out how it feels to not be one of the 2 parties in a 2-party system

No, Shabana Mahmood, people seeing failing state support and crumbing infrastructure don't have either legitimate concerns or a legitimate grievance against immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers. They have a legitimate grievance against governments.

In another international betrayal, the UK to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help | Climate aid | The Guardian - “If the UK breaks its commitments, it gives cover for others to do the same, with devastating consequences for global climate action.”

Labour have lost the plot, part 53 Do they really think this screaming at voters works? They just sound unhinged

This is how much the establishment don’t understand what’s happening Portraying the @greenparty.org.uk as the standard bearers of the left, and planting a flag on the defeated bodies of Labour, Reform and The Tories, is exactly the message the Greens want to get across Well done The Sun!

If you had told me that within 6 months of @zackpolanski.bsky.social becoming leader of the Greens, we would hit 200k members, I would have completely dismissed it as over-optimistic nonsense And yet here we are. The members have come and so has real optimism I’m so happy to be wrong

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"👏👏👏

Labour: why don't you all fuck off LOL Labour: no not like that

There is someone within Labour who seems to get it…

A Green win must mean that "left behind" voters forgotten by Westminster want open borders and legalised class A drugs. That's how it works right?

Just for fun, but… If this swing were replicated in a general election, the @greenparty.org.uk would take about 250 seats from Labour And Labour would win zero seats overall Difficult to see how Starmer can survive this

Hannah Spencer MP for Gorton and Denton. Hope is here. 👌

Amazing result for the Greens Outside observers really have no idea how hungry for success most Green Party members are We’ve tasted crushing defeat so many times that we will push towards success with 10x the energy of Labour and Reform

I think this by-election has made the Labour Party lose its mind An openly progressive @greenparty.org.uk has sent Labour hurtling into the most regressive and reactionary hole in the political world. And they will struggle to climb out of it

Polls open until 10pm in Gorton and Denton. It's Greens vs. Reform - every single vote counts. 🗳️ 💚