The evidence is clear - use of drink/drugs should be treated as a health issue, not a crime Police can only deal with the immediate consequences of drink/drug related anti-social behaviour, long-term solutions mean providing people with support and care www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that Venezuela has huge oil reserves that they don’t want to sell to the US www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I know many Labour Party members who are decent people and genuinely care about making life better for those who are suffering At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We need more Council houses in towns and cities, but instead Labour will concrete over the countryside to build more unaffordable mansions If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Labour becomes even more cruel and heartless just to appeal to racists If you believe Britian should be a place of decency, safety, and humanity, then you must oppose this In @greenparty.org.uk we say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a common sense move. US-style police commissioners never made sense and was a waste of money But this doesn’t address the key problem – underfunding local authorities to tackle the causes of crime. Fixing that would make a real difference! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Railway offering teenagers chance to become a real apprentice insidecroydon.com/2025/11/13/r... #Croydon #Education #Jobs @christianwolmar.bsky.social

Missing bins, along with the increase in litter and fly-tipping, are amongst the top issues raised by residents in my area So why are so many current Councillors and the Mayor not delivering the service that residents want and deserve? Time for a change for the better

A poem for Remembrance Day

Britain is a rainforest nation. Britain’s PM is currently in a rainforest in Brazil. Why isn’t he drawing the links between tropical & temperate rainforests, supporting Brazil’s fund, and setting out plans to restore Britain’s rainforests? Me for BBC Radio4 The World Tonight, last night:

X doesn't just promote the far-right, it also tries to silence the alternative - this is a clear case of interfering in free speech and democracy I know my X posts are being hidden (a shadow ban) and my account was suspended during last year's general election for no reason

Plastic production plant would kill more people than it employs Billionaires are still trying to profit from pollution instead of investing in a cleaner and healthier future for all of us www.theguardian.com/business/202...

It's happening

Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Let's get to it. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tax wealth. Not work. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Just a reminder that if you say you are Anglo-Saxon then you are saying your ancestors arrived here on small boats

Why do rich people always think that the problem is the rest of us not working hard enough?

I was out along Court Wood Lane this morning, next to Selsdon Woods, and I kept hearing the calls of a couple of Red Kites. I managed to get a couple of long distance photos of them. Hopefully next spring we might have a whole family of new residents in the area 😊

The changes to local government reflect Labour’s mentality – keep cutting spending and concentrate power in an ever smaller group of people We should be making Councils more democratic and giving them the power and money to act on local people’s needs insidecroydon.com/2025/10/30/n...

We need to give more space to wildflowers. This isn’t just about making better use of poor-quality farming land; we can also give some of our parks and our gardens back to nature I turned my lawn into a wildflower area and my garden is now full of life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This may only be one poll but it's not surprising to see the Greens overtake Labour and the Conservatives Join us and help change politics for the better join.greenparty.org.uk

Some parts of Croydon are amongst the most deprived in the country and the borough overall is more deprived than its neighbours but receives proportionally less funding It’s time the Government changed the system to fund Croydon fairly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Energy firms’ profits have increased by billions, but the government wants you to pay for a scheme to help people who can’t afford to pay We should be reducing energy bills for all of us www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The @greenparty.org.uk is now the most popular party amongst voters under 50 years old We need to keep working and growing but I believe a change is gonna come

My thoughts are with people in Jamaica and the Caribbean and their friends and relatives, as we all desperately hope for their safety Hurricane Melissa shows the destructive power of our overheated climate. We need to act now to stop it getting worse

Conservatives didn't want asylum seekers working and paying their own way, so they forced them into over-priced run down hotels Labour's response - let's build concentration camps The problem isn’t asylum seekers - it’s stupid and nasty politicians www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If they can do this, I have three questions: 1) Does this finally kill the myth that markets are free? 2) Why didn’t they do it before? 3) Why won’t they sanction Israel as well? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When the far-right do well the press is full of articles talking about the issues they focus on Haven't yet seen a single press article talking about welsh independence 🤔

It's fitting in #BlackHistoryMonth that this mystery is solved - the subject is Thomas James, a British cavalry soldier injured at the battle of Waterloo As well as the Waterloo medal, this portrait itself was a further honour in gratitude for his actions www.artsindustry.co.uk/news/3433-my...

Greens want to build more Council houses so everyone has somewhere to live Labour wants to build more luxury investment opportunities so they can get closer to a meaningless target that they made up www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hope is growing, and growing fast! Last week over 150 people joined the @greenparty.org.uk in Croydon, and our national membership has more than doubled in a few months Together we can change things for the better Join us and let’s turn Croydon Council Green next May

As part of #BlackHistoryMonth last night we welcomed Sonia Winifred to speak about the Windrush scandal It is vital to learn the lessons from our past and listen to the people who have experienced the consequences of bad decisions as we build a better future for all of us

Yet another dismissive, party-political answer by the PM at PMQs. The disparity between the UK's wealthiest and poorest is growing every day, with millions struggling with cost of living. When will the PM accept that the problem in our country is inequality, not immigration?

Abolish Landlords - why is having somewhere to live seen as an opportunity to make money instead of a basic human right? @pwea.bsky.social explains what the @greenparty.org.uk housing policies are, and why they are so good for you insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...

Labour take from the poor to give to the rich Reeves insists she "can't leave welfare untouched" while refusing to touch the tax breaks and benefits given to billionaires www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Croydon Council has a long history of failure from politicians and senior officers We need a complete change at the top, with a new Mayor next May to get the Council working and serving the people of Croydon – that really would be a change for the better insidecroydon.com/2025/10/17/k...

Mayor Perry promised to ‘fix the finances’ and failed We do need the Government to correct past failures to fund Croydon fairly and the resulting debts - but to convince them to do that we need a change in Mayor next May We need a change for the better www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Today I stood with @rmtunion.bsky.social members outside Parliament to oppose the Government’s cruel Skilled Visa changes.   I've spoken with TfL workers facing deportation in weeks, this is a disgrace!   Solidarity with all the workers fighting this injustice.

In 1952 the Churchill government abolished ID cards, restoring personal liberties. Labour’s plans for mandatory digital ID, alongside restrictions on protest, threaten those same liberties. Listen to the millions signing petitions in opposition, and scrap this Orwellian proposal!

Despite what some people claim, the number of murders and knife attacks in London are going down We can always do more to reduce violent crime, but this must be based on evidence, not scare stories Report from @frasernellson.bsky.social - frasernelson.substack.com/p/on-the-cas...

I've always hated the cult of celebrity – especially when I see it in Green parties We should be grateful for hard work and respect expertise and talents. But that applies to all members, not just those in the spotlight. We can all make a difference and contribute to our success

This week is Renters’ Rights Awareness Week and @generationrent.bsky.social are hosting a series of free webinars to explain new renters’ rights as well as some existing rights that aren’t going to change @insidecroydon.bsky.social insidecroydon.com/2025/10/14/t...

Reform UK want to take public spending down to 35% of GDP — that’s a £275 billion cut, the equivalent of shutting down the NHS. The Green Party knows the only way to rebuild our communities is by investing in our public services, not running them down and flogging them off to the private sector.

Conservation efforts bring Green Turtles back from the brink As we continue to exploit and pollute our world, over 170,000 species are now endangered and nearly 50,000 of them are at risk of extinction We can save them, but we have to #ActNow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.” Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

We aren't a protest against the old parties, we are their replacement @greenparty.org.uk

Croydon Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and has done virtually nothing since – despite getting £millions they could have spent on improvements As @pwea.bsky.social asks, why are Conservatives and Labour ignoring one of our greatest threats?

Adverts for gambling should have been banned years ago – but if you look up donations to UK politicians from gambling, you’ll work out why it hasn’t www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Deaths of homeless people reach record high Treating houses as assets for rich people to hoard isn’t just bad for society, it has lethal consequences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...