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.

Green is the fresh emblem of well-founded hopes. In blue the spirit can wander, but in green, it can rest Mary Webb

I've been saying we need a progressive DOGE that actually focuses on making government work well rather than undermining it. But we need a better name. So how about DOPE: the Department of Public Excellence.

I am glad that Reform propose to put their concentration camps in Green areas cos that'll make it easier for us to disrupt them with non-violent direct action if it comes to that. But hopefully we'll comprehensively beat their hate at the ballot box so it doesn't.

Happy May Day, lads youtu.be/5sD3YEXTaQU

a reminder that a lot of the things people find unpleasant about cities - along with the noise and dirtiness - are largely a product of filling them with cars. get rid of the cars and the pleasantness of the environment improves dramatically

One of the things I've loved about campaigning is the amount of time it's meant I've had to be outside. There's so much nature in our city, but it needs fighting for every step of the way. My attempts to canvass the deer this morning were unsuccessful, but I'm pretty sure they'll be voting Green...

this is an absolutely extraordinary scoop by Guardian: Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This year I've been lamenting how similar the ideas in my students papers have become. I'll get 10 papers with roughly the same thesis. Students will say they only use AI to brainstorm/ organize their thoughts, not write. But they don't realize how much it is limiting their originality.

“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.

I also like how Karen Hao describes AI as "a political project with the goal of taking away one's agency" (paraphrased). Sharp observation.

Does the weather really make a difference? A snowy January morning and a mild April one — all cyclists, same place in Utrecht. Extra Post with video:

Good news! Looks like the bill that will allow local authorities to ban pavement parking will finally be approved on Wednesday 13 May 2026. Thanks to @livingstreets.bsky.social and many others for campaigning over the years

One major thing that sold me on the Dutch bicycle design was the upright ergonomics. No back pain, no wrist pain, just upright, face forward riding that let me take in the world ahead without the hunched over strain.

Love this. 🩷 When you encounter joy in public spaces and activities, it’s really noticeable. We need to cultivate more of that as part of the structure of our neighbourhoods - not just for occasional events. Also: big fan here of ‘third spaces’ - kids & youth need to feel welcome.

Parties obsessing about having 20mph limits only outside schools and hospitals are ignoring independent data showing default 20mph urban speed limits lowers casualties by 26%. Going backwards to 30mph would increase casualties by 33%, cost millions and increase load on NHS A&E.

An overlooked element in this story is how Reform Ltd have almost zero community/volunteer base to deliver election literature, and yet the fact that they're basically swimming in donations mean they can send leaflet after leaflet via Royal Mail. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

it's me, i'm the crow

It's definitely Spring. The plastic grass has sprouted on Grey Street. I love the pocket park, but for the love of God, just make it permanent and relocate the Christmas Drinking Shed.

It's Earth Day, so remember to say nice things about the planet we live on before we go back to destroying it.

In Newcastle on street parking costs the council £9,260,871.63 per year. If on street parking is 'free' that would still be a cost that needs to be covered. It's roughly the same as a 6% rise in council tax, on top of existing rises. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

It's happening! 📢 On Tuesday, MPs will consider an amendment to enable local leaders to ban pavement parking in their area. We need you to help us get this amendment on to the Bill. Ask your MP to agree to Amendment 265 when it's considered on Tuesday: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4tMU2Uq

🚨 Today is the LAST day to register to vote! Your landlord is voting. Your boss is voting. Make sure you vote as well. No matter where you live in Scotland, you can vote @scottishgreens.org on your peach coloured ballot paper. Take 2 mins to register now 👇

Our MPs have written to Ed Miliband urging him not to backtrack on the ban on new oil and gas. More drilling won’t lower bills or secure our energy future. It’s time to invest in renewables, future-proof jobs, and make polluters pay.

best thing I am learning from Mamdani is to stay cheerful and keep going. Rage is tempting but it slows you down

"The government is spending £27 billion on new road building projects. There is no 'war on motorists.' That is absolute misinformation." - @zackpolanski.bsky.social @urbantruth.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@zackpolansk...

Rarely prouder to be a Green

Ironically the BBC stumbled on a really important story: Desperate asylum seekers being forced to turn to fraudulent fee-charging “advisors” to navigate a system that is intentionally impossibly baroque and from which all sources of free advice have been removed. But no: they chose Fake Gay Panic.

This single pylon stopped drivers from using the bike lane to avoid the speed bump It's almost as if design dictates behaviour.

Very long piece by BBC news on immigrants pretending to be gay to secure right to remain. I have NEVER seen the BBC do such reporting on: Millionaire tax dodgers PPE profiteers Corporate tax dodging. Anyone

Local communities shouldn't be delivering paths, but without them, many of the greenways we love - which have become national treasures - may never have happened. You can see the toolkit, and the inspiring case studies, here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵

The Greens won against Reform *in Kent* It's all up for grabs folks. The myth of Reform's inevitability is just that, a myth. They can be defeated.

If the map of deaths on railways looked like this, it'd be treated as a national emergency.

Nearly forgot to mark the anniversary of not actually doing what they promised.

A very big YES to all these points, and more.

Our annual blog on traffic crash injury in #Newcastle. In 2025 there were 3 fatalities, 114 serious injuries and 414 slight injuries on Newcastle’s roads, an average of 10 people injured every week. This is too high - we need action to create a Safe Pedestrian And Cycling Environment in Newcastle.

🚨 First time in British history that a party to the left of Labour have topped a national poll. 💚 Hope is here. It's all of us. ✊🏼 Reject hateful, divisive politics - and let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Remembering the time I controlled an Arctic Tern that was older than me and that had been back and forth to the Antarctic 28 times by the time I held it briefly in my hands. #SuperSeabirdSunday

The many media outlets calling @greenparty.org.uk transport policy a “war on motorists” should try talking to bereaved families and seriously injured survivors of road crashes rather than ignoring the trauma and pain left when people drive without considering the harm they may cause at the wheel.

Wow. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the only national-level leader who wants to have a grown-up conversation about #UKCarCulture. In light of the enormous car-lobby bias across so much of the media, this is a particularly courageous stand. But many of us want to see change on this issue. Go Zack!

Morning! If you’re someone who loves walking/cycling & history, I’ve built a walking planner & companion for the website. You put where you want to walk, and it will automatically pop up with historic sites from our project and of listed structures. Let me explain a bit more!

The Greens have now overtaken both the Conservatives and Labour, according to the latest polling average

5/7 ….And on top of that, they are huge energy-guzzlers. Each electronic billboard consumes the same as 6 average UK homes. That’s nearly 6,000 homes, just from Sheffield billboards alone…

A huge betrayal. Won't lower bills. Won't give us more energy security. Won't insulate from price shocks. And sends a clear message to the world that we are backing new oil and gas drilling. www.lbc.co.uk/article/ed-m...

More drilling in the North Sea would be a catastrophic mistake for Labour - locking us into high bills, and betraying their climate ambitions. If they’re serious about energy security, the answer is to double down instead on renewables and efficiency - and lower bills for good

Due to myriad reasons, women move through the city much differently than men. Care trips, access to public transport, perceived safety, and vibrant public spaces all impact where and how women travel. We can take a more proactive approach to creating gender equal mobility, where everyone benefits!

"criticizing AI use in journalism or other creative industries is classist" NO IT IS NOT there is a class that benefits enormously from cognitive surrender, epistemic warfare, and the enclosure of all hitherto produced culture and it is NOT THE WORKING CLASS

UK politics now in a bidding war of universal fuel subsidies (sorry, "support") to, per ed davey "keep britain moving". The reality - that consumption must fall - is going to be a nasty surprise