Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social The new leader of the Green Party. But from this point forward, people are going to know that! Look out Starmer. Look out Farage. There's a new kid in town. And he's going to smash it 💚

🔥🔥🔥WOW! Almost double the Labour vote and Reform and the Tories nowhere to be seen.💚 Just the sort of results we will be looking to in #Exeter on 1st May in the County Council elections. 👀Look our Labour, the Green surge is coming knocking! #VoteGreen

⁉️ You may think this government are incompetent or don't understand how destructive they are. 💷 Everything from this Luton Airport decision to their whole agenda is much more sinister than that. 🤯 More than had enough. Get involved. Now.

Labour's benefits cuts will be a disaster for people living with ME. As a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on ME #Exeter MP @steveracemp.bsky.social should know this. Yet he still joined 35 other Labour MPs in publicly supporting cuts to benefits for chronically ill & disabled people.

Every, increasingly, insane thing Trump does fits the question "if you were a Russian agent, would you do anything different?" To me, it looks as if he and Musk are deliberately trying to provoke a civil war, and Putin will be laughing all the way.

These are self imposed fiscal rules. Self imposed. Labour are choosing to push 50,000 children into poverty to signal to wealth & capital that they're on their side. Disgusting. Sick. Broken.

How much further can the USA sink? 🤦‍♂️ “We’ve got the best technical minds looking at how this happened.” [consulting with Elon Musk] 🤣 "I built the group. My job is to make sure everything is coordinated.” 🤔 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

[email protected] @georgiaes.bsky.social and I are today going public on our latest legal case - this is a dirty secret that businesses and regulators are in on. All our legal work with @fightingdirty.bsky.social is crowdfunded. Please do donate. stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com

Most governments in wealthy nations have such rules, which are designed to reassure investors and maintain credibility with financial markets." Odd way of saying neoliberal governments that have wanted crisis cover to siphon money to private capital. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A party formed and run by millionaires has no real interest in ordinary people and their concerns. Reform UK are fraudsters. ⬇️

Last night only THREE peers in the House of Lords called for public ownership of England's water industry. That was me, Jenny Jones & Natalie Bennett (Green Party) out of a membership of 827. Public ownership officially opposed by Labour, Tories and LibDems. Most people want to end the scandal.

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

ICYMI // Exeter Energy insists Riverside Valley Park only viable heat plant site but fails to explain Marsh Barton brownfield rejection River Exe and incinerator connections remain uncertain as statutory objections challenge Grace Road Fields plans. exeterobserver.org/2025/03/04/e...

For further details on just how badly Labour in #Exeter have let down residents of Heavitree and Whipton Barton see @exeterobserver.bsky.social article.

Labour have failed Heavitree & Whipton Barton #Exeter. They have known their councillor is totally inactive but failed to hold a by-election. On May 1 residents can bring real change by electing a Green County councillor to join our two hardworking City councillors in Heavitree.

Herts County Council has challenged the expansion of Stansted Airport, saying the project "must be fully compatible with the country's carbon and climate change commitments." (The expansion was rejected by the local council in 2020, then forced through by central government in 2023.)

The recording of yesterday's event in Exeter is now available to watch at our Youtube channel: youtu.be/8ScmwbBxgpA?... Featuring @jamesgyke.bsky.social @vipulpatel.bsky.social @sarahfinch.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social Thanks to all who attended and to @exeter.ac.uk for making it a success!

Regular donations are the best way to support Flight Free UK. They mean we can plan our work more effectively, and we're more likely to attract grant funding because we can demonstrate a steady, reliable and diverse income stream. If you can, please consider donating: donorbox.org/donate-to-fl...

Fantastic to welcome the awesome @greenjennyjones.bsky.social to #Exeter on #InternationalWomensDay Wonderful to be in the company of this bunch of amazing women!

💚 Delighted to welcome Green peer @greenjennyjones.bsky.social to #Exeter on #InternationalWomensDay 🏞 She's told us about her work on river pollution & many other areas. 💪 Green peers are officially the hardest working peers in the Lords.

Just two days to go til our event in Exeter with @jamesgyke.bsky.social @vipulpatel.bsky.social @sarahfinch.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social Tickets available to attend in person or online: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Two barriers to choosing flight-free travel: - perception that overland travel is too difficult - lack of awareness of the emissions savings Here's some advice from our director Anna to a teacher who's convinced air is the right option for the school ski trip: www.linkedin.com/posts/anna-h...

While we were all distracted by the bratty toddlers ambushing Zelensky... Russia annexed the USA...oops

That's a very big f*** you to BabyTrump

Another blinding move by Putin - that evil genius that's patiently been plotting this for decades. He just got the idiots in the USA and UK (Starmer and Reeves) to withdraw aid and surrender their global soft-power. Leaving the door wide open for Russia to step in and lock us out

Such an exciting line-up for our event in Exeter next week, with inspirational speakers sharing their knowledge and stories about campaigning, low-carbon behaviour, academic flying, offsetting and flight-free travel. Don't miss it! Attend in person or online: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

Labour's "difficult choices" are never for the super-rich. They are always for our schools or hospitals or public services. Spot on @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Tickets available now for 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis' (6th March, attend in person at Uni Exeter or online). Speakers include @vipulpatel.bsky.social, @sarahfinch.bsky.social & @jamesgyke.bsky.social. Inspiration and entertainment guaranteed!

We're bringing our event 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis' to Exeter! Hear from @jamesgyke.bsky.social, @vipulpatel.bsky.social, @sarahfinch.bsky.social & more about campaigning, justice, offsetting, travel... Register to attend in person or online: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

What a brilliant thread. This was true when Cameron threw our country in front of that bus, and it's mind-boggling that our politicians still don't get it. The public want politicians to solve their problems, but because they won't, chancers like Farage (and Trump) weaponize and twist it into hate

👏 “After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%”

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

  😎

This.

Contrast Brazil's preparedness to defend its sovereignty against X and Meta, with the UK.

Huge win for the climate! The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are ruled unlawful and consent quashed. Amazing victory for @stopcambo.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social and so pleased that my win on Horse Hill contributed to this. www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/2025/01/rose...

So, in a couple of years, if plans are submitted and approved, there'll be a judicial review. The courts will hear that she made up the nonsense about sustainable aviation fuels and that carbon budgets will be blown. The runway will be blocked, and Reeves will have blown millions for lobbyists.

So, it didn't take long for Labour to morph into the Tories. Only worse. Climate is now officially the sacrificial lamb to economic growth. No matter what the cost.

If we’re unwilling to learn lessons from the past, we’re condemning ourselves to repeat them… #paleoclimate #wildfire #mediterranean #ecosystems #LAfires theconversation.com/how-wildfire...

Good morning world! It's a big day. In two hours we will know the outcome of @stopcambo.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social's legal challenge to the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil & gas fields. Will sanity prevail? Will there be two more ticks on my placard?

This is Gaza Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "In a special project for Channel 4, we are releasing This is Gaza, a documentary that traces the war as it unfolded" "It's the personal story of award winning filmmaker Yousef Hammash and his family" Watch it at this link www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

Contrail avoidance is cost effective and brings huge climate benefits, says @transenv.bsky.social: www.transportenvironment.org/articles/con... We'll be exploring this in our next online event, with Matt Finch (formerly of T&E) explaining the research. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

I hope he's going to vote against it again! We need fewer flights, not more. Come and discuss at 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis' in Exeter on 6 March. I'm on the panel with @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @jamesgyke.bsky.social @vipulpatel.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Say Labour doesn't understand the climate crisis without saying Labour doesn't understand the climate crisis www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s inauguration is a perfect day to subscribe to Byline Times and defend the truth. 20% discount with special code: TRUTHNOTTRUMP subscribe.bylinetimes.com

@susiedent.com is there such a word for this? 🤔

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

We are coming to EXETER on 6th March with our event Travel, flying and the Climate Crisis. Hear from @jamesgyke.bsky.social, @vipulpatel.bsky.social & others about all aspects of aviation and climate. Register to attend in person or online: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/1494719