Green Party strategist reveals plan to win big in local elections YouTube video by Middle East Eye

Faaiz Hasan on the local elections
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It was a pleasure to speak to Ed, who's doing a great job of upholding Green candidates ahead of the May 7th local elections.
Some of this was difficult to talk about, but so important.
Good luck to my fellow Greens making a stand for social justice - business as usual is failing way too many of us.

I wonder how South Hornchurch residents feel about electing a Morris Dancing Councillor? 😃
I love that my daughter relished these dances as much as I did 🥰...she was the star, and we can't wait to dance with the wonderful Rumford Morris again 👒 🎗 🔔

Centre Stage Scratch Night - Queens Theatre Join Havering Changing and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch for Centre Stage – a vibrant showcase of top Essex/East London deaf, disabled, and neuro-divergent talent! Dive into our scratch night: a relaxed ...

I'll be on @phoenixfm.com at 4.30pm today with the enchanting electric cellist, Jo-anne Cox + Havering Changing to talk about 🎤Centre Stage🎤 at @queenstheatreh.bsky.social on 25 April

A proudly disability & neuro-divergent inclusive event 💖

Tickets are FREE 🥰

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"Your beauty is beyond compare

With flaming logs upon your hair" 😆

Reposting this from 2022.

By the way, my beef with gambling is the industry itself because it exploits poor people.

#grandnational #BanHorseRacing #YouBetTheyDie

Wes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - Foxglove Wes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW!

Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...

Petition: Expel all US military personnel and close all US military bases in the UK We call on the UK Government to cancel all UK-US agreements that permit US personnel and bases to operate in the UK, in order to prevent the UK from being used as a base for any unilateral military ac...

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‘Perpetrators of sexual violence in the UK are overwhelmingly white British men-stop the scapegoating’ Green Party candidate slams rhetoric over migrants. In light of the heat that is being stoked and the division being stirred up here in Havering, it’s important to make it crystal clear that the perpetrators of sexual violence in the UK are ov…

We must call out and reject racist falsehoods in the rhetoric peddled by Reform.

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If our bases are used this evening for attacks on Iran, Starmer and Healey will have committed war crimes.

Starmer needs to grow a backbone fast!

Hornchurch Extrordinary Easter Passion Play Peformed. Fresh images captured yesterday by photographer Peter Barrett reveal clear progress at the long-running Gallows Corner junction works, offering a renewed sense of optimism for drivers and residents…

It was my pleasure to review the wonderful Hornchurch Passion Play 👇🏻❤️

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Great interview!
I was on a panel with Michael Bankole at last year's brilliant London Green Party conference.
He really is such a lovely guy as well as being very knowledgeable; he'll make a superb councillor.
@londongreenparty.bsky.social

#RuthForSouthHornchurch #May7LocalElections #2026LocalElections @greenparty.org.uk @greensorganise.bsky.social

Pledge to Oppose Austerity in Local Government Local councils are in crisis. The Labour government still has not done enough.

I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Pledge to Oppose Austerity in Local Government. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/pledge...

Erinaceidaen standards of beauty seem impossible to meet these days, and yet having put on a dress this morning (because it feels more Easterish), I'm reliably informed I look "absolutely beautiful! Exactly like Mrs. TIggy-Winkle!", which I'm obviously delighted about 🦔 💃🏻

So, given the above, shall we start tarring all White British men with this brush?

Of course not, and nor should we.

But this does point to a certain hypocrisy, when it's precisely these men who tend to control these pernicious narratives.

The perpetrators of sexual violence here are overwhelmingly White British men, not asylum seekers.

Reform is engaged in a particularly dirty politics, using the press to scapegoat some of the most vulnerable people in our communities for political gain.

Falsehoods harm. Reject racism in all forms.

“Streets for play, streets for freedom” by @aliceferguson.bsky.social & @timrgill.bsky.social makes the case for a "child lens" on transport policy. Time to prioritise those most impacted yet least considered in planning our streets: Children.

Read more here: playingout.net/take-action/...

We're so pleased to see this report from @aliceferguson.bsky.social & Tim Gill published.

Huge thanks to Alice, Ingrid and all at @playingout.bsky.social for their incredible work over the years.

We need to rebalance our streets and put children's needs front & centre. #Health #ActiveTravel

Green Party Drugs Policy - Separating Facts from Fiction - Leeds Green Party To separate the media fiction from the Green Party's actual policies on drug reform and legalisation, you may find this explainer helpful.

Green Party Drugs Policy - Separating Facts from Fiction - Leeds Green Party
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Shameful, disingenuous behaviour at Spring Conference: using Green Party structures to gaslight and actively block democracy amidst a spreading genocide.
A history of unabating violent colonialism and ethnic cleansing continues - sanitised in the press and enabled politically. Zionism is racism.

Absolutely shameful reports of grotesquely undemocratic wreaking of Green Party conference today.

Massive IT issues and six votes of no confidence in the chair on spurious grounds meant there was no time to vote on the Zionism is racism motion.

Shameful. But all motions will be back next time.

Marching against the far right ✊🏻
@quaker.org.uk @greens4palestine.bsky.social @togetheralliance.bsky.social

Hannah and Zack on stage together

Half a million people standing against the far right.

Half a million people who care about each other and our communities.

Half a million people ready to make hope normal again.

Little Flame 🔥 YouTube video by Carsie Blanton

A friend and fellow music lover from Havering sent me this.
I think we probably value and want similar things, although we don't see eye to eye politically (we disagree about how to get what's right, perhaps).
He sent me this, and it's beautiful:
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Europe: Stand up against illegal war in Iran As the US and Israel cause death and destruction in Iran, our leaders just look on. All European nations and the EU must follow Spain’s lead and say NO to war.

As the US and Israel cause death and destruction in Iran, our leaders just look on. All European nations and the EU must follow Spain’s lead and say NO to war. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-03...

Islamophobia is a shameful, dangerous, and grossly misinformed/misrepresentational blight on our society.
We must not only reject it in all its forms but celebrate our Muslim sisters and brothers for the peace, harmony, joy and expertise they bring to our country and our lives.

Thank you @sianberry.bsky.social for pushing on this. In opposition, the Labour Party promised us a #CleanAir Act to protect children’s health. Breathing clean air should be a human right. #EllasLaw